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I live work by the sea and can say that while good in most cases galvanised stuff will last a lot longer but it is not the be all and end all that many think it is. This is very much the case when you have a different metal in contact with the...

I got a galvaised steel rear door some years ago ,,, heres a pic of it after about 3 years on the car ... I was quite dissapointed that it rusted on those joints

@SimonBrown Look at the Glynn Lewis site he has the ones you can grease. But your shopping list will grow when you start looking at his kit. Nice mod is the drop arm which takes a track rod,quicker to change

The A frame ball joint has been removed. 3 of the 4 bolts played nicely but one decided to round off on account of rust and just because it could. The trick of hammering a 1/2" AF socket on - as much as I dislike tool abuse - did the trick and...

Slitting wheels finally turned up and were put to use on the radius arm bolt that refused to cooperate. First, melt the bush: Then the slitting wheel and reciprocating saw can get in and chew through the spacer and bolt that simply refused to...

With a delivery of parts attention has been turned to the front and rear brake calipers. Both sets were relatively recent replacements but no idea when they were replaced or how long they have stood so it was strip down and clean up. The...

Thought I would get some window fitting underway tonight. I had bought some new seals and infills for the alpine windows so might as well get them fitted! I cleaned the windows to get rid of any dirt and grime then I pushed the new seal into the...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Hi and welcome! Great story and very nice looking Landy! Let us know how your upgrades progress.

Welcome to the forum, excellent story. Doubt you will need lsd and winch unless you are properly going off road, unless it's a work related reason. Have fun.

Welcome :). Looks good and now that the wife has decided its lovely and great fun that opens the door for his n hers landies:D. Cos you always need a backup:oops:. Enjoy it:). J

Hello all, Just moved to the Kintyre peninsula in west Scotland with my family - where we are living two miles into a 10 mile forestry track full of deep potholes and sharp stones. Something I must have said has at some point turned 15 year old...

Hi and welcome! Very nice Landy!😎 Like the winch bumper too.

Photos in your introduction without prompting, very good 👍

Hi everyone ! 2004 90 TD5 from the North West

Hi and welcome! I was in Cornwall last week for our holiday. I hope you got it sorted.

Hi and welcome!

Well, @ER1C , your post worked… Got the chainsaw out today for a small job in the garden. Started it. Stopped it. Went back in and got some safety goggles on 😎

Looks like some money has been spent resurfacing some areas of the track. Also some posts/fences erected along with some wooden barriers and strategical placed rocks to try and keep people on track. Of course certain idiots will soon be ignoring...

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...

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...

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...

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...