Thread: What work did you do on your Series Land Rover last weekend

I had leaks in each header tank and each core where it's soldered to the tank. Difficult to explain but when soldering the lids on the tanks if you use too much heat all the solder around the cores will just melt and drop on the ground. It's been years since I've done much soft soldering so it took me some time to get the hang of it again.
5 out of the 6 cores were completely blocked so I pickled the core with the tanks removed in a 10 to 1 mix of hot water and hydrochloric acid (a bit dangerous). Repeated this 3 times and once complete I washed the core in laundry detergent as the caustic does a good job of neutralizing the acid. I then sandblasted the areas that needed soldering to keep things as clean as possible.
Once done I pressure tested the core to about 20 psi

The rest was easy, sandblast and paint. A bit of masking tape over the original name plate stops any damage to it during the sandblasting.

I'm happy with the result even though the paint is a little different to the original, I couldn't find anything exactly the same

Would you believe that took me 2 days by the time I fitted it properly to the car and another night in the shed trying to fix the water tap which failed

Cheers Simon

Today was a good day to do something.

New wheels (tyres and rims) on the S3. New petrol filler hose. New gear knob

Checked all lights and bulbs - replaced all lenses - a couple of bulbs to buy and a couple of earths to sort out. Even the reverse lights glow...

Installed a choke cable! (It was already getting tiresome opening the bonnet, activating the choke, hopping in and starting the car, wait a while, hop out, deactivate the choke...)

Removed jerry can holder from the rear. Checked radiator fluid. Topped up. Filled windscreen washer bottle - but that didn't work - the motor works but either the pump doesn't or there is a blockage in the nozzles.

Thought about replacing the wiper blades - but didn't.

Rerouted the oil pressure wire so it isn't wrapped around the exhaust manifold.

Replaced the spotlight relay because the old one broke off the mount on the guard.

The next visit (I currently have it on a property an hours drive away) will be to replace the spark plugs, leads, coil and dizzy cover (and rotor if I remember to get a new one).

Took it for a blat - 80kph downhill with little effort - and it stopped VERY quickly when asked.

No discernable drive train noise (I have only just bought it so that was one of the unknowns).

It was a good day.