http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:25:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1550 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1550#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:24:00 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=1550 I have spent the day working on the transfer box. The Roverdrive has been removed to fit a new version of the front casing, which is designed to improve oil flow through the unit as a whole but especially the front bearings, helping to reduce running temperatures.  I think the 75W90 semi synthetic oil may have [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1550/feed 0 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1497 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1497#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 19:42:57 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=1497 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 [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1497/feed 2 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1256 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1256#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:11:58 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=1256 Since getting back from our French camping holiday, the 109 has been laid up for work. The bulk of it centred around curing an oil leak from a failed gasket between the gear box and transfer box, which was not an inconsiderable amount of work.  It’s not interesting, though, and is only a rerun of work [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1256/feed 0 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/909 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/909#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:12:15 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=909 I have completed the rebuild of the engine.  The coking was very significant, but no lasting damage seems to have occurred.   Two new oil control rings were fitted on pistons 2 and 3, a new head gasket of the latest composite type was used, and new head bolts and breather unit were fitted. I wanted to [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/909/feed 0 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/886 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/886#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:17:28 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=886 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/886/feed 0