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| f15hie Member Since: 14 Feb 2013 Location: Kent Posts: 153   
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Went down to local village cricket club. It was closed, thats handy as i took my fly rod and went and had an hours practice with the rod catching grass trout
The took the scenic route home and maybe did a few fields and lanes  |
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21st Apr 2013 6:39pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324 
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Thanks  Made a number plate, err, plate today. A sheet of 3mm ali cut to shape, painted and bolted in place on the original military plate bracket:
 Excuse the crappy quality pic - camera phones and low light don't play well together.
Yup, sold it to Jeremy on here. My original intention was to refurbish it but I was offered this new one, which has already been refurbished, and I couldn't resist. I have paid for the priviledge of somebody else doing all of the donkey work though  Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia Last edited by LandRoverAnorak on 21st Apr 2013 8:28pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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21st Apr 2013 8:04pm |
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| ZeDefender Member Since: 15 Sep 2011 Location: Munich Posts: 4731  
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Used the headlights to continue working on our tandem in the dark - turns out LEDs are useful after all
Just finished modifying the bottom brackets and chainsets (F  ing cotter pins - had to grind one crank off  ) and fitting sensors for electric conversion. PITA though - it's 40 years old, French and nothing is standard - the pain will no doubt continue 
Also collected the neighbours' dogs (thank God for the guard) and the 5 of us spent the morning walking along the river in the forest Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing... |
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21st Apr 2013 8:18pm |
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| ttuck3r Member Since: 03 Feb 2013 Location: Dunning Scotland Posts: 277  
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Fitted my Raptor dash tonight, not as difficult as i thought it would be..
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21st Apr 2013 9:17pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443 
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Spent half the day under mine changing suspension bushes. One day I'm going to invest in a press just resorted to the tried and tested method of the good old Mr Record No4 and a lot of grunting
I've left the A frame bushes for now as I'll get an A frame top joint and do them all together when it gets taken off. As per usual the last lot to be done were the ones that caused the most hassle, the first time I've not been able to undo bolts on my motor and had to resort to the grinder
On a plus note, totally non Defender, I bought a new to me tent off fleabay tonight for a reasonable price which means I should have a less stressfull 10 days at Bala this year not worrying whether I've got enough Gaffa tape with me to patch yet another rip as the old tent deteriorates in front of my eyes  |
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21st Apr 2013 11:03pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5877 
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Replaced the front and rear diff oil. 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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22nd Apr 2013 8:02pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443
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I noticed today that after sorting the bushes out yesterday that the wheel wobble at 45 to 50mph has all but gone(I'll swop tyres round as the front nearside has worn twice as much as the other 3
). The biggest difference is the transmission play has drastically reduced and the whole driving experience is much tighter, just goes to show how a little bit of play here and there all add up 
Still got a damned rattle, just sounds like a washer that is loose somewhere underneath |
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22nd Apr 2013 9:02pm |
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| iPints Member Since: 15 Jun 2012 Location: SC Posts: 294  
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Fixed both doors as some chavvy little scum bag tried to break in.......Passenger door was unlocked....but they didnt even try the doors.
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22nd Apr 2013 11:01pm |
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| drive4change Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: Somerset Posts: 193 
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I hate to stereotype about the youth of today but ....... www.drive4change.co.uk |
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23rd Apr 2013 7:20am |
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| familymad Member Since: 13 Dec 2011 Location: Bucks Posts: 3481  
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Let wife goto work in it and used Series 2a to move 4 loads if wood to a mates house. 1951 80" S1 2.0
1995 110 300TDI 1995 90 300TDI Last edited by familymad on 23rd Apr 2013 10:00am. Edited 1 time in total |
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23rd Apr 2013 9:45am |
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| smb Member Since: 15 Jan 2013 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1232 
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Pulled down a Lean-To that the wind had started to do, but hadn't finished.
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23rd Apr 2013 9:56am |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6113 
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^^^^ SMB.... what wheels are those? is that the terrafirma jobbies? what size/rim width are they?
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23rd Apr 2013 12:37pm |
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| smb Member Since: 15 Jan 2013 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1232
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Hi Diesel_Jim, Yes, they are Terrafirma TF100's in 7x16 |
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23rd Apr 2013 12:53pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6113
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Nice.
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23rd Apr 2013 1:12pm |
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