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

I got the engine into the shed and stripped it down, a stuck #1 & #2 piston were persuaded out with a bit of lumberjacking and the BIG hammer. Years of sitting with a bad head gasket and just a little water on top of the pistons was enough to seal it right up and grow a good crust on the bores. Tomorrow the search begins to find a local shop to bathe (coolant galleries are chockablock with snots) and inspect the block before I go though the joy of gathering new bits. Crankshaft and camshaft look in great shape at this stage. Hoping all is well as the planned swap engine has more than twice the kms as this one... and will be the final rites on my trusty old disco.

Gearbox and transfer case oil changes on '90. Couldn't get grease into the propshaft nipples so have ordered the grease gun attachments recommended on here.
Also the combination to get at the transfer case filler plug much easier next time.
Great resources here as usual.

I migrated all the Huntsmen to another vehicle. The users of which are many and half of them arachnophobes.

LS engine and 6L80e are in. Engineer signed off on the engine/transmission mounts, clearances etc. Approval to move onto stage 2 (the rest of the build). The hard part that is my cross the bear begins. FWIW, the engine looks a treat in the engine bay. Like it should have been there from factory.

Replaced the leaky radiator and the leaky core plug under the exhaust manifold. No more leaks.

Then the alternator immediately went poof. #justdefenderthings

Fitted a frontrunner gullwing window and now I have super easy access to my fridge which lives permanently in the back, plus a service.

Originally Posted by 2012Ninety

Fitted a frontrunner gullwing window and now I have super easy access to my fridge which lives permanently in the back, plus a service.

Gullwings are game changes for access to the back. Particularly if you have a cargo barrier. We put them in. Wife said it was best mod ever.

Found the RH front tyre was flat. Swapped it for the spare, and it is in the back of the 2a (going into town tomorrow for a pink slip) to take to the tyre place. I strongly suspect it is another one of their short life tubes!