Ever since the big rebuild, the wind screen wipers have been prone to over-sweeping on a wet screen, especially at high speed. I thought it might be due to worn wiper arms or spindle boxes, so they were replaced with brand new Genuine Parts some time ago, even though new parts had been fitted during […]
New Engine Mounts Cure Vibration
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, […]
MoT
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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