http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:25:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1426 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1426#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:48:52 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=1426 Several years ago, during the intitial rebuild, I bought a heated fuel filter for a pound at Old Sodbury.  It is made for the Bosch filter units used on Tdi engines and is used by Land Rover on Artctic spec vehicles, and is just a sandwich plate that fits between the standard filter housing and [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1426/feed 0 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1378 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1378#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:21:44 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=1378 I got the MudStuff dash back in today, along with the modified Carling Tech switches and the CB and stereo in their new positions.  The CB is wired up except for the antenna, which has been left hanging out of the front of the dash alongside the unit together with a small cable to connect [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1378/feed 0 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1171 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1171#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:12:13 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=1171 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1171/feed 0 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/904 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/904#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:07:05 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=904 I have pursued the oil loss issue harshly.  Some external leaks were evident already, mainly accumulating on the bottom left side of the flywheel housing.  It now seems that this was due to a split rocker cover seal, which is being replaced.  That’s the easy bit. I also found approximately one pint (1/2 litre) of engine [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/904/feed 2 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/818 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/818#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 18:45:24 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=818 I’ll be returning to using Straight Veg Oil as soon as the vehicle is running again – the Tdi has done nearly 2,000 miles now, so is reasonably well run in. The price of diesel is getting terrible – £1.25 per liter is an average price this week, but UK fuel prices are going [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/818/feed 1