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So, I can easily leave it be?

Just had a short call with my mechanic, he has no clue what the White-Purple cable between the coil and solenoid does neither. It does exist is each and every wiring diagram I have, and the old solenoids had contacts for it. As does the new harness... The old one as well, both harnesses using...

Starter arrived yesterday, even took a new Lucas one. Issue is, it has one less contact than the broken Magbetti one currently installed or the old Lucas spare I have... So, what now?

As someone who faced that decision more than once with a RRC, I'd say keep it. Sure, you won't get the money back (6-7k sounds reasonable, more or less, going from what I did with my 3.5 V8), but by swapping it, you don't know what you get. Quite easy you end up spending the same amount on a new...

That's what I read as well... Not sure about it, as even LR itself is not using 20W50 anymore, for reasons. 20W50 it most likely is then, maybe I get a volume discount? 😁

Hello there! So, the diffs are due to be delivered today. That means I will do some dirty, oily work quite soon. The rear axle oil question is easy to answer, the Detroit Truetrac needs EP90 (if memory serves well, will check the manual before buying). As I need to go oil shopping anyway, I...

The funny thing is, the L322 is basically a BMW... But then 30-odd year old BMW SUV are dirt cheap as well. Less capable off-road so.

L322s are great value too at the moment it seems. Disco 2s are among the expedition / adventure crowd favorites, hence the price hikes. Personally, I am cautious about anything with electronics, simply because I cannot repair that. But then I don't use my RRC as a daily neither, doesn't mattwr...

So, time for quick summary: Harness installed, everything working except wiper / washer, horn and ignition. Reason, most likely, a mixed up wire at the starter motor, and now a broken contact at the starter. New starter should be here end of next week, we will see then. The new diffs, the rear...

Became hard to hide... Even worse, it caught up with my bank account... Luckily, not a lot is missing: roof tent, tires, distributor, roof bars. And there, only the tires are really required. And the fuel lines and other hoses. I just hope Allisport takes its time with the radiator! The two...

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Does it hurt so? The tail pipe needs some heat protection, otherwise it is going to melt my bumper end cap!

The rest of the exhaust is wrapped! And we have wraps for dinner! Not sure about the color so, the beige is nice, but the surface is not sealed. Not sure how that's gonna work with fording, mud, stones and sand when off-roading... The spray is, unfortunately, not available in transparent...

While waiting for the new starter motor, and hex bits to remove the old one, I did some budget controllong excersice. Long story short, no more parts purchases in September, like none. Only car related expenses in that period of time, all unavoidable, are VAT and customs duties for the stuff on...

Used the AA more than once, never for the old lady! But then it is quite hard to kill MTs!

You're not telling me heated front seats are not working like that, are you? 😁

Couldn't motivate myself to do difficult stuff under the car, so I did this instead:

I did try it, well I looked. And yes, I mixed up the wiring. Couldn't install the spare starter, the bolts are round head for hex keys. The lower one is easy, the upper one almost impossible to get to. So I need a hex key that goes on a wrench. So I'll just wait for the new starter, doing...

Lunch break, so I had another look at the internets regaeding wiring, especially to get an idea on how to wire the 123ignition distributor. That one has two wires, red and black. Weird, I thought as I only saw a black one and mine has one of those distributors installed, right? So I took the cap...