Put the first 700 miles on me new clutch. Torfaen to Humberside to Lancashire and back to Torfaen. Used about 70 litres of fuel which is incredible economy for our hippo :)

Oh dear. I would like to see someone take it to local hand car wash. A quick £7 jet wash will swill the four grand down the drain :D

Yep. Followed your guide closely. Lifted the IRD into place with the engine still lowered but it would just not go home. I have a blanking plate instead of a rear drive pinion so couldn't turn the box over to align the splines. Had to secure it half in and lift the engine back up before shoving...

Long 10mm 1/4" socket with an OD that matched the ID of the bearing inside the flywheel, a 1/4" extension bar (6" long) and an old 1/2" socket that with an OD that matched the ID of the clutchplate splines (bit of a mouthful, sorry). Packed lots of little bits of dense foam into the space inside...

lol. Got to take the opportunities where I find them :D

No. I really am an ignorant fool! Every day is a school day ;) Besides, us Freelander lot have to stick together, any messing about will ALWAYS be directed at the tratterers.

I did not know that because I am an ignorant fool ;) No need to get personal though, lad.

You could do it with chemistry, too? I'll get me coat.

I can't believe you just used maths to put me down :(

Expanding to 225/70/R16 will make your tyres wider, not taller. 215/80/R16 if you want taller. Not sure if that's an available size on the Geolanders, though. :)

Got the clutch job completed on Monday afternoon. The truck is transformed and I feel confident enough to hitch the trailer on now. Needed the entire bank holiday weekend as we tackled a load of cleaning, rust treatment and painting at the same time. I was gratetful of the good weather. Photos...

Eh up. Clutch done at the weekend (new clutch plate, pressure plate and slave cylinder). Not a job for the faint hearted :) Didn't need to replace the flywheel. A bit of play either way but nothing significant (have some images that I'll post when I get a minute). Some discolouration on the...

Ha! Not just London, is it? Bristol no better. Nice roads in Wales for the most part :p Thanks EU. I swear local councils have decided there's no point maintaining roads properly because people are driving around in more capable vehicles. I blame the footballers and their Chelsea tractors. Or...

I.e.... Best to let all the lines fill up and into the bottles before you start taking measurements.

Great to see another one rescued! Excellent work.

True say. But perhaps avoid the YouTube scare stories ;) I fed a little oil into the return pipe while it was on the bench and gave it a few turns. Then fitted the turbo and charged the oil feed pipe through the banjo connection using a squeezable bottle with a bit of 3mm fuel line attached to...

Head off is really the only way you'll be able to clean inside there. I'm wary of additives and treatments that claim they can clean inside the cylinder. The injector cleaner I used once just caused more problems. I'm sure it cleans the lines, etc but where is all that 'dirt' going? Forced...

You mean the injector bore? I just used a few very small bursts of brake cleaner in each bore to clear them. I'd attached a piece of soft sponge to a long screwdriver then pushed it into the hole and spun it around as I pulled it back out. Went in clean, came out dirty so that worked well imo...

Thanks Hippo. Appreciated ;)

Out of interest, how many miles have they taken you? Edit: The old ones I mean.