Took a car full of detritus to the local dump

Picked it up from having it ceramic coated

Gave mine a bit of a wash and polish Bound to rain now

luxmoggy wrote:

Picked it up from having it ceramic coated

Took a bootload of old electrical equipment to the local 'recycling centre' or tip as I used to call it when I was a lad!

Dunc. The life you have is the only one you'll get; make the most of it.
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2012 4.4 TDV8 L322 Autobiography
2003 TD5 Oslo Blue D2 ES Premium Auto (with mods!)

Ordered a replacement near side front suspension unit - fitting it on Thursday, 🤞till then! 😫 L322 TDV8 4.4 - current
L322 TD6 - sold
Disco 2 TD5 - sold
Suzuki Grand Vitara XL7 - sold
Mitsubishi Pajero 2.8 - part ex'd
Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0 td - sold
Mitsubishi Pajero 2.8 - sold

Fitted new Tailgate seal (from Rob at Duckworths)

I hadn't dared to remove old one until the new one arrived just in case I made it worse, this is what I found, all 4 corners showing signs of rust, the picture is of the top right corner. No wonder it leaked.
But I couldn't see where the water was going, all I know is that it showed at the body panel seam under where the wheel chocks are stored.



So I now need it to rain! Range Rover 4.2 Supercharged 2006
Ford Focus EcoBoost 1.5 2017
MG TF 2003

Previous Cars of note
Land Rover Discovery 2
Jaguar Mk2 3.8 - Company car
MG Midget 1974 - Concours

Stripped out the creaky tailgate trim, put new fasteners in and refitted...bliss

Fitted new aircon pipe and recharged system 2010 3.6TDV8 Stornoway Grey/ Black interior - gone
2005 4.4V8 (M62) Bonatti Grey/ Parchment interior - gone
1998 4.6HSE Blue/ Cream interior (can't remember exact colours) - gone
1977 White - gone (should have kept)

Fitted a new fuel cap securing thingy that broke a few weeks ago, Indy even picked this up on service so thought I ought to replace it, £4.95 well spent!

Fitted new front discs and pads, pads were well worn but discs hardly any wear so for sale in another post 2003 TD6

Installed new rear view camera, unfortunately it didn't work, reinstalled old one and that didn't work!

Yep like an idiot I had connected the power the wrong way round and blew the fuse. (on the upgrade kit the connector is not keyed)
The real problem is where is the fuse, my handbook is incorrect and the icons on the fuse boxes didn't seem to show a camera, finally found the fuse marked with an Audio icon of which there are several.
Ran out of time so will refit new camera tomorrow.

Edit 13/09/20 Job completed. Range Rover 4.2 Supercharged 2006
Ford Focus EcoBoost 1.5 2017
MG TF 2003

Previous Cars of note
Land Rover Discovery 2
Jaguar Mk2 3.8 - Company car
MG Midget 1974 - Concours

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De-rusting continues, other side isn't as bad/caught in time. New distration arrived in the form of the new 502 style wheels N tyres. 🤓

Fitted these big heavy today with the help of my apprentice/son Jake. He was massively hung-over and seemed to think he should be lying in bed drinking IRN BRU, not grappling with big heavy LR wheels. Nonsense I retorted. You can sleep when your dead, get that wheel on! 🙃

Took it in turn to bleed the brakes as the wheel came off. Front left, front right, rear left, rear right. Brake fluid was skank so overdue a change. Look at the shiny!

Did a bit of a temporary repair on the rear bumper. It's not perfect but it's a little better. Will get the bumper off and do a full sand/respray at some point

Had the aircon regassed... again! Had it done 2 weeks ago but after working for a few days it got all warm again. TBF they regassed it for free and pressure tested it, although he did then say that his machine was .

We shall see.