Category Archives: Maintenance
Lucky Eights
I took a picture today as the odometer click over to 88,888 as I thought the great Land Rover parts and accessory vendors, Lucky 8, might get a kick out of it. I then realized I haven’t posted lately. 88,888 … Continue reading
Some much needed TLC
I week or two ago decided to put the soft top on in anticipation of needing it for a potential trip to New York next month. Since I had never installed it I thought it would be wise to make … Continue reading
Exhaust: 6 month review
I was reminded recently I had not made a post in a while, so here is a weak attempt at something constructive. After 6 months the exhaust is still functioning nicely but after the winter salt on the roads you … Continue reading
Exhaust installed
I installed the exhaust last weekend. While under there I noticed the main cable to the starter was loose so I tightened it. I didn’t realize at the time but this cause the terminal to touch the housing internally and … Continue reading
New exhaust
I have not had time to fit it yet, and my patch is holding up fine, but on my recent GWNF trip the exhaust broke off on the way down. I just removed it for the rest of the trip, … Continue reading
Sometimes it gets worse before it gets better
Well, the rust was pretty bad so I had to do something about it. The sad thing is someone had already attempted to patch it with body filler but they didn’t remove the rust! I’m going to weld the patch … Continue reading
Shipfitters Disease
Shipfitters disease, also referred to as “might as well” syndrome, or “while you are in there” syndrome has set in. Continue reading
Under the knife
I haven’t posted about this because I had no idea it would take so long. The clutch was leaking and started to fail so I decided rebuild both the master cylinder and the slave cylinder. To access the master cylinder … Continue reading
Handbrake refurb
She’s in great shape overall, but being a Land Rover she has a few things that need attention. One that I really wanted to fix because it was both easy and a much needed feature was the handbrake. I didn’t … Continue reading