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Just got the confirmation, I can pick up a new hood, in what seems to be near perfect state, this Friday. Not sure what color, but who cares when the roof is tangier orange already. Might also pick up some decent Vogue alloy rims in 16" (those three spoke ones) in green. And potentially some...

Some pictures from last weekend

Hi there! Finally managed to take her on long weekend on roads she was build for on Sardinia! Performed nicely, even consumption was around 17.5 l/100km on the transfer routes and around 22 offroad. On the way there the hood lock went, all three screws went! On the highway no less! Quite...

Ah, the rare Fairey OD! I actually found one last week... Now it is waiting to be shipped from my collegues place in the UK to me. Cost me an arm, so, and it was the cheapest one I found. If it is in good enough shape, 800 pounds sounds like a reasonable price to ask it seems. And that seems to...

tomcat59allen, that's why I'll let have a mechanic who learned on old RRCs have a look. And do the work, if it is necessary. If not, I won't bother for now. Especially since my silly 900 pounds offer for the Overdrive was accepted... Ah, the second I have some money left I go on a shopping...

Drove it twice, once to pick up my wife for lunch and once to drop her off again. On the eternal fuel economy chase, I'm down to roughly 17l/100km (appr. 14 mpg). Not too bad considering the mix of German motorways (she's thirsty above 100 km/h), kayaks on the roof, town and some off-roading. My...

Ah, that's where that 6x6 Rangie went!

Ah, hat the MOT / TÜV today. And giess what? She passed woth flying colors, NO findings, as in none! Not even oil leaks, so the silicone worked wonders. Emissions: 4.1% CO at 500 rpm (official measurement). I didn't check what the manual says yet, legal limits are 3.5% with 1% tolerance. Not...

So, did a rush job the evening. Fitted the rear propshaft and sealed up the leaking gaskets with silicone from the outside. All try so far, but also quite ugly. But who's looking underneath, right? TÜV tomorrow, without any mechanic checking things, and without emissions control upfront. I...

Ah ****! Well, it's too late now... One cannot have too many tools, can you? Once everything is there, hand brake o-ring next. And I'll maybe redo the gearbox gasket properly again. Two fun questions so. The workshop manual says motor oil for the gearbox as well. JLR is using gearbox oil now...

Turned out it's a 30 mm. High temp silicone is ordered as well.

Another question, does one have an idea which size the nut behind the hand brake of a LT95 gearbox is? The biggest one I have is a 29 mm, and that is too small... Again not my day it seems...

Ah, another problem. The side cover on the gearbox, the one with the filler plug and the small magnet, was wet. So I removed it to replace the cover. Filled up with some good 20W50 mineral oil. Now the gasket is not just wet but dripping. Any ideas? Some high temp silicone or engine sealant?

Gearbox and gaskets today. Not sure if THAT is really good news so...

On the driveway or my head?

Stories like that make life what life, don't they?

It's raining cats and dogs, probably will for the next week, too. It looked reasonably clean, if you ask me. What my wife thinks of it, well, maybe the next project is replacing portions of the pavement!

gstuart, when you got your ATs let know. I'm considering to dump the MTs for ATs when they're done, or get a second set of ATs for travel. Any recommendations are welcome!

Well, you warned him.

Oil bomb sums it up pretty well!