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| Nitroneil Member Since: 05 Mar 2019 Location: Stirling Posts: 132  
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Beach clean up with others from Scottish Land Rover Owners Club
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9th May 2024 1:40pm |
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| PeterG Member Since: 14 Oct 2015 Location: George Western Cape Posts: 19  
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Fitted a Front Runner Spare Wheel Carrier
Should have done it years ago….. Click image to enlarge |
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18th May 2024 4:58am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20334 
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I like that colour a lot.
 ⭐️⭐️God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️ |
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20th May 2024 8:31pm |
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| LR Nuts Member Since: 10 Aug 2022 Location: UK Posts: 1105 
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Is it safe to have the electric hook-up so close to the fuel tank ?? |
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21st May 2024 8:31am |
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| Evil Elsie Member Since: 25 Feb 2023 Location: Cumbria Posts: 201 
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Hiya,
Following on from removing, resealing and refitting the side windows I lifted the roof and fitted new side seals. It's now dry (in the back 😁). Click image to enlarge I then insulated roof, sides and seat boxes with foil backed 7mm foam, run cables in for interior lights and a couple of USB sockets. I then carpeted. For the floor I fitted some thin foam (for under laminate flooring) and then 6mm rubber sheet. Next came a couple of boards (hinged and attached to the bulkhead so that they concertina up to give me the full load bay if needed) and some cushions made with waterproof covers. I can now have either a small seat, a large seat or a full bed. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge On a roll, I changed the gearbox oil, engine oil and both filters and checked the diffs. I fueled up, added a wife, dog and camping gear then drove from Cumbria to Folkestone, Chunnel to France, up through Northern France, Belgium and into the Netherlands. Spent a few days in a cabin on the edge of a Forrest. Very nice. Click image to enlarge I noticed that we were only 30 odd miles from Germany so we drove over the border to a town called Goch but it was raining so hard the wife refused to leave the Landy. I took the dog out for a wee and we drove back. Came home via the Amsterdam - Newcastle ferry. Ted had a wee in the UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany in 6 days. Ted and myself both had a dump in the middle of the North Sea (I used a toilet). Total driven distance was 1022 miles and 138.95 litres of fuel used. 33.43 mpg sitting at between 60 and 70 mph on the motorways/dual carriageways (Lots of stop/start on the M25 and the Antwerp ring road 🙄). Landy didn't miss a beat. I'm one happy bunny....👍👍👍 2002 Land Rover 110 Td5 Utility 1990 Suzuki GSXR 1100L 1980 Yamaha RD 350LC 1976 Yamaha RD 400C |
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23rd May 2024 5:22pm |
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| Evil Elsie Member Since: 25 Feb 2023 Location: Cumbria Posts: 201
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In relation to the above - has anyone done any experiments on tyre pressures vs. fuel consumption..?? Just wondering if more road biased, thinner tyres at a higher pressure (currently on AT 265/75's @ 33 psi on all corners) would see me get 35+ mpg...??
🤔 2002 Land Rover 110 Td5 Utility 1990 Suzuki GSXR 1100L 1980 Yamaha RD 350LC 1976 Yamaha RD 400C |
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25th May 2024 9:20am |
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| PeterG Member Since: 14 Oct 2015 Location: George Western Cape Posts: 19
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Click image to enlarge Drove up to the Eastern Cape (Kenton on Sea/ Boknes)from my home in Herolds Bay. Saw quite a few interesting sights in gardens 😎 Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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26th May 2024 5:09am |
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| M94PUMA Member Since: 16 Dec 2016 Location: Hampshire Posts: 126 
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Found a job for a weekend!.. Small puddle of coolant on the gearbox, looks like it’s weeping from the usual head core plug. Whilst at it ordered new hd studs and a de-webbed heat treated skimmed manifold from Dean/ Total td5. Be rude to fit the original back on and can guarantee there’ll be a broken stud or two upon removal!
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4th Jun 2024 8:17pm |
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| M94PUMA Member Since: 16 Dec 2016 Location: Hampshire Posts: 126
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Had an hour spare this afternoon so whipped the manifold off with no snapped studs!
Re-sealed core plug with some loctite 243. Hopefully it does the job! Waiting on some new heavy duty studs etc to refit! Click image to enlarge |
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5th Jun 2024 4:02pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20334
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Not anything really just enjoying some free time to catch up some bits and pieces on it.
Hope everyone has a good weekend, this weather is ideal to get some jobs done. Not too hot, not too cold and for once not too wet. 
⭐️⭐️God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️ |
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8th Jun 2024 1:01pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20334
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A bit of a heads up, but be aware of a shop on eBay called;
mr m0 tor p arts d1rect. The 0, the spaces and the 1 here being replaced, so not key-worded on search engines. Anyway, I bought a small item luckily only worth £10. It never arrived, no communication. I had to open a non delivered case with eBay. Still no response so it will be handled by eBay to refund it automatically. It’s mainly LR parts for sale on there, I am glad I didn’t buy anything more from there, so this is just a message to be aware. When I looked at feedback on their page, it seems like it has happened a good 5 or 6 times in the last 6 months alone. I wouldn’t mind if they had replied, but no response at all and other people have said the same thing. Just a good job Ebay automatically respond and process non delivered refunds. Even though that takes longer, it’s been almost a month now. Later edit* Now been refunded by the company - it had got lost. But they could have responded sooner. ⭐️⭐️God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️ Last edited by custom90 on 10th Jun 2024 8:26pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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10th Jun 2024 12:46pm |
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| M94PUMA Member Since: 16 Dec 2016 Location: Hampshire Posts: 126
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All back together over lunch break with hd studs & spacers, de-webbed and skimmed manifold. All this just for re-sealing a core plug
At the same time did an Egr cooler delete as I blanked it off from the intake previously but never removed it fully. No more coolant pipes or vacuum solenoids and wiring etc. Nice and tidy engine bay, and not noticeable unless all the engine covers are removed! Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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10th Jun 2024 2:37pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17364 
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I put off fixing a leak from that plug on my Disco 2 for about 10 years beause I thought it would have seized in the head and would be a problem to unscrew. Finally when the rearmost manifold stud sheared and I had to bite the bullet, I found that actually it wasn't even finger tight which was why it was leaking!
It required no tools to remove the plug, just the end of a digit stuck in the hex. On the bright side, at least for 10 years the engine always had really fresh coolant because it never stayed there particularly long.  |
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10th Jun 2024 2:44pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5843 
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In an effort to reduce the steering play, last week I replaced the steering drop arm as I found some play in the ball joint.
The drive down to mid wales was much improved over the last drive I did. Noticeably less play in the steering which was nice. 1999 Defender TD5 110 Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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10th Jun 2024 2:44pm |
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