Stripped and cleaned my front brakes yesterday. The pads and discs are fairly new and decent quality but I was getting a bit of steering wheel wobble when first applying the brakes at motorway speeds. Now with everything cleaned up and extensively greased, the brakes are back to what they should be.

I’ve now fitted discs and pads all round had to strip and service the same brakes within 12 months. I had a Volvo zc90 for 4 years and didn’t touch the brakes once!

Ah well, it makes up for it in other ways I suppose - the defender needed new backs last time it was MOTd, as well, the joys of the green oval,

Flushed out the rear washer pipes and cleared the jets in the wiper arm.
It was the one way valve that was blocked last time, but the temporary one I fitted three years ago from a garden plant watering system is still working good.
I suspect that the screen wash from Eurocarparts is causing the problem by emulsifying in the tank.
I have refilled my tank with a much weaker solution now the worst of the winter frosts is behind us (hopefully)
Mike. G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic56162...tty+affair

Re-dyed and removed creases from the passenger seat and drivers seat. Cleaned all the leather throughout and then fed it using gliptone leather food.

BEFORE.

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Had the aircon regassed. Wasn't before time! Had it done at KwikFit. Very pleased. Machine does a leak test before re-filling. They say if it doesn't work they won't charge. John
2008 Stornoway Grey 3.6 Tdv8 Vogue
2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!!
GAP iiD BT
2003 Discovery TD5 Auto, Nanocom Evolution - gone to a new home!
MasseyFerguson 152 - No electronics!! - Sold

'Upgraded my HVAC so I can switch on my seats without using the screen

Here the thread if anyone is interested

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic63174.html L405 4.4 V8 Vogue SE Santorini Black
RRS L390 4.2 S/C Stornoway Grey
Classic Range Rover Overfinch 5.7 - their first prototype - under restoration
Late Range Rover P38
Range Rover 3.9 Classic Softdash
Range Rover Classic Overfinch 5.7 - Sadly gone
Disco 3 - Gone
Disco 2 - Gone
TD5 - Gone

I took the FF for a drive from Essex to Grantham to look at our new house yesterday
She did really well and averaged 30 mpg (3.6 TDV8)
Cleaned all the bugs off this morning

Full clean / wax / interior clean / leather clean and feed. Still need to sort the grille…

New front drop links and front control arms fitted, one ball joint on control arm had play and opposite side drop link had play, steering wobble at 70mph now sorted

Not looking forward to doing the other control arms with the removable ball joint, looks a bit of a 'mare

Had a Ghost II fitted ....7th day of ownership .

Bought mine a blackvue dr900x ch2. Should be a barrel of laughs fitting this

Good day out in the Perthshire hills.

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Thought I’d check/change the rear wiper blade. Normally a 2min job……1hr later and 2 skinned knuckles we got there!

It only involved the use of a hammer, wd40 and a kebab skewer!

Before

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Not today but last Friday. I drove my Westie up some ramps to check the new ball joint arms the selling dealer had fitted after it had an advisory on the MOT they had put on it.

Since I have had the vehicle there has been a loud 'dink' noise coming from either side of the front suspension, usually a low speed when parking. I did suspect that these arms perhaps hadn't been torqued up correctly. Well, my suspicions where well founded. They were no where near the torque they should have been. So I loosened them and then torqued them up to spec. Result - no more noise. Luckily, the arms hadn't suffered in any way as a result of their bad fitting - happy days! RR Westminster 2012 4.4 TDV8 Orkney Grey
LR Freelander 2 TD4e HSE Stornoway Grey - gone but not forgotten

A trip to Kimmeridge Bay.