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That looks the job to me. Nice one. I have had a couple of exciting green lane experiences sledging down deeply rutted tracks on my sump guard. Very different noise to travelling on the wheels. The dog wasn't happy. Neither was I actually haha

My sumpguard had saved me a lot of tears and paid for itself several times over! I am going to make a rear silencer and diff guard now I think using some 3 or 4mm chequer plate to do the same for the back end. Got some plans for one from Harvey the Rabbit on a thread here I think. Basically I...

That had crossed my mind too. I shall have a look locally too, sure would be handy. I am thinking of making a rear silencer and diff guard using some 4mm chequer plate. Not that I will need to weld for that, just grow some muscle to bend the plate haha

I often think I should have learnt how to weld also. Or kept in touch with my mate who can weld, Maybe I should drop him a text to say hi ......

Ok, get this. Today I didn't get any tools out. Didn't jack it up, didn't check the oil nor Hammerite anything. Today I, well, I don't know how to say this. Today I actually DROVE my Hippo. Places, And it felt good. How I dreamed of this day. Living the dream man

Sad to hear it's gone for less than you deserved. I am a relative newby to this forum but the help and advice I get makes me think I would miss it too, and my Hippo is the only car that has enthused me to do stuff, maintain and improve and I will be sad when my wife finally destroys it. Which...

And remember; no more money throwing at Roary the truly Hungry Hippo! I promise darling wife love you love you loads more than the car how can you even think that DONT LEAN ON IT oops

I am proud to announce the successful and correctly positioned fitting of the Landrover Freelander SUV500570 Driving light pod kit onto my TD4. Despite the inevitable LR tomfoolery with an instruction manual for illiterates who must be actually brilliantly superhumanly visually perceptive at...

And today I have put on new bedding; what bedding was that? Do I do this in my sleep ? Yesterday I made a good start on 'Light Pods' will finish today. I love my 'light pods' already. Because they are not spotlights. No no no. Not extra high beam no no no nor led bar . Nope, beam me up and set...

Seriously though, anyone know of bigger bolt on steps or rear protection for my FL? I have struggled to find anything that offers any protection for attacking fiats etc

I think the top photo looks like I have a plank of wood on the towbar in a poor cheap attempt to look like metal steps. I want to make it clear that there will be no wooden extras used by this Hippo ah no I was listening to Theresa May and caught that talking thing she does. I want to make it...

What's the logic behind reducing a functional AWD to 2 WD when the VCU and prop is supposed to be working ok? I am of a suspicious nature me but that smells fishy. You don't save much 2 WD but do lose traction and the VCU and UJs and propshaft hate being made to do yoga as they are removed and...

Paranoia? Who mentioned that? Why does it always come up in my threads? Remember just cos you're paranoid don't mean they aren't out to get you. And nick your Freelander stuff like my old jacket and boots...and I have filled it with scorpions trained to attack any hands that are not greasy...

Today fitted MuddyMods silencer for TD4. God bless angle grinders and other power tools. Old one off; new one on like a glove, Replaced all rubber hangers, cleaned up anything that I had not previously seen because of the humoungous old silencer. Looks and sounds gorgeous. Then fitted two metal...

That's another one of those jobs that I start doing thinking 'looks alright what can go wrong?' . My wife laughs at me now when I say 'will only take an hour' . If I made my living fixing Freelanders I would be a lot thinner. And poorer.

Yesterday I changed the IRD oil finally, checked and glad I did the gearbox oil and topped that up as very low, greased all the gearchange linkage and all suspension links. Big dent in the metal sump guard I have made and put on made me glad I had done that too. Loosened silencer bolts in prep...

Today I got the MOT on my 06 TD4 FL . Failed on Weds needing the track rod ends and steering joint replaced so all done, retested and passed and also driving very well. I have ordered Muddy Mods rear silencer as a celebration. Also have worked out a way to secure rear load space solid shelf...

That looks very smart nice one

Yes. A Defender would be good. I would like something with some really mean unyet subtle protection, like really serious bull bars that cars would bounce off when they threw themselves at me. I have nudge bars but really more show than go. Don't get me wrong I am not wanting to attack anyone...

Still want a tank though