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Dave12345

Member Since: 04 Jun 2022
Location: North West
Posts: 87

1989 Defender 90 300 Tdi PU Keswick Green

Beautiful day for a breakdown.

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Came around the bend and had no power, coasted to a stop before it cut out, thankfully a distance from the bend.

After some humming and ahhing, and I spotted the cable connecting to the fuel pump had frayed away at the connector. The same cable that @geobloke and I had seen flapping about a few weeks ago and I made a mental note of “I really must sort that soon...”. Of course I didn’t. Lesson learnt.

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Managed to separate the cable further up at a fuel cut off (probably the cause of this wire not being strapped to something) and wedge that connector against the fuel pump connector - of course I’d emptied out all my tools to fit the insulation mentioned above, so this would have to do. I then wedged this in place.

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Got me home and replaced the connector - good as new now. Won’t be getting complacent about loose cables again - the rest are fine fortunately.

RAC were due to arrive about midnight from what I could tell, absolutely useless.

29th Sep 2022 5:59pm

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4410

Oh Dave Dave Dave...

Well done for the roadside diagnosis and fix

As they say, its the life of a Land Rover owner

30th Sep 2022 11:02am

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7908

2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Orkney Grey

Every journey is an adventure in Land Rover, will you get there, won't you! James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html
MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641
MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557
Instagram @suffolk_rovers

30th Sep 2022 11:22am

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4410

Oh you'll always get there, it's just you never really know whether all the parts you left with will join you at your destination or even at the same time

30th Sep 2022 11:32am

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7908

James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html
MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641
MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557
Instagram @suffolk_rovers

30th Sep 2022 11:37am

Dave12345

Member Since: 04 Jun 2022
Location: North West
Posts: 87

Aye, lessons learnt but ultimately did enjoy my little adventure and I’m proud of my roadside fix 😂

Sold the Alfa last week so she was pressed into daily service - stood up to it perfectly apart from this.

New car arrives Sunday so she can have a rest again then - until the MOT next week…

1st Oct 2022 9:42am

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4410

Oh no bye bye Alfa

What are you getting instead?

1st Oct 2022 10:22am

Dave12345

Member Since: 04 Jun 2022
Location: North West
Posts: 87

Something equally blue and fast, a total contrast to the defender, aside from being awd:

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The Alfa was brilliant when working but was becoming a pain unfortunately.

2nd Oct 2022 8:41pm

Dave12345

Member Since: 04 Jun 2022
Location: North West
Posts: 87

Another riveting update 😁

Something that’s bugged me for ages - these side windows.

A previous owner had fitted incorrect sized rivets, and then not refitted the seal as they overlapped the channel. It looked crap and wasn’t totally watertight in the torrential rain last week.

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Learned how to rivet, refitted correct rivets and fitted the seal.

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Absolutely evil job - getting the seal around the corners was horrendous - took over two hours in total even with the correct tool. I miss my fingertips.

Looks much better now and should be something approaching watertight.

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18th Oct 2022 6:39pm

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4410

Excellent job Dave, that looks much much better

18th Oct 2022 6:43pm

Dave12345

Member Since: 04 Jun 2022
Location: North West
Posts: 87

Thanks Guy 😁

18th Oct 2022 7:54pm

Co1

Member Since: 19 Aug 2018
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 3701

Love the attention to detail. The wrong size rivets would have bugged me no end too!

19th Oct 2022 5:18am

Dave12345

Member Since: 04 Jun 2022
Location: North West
Posts: 87

Progress made on the interior to make it more useable (with long motorway journeys a regular feature).

Fully soundproofed the roof now with dodomat - both the Deadn and the closed foam stuff, and the front headlining fitted. Was going to fit the rear but couldn’t get the loom for the interior light from my usual shop (lrparts).

Am I right in thinking that I can just chop the purple (live) to the front light, splice in an extended purple, and run this to the rear light? Earth from the roof. Switched just mimics the front in this scenario as I don’t have a rear door switch on an 89? Explain it like I’m 5…

Did an alright job of insulating around the windows but not 100% happy - did it all properly with templates but the foam stretches as you stick it. Bah humbug. The inconsistent gaps will bug me for the next 20 years…

Decided I needed a bottom rear door seal (noisy and can’t be good for longevity) and got fed up of my toolboxes rattling on the metal floor, so treated her to a genuine (and rather pricey) load bay liner and stainless door retainer+seal. So happy with how clean and tidy it looks now.

If you read all that here’s some photos as your reward:

Front headlining in with Masai LEDs:

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After front headlining, rear not deadened yet:

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Rear deadened with “nearly there” alignment of foam, headlining to follow:

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Before load liner and seal:

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After load liner and seal 🦭:

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Dave

27th Oct 2022 7:40pm

Dave12345

Member Since: 04 Jun 2022
Location: North West
Posts: 87

Been a while since I posted!

Bought an old 997 which has been taking up much of my attention (hated the golf R unfortunately) and just been bumbling about in the Landy enjoying it.

Unfortunately I’m pulled into my drive last week to see oil pouring out the bottom. Brake vacuum pump had failed, popping out the plug, evacuating the oil in the process. Fortunately caught it with some oil left.

Seems this is an extremely common failure of these parts, this being a britpart part but the “unipump“ replacement that everywhere offers not being much better.

Anyway - what a pain to get to this thing is! Managed to get it off today and I’ll go get a new one from LR Centre this week. My shiny galv chassis and engine mount are now incredibly rustproof covered in oil too.

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9th Jul 2023 5:22pm

Co1

Member Since: 19 Aug 2018
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 3701

Need some pics of the 997 please!!

Oh yeah, sorry about the vac pump!!

9th Jul 2023 6:23pm

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