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| Teario Member Since: 04 Aug 2015 Location: Merseyside Posts: 153  
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Decided this week to tackle the brakes as the rear passenger side was making a worrying grinding noise.
Acquired a set of new pads and discs all round and with a week off work I thought it'd be smooth sailing. I started on the rears and the first one was pretty easy.  Click image to enlarge The other side was less easy. One of the wheel nuts wouldn't budge even with the impact gun. After a bit too much enthusiasm I ended up breaking it a little bit. Click image to enlarge So a second hand hub was acquired, but at least it was all apart then and the actual disc and pad change was painless. This side was the one that I desperately wanted to change as it was grinding under braking. This is what the old pads looked like when I got them out. The bottom of the plate has been rubbing away. Click image to enlarge Once I got onto the fronts I realised I'd got vented discs (I just asked the dealer for discs for my year vehicle as I didn't know which type I needed) but the ones already on turned out to be solid. In hindsight it would have been easy for me to check this before ordering. I just decided to do the pads as I'd already made a start and they really needed doing. I'll come back to the discs in the near future. All four pads I removed form the fronts had a distinct lip on them, as though they hadn't sat flush with the disc. I found it hard to get the new ones seated properly, but I got 3 of them down. This one wouldn't go in no matter how many times I reseated it though. This is just how far out all the old ones were sitting. It does line up with the holes in the calliper though. Click image to enlarge Braking now feels significantly more responsive. I'm probably pressing about 20% down on the pedal now to stop rather than 75% or more that I was previously having to do. One final quick thing to do was check the bulbs in the dash were all working. All seemed okay except for the diff lock light which I knew had a good bulb in but it never lit up no matter how far I went with diff lock engaged. Another item on the list then. I also got curious about this blank on the bottom row centre of the cluster. Click image to enlarge With a bulb in, it appears to indicate a temp warning. However it goes out when I drop the handbrake. Click image to enlarge Hopefully that's nothing to worry about. The actual temp gauge reads fine. |
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16th Sep 2016 11:28pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383 
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The warning light is not normally used, I 'think' it's gearbox temp.
The broken wheel stud can be replaced quite easily, just knock it out and hammer/press one back in, easy when the disc is off... Just for future reference  |
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17th Sep 2016 7:03am |
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| Teario Member Since: 04 Aug 2015 Location: Merseyside Posts: 153
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It does indeed just hammer out 
Oh well, lesson learnt. I'll move that from the scrap to the spares pile then  |
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18th Sep 2016 11:16am |
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| Teario Member Since: 04 Aug 2015 Location: Merseyside Posts: 153
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Another minor maintenance task checked off the list this weekend.
Click image to enlarge I've also spent the last couple of weeks wrestling with a strange locking issue. Pressing to engage the alarm on the keyfob just suddenly stopped working. I tried a new battery but that didn't help. Pressing the keyfob button repeatedly would occasionally work, but it was unreliable and would normally take a long time if it did eventually work. That wasn't such a problem because I could just not set the alarm, however after leaving it all night and trying to go to work in the morning, the immobiliser would kick in and the disarm button on the keyfob was also not working. After much struggle I came up with a system that seemed to mean it only took me a couple of minutes to get the car started instead of 5+, which was to open up the keyfob and press down on the battery holder really hard, then just quickly and repeatedly press the unlock button until eventually it worked. This evening I finally had time to give it a proper look over and now I see why pressing the battery holder made such a difference. Click image to enlarge I'm just relieved it was something so simple and not a fault with anything expensive. I'm guessing I must have dropped the keys and it's come loose when it hit the ground. A quick bit of solder and it's all working fine again. Click image to enlarge |
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8th Nov 2016 11:35pm |
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| Teario Member Since: 04 Aug 2015 Location: Merseyside Posts: 153
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Today I went from this:
Click image to enlarge To this: Click image to enlarge I think it looks much better with the new ones on. Now I just need to give it a good clean. |
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6th May 2017 2:25pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10784 
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Looks really good there
A good days cleaning should get it looking A1  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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6th May 2017 9:24pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5197
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black and red yeah!! Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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14th May 2017 7:05pm |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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wheels looking good
My 109 thread
my youtube channel |
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20th May 2017 8:05pm |
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| jonesfrm Member Since: 03 Apr 2017 Location: Gloucester- Churchdown Posts: 104
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Really good colour way!
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20th May 2017 9:31pm |
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| Teario Member Since: 04 Aug 2015 Location: Merseyside Posts: 153
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Poor old Red has been put away in storage for a while now. After having no problems during my short work commute I went for a 100 mile run out this weekend and started developing issues. Now all the gears feel really rough and there's a chat-chat-chat like a steam engine when driving. There's a few more new and concerning noises too that I'm sure I'll track down, although as always he still got me home.
Anyway with the MOT coming up and being pretty sure there'd be more chassis welding to do, the handbrake needing attention and starter motor issues making it a constant hassle to actually get going, I'd decided to just see December out and then do some serious work. With this weekend's developments I've brought that forward and got him in the garage ready to be worked on... when the weather warms up a bit. I've got another daily now so I can take my time getting big red sorted out properly. The first plan is a galv chassis because the current doesn't look like it's got much left in it. I'll see where it goes from there. Here's Red getting prepared to go into the garage, the last time I'll drive it for a while. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Here's my new daily to use while the work is happening. Click image to enlarge It feels strange to be able to step out of it and straight onto the ground. I also forgot what it's like to drive a car that's not a box, so you can't properly see the end of it when parking. |
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4th Dec 2017 11:54pm |
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| Teario Member Since: 04 Aug 2015 Location: Merseyside Posts: 153
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Well I took a week off over the Easter holiday, roped my dad into helping me out and got quite a bit of work done.
Here's where started. Click image to enlarge The chassis looks a bit sorry for itself. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Popped the wings off to get them out of the way so we could do the work. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Got the back in place as far back as we could. Click image to enlarge and... lift off! Click image to enlarge To split the body from the chassis we jacked the vehicle up and put a bar under the rear tub. Secured the bar and then let the chassis down. It fell away no problem, much easier than we expected. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge For the front, we lifted it up on straps temporarily and then put a bar through to relieve the strain on the rafters. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Then we could just roll the chassis out from under the body. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Next out was the engine and gearbox. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Front axle off. Although it looks like not much in this post, it took us about 2 and a half days to get to this point. Click image to enlarge But it was an exciting time - new ARB went on, the first new part. Maybe slightly premature but it made us feel better after all the work we'd done. Click image to enlarge Here's what the old chassis looked like. The tow bar needed to be ground out because it was welded to the crossmember. The crossmember itself was the worst part - probably what years of having that chequer plate on it had done. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge And that's pretty much how we left it at the end of that day. All ready for the new chassis to arrive. Click image to enlarge Which it did, bright and early the next morning. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge The old and the shiny new. Click image to enlarge Although it wasn't shiny for very long. Covered it in T-Wash so that it could be painted. Click image to enlarge Then left it to dry over night. Click image to enlarge Next day, more new parts - turrets, shocks and springs on the front. Click image to enlarge Steering damper, plus shocks and springs on the back. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Kind of wish I'd painted the front axle at this point. I did cover some of the rougher parts but did the whole back one. I'll be giving the chassis another coat in the future before the body goes back on so I'll probably do it then. Also at this point we realised we didn't actually have all the parts for the rear shocks to go back on properly. Got them ordered (just some washers, nuts and bolts) but they weren't going to turn up in time. While the gearbox was off we serviced the clutch. The thrust bearing was absolutely on its last legs, which explains the horrible noises I was getting the last time I drove it. Engine and gearbox back together, new mountings on the chassis and on it went. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Then a few quick little extra tidy up jobs done before going back away for the next long weekend. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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2nd Apr 2018 6:50pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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Well done. Always satisfying bolting stuff on a new chassis
Chequer plate rear cross members are there to hide stuff. Always. |
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2nd Apr 2018 6:59pm |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7907 
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Great work, going to be awesome!
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 |
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2nd Apr 2018 7:18pm |
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| L90Andy Member Since: 29 May 2014 Location: Stratford-Upon-Avon Posts: 719 
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Fantastic post!
Is it a Richards? My old Ninety has a few patches so debating whether doing a swap myself one day is a goer. So many questions...! Instagram: L90andy My 1984 Ninety: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56071.html - SOLD! My 2015 Defender: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39625.html - SOLD! |
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2nd Apr 2018 7:43pm |
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