http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:39:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1050 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1050#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:21:31 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=1050 I have aquired and refurbished a pair of MoD/Camel trophy spec bonnet hasps to replace the cable operated bonnet catch. The existing catch seems to become very stiff to release, despite regular oiling of the mechanism, and I’m worried that it may eventually seize. For the moment, the cable operated catch is working [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1050/feed http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1040 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1040#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:07:27 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=1040 I have recently bought a pair of custom stroage boxes for the back end of the 109. They were made by a member of the Land Rover UK internet forum that I frequent (www.landrovernet.com), who goes under the tag of se7enup. They’re made of galvanised steel, with a sturdy hinge along the back. He [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1040/feed http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1036 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1036#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:45:20 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=1036 I had two recent problems with the 109’s electrics - the horn and the driver’s seat heater stopped working (not simultaneously). The seat took a lot of tracking down with an electrical probe and continuity tester to find the fault - a problem in the earth part of the seat’s back pad. Each seat [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1036/feed http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1022 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1022#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:34:01 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=1022 I have retro-fit the gear box top-fill cap and retainer spring from a SII gear box, together with a modified SII transmission tunnel cover. This means I can now fill the gear box from directly above, no longer requiring the messy, time consuming and awkward use of a length of garden hose or the removal [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/1022/feed http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/999 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/999#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:53:23 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=999 Sorry to the Brown and Furnell families for being so slow to upload these photos! The families kindly gave me a CD each of their photos of the trip at the Peterborough Land Rover show, and Peter also gave all of us DVD copies of the video footage that has been uploaded onto Youtube [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/999/feed