Has anyone successfully taken these apart? I've been fiddling for hours with one of mine and I can't see how they come apart, if indeed they do. I want to get at the levelling motors to see if I can fix them. Mine seemingly didn't work on my project Disco but I managed to get them to work for a...

I've made good progress on the bodywork and problem solving the last few days. Bodywork wise I only need to paint the passenger side door and refit the window trim and mirror, fasten down the bed floor panels and fit the B pillar trims. More paint on order to finish the door. Found a few...

Yes. I had a spare one.

I had this problem on my old Defender. The water was leaking from the pump shaft into the cavity between the water pump and the power steering pump.

Are you getting drips from the weep hole on the bottom of the casting?

Maybe the springs in the arms are worn or the spring pivot points are corroded and don't hold the blade to the screen with enough pressure? I have that problem on mine.

Sounds like the solenoid on the starter motor needs fixing. You can buy a kit to replace the solenoid internals. You need to remove the starter motor to do it.

Anger and frusration got the better of me I'm afraid. I should have waited until I'd calmed down and thought about it properly. Besides, it would have annoyed me having a cracked screen when the rest of it was looking so good.

Once the windscreen gets here I'll try to find someone who can fit it for me. I've done all the hard work removing the old one. I don't want to risk breaking another not installing it properly. It's not something I've ever done before.

Yes. Removal was brutal.

Oh well. I've calmed down now. Removed the windscreen and ordered a new one. This is where I was before disaster struck: And here's the windscreen now:

It was all going so well. Still working on the interior today and to that end I retrimmed the headlining with the same grey cloth I used for the rear speaker and trim panels. Got that fitted then refitted the big plastic bit just above the windscreen. "Time to fix the rear view mirror back on...

Thanks very much.

I favour tentacles for jobs like this. Long tentacles that split into many small tentacles. And having your eyes on prehensile stalks.

Well it was a bit of a pig of a job but I made the bumper fit properly. The lights, grille and wings are all loosely fitted to check that everything lines up as it should. While I was finally fitting the bumper I also fitted the brackets for the steering guard. Once the bumper was sorted I...

I got the bottom bolt off mine through the wheel arch using a socket on a couple of long extensions. I don't have the plastic trims between the body and chassis or wheel arch liner fitted though.

Things are progressing well and being a complete pain in equal measure with Project Disco. I was ready to put the flat bed on yesterday and that's when the problems started. So it seems the new chassis is not a perfect copy of the original because the bed didn't fit on any of the points where it...

Well lets hope so.

It's been a while since my last proper update and I've got a lot done so I'll just make alist rather than waffle on. Made new brackets to fit to the inner wings for the front brake lines and ABS wires. Painted all the brake brackets and fitted them. Finished the brake lines and bled the brakes...

Yeah, that's how I should have done it in the first place. It would have been a lot easier. Never mind, you live and learn.