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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5842   
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Did a tip run.
Re-did the winch wire on the 110, it had gone on untidy and bunched to one side. With the help of a L200 as a handy weight I winched that in and got the cable nice and tidy on the drum. Replaced the drawer runners with the same mounting kit used for rack mounted UPS's which look like this > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/332578-001-HP-Co...5b03c9f7e4 The ball bearing rails gave up, too much weight. 1999 Defender TD5 110 Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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11th Oct 2015 7:23pm |
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| YOLO110 Member Since: 14 Feb 2015 Location: Perth Oz and Stansted UK Posts: 1642 
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I think that's ok as it is retractable. YOLO... You Only Live Once... |
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11th Oct 2015 8:26pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3783 
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Very neat switch instal,......looks like it's always been there. Top job, Pickles. |
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11th Oct 2015 8:50pm |
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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347 
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Not today, but on Saturday my day consisted of Land Rover work from sun up to well past sun down.
Got up early and tootled over to a friends house who has a wonderful series 1 80" with a very distinct lean as the springs and shocks were original and well past best. So brand new genuine parts shocks and springs on the front and it was much happier! Then a trundle over to the local fish and chip shop for, well, fish and chips. Back home and met by another friend and we made some more progress with the 200Tdi. The Webasto coolant plumbing wise is now more or less finished and the intake manifold and exhaust manifold and turbo arrangement all fitted. Then it came to fitting the exhaust. I don't know why it is such a struggle on my engine but even changing the bracket bolt from a standard bolt to a cap headed bolt it was still and absolute nightmare and refused to work or fit or just generally do as it was supposed to. The whole front exhaust potion is sort of hanging on but it is in no way road worthy. Its such a rubbish design it really is. Anyway, that held me up for a while but eventual we managed to get to the stage where we can start putting intercooler and coolant pipes back where they are meant to be. We were making great progress until a jubilee clip broke and we realized it was 11:30pm and probably time to pack up. Photos will be added to my threads once i get them off my phone  Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197
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12th Oct 2015 11:54am |
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| alby Member Since: 25 Dec 2014 Location: The Shire Posts: 159 
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I drove it to Fort William from Lincolnshire so I could fulfill a long held ambition and travel along one of the worlds most scenic stretches of railway hauled by a steam loco- the Jacobite.
The defender performed brilliantly, she never skipped a beat and she got to binge drink diesel like an alcoholic Glaswegian It was a long journey buts fun one with some beautiful scenery and quiet roads once I was in the highlands. |
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12th Oct 2015 6:59pm |
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| SailingTom Member Since: 19 Nov 2013 Location: ESSEX Posts: 1720
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New ECU arrived for mine, be rude not to get it tuned while its being reprogrammed so booked in Friday
also can then fit the cruise control |
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13th Oct 2015 7:49pm |
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| RoddyK05 Member Since: 08 Apr 2015 Location: Inverclyde Posts: 633  
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Fitted my newly delivered Trucklites. Once I sussed out how to assemble the Econoseal plug for the sidelights it was plain sailing. Noted that my old bezel rings were actually in great condition, but as I had ordered new ones with the lights then I obviously fitted these. The old lamps were quite cloudy inside and the difference between the old yellow hue and the new brilliant white light is amazing. Had a drive round some of the back roads with a Phillips screw driver handy and stopped every now and then to adjust them, trying to get them right without blinding other road users. I went with the idea that if no one was flashing me, then they must be ok. Then someone flashed me, so half a turn back down and Bob is indeed your mothers brother. Will take a bit of getting used to the new beam pattern, there is very little beam scatter meaning the 'round corner' illumination is poor, but again the lights might need set up side to side. I'll pop by the local garage at some point and see if they will check them for me. They also stick out a lot further than the old ones, almost flush with the headlight surround as opposed to being almost recessed. Pic is of new sidelight arrangement, will leave it as is just now, but might end up disconnecting the LED ones as I'm still not sure if I like it or not.
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13th Oct 2015 10:28pm |
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| YOLO110 Member Since: 14 Feb 2015 Location: Perth Oz and Stansted UK Posts: 1642
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Interesting comments mate.
I had fitted JW Speaker Evo 2 to my 110. I loved the very 'white' light but was also quite disappointed in the lack of 'fill in' light on both normal and high beam. The light seemed very focused... rather like a torch. I guess this is not surprising as the individual LED reflectors and lens areas are quite small. I am going down the Wipac Crystal with Osram and new loom route soon...  YOLO... You Only Live Once... |
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13th Oct 2015 10:43pm |
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| Enid_Puceflange Member Since: 25 Oct 2014 Location: edinburgh Posts: 1172 
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Fitted a rhino rack and a work light (still to get wired up
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13th Oct 2015 10:44pm |
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| RoddyK05 Member Since: 08 Apr 2015 Location: Inverclyde Posts: 633
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YOLO, it will be very interesting to hear how this turns out. Please post your findings once it's done as I doubt many have done the reverse change from LED back to filament lamps. Having experience of both set ups will be good to hear. My decision to go this route was based on a couple of factors. Firstly, obviously more and whiter light, simple 'plug n play' of the LED conversion without having to add a new loom and the fact it uses less power so is kinder to my battery and hopefully the light switches will last longer. Having said that, I wouldn't be averse to the idea if you think it throws a bit more light round the sides etc. Waiting with baited breath........ |
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13th Oct 2015 11:24pm |
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| YOLO110 Member Since: 14 Feb 2015 Location: Perth Oz and Stansted UK Posts: 1642
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Will do...
Thought this will be done in January now as I will bring back the required bits from the UK to OZ in my suitcase following my Christmas visit back home... and to take delivery of my Heritage! YOLO... You Only Live Once... |
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13th Oct 2015 11:48pm |
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| Swac3 Member Since: 21 Feb 2015 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 363 |
Was a bit shocked !
Replaced the Fuel filter housing and filter then took her for a blast. I don't think its ever run this well in the 5 years I've had it. Always felt a little choked at the upper revs. Bought it from the stealers for 130 quid, housing all the pipe fittings nrv + air valve and a genuine filter with sensor, so happy with that. 3 Landrovers |
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17th Oct 2015 5:00pm |
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| v8steve Member Since: 18 Apr 2011 Location: dumfries scotland Posts: 195 
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hitched the trailer on and brought my new series 3 galv chassis home, ( 250 miles
). series 3 re build starting very soon  110 xs s/wagon
s3 swb soft top |
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17th Oct 2015 6:32pm |
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| Qanfud Member Since: 24 Sep 2015 Location: Sliema Posts: 38  
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Today I updated my Alpine satnav splash screen
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17th Oct 2015 6:32pm |
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