If you can find one... I tried!

Good fuse holder Bad Fuse holder- avoid this type!

I'm replacing the old style glass tube fuse box on my 1986 19J, so am doing a what to do/not do guide, so other people can avoid some mistakes. You want: A garage, or at least a few hours without it being too hot/cold/wet. Crimpers and crimp terminals. Range of sizes, as you're going to have...

Two 8 way basic blade ones off ebay. I've had them in the parts bin for at least a year, and haven't gotten round to fitting them. I went with 8 way ones to have a few spare circuits to fit a radio and such like. Not that hearing much over a 19J is likely... Step one is tidy the workshop...

Bitten the bullet, and started the job of replacing the old glass tube fuse box with a modern blade one. The electrical glitches are getting worse, and I hope this will sort them. Or at least eliminate the fuse box as a potential source!

Fitted a better oil catcher than breather pipe dripping on road to the 19J. Replaced the air filter, that was black with ingested oil. Stuck the mudflaps back on. Pulled apart the dash/fuse/instrument panel mess trying to figure out why the indicators don't work from the indicator stalk...

Place you go to laugh at townies who can't drive on snow. Or filled up on lowland diesel and had their engines freeze. I can ski faster than I can drive on many of those slopes....

Chugged down to the ski station, played for a few hours, then picked up a ton of stuff from the builder's merchants. Came back up an icy 10% slope with not a single slip... Noticed a tyre was a bit flat, tried to move the nuts with the 12" bar..no chance Tried with the 24" bar...no chance...

Sunday... Adjusted my clutch pedal. Whoever ran the brake pipes across the top of the clutch pedalbox wants a ding round the lughole with a bg spanner, but the amount of time I spent on it meant two different neighbours stopped me and asked if I was available for work, and seemed impressed...

I intend to pull out my old cartridge style fuse box ( 1986), and replace with a modern one to try and get rid of the intermittent electrical faults. Any advice?

Alpes de Haute Provence.... https://www.google.fr/maps/place/04530+La+Condamine-Ch%C3%A2telard/@44.5065316,6.6600718,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12ccc1d04bbc3ca9:0x1c0819a950b6b2f0!8m2!3d44.5163497!4d6.8136642 So pronvencal straw haws. Or chainsaw gear....

Went full on yokel. We've had a week of too hot to be out in the sun, so loads of plants have stuck on fresh, tender growth...and we have -10C forecast overnight ( at a mile up, thin air cools down fast) So chugged out to the stubble fields to get some insulation- i.e rake up some straw the...

Got the bugger in! Agreed, it is a right pain in the neck. If you have a cable puller for running electrics, it is a great help..and something I wish I'd though of earlier.

I'd done the instrument panel connection first, and left the transfer case side free. If it is a well known pain, that is reassuring! I'll have another, careful look at the routing, and will try it without distracting dogs this time....

I have a 1986 LHD 90, and I can't find a long enough speedo cable. I just got a new set from paddocks, and and the upper an lower half together are a good foot short of reaching the transfer case. Currently, I have an extension bodged on using an offcut of the old one and a terminal...

Bodged the speedo cable. I have an upper that actually fits the instrument panel, but doesn't reach all the way to the takeoff on the gearbox. I had a old one that reached, but would only stay on the odometer with cable ties. So I cut the old one, and stuck it on the end of the new one with a...

After a mixture of Champagne and 2016 St Emelion Bordeaux, I felt up to attacking the drop link. 4 grinding disks and a great deal of hammering later, the bugger came off in a few pieces. The new one dropped on in two minutes. Then the snow started again before I could do the wheel alignment...

Yesterday: Found out the little plastic shims on the door hinges do actually matter- and sections of old inner tube make good replacements. Removed the high quality fence wire holding the exhaust in in place, and fit proper bolts so the MOT guy is happy Swapped out the shiny new lights that...

At that price, if the bugger won't move, I'll take it to the local 4x4 specialist who'll be able to do it in no time...

The mood my wife is in, I'll do both arm and joint to be sure the test centre will pass it. Turns out it's 6 bolt one. Aren't engine bay gymnastics fun!