I have mentioned on here and on the Land Rover web forums that I frequent that I have suffered significant engine vibration throughout the vehicle, especially at idle. Those of you who have followed the engine section of this blog may remember my previous attempts at reducing the issue, including trying a few different mountings, […]
November 2011 Update
It has been a while sine the last post, so this update is as much to show the blog is still active as much as for any other purpose! In truth, there is very little to report. The 109 has had an engine oil change and has had Silblades fitted to the windscreen wipers. This […]
A Quiet Gear Stick
SIII gear sticks are notorious for rattling, and mine was no exception. The bottom ball of the stick, which engages in the selector shaft cups, has a groove with a runner o-ring to prevent rattles, but these o-rings quickly wear flat spots and allow metal to metal contact and rattles. I found I had to […]
Winching Kit Storage
Until now, I have been using the front cubby box to store all my winching kit: the strop, three shackles, the rope sail, gloves, remote control and the battery isolator switch key for the winch wiring. That all took up a lot of space in the cubby box, and several of these items are quite […]
Fitting Alloys to a 200Tdi Salisbury Axle
I have the modified half shafts and stub axles back from Hogarth Engineering (aka Patriot roof racks).  They have been fitted to the hubs and a test fit of a wheel shows that they clear the centre cap, allowing full fitting of the wheel. The cap shown in the photo is an old second hand […]
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