Helena bought me an iPhone for my birthday last month (my old phone was on its last legs, crackling, freezing up and cutting out). Â It’s a great piece of kit (it must be – it’s electronic but I still like it, and that’s no mean feat). Â Of its many features, useful ones for […]
Heated Fuel Filter
Several years ago, during the intitial rebuild, I bought a heated fuel filter for a pound at Old Sodbury. It is made for the Bosch filter units used on Tdi engines and is used by Land Rover on Artctic spec vehicles, and is just a sandwich plate that fits between the standard filter housing and […]
CB Woes
It appears that the CB I bought is probably faulty. I will be taking it for testing and repair by Thunderpole (Northampton) early next week. On the plus side, that means that my antenna system is almost certainly good to go. The dash is all set up, ready for the CB to be permanently fitted. […]
110 Salisbury rear Axle (Part 4)
The axle is now basically complete. I still need to clean out the insides of the brake callipers and add new seals and pistons, having cleaned their exteriors of all the rust and grime and having found that the pistons were rusted beyond use. The original Salisbury stub axles were refitted to the axle with […]
110 Salisbury Rear Axle (Part 3)
No more pretty looking final assembly, but I have been busy fitting various parts to work out how to build up the hubs and brakes. The axle was drum braked, which is fine enough but it seems a shame to go to all the trouble of adapting the axle as I have and not fitting […]
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