Nick's Land Rover - Series III Rebuild

I haven’t added any posts for a while, so here is a general update.
Work on the front axle is progressing slowly, but I have not done enough to be worth a specific post.  the Range Rover’s poor performance has been cured with a new exhaust – the catalytic converter was badly clogged by the carbon [...]

I thought I’d make a small update on how the vehicle is running generally, since most posts are detailed modification or repair issues.
Fuel consumption on a “combined cycle” commute to work (26 miles each way with 23 roundabouts, numerous cross roads and T-junctions, several long, steep hills and an even split between town and A-road [...]

Helena bought me an iPhone for my birthday last month (my old phone was on its last legs, crackling, freezing up and cutting out).   It’s a great piece of kit (it must be – it’s electronic but I still like it, and that’s no mean feat).   Of its many features, useful ones for [...]

For our tenth wedding anniversary, Helena bought me a day’s training at The Land Rover Experience training centre near Milton Keynes (she got me the winch course last anniversary – apparently I’m easy to choose gifts for).
I had an excellent day, starting with a short briefing, followed by five hours of of road driving, shared [...]

All the repair work is done, and it’s just a matter of finishing refitting all the external parts.

The paint work came up beautifully, with no trace of the accident visible. The chequer plate panels need fixing in place, and without them, the panels look very deep behind the wheel arch (they are the correct [...]