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| SailingTom Member Since: 19 Nov 2013 Location: ESSEX Posts: 1717  
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Not the Defender as such, but a bit of it for the next one, dug out the old mountney wooden steering wheel from the garage and took it to pieces to give it a refurb. Third coat of varnish on today and looks perfect, ill give it a few more days to harden then re polish the aluminium. Should look good on my next defender
In the meantime though im still in the yucky Mercedes A class courtesy car while its warranty work is being finished  Defender puma dormobile camper |
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29th Jan 2014 7:16pm |
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| keith Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2205 
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Aaaaagh ! Keys in ignition , central locking down and me on the outside scratching my head
Spare set of keys ? Yep in the Cubby box . LR assist card - in the sun visor . No windows open even a. Tinny bit . Another Aaaaargh . LR assist call in the AA who struggle for 40 min and mark all my paintwork in the process . Why did it take so long to get in ? Because it was in my garage with 6 inches of space either side ,,,,,,,,,,,, and he had a shall we say XL waist . Wot a faffff  |
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29th Jan 2014 9:10pm |
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| jimbob7 Member Since: 06 Jul 2013 Location: uk Posts: 2055 |
Spare keys in the cubby box?? Remind me,where do you live?
 Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5. |
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29th Jan 2014 9:22pm |
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| deplec Member Since: 21 Aug 2012 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 152 
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That looks Quality. |
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29th Jan 2014 10:17pm |
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| Scoobmonk Member Since: 19 Dec 2012 Location: Hanging around Surrey and Sussex Posts: 11 
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After nearly 2 weeks in the main dealers, get a call to say it's going to be at least another 2!
All this for a leaking windscreen...... Gotta make use of that warranty!  |
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29th Jan 2014 10:23pm |
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| Alex1976 Member Since: 23 Jan 2013 Location: Buckingham Posts: 596 
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After my experiment with making a straight through exhaust from bits I decided to order a stainless exhaust equivalent as a more permanent and less bodged solution.
I had a late (98 onwards) 300tdi mild steel exhaust (just one silencer in the middle and then a tail pipe more like a TD5 but with no resonator). I thought the ehaust without silencer would be really noisy and awful, but its not. It is hardly any different and yet it flows more easily (something I have been thinking about ever since I fitted the VNT turbo). This easier flow also seems to keep the EGT down. I ended up getting a Terrafirma down pipe, a Britpart mid pipe and a Rimmer Brothers tail pipe. They are all in 409 Stainless Steel. I am really impressed with the Terrafirma and Britpart pipes. Good quality, lovely smooth bends and a perfect fit. I am a bit less impressed with the Rimmer Brothers tail pipe as it is in 2 1/4" rather than 2.5" (as the other two pipes are). I had to do a bit of heating and expanding the flare on the taile pipe to get a decent fit on to the mid pipe. Really I wanted a 2.5" all the way through but hey ho and I cant find anyone else who does just the tail pipe in stainless. |
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30th Jan 2014 4:57pm |
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| MK Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Santiago Posts: 2401  
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I´m fitting a Trutrac unit in the front of my 110"
 Puma 110" SW
............................................................. Earth first. Other planets later |
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30th Jan 2014 5:08pm |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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ooh nice, i want an ashcroft atb for front of mine! My 109 thread
my youtube channel |
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30th Jan 2014 5:31pm |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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changed fuel filter& filled it with forte injector cleaner. My 109 thread
my youtube channel |
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30th Jan 2014 5:32pm |
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| lrmaniac Member Since: 04 Feb 2010 Location: Lisboa Posts: 762  
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Alive Decat fitted!
 Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge On the day the decat arrived, my 110 got mugged...Had an extra 130€ damage/expenses to get that small glass on the back door replaced!...  .... Can you believe that small glass cost 80€!??!
Click image to enlarge And worst parts is the SoB's took my bag with all my underwater hockey gear! Regards
Joao '10 Land Rover Defender 110 CC '08 BMW F800GS '64 SIIA Forward Control '69 SIIA 109 ZA CKD _____________________________________________ You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you. |
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30th Jan 2014 5:55pm |
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| SailingTom Member Since: 19 Nov 2013 Location: ESSEX Posts: 1717
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Off this afternoon to go and pick up 5 wolf wheels and tyres, they look in good condition.
Once there back they will magically turn from white to cream in a couple of weeks and be put away with the wooden steering wheel and other parts in the shed. All waiting for when my defender sells as have plans for the next one  Defender puma dormobile camper |
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31st Jan 2014 7:15am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17307 
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I can well believe it! A friend of mine was locked out of his Disco2 not long ago (his dog leapt from the back to the front and managed to press the lock button on the dash while the keys were in the ignition) and to get back in he broke the small panel in the rear door, on the theory that it was the smallest panel of glas and therefore the cheapest. When I was shopping around to get a replacement for him, it turns out that the small panel is nearly twice the price of the big sliding window in the door! |
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31st Jan 2014 9:16am |
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| danridge Member Since: 28 May 2013 Location: Bath Posts: 438 
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Recovered the Disco with the Defender, alternator failed.
Spend £260 on new Alternator and Viscous Fan tools, drove two hours to pick em up Spent 2.5 hours in the lashing rain removing old/fitting new. Sat smug by the fire now knowing I saved ££££ not going to stealer for parts/labour. Cracking 'How to' photo guide and parts supplier over at disco3.co.uk and plenty of good advice there from those good folks |
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31st Jan 2014 10:21pm |
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| lrmaniac Member Since: 04 Feb 2010 Location: Lisboa Posts: 762
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And I thought that the thug who robbed me had done a favour hein? Maybe he didn't! I dind't ask how much the big window would cost.... Regards
Joao '10 Land Rover Defender 110 CC '08 BMW F800GS '64 SIIA Forward Control '69 SIIA 109 ZA CKD _____________________________________________ You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you. |
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31st Jan 2014 11:09pm |
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