It’s that time of year again… For those of you outside of the UK, the MoT is the annual safety inspection carried out on behalf of the Ministry of Transport for all road vehicles over three years old. Naturally, it couldn’t go entirely without a hitch. The MoT was at 10:00 this morning, but on […]
Improved Washer jets
The washer jets fitted to SII and SIII Land rovers are fairly meagre. They do the job, but much of the initial spray just hits the wiper arm and gets splashed around everywhere but the screen itself. They are also very prone to freezing up in winter. Even worse was the popular conversion using agricultural […]
Brush Wires
Having a small amount of time on my hands, I decided to finish off a little accessory job I started a while back – the brush wires from the bull bar to the roof rack. I used stainless steel wire and fixings from the local chandler’s store, with cut down battery cable crimp-connectors to secure […]
Better Seat Belts
I’m really not a fan of static-line belts – they need adjustment by each user to work properly, they get caught up when trying to put them on, and get damaged by being caught in doors or having things dragged across them when not in use. They’re also ugly, untidy and very restrictive and uncomfortable […]
Wiper System Replacement
This job was done in the intervening days between removing and refitting the turbo charger, and it was horrible – not so much the amount of work involved but the fact it had to be done outdoors in sub-zero conditions! I had hoped it’d be a relatively simple affair to replace the wiper spindle boxes […]
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