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Cheshire110



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Phoenix90 wrote:
Ł600 is massively more than I would expect to pay to have that damage repaired! Especially considering looking at it, it appears as though a paintless repair may be possible?

Shop around a bit more!


I know! That's the state of the world nowadays I guess! Cheers, David
Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8.
Post #256044 3rd Aug 2013 7:58pm
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Phoenix90



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Don't know, just about to have my whole roof re-sprayed for significantly less than that!

Had a similar dent pulled out of mothers car earlier in the year via a paintless method method for Ł80.
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Phoenix90 wrote:
Don't know, just about to have my whole roof re-sprayed for significantly less than that!

I got my whole Defender sprayed for less than that! In fact, I could nearly have had it done twice for that much Laughing (Done by the aforementioned SprayTone) An engine to TDi for!
"Land Rover- Proudly turning drivers into mechanics since 1948"
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Cheshire110



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Phoenix90 wrote:
Don't know, just about to have my whole roof re-sprayed for significantly less than that!

Had a similar dent pulled out of mothers car earlier in the year via a paintless method method for Ł80.


I may be wrong but I think that because aluminium bends when it dents and so damages the paint and leaves a wobbly finish? Cheers, David
Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8.
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Defenders come with a wobbly finish!
Post #256295 4th Aug 2013 9:17pm
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Cheshire110



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A (pretty big) update...
Been a busy time recently: lots of car work, gold DofE in the lakes, A2 results this morning etc so heres my first update in a while:

- First bit: Sort out rear crossmember. Sanded lightly, primed and sprayed with a nice few coats of gloss black.

Looked like this before

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Masked off

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After spraying

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End Result (v Pleased!)

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Next Bit: Sort out my 'go faster/character dent' ( Big Cry )

Filler & sanding (forgot to take pics until this stage) (My uncle restores cars and makes appearance here!)

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Primer

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Spraying (thats a hairdyer not the aerosol)

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Finished result, very pleased - just needs polishing a lot now!

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Next Bit: Try out newly fabricated ramps.

The bars in middle adjust to fit my 110 and also dads Amazon (appropriately named, its about as wide as the Amazon river!)

Gives about +2ft clearance, perfect for the undersealing im going to do soon!


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F**king scary being underneath them but they are very sturdy indeed, takes 2-3 people to move each half!

Enjoy!

Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated Mr. Green  Cheers, David
Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8.
Post #258845 15th Aug 2013 1:24pm
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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Keswick Green
Tidy looking truck. 2011 110 USW
1973 Series III 1-Ton
1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker
1969 IIA 1-Ton
1966 IIA 88"
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Cheshire110



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22900013A wrote:
Tidy looking truck.


Short and sweet cheers!

Using the ramps to waxoyl & underseal over next few days Cheers, David
Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8.
Post #259690 18th Aug 2013 7:58pm
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Cheshire110



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TODAYS DEVELOPMENTS
some of you may have seen my other posts, but basically since i picked up some (sediment) contaminated fuel have had terrible trouble.

Changed fuel filters twice (most recently to gen LR part just in case), had lots of injector cleaner in, emptied and refilled tank, bled(isn?) system to no avail.

this was the end result of todays work:


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AA man was lovely, and the truck was a fair old piece of kit!
car's been recovered to the garage, hopefully will have some news tomorrow.



Also my Ultra-Gauge arrived, will set it up once car is mended!

Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated Mr. Green  Cheers, David
Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8.
Post #263864 4th Sep 2013 10:25pm
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steve E



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David.
I hope it's an easy fix.
Thumbs Up

Steve
Post #263881 5th Sep 2013 6:55am
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Sockpuppet



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Get it taken to a specialist. I took a disel to a specialist and he got a oscilloscope out to measure not only there was a signal from the sensors but also what the wave form looked like. Blew my frikking mind.

Hope your back on the road soon.
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Thumbs Up Like those ramps...would made this weeks Waxoyling a lot less unpleasant!
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Excellent post and really enjoyed reading it - apart from the diesel issue of course. Those ramps are amazing. Thumbs Up Cheers,
Superspoons
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Cheshire110



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Yeah ramps are great thanks,

Can sit underneath with headroom to spare - halfway through waxoyling and servicing ATM, made the jobs a breeze! (Engine oil still came squirting out at a million mph though! Messy!)

Will let you know re: fuel problems when I know Cheers, David
Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8.
Post #264147 6th Sep 2013 1:59am
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GUM97



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David, something's just occurred to me regarding the fuel problem.. It wasn't Bio-Diesel was it? Or anything labeled as B20 or above? Thumbs Up An engine to TDi for!
"Land Rover- Proudly turning drivers into mechanics since 1948"
Post #264186 6th Sep 2013 8:27am
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