So, wotcha gonna break this weekend?

[crackers]

It's friday night.
The weekend looms.
Wotcha gonna break on your Series Landy this weekend?

[crackers]

For me, I'm halfway through getting the electrics out. This weekend, I hope to have everything out from under the bonnet (which isn't there, but you know what I mean). All neatly tagged, photographed and diagrammed so come the reinstallation, I'll have no idea where anything goes:confused:

[Dark61]

that would be the b****y wiper switch for me.
cheers,
D

[crackers]

Electrics for me too, some gadget under the bonnet that didn't appreciate me cleaning all the caked on mud out of it.

[debruiser]

Am I too late for this weekend?

on the to do list for me:
Install new expansion tank
fix brake line at master cylinder
suss out the turbo (yes it is a series)
wait for more money so I can get RM parabolics to put under her. :D

[crackers]

Am I too late for this weekend?

Be nice if we can make this thread perpetual :)

[crackers]

suss out the turbo (yes it is a series)

What's this having a hair dryer on a Series Landy?

[debruiser]

What's this having a hair dryer on a Series Landy?

200tdi conversion...

[crackers]

Friday night and an old phart's thoughts turn to what's going to suffer on the Landy this weekend.

I'm looking at getting the rest of the wiring out and, if really lucky, everything else under the bonnet that's not mechanical.
I'll have another look at where the exhaust bolts onto the manifold but those three bolts look pretty much rusted solid and I'm unwilling to break them off until I've actually bought a set of extractors (got the carby, manifolds and first bit of the exhaust all out in one bit).

How's that for supreme optimism :angel:

So, what are YOU going to break?

[debruiser]

I just finished installing my nice shiny new steering damper!

Just received my nice new 24" led light bars so I'll be fabricating a roof bar of fashions to mount that too above the windscreen.

Might think about pulling out the old turbo too....

[crackers]

LEDs have changed so many things haven't they.

Giving up on the turbo? It's dead and needs replacing? What's the story?

[debruiser]

LEDs have changed so many things haven't they.

Giving up on the turbo? It's dead and needs replacing? What's the story?

I'm hoping that LED's have changed the game :D

Ahhh the turbo.... I'm giving up on THAT turbo.... I've ordered a brand spanking shiny sexy new one. :D:D From what I can gather(have spoken to a couple of mechanics and 1 even had a look at it) and figure out with my ears and eyes that turbo needs some tlc... I think it's the wastegate sticking open. But I'm not confident to fool with such fast spinny things so I shall get a new one. I'm thinking I'll sell the old one cheap cheap - someone with some more knowledge will just do a rebuild on it.

[crackers]

You'll sell that turbo to some bugga who'll buy a 20c seal, spend half an hour in his shed and have it working perfectly :twisted:

At least, that's the sort of thing that happens to me :angel:

[Dark61]

I'm taking the Mrs for a drive in the 109 tomorrow , so hope nothing at all breaks.
cheers,
D

[crackers]

I'm taking the Mrs for a drive in the 109 tomorrow , so hope nothing at all breaks.
cheers,
D

The missus is a bit fragile is she? :eek:
Oh, you meant the 109 :angel:

[debruiser]

The missus is a bit fragile is she? :eek:
Oh, you meant the 109 :angel:

[bigrolf][bigrolf]:Rolling:

[Dark61]

all good , although I may have to fit a step to aid disembarkment!
cheers,
D

[crackers]

They're tall beasts aren't they. My plan is to slowly do mine up (which is why I'm on the forum not in the shed :angel:) but by the time I'll have her finished, I'll need a fruit box to get up into her. Seriously. I'm starting at 59 and with a ten year program being reasonable, old age and decrepitude could catch up. I'm getting back on my pushbike - the lad thinks it's for my health but it's really so I'm flexible enough to work on Wombat.

And yes, I'm about to drag on my 'dirty clothes' and go out into the shed. :cool:

[Dark61]

slowly does it Mate, there's no rush - think how great it will be when you drive it down the street.
cheers,
D

[crackers]

Sunday is shaping up to be fun.
I'm on my own.
Push Wombat out of the shed and down a slope in the lawn... without her getting away from me.
High pressure clean the chassis.
Fail to get her back into the shed.
Wait till monday when the lad gets home to help push her into the shed.

This is assuming my high pressure gadget works which I'm smart enough to check first.

Of course, I could buy a six pack of dark ale, fettle my pushbike and watch cat videos all afternoon.

[Dark61]

The Dark Ale sounds like a plan.
cheers,
D

[Gerokent]

Went for a picnic up a dry river bed in my shortie with new girlfriend,
tried to start it to come home, dead starter motor. Ended up getting a tow by a nearby farmer with his tractor to solid ground for push start.
Girlfriend not impressed with landy, me not impressed with holden engine.
Can't have been too traumatic for her though, we ended up married .

[Dark61]

the old engine wont start trick eh?! Congratulations.
At least she knows what she's getting into.
cheers,
D

[crackers]

So, I was going to push Wombat out of the shed, hit her with the high pressure cleaner (that I haven't bought yet) and push her back in, either this weekend or next. Thing is, it's a two man job because the back yard slopes down from from shed.

Soooooo, the lad's playing football (soccer) today, and prangs up his ankle in an 'oooo **** - unable to put pressure on it' sort of way.

So good thing we didn't get her out before the game because we wouldn't be getting her back in AND we won't be getting her out for a few weeks methinks. Guess I'll just have to find small things to break.

Oh, I should express sympathy for the lad too shouldn't I... but I've got too used to him hurting himself - he plays every game at 110% and even though he could barely walk two hours after the injury, is planning to be back at training on tuesday night.

[debruiser]

Rear shocks on the agenda for tomorrow. Monday rims are going in for nice new tyres. Next weekend I'm going camping/fishing so no work on the beast. Weekend after that I'll get the custom brake hoses made and put some fluid in them.... then it's flush the radiator, adjust the handbrake, maybe make some floor mats. install some checkerplate on the bonnet to hide all the holes. annnnnnnnnnd it's ready for a roadworthy

[crackers]

Rear shocks on the agenda for tomorrow. Monday rims are going in for nice new tyres. Next weekend I'm going camping/fishing so no work on the beast. Weekend after that I'll get the custom brake hoses made and put some fluid in them.... then it's flush the radiator, adjust the handbrake, maybe make some floor mats. install some checkerplate on the bonnet to hide all the holes. annnnnnnnnnd it's ready for a roadworthy

Ready for roadworthy? If you can't see the potential for grief, we all can :twisted:

Best of luck mate. Getting her on the road would have to be one of the more exciting stages of the build.

[debruiser]

Yea I hate playing with brakes.... they suck big time. So cross your fingers for me that everything goes smoothly.

I forgot to add, I've got to wait for my new windscreen wipers to get here. Tried to install my old ones yesterday and the stupid things broke! And I'd spent time cleaning and painting them too! :mad:

[crackers]

I forgot to add, I've got to wait for my new windscreen wipers to get here. Tried to install my old ones yesterday and the stupid things broke! And I'd spent time cleaning and painting them too! :mad:

Sorry, but I had to laugh at that one. :cool:

Best of luck with the brakes. The secret is to hold your tongue at juuuust the right angle :angel:

[debruiser]

yea always the way isn't it.... the stupid shocks didn't break LOL!

Don't tell the MRS but the windscreen wipers are like $70!!!! far out.... must be make of gold or something

[Dark61]

I've steered clear of working on the 109 for the last couple of weeks as I have enough disappointment in my life at the moment.
cheers,
D

[debruiser]

Just when I was getting sooooo close! Found an oil leak that needs some attention. My new defender style wiper arms and little adapter bits don't work either, so it looks like I have to use a shabby looking pair for the time being....

All other progress has halted due to the lack of money :(

[crackers]

I've steered clear of working on the 109 for the last couple of weeks as I have enough disappointment in my life at the moment.
cheers,
D

Hang on mate, that's MY excuse.
Chin up cobs, you won't feel better for it but you can pour more beer in with your chin up and THEN you'll feel better :D

Dunno about you lot, but I have to keep reminding myself that there is no time frame for this project and as long as I keep tinkering and doing bigger stuff when I can, eventually I'll be trying to work out how to fund the registration costs.

[crackers]

Just when I was getting sooooo close! Found an oil leak that needs some attention. My new defender style wiper arms and little adapter bits don't work either, so it looks like I have to use a shabby looking pair for the time being....

All other progress has halted due to the lack of money :(

They're supposed to leak oil... but the motor reg people won't believe you. :mad:

Pity about the wiper arms and the like. I've realised I don't have any wiper stuff at all for Wombat so goodness knows what I'll be doing.

Money :confused: I knew there was a reason I shouldn't have bought this thing.

[debruiser]

So I've decided that I'm camping this weekend. Tried to upload pics but my phone doesn't want to play the game

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[crackers]

Off to Birwood Mill Motor Museum with my Dad and my son tomorrow to celebrate father's day. Sunday, tinkering on Wombat though I'm sure I'll find something to stuff up.

[Dark61]

will be dropping a thermometer in the radiator to see what temp the coolant gets to.
Can I break anything just by doing that ? Probably.
cheers,
D

[crackers]

will be dropping a thermometer in the radiator to see what temp the coolant gets to.
Can I break anything just by doing that ? Probably.
cheers,
D

Don't have a senior moment, get her up to temperature and THEN take off the cap. Take the cap off and then get her up to temperature. :BigThumb:

It's the inalienable right of a man to cock up the stupidly obvious :angel:

[Dark61]

hahahaha - I did that once - I took a Ute for a test drive - had a whole list of stuff in my head that I needed to check and took the cap off -oh dear - coolant went all over the place . I mopped up most of it with my beanie which luckily happened to be green , took it back to the dealer and declined the purchase on the basis that it was obviously leaking.
cheers,
D

[debruiser]

hahahaha - I did that once - I took a Ute for a test drive - had a whole list of stuff in my head that I needed to check and took the cap off -oh dear - coolant went all over the place . I mopped up most of it with my beanie which luckily happened to be green , took it back to the dealer and declined the purchase on the basis that it was obviously leaking.
cheers,
D

That's awesome.

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[S3ute]

Hello from Brisbane.

Main thing I broke was a bad habit.

Sitting under the yurt, beer in hand, looking at the project decided to clean up the bike leaning beside it unridden for a few years. Mainly due to what the medicos technically describe as a stuffed back. So, cleaned it up and kitted out like the Michelin man hit the leafy streets this morning.

No longer the Adonis of yore, but it went pretty well.

Now just need to apply the same degree of commitment to the aluminium hulk blocking my trailer.

Cheers

[crackers]

Deep into failing to get the firewall off. About the only thing being broken is my zen like sense of harmony :mad:

The dog is in 'slink away and hide' mode :angel:

[Dark61]

its one thing after another with the 109. Windscreen wipers/ reservoir carked it Thursday - now I have a core plug leak having just flushed the rad and changed the coolant. I'm almost at the Basil Fawlty hitting it with a branch moment. I'm up for breaking anything on the way to getting the l/h guard off , accessing and changing the Core Plugs.
cheers,
D

[crackers]

its one thing after another with the 109. Windscreen wipers/ reservoir carked it Thursday - now I have a core plug leak having just flushed the rad and changed the coolant. I'm almost at the Basil Fawlty hitting it with a branch moment. I'm up for breaking anything on the way to getting the l/h guard off , accessing and changing the Core Plugs.
cheers,
D

Sorry mate, but I had to laugh, especially the Basil Fawlty bit.

My mudguards came off easily... all except for one bolt which, of course, was the least accessible - that turned into a marathon as I had to use the socket wrench all the way to get it off and it fought for every tiny bit of thread. Remember, the two half way down (beside the firewall bulge) only have to be loosened and the mudguard just lifts off - I didn't realise this on my first one and took them all the way out, a mistake you only make once.

[Dark61]

Yep - I didn't know about the lifting off bit until someone gave me the heads up just this week. That's what I like about this forum , people try and help you not go down the same path as they did.
I've done nothing to it of course as a) one of the water tanks has sprung a leak and 2 ) I just sit and stare at the laptop all day waiting for the latest instalment on Wombats bulkhead bolts. I'm going to start a campaign to get any seized bolts named a "Cracker".
cheers,
D

[Lotz-A-Landies]

It's friday night.
The weekend looms.
Wotcha gonna break on your Series Landy this weekend?Not this weekend but last weekend and not on the Series but that was standing by. Looks like I broke my wrist! :BigCry:

[debruiser]

That's not cool Lotz-a-landies!

I'm currently battling my brakes again! :censored::censored::censored::censored::censored: I want to burn it! no i'm not that frustrated just yet.... I don't understand how that much air gets into the system.... grrr.... and no fluid wants to come out the front bleeders! I've removed them and still nothing

[crackers]

Not this weekend but last weekend and not on the Series but that was standing by. Looks like I broke my wrist! :BigCry:

How on earth did you do that? :eek:

Get fit quick and don't going 'testing' it too early and breaking it again.

[crackers]

That's not cool Lotz-a-landies!

I'm currently battling my brakes again! :censored::censored::censored::censored::censored: I want to burn it! no i'm not that frustrated just yet.... I don't understand how that much air gets into the system.... grrr.... and no fluid wants to come out the front bleeders! I've removed them and still nothing

Have you replaced all the pipes? Hard and soft? It could be you've got a pin hole in a bit of bundy.
Of course, from the graphic, you might simply be using the wrong swear words.

[debruiser]

Have you replaced all the pipes? Hard and soft? It could be you've got a pin hole in a bit of bundy.
Of course, from the graphic, you might simply be using the wrong swear words.

Yea all new hard and soft pipes.

[crackers]

Yea all new hard and soft pipes.

Maybe a poorly formed end on a hard pipe?

I had a Rover 3500 (same vehicle as the SD1, just came out a year earlier) that blew a master cylinder. They replaced the master cylinder, and it failed a day later. Replaced it again. It failed. Replaced it, no further problems. One of the 'failed' replacements went into another vehicle and gave no issues. I never did hear if they found the problem and this was a reputable brake company too, not some backyarders. I feel your frustration.

[debruiser]

I hope I dont have to go buying more MCs! that could turn out expensive.... (as appose to how much I've already spent :wasntme:)

[crackers]

This weekend.
I have the remains of a bolt to fail to remove :mad:

An MG ZR that needs an oil change and wheel rotation (about all you do in a service) but I'll be looking for a 'strange sound' at the back end, checking the discs for thickness - wonder what I want to find least, that I need new discs or that I need new wheel bearings?

On holidays next week so hopefully can get the engine and gearbox out.

Oh, and that rotten bolt.

[crackers]

We've been ignoring this thread. Shame on us :cool:

For me?

Get the bits to fix my welder.
Practice welding.
Photograph results for advice and polite shakes of the head.

Remove the remaining steering arms.
There's a steering gadget that goes through the front cross member - I'm going to try to get that out.

Surely at that point it's time to remove the suspension and turn the chassis over for cleaning and painting?

Nope. Because I still have to bash out that bent rear wing on the chassis (or at least fail to do so yet again).

Flippin' dog biscuits, everytime I think I'm ready to start the cleaning/painting/rebuilding process, I find something else I need to remove or do. I thought these beasts were meant to be simple! They're simple like Rubic's Cube, we're the genuinely 'simple' ones for imagining we can get the upper hand :mad:

[debruiser]

Lol. At least its keeping you entertained! If it was too simple then you'd finish too quickly and have nothing to do but drive it! and how boring would that be.

I have a king pin to order. That will be my job this weekend I think. O, and wait for a R380 and LT230 to replace my series gear. I have to pull out the seats, floor pans, trans tunnel, seat box.... :( just when I thought I was nearly finished. haha.

I should have just bought another D90.... would have been quicker and easier :p