Thread: What did you do on your Defender today ? (well, this week anyway)

Originally Posted by jon3950

I totally understand your concern Mick, but with a bar and winch I don’t think it will. You’ll probably need to put a bit more air in your rear bags to match the ride height though. Next time you come down to Sydney you’re welcome to call in for a cuppa and to try mine out - you’d go past my place to get to the Northern Beaches.

Cheers,
Jon

Thanks. I've got the rear airbags at 15 and that seems to work. Thanks also for the invitation. I'll keep your invitation in mind.

I finally got a new intercooler pipe for my VNT turbo, after 4 years of putting up with the original one which did not fit well despite the assurance it would from the turbo kit supplier. It was custom fabricated for the car and fitted with two new silicon elbows and hose clamps for $170. Thee work was done by Adam Tan and the guys at 999 automotive in acacia ridge, just behind reece plumbing. ( I saw their shop while i was getting some PVC pipes). I was bit shy about taking the tractor there, their business is high performance sports cars turbo charging etc. But Adam made me feel welcome and their chief fabricator said he would Tig weld some bends etc together. ( I went there to try to buy some elbows, straights and joiners to make a replacement for the original 300 tdi pipe) Pretty interesting place thye have Nissan GTR skylines, BMWs etc there. They showed me a 700 hp, nissan skyline with a huge Garrett turbo and custom intercooler, there was also a supercharged 4 cylinder Camry with 300 hp.

I'm very pleased with the quality result and the price, if you live on the south side and need some good looking and good flowing inter-cooler , air inlet pipes made, I can recommend them. They also supply & fit inter-coolers etc.

I've also just replaced my cracked brake booster, it was pretty straight forward job.
I have a new fan clutch & water pump to fit as well, I figure they have been there for 23 years, I might as well do them at home than on the side of the road somewhere.

cheers simmo

Might as well do them at home than on the side of the road somewhere.## Quote !!!
Thats the helpfull comments given when the 130 is up on blocks to replace the king pin bearings and the steering box input seal blows out over the floor...Yay fun times .....

Fitted my traxide headlight harness went from 11v to 13.4v at the headlights. And fitted new LED headlights from Nuggets stuff big difference

Replaced my led side/indicator lights with wipac variant.

First picture is wipac, other two show the previous lights.

If anyone wants to pickup the old set, PM me. They come with brand new plinths, and fittings, are emarked and give a better spread of light than the wipacs. One of them had some condensation so needs some silicon. Some marks and such... free.

Originally Posted by manic

Replaced my led side/indicator lights with wipac variant.

First picture is wipac, other two show the previous lights.

If anyone wants to pickup the old set, PM me. They come with brand new plinths, and fittings, are emarked and give a better spread of light than the wipacs. One of them had some condensation so needs some silicon. Some marks and such... free.

Hey mate, your defender is wearing a really pointy hat

Yesterday finished the 640,000km service on the 110. A few issues were rectified as well as the regular service.

1. Radiator shroud flapping around. After the radiator was overhauled a few years ago, the top left screw hole for the shroud no longer matched. At the time, I set it up with a couple of washers to hold the shroud. It seems this did not work. So I made up a bit of hoop iron that holds the top of the shroud and is attached to the top frame of the radiator by two self tappers. This meant removing the radiator support bracket.

2. While doing this, found the lock nut on the aircon compressor adjustment was missing. (Aircon is non-standard, and not working at the moment due to a gas leak I can't afford to get rectified) Fixed this - eventually. Very difficult access. With these two flapping not around, the engine is a lot quieter!

3. Replaced the LH sway bar link. Should reduce the rattle from the rear.

4. While checking the RH front parking light, found the source of the smell I had been looking for for the last few days round the workshop. There was a dead crow sitting on top of the bumper, under the light bar and against the grille. Hard to see - black on black. It was just at the stage where it came to bits when I pulled it out!

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Yesterday finished the 640,000km service on the 110. A few issues were rectified as well as the regular service.

1. Radiator shroud flapping around. After the radiator was overhauled a few years ago, the top left screw hole for the shroud no longer matched. At the time, I set it up with a couple of washers to hold the shroud. It seems this did not work. So I made up a bit of hoop iron that holds the top of the shroud and is attached to the top frame of the radiator by two self tappers. This meant removing the radiator support bracket.

2. While doing this, found the lock nut on the aircon compressor adjustment was missing. (Aircon is non-standard, and not working at the moment due to a gas leak I can't afford to get rectified) Fixed this - eventually. Very difficult access. With these two flapping not around, the engine is a lot quieter!

3. Replaced the LH sway bar link. Should reduce the rattle from the rear.

4. While checking the RH front parking light, found the source of the smell I had been looking for for the last few days round the workshop. There was a dead crow sitting on top of the bumper, under the light bar and against the grille. Hard to see - black on black. It was just at the stage where it came to bits when I pulled it out!

Only 640,000km John, I would take the shroud back as a warranty claim JLR will honour it surely