Nick's Land Rover - Series III Rebuild

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 [...]

I have been using the Range Rover a bit more recently, and the starting problem and engine surging had both become markedly worse. Having the 109 in the bodyshop has allowed me to focus on getting this vehicle sorted out.
The starting issue of the starter rapidly clacking in and out like a machine gun [...]

Not a good day. On the way home from work, I had a little knock. It’s done a fair bit of damage to the rear offside corner (not to mention the other car). The important thing is none of the three of us in the two cars were hurt in any way.
I [...]