Thread: What did you do on your Landy today?

Originally Posted by Yorkie

anti roll bar is what you disconnect, need an 18mm socket for the nut and 17mm open spanner to hold the top of the connecting rod from turning.as you lower the axle they pull through the roll bar. line them back up when finished and jack the axle up and the rod will go through the roll bar and reattach nut.

passenger side i had to remove the shock tower to get the new spring in, drivers side was ok leaving shock in.

Thanks for the clarification. There is a Rovers North vid on youtube that shows them using that method.

The Dobinsons coils turned up yesterday and I finally got Paddocks to send the shocks. They were supposed to ship on friday but Paddocks staff "missed" the paypal notifcation which included order number for the payment I sent for shipping. It's taken just under two weeks from ordering to shipping, which is kind of annoying when I was told they were packed and ready to ship last Wednesday. Oh well, I should a 3-4 days of afterwork time to fit the shocks and coils before we leave on a two week trip...

Changed the diff and TC oil yesterday before rain stopped play. Picking up a replacement long filter retaining bolt for the auto today so will be able to tackle the rounded out torx screw tomorrow.

On the todo list:
- Fluid change diffs, transfer case
- Oil and filter change Td5
- Fluid change power steering and ACE
- extract stuffed torx screw, replace filter and do second fluid change on Auto.
- Fit new dobinsons springs and koni heavy track shocks

cheers
Paul

Returned the wrong rear shockers to my local parts supplier.
Plan B always seems to work better for me anyway.
So,,,, Saturday it's replace the worn rear shockers now.

Can't do much to mine,it is a long way away in Alice Springs having a rest for 10 days or so.

Suppose i could wash the filthy deefer that is under the carport,covered in Cape York mud and dust......

Put the front end back together and drove it

Fitted waterproof seat covers to both Defenders.Replaced the MAF sensor with a modified sensor and flashed the ECU in the 130,it now goes like a scalded cat with the VGT fitted

Finally got approval for insurance funding of replacement winch and auto. Yay. Now the wait for the money to be transferred and then pay for it all then wait for shipping.

Also ordered new ECU to suit the 4.6 from Mark Adams.

Originally Posted by isuzutoo-eh

Last night went clubbing and picked up a midget. Like, picked her up and put her in the car so I could give her a lift home, in hindsight probably shouldn't have apologised for not having a child seat...Watched said mate hammer a screwdriver through his Defender's roof, because he couldn't find a drill.

HAHAHAHA Pure gold, on both accounts.

Fitted the new rear shockers yesterday.
Left side went smoothly, right side was a different matter.
One foot on the 18" stilsons to hold the recalcitrant thing still, left foot pushing the long socket bar. Damned socket slipped didn't it.
Ripped a nice length of bark from my left shin on the brake disc.
Did the "Indian Pain Dance" used a few choice words, had a coffee and a smoke.
Finally got the old shocker off though, and the new Gabriels are performing very nicely indeed.

OK, now to go to the next item on the list of little jobs the disco needs.