I have been spending the odd day here and there stripping down the body work on the Range Rover. So far, I have removed the boot space interior, lower tail gate, all lighting, bonnet, rear corners and wings, scuttle panel (under the windscreen), grille and right side step and sill cover. The left sill cover […]
August 2013 Update
There hasn’t been much going on recently – I’ve been working too much and other things have been taking up the money anyway. The rebuilt head has cut down enormously on the oil loss suffered since I built up the Tdi engine in 2008. It’s hard to say whether it is still using any – […]
Head Gasket Failure
It never rains, but it pours. Â After just a week of driving about with the gear box behaving nicely, the engine coolant started pressurising. Â Even after allowing the engine to cool or having left it several days unused, the coolant expansion tank remained pressurised unless the cap was removed. Â There was no contamination of oil […]
109 Engine Mounting
The combination of the 200Tdi engine on Defender mountings and the axle upgrade lead to an unforeseen clash, literally. Â Under heavy braking, the front UJ of the front prop shaft was hitting the right hand side engine mounting. Â This came about because of two reasons: firstly, the Defender mounting hangs very low to clear the […]
Anniversary Present to Kick of Restoration
The Range Rover was taken off the road and installed in the garage witht he plan to start its rebuild, but that start has been deferred because of “reality” – other more pressing issues keep getting in the way. Â The long term plan is to have it back to top condition with those handful of […]
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