What did you do on your Landy today?

**AndyG** · 14th January 2016, 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by simmo

I weighed my defender today 2300kgs, with me sitting in it. (84 kg)
main tank full, 42 l aux tank 50% . all recovery gear and some spares in the car. compressor, tank, maxidrive, winch and winch bar etc, the weigh bridge is amazingly accurate, it gives my weight to within a couple of kilos. cheers simmo

Mine come in at 2500, all the usual culprits, Bullbar winch drawers sliders diff guards aux fuel aux water fridge, god I'm a fat bustard. It all adds up. What's showroom weight btw

**Dark61** · 14th January 2016, 07:20 AM

Put the Passenger side wing back on the 109- plenty of cursing with the fixing plates until it occurred to me to shove a piece of wood down the back of them. That's going in the toolbox.
cheers,
D

**Lotz-A-Landies** · 14th January 2016, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Isn't a D4 a Landy? That could upset some people.

The D4 is definitely a Landy, the issue is whether the MY85 RRc is considered a Landy or not.

At the time the Range Rover Club of NSW wouldn't allow Land Rovers on Club trips. The RRC NSW President at the time, Richard Asquith the principal of the dealership "Asquith & Johnson" was censured for taking a Perentie prototype on a club trip.

**Xtreme** · 14th January 2016, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

The D4 is definitely a Landy, the issue is whether the MY85 RRc is considered a Landy or not.

At the time the Range Rover Club of NSW wouldn't allow Land Rovers on Club trips. The RRC NSW President at the time, Richard Asquith the principal of the dealership "Asquith & Johnson" was censured for taking a Perentie prototype on a club trip.

And subsequently when the Discovery was released, the RRC NSW found that many of it's members were replacing their Range Rovers with Disco's so the RRC 'had to' allow Discovery owners to remain/become members of the RRC.

And a few years ago they even opened membership to all models that carried the Land Rover badge.

**D2lee** · 14th January 2016, 01:49 PM

D2a V8

fitted inline thermostat
changed front discs and pads
fitted new crank sensor (ond one was ok, but everything seems to be "serviceable" otherwise things break)

- upcoming
electric fan cooling - twin fans+condenser
further cooling circuit updates
increase driver seat travel

**Disco Muppet** · 14th January 2016, 07:59 PM

Wired up the backlight on my rocker switch for the fyrlyts.
Drove it in the rain so it got a wash

**Xtreme** · 14th January 2016, 08:27 PM

Locked myself out of it.

**67hardtop** · 14th January 2016, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by Xtreme

Locked myself out of it.

Wouldnt happen in a series

(Joke)

Cheers Rod
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**67hardtop** · 15th January 2016, 08:33 PM

Ok today i stripped out the tailshaft from the s3. I had to remove the handbrake assy and find out why it was grabbing on. I replaced the output shaft seal 6 months ago but as soon as i filled the transfer case with oil it started leaking straight away. As the hoist i was using was needed, i left it until now so i checked it out as well. Took the drum off. Removed the hub and then the handbrake backing plate and shoes. All clean no oil contamination. I removed the seal and found it to be a loose fit on the seal surface of the hub. Went and got the other seal from the gearbox overhaul kit i bought a couple years ago from uk. Now both seals are the same part number on both packets and the seal itself. BUT, one seal is a single lip and the other is a double lip seal. The latter seal is a very tight fit on the hub. I cant believe that there could be such a difference in the two seals. Same packaging and everything, even in the same kit. See the pics below...
Anyway found that the handbrake actuator was siezed so i freed it up and lubricated it and put a boot on the back to stop junk getting into it.

Cheers Rod

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**67hardtop** · 16th January 2016, 08:32 PM

Today i refitted the hand brake assy, drum and linkage to the s3.
Adjusted the shoes and tested, all good.
Filled the transfer case, no leaks this time. Hooray.
Went to refit the tailshaft and found the 40 yr old front u joint a bit tight in one spot.
I grease everything 3 monthly whether it needs it or not.
So i removed the slip yolk and removed the unijoint.
Went to local repco with fingers crossed. Would you believe it they had one in stock.
Measured it up just incase. Perfect.
So went and fitted said new u joint.
While i was at it i fitted a new boot to the tailshaft slip joint. Refitted the tailshaft.
All working good.
Thought i would see why the fuel gauge wasnt working.
Removed commodore front bucket seat to access top of fuel tank.
Earthed out the wire.
Gauge ok.
Removed the sender unit. Someone fitted it with silastic. No brains.
Anyway i found the float was full of petrol. I had an old one lying around so i fitted it and secured it with a cable tie. I tested the operation of the sender.
It was a bit erratic.
So i removed the cover on the swiper and retensioned the swiper arm a little.
Lubed the wires and reassembled it.
Tested.
Great.
Cut new gasket and fitted the sender unit.
Tested it again.
I found i got a 1/4 tank of fuel (16 gallon tank).
Refitted the seat.
Removed the steerling wheel as it was loose.
Removed the master cylinder and removed the brake pedal and booster.
Accessed the steering box adjuster.
Jacked the front wheels up and adjusted the box.
The adjuster went in almost 1.5 turns.
Filled the box up with oil. Refitted the brake pedal and booster.
Refitted the master cyl. Tested, all good.
Refitted the steering wheel and added a washer under the cancelling cam to tighten the top bearing a bit.
Drives really nice now. Not so much "sawing" the steering wheel now.

That was my Land Rover day.

Cheers Rod

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