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| Robofarmer Member Since: 17 Mar 2010 Location: cheshire Posts: 88   
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Top man fekete full breakfast for me everytime too !!!!  2008 110 County utility
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4th May 2010 9:14pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610 
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Well had the 18mm blank on for nearly a week now. No MIL light and may be my imagination but appears to be marginally more economical (will see with next fill). What isn't imagination is how much quieter the engine is! Will wait till I get my remap back on and go a size smaller. Shouldn't be too difficult now the studs have been removed and replaced with the ss bolts 10-15mins I reckon.
Hands are healing nicely having ripped 'em to shreds trying to clear the studs to get the blanking plate on last week instead of just removing them! Happy days! Summer's knocking on the door! If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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7th May 2010 2:20pm |
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| mrwoo Member Since: 03 Jan 2008 Location: Cheshire Posts: 286 
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Completely understand about the scars, mine are healing now  It was alot easier on a county model without the air con pipr 1964 Series IIA SWB Truck Cab - gone
1981 Series III SWB Hardtop - gone 1982 Series III SWB Hardtop - gone 1997 300Tdi Defender 90 Hardtop - gone 1983 Series III SWB Station Wagon - gone 1979 Series III SWB Station Wagon - gone 2007 90 CSW - gone 2010 USW XS - gone 2010 110 USW - gone 1959 Series II Truck Cab 1984 Series III CSW 2004 TD5 90 CSW |
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8th May 2010 8:21pm |
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| MK Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Santiago Posts: 2422  
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Suggestions?
doesn`t look very promising for my knuckels. Should I remove the expansion tank to start? cheers M Puma 110" SW ............................................................. Earth first. Other planets later |
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8th May 2010 8:58pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610
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MK,
No need! Just buy a bottle of antifreeze and disconnect the pipe at the bottom of the expansion tank it will give you enough room! If you've got some gloves put 'em on! There's lots of sharp edges and it'll save a week of healing! If you've got studs remove them rather than try to get clearance to fit the blank and replace with the bolts! Took me a while and a couple of calls to Robofarmer to get it done but it shouldn't really take more than 30-40 mins first time! If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!! Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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8th May 2010 9:28pm |
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| alantd Member Since: 14 Dec 2008 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 1513 
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K9F - if you're changing your plate, maybe you could take some photos of the job  Picture; thousand words... and all that One that started out as a 2.4 TDCi 110 XS
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8th May 2010 11:39pm |
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| MK Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Santiago Posts: 2422
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From AndrewS` pics I can see original bolts still there
 Why RoboF supplies new bolts? Sorry for the stupid question Puma 110" SW
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8th May 2010 11:53pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610
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Alantd,
Job took longer than expected and I had to get vehicle back together to get back to work. Unfortunately all was a bit of a panic and I didn't take pictures. Got 2nd service in 2,500 miles so will have to swap back, will take pictures then if someone hasn't beaten me to it. 
MK, On Andrews's photos they are the original studs (not bolts) he has just removed the nuts off them to facilitate removal.... Some vehicles have studs fitted where you just remove nuts to undo, others have bolts that you just extract. The difficulty of the task depends on whether you have bolts or studs as original fit If you have studs fitted you have to make sufficient room to pull the EGR Valve assembly clear of the manifold to fit the blanking plate. I couldn't manage this as I have aircon and could not obtain sufficient clearance with all the pipes etc. Quick call to Robofarmer and he said "Use a star type socket and remove the studs completely and replace with the bolts I supplied!" Makes the job and any subsequent blanking plate fit/removal much easier. Hope this makes sense. If you've got bolts as standard just whip 'em out retain the gasket and replace with a blank. Job jobbed! If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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9th May 2010 8:04am |
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| dgardel Member Since: 30 Nov 2008 Location: Veneto (Heart & Head) Posts: 3586 
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it's sufficient a little modify....
off course the photos is only the idea, normally we make this kind of solution on Gas & oil plant blank/cut-off plates  Click image to enlarge Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  Discovery 5 td6 HSE Stornoway Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition
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9th May 2010 8:03pm |
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| Robofarmer Member Since: 17 Mar 2010 Location: cheshire Posts: 88
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Mk def no need to take the expansion tank off just try and do the job with engine cold to start with would be best!. If you do end up change,n a plate after a run just wait a reasonable amount of time for engine and water temp to cool a little and then release the expansion tank top slowly for a min then tighten again and then squeeze clip and remove black water pipe out of your way. and you should,nt lose more than a cupfull of coolant . can,t help you with the sore knuckle proplem though.  2008 110 County utility
ex 1988 defender 90 ,td ex 1970 series III |
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9th May 2010 8:34pm |
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| alantd Member Since: 14 Dec 2008 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 1513
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I know those jobs It's usually preceded by my suggestion to my wife that "it'll only take me 10 mins". 2 hours later she comes out to see what the hell has happened, to find me red faced, sweating and cursing as I try to at least get back to the point where I've not broken it.
I need a mechanic's "undo" button. One that started out as a 2.4 TDCi 110 XS
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10th May 2010 12:15pm |
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| MK Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Santiago Posts: 2422
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Therefore I didn`t try during the WE Puma 110" SW
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10th May 2010 12:23pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610
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Alantd, Your post is creepy!!!! You were watching me and listening in weren't you? Wonder how many others use the "It'll only take me 10 minutes, honestly!" and the accompanying "It's all gone horribly wrong!"  If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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10th May 2010 12:23pm |
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| big steve Member Since: 24 Dec 2009 Location: hertfordshire Posts: 2456 
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how are people geting on with this iv just ordered mine
what is the best size to start with ? and any one got any real good storys of what the performance has beeen like after fitting cheers steve 2015 2.2 tdci hardtop xs 3.2 conversion DONE 238bhp and 707nm torque and thats just the start ;-P hybrid turbo in build -done ready to fit ashcroft atb in transfer box 6 speed auto in build |
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12th May 2010 12:11pm |
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