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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!

Just finished the replacement of the oil pan gasket and the accompanying engine oil change. Honestly, of all the jobs so far this was the worst, right there on top with scratching of the old underseal by hand. The local stealership apparently used all the torque the forgot on the tank cover on...

Again nothing, oil changes all around and gaskets are scheduled for Saturday so. Also I plan to clean it, didn't have time since the last outing and the rain doesn't reach underneath to clean the mud out. I did repair two bike tires so.

Nothing actually. But I did park at my new job right next to very nice aubergine colored soft dash with complete and almost prestine interior. Now I have to find who's car that is! Also booked my TÜV appointment for August 4th. Until then I need to chnage all oils, replce some gaskets, sort the...

Petrol is at 1.54-56 Euro per litre. Is it schizophrenic to support CO2 counter measures, including those that drive fuel cost up, and owning a 3.5 V8? Anyway, I have high hopes they get synthetic bio fuels up and running. The local busses all run on bio gas already, unfortunately that's not...

Took her to a offroad park nearby today. Like she should, she got dirty! I also lost one of the front bumper corners, no idea when and where... And hey, she got up every obstacle I tried! Including the one that killed the old rear diff. Also met some guys with Land Cruisers that own a garage...