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Afternoon folks :). Been a little cooler this last week, even had some rain:). not had to put any big boy trousers on yet though:D. Last few days we have had the big chickens roosting on the common overnight, so the birds are on thier way to the...

One of my neighbors once went passed me and said ah that's what you look like, normally all I see is a pair of legs sticking out from under your car 🤣

It's the opposite for me, stopped to offer help to a young man with a young lady in a little sports car and he declined and looked very flustered. Also stopped to help out a couple of dibble during the storms, offered to tow a tree off the road...

Busy day! today I finished off my bush changing, got the second radius arm back on and then did the panhard rod. Then after putting stuff back together I welded up a DIY brake shoe spreader and changed both my rear wheel cylinders. Only one...

I think mines been sitting at about 1/3 full, I never topped it up properly after replacing the thermostat. Temps sit nicely just below the half way mark on the gauge, rad hoses nice and hot... all is good! As for the manuals, I got one of the...

lt's interesting being on the Grenadier forum as well as the Land Rover one. As it shows where the market has gone with the car buying public. Some models of the new Defender come with rear towing eyes, and there's a steady stream of owners...

The fuel injection pumps have way to much pressure. An alternative would be a Red Top Focet pump. Those are inline so, I have one in the engine bay on a 3.5 carb RRC. Works great. Not sure if that setup works on a Disco 1, it should so, as the...

Cut out and rivet aluminium. Plate in

Have made a few tests and For now the engine has been starting at the first time. Thank you for the help

I normally get.. Can you tow my caravan it’s only got to go round the corner…nope I need £50 just to attach it to the landy & 1 of you has to get in the passenger seat.(these jobs are never simple) Can you move some cows/sheep/ bales of hay…...

If the fan has a viscous coupling, it may that it has failed, a common problem.

Just an update, got bearing, luckily place we are camping the chap that runs it likes tinkering and had a decent workshop. So we stripped it down, even got caliper bolts out with a wing and prayer, inner bearing was shot to pieces. Took a while...

Fill 1/2 full to the seam.. squeeze the bottom pipe from the rad to make sure the water moves. After a big drive check level when cools & then keep an eye on it. Any excess will have been pushed out the cap & down that little pipe below it(just...

Connect the jumper to the main feed to the starter,missing out the solinoid this should turn the starter. If that works it’s the solinoid that need pulling apart & freeing up. Chances are something has seized together after the swim.

sounds ok being slight brownish, you dont want the ash or it to be black. i know mine has the brown whenever you remove the plugs, one thing i did wrong was use resistor plugs as they will ruin the condenser in a 1000km's i used some denso...

Chieveley was as far West I went today. I have a fair few small scratches on my arms from Holly cutting. Got a thank you from a horse rider and mountain bike rider, which is always nice. It is a good little lane but was getting a bit fed up I...

If it is dry then adjusting it up is not going to help matters, change it whilst you can as you just know it is going to **** the bed at the most dangerous moment.

I remeber that area and holes in the holly bush entrance to the lanes. Even with my rough paint I did not enter. I did not even have a look on the bike as I wanted my arms left. Amazed how the idiots who go off piste never find these lanes and...

Drove a couple of lanes around Bucklebury on my own today. Decided to go down a lane we haven't been down for years but remember it being quite tight between the trees. 1hr 1/2 later after cutting back many Holly bushes I made it to the other...

Thank you for the kind words, I’m so pleased as to how she’s turned out the colour, stance and retro looks just complements the landys age. Can’t wait to post the next set of photos after fitting the cool n’ vintage chestnut seats and canvass hood !

Went about fixing that rear wheel bearing. Of course the caliper bolts where rusted away... Open it up to the single nut system... Go to my wheel bearing box, can I find my two nut conversion? Of course not. Of to work where they should be...

Jack up Check go play(may have too much play & tightening up the slack may be easier) If you have play Remove drive flange Flatten lock washer,remove outer nut, remove lock washer tighten inner a bit. You could use the old method of hammer and...

Unless you have acsess to a large press,replace these with poly bushes(poly flex) Hacksaw through the hole & cut the metal. Burn the rubber Cut/chisel both metal tubes out Hour each side as a guide

I know when they regen buses it is usually done it's static. The amount of smoke it can produce gets the public worried, especially in a crowded bus station. I speak from experience.

The last few days has been spent removing the rear suspension upper and lower trailing arms. Each, in their own way, has been a PITA. Was supposed to be overhauling the front and rear calipers but the courier company has decided our village is...

Poly bushes are good. If you do Aframe use proper bushes so you don’t have to remove them again. All other stuff is easy

Im hoping for improvements all round really. Not sure if anyone read my earlier posts about this 110 but it'd been off the road for 24ish years, sat on a sloped driveway so springs one side had sagged a bit, and bushes generally a bit worse...

So the bushes are all britpart black poly bushes, I know, not the best but as a weekend toy that I won't be doing anything particularly crazy in I think its fine, and I don't have a press to fit metalastic bushes. I'm generally trying to go...

Have you never followed(often old Fords) a car and when it indicates you get side and brake lights flashing at the same time? It's because the electric will try to find a path to ground. Often it takes a long route through other circuits...