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[Tim Chilcott]

Seeing as the front end of my 1971 209’s chassis is being rebuilt I thought I may as well tackle another job that needed doing

[GRMac]

Trial fitted the tub, side frames and bulkhead prior to painting. A bit of fettling required to get it all lined up but all better than expected 

[GRMac]

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[TimV]

Following a suggestion on here, I bought an engineers stethoscope.

I've had this annoying tick coming from the tappets, tried the stethoscope on them. I put the probe on the bolt that holds them in - could hear a distinctive noise on No7. Took the head off, investigated, replaced No7 and No1 which both showed signs of rattling. Put it back together - what a difference!

[Genem]

Fed the cows.... bogged the trailer. Hay-ho.

[Genem]

^^^ Followed by a showing of " Whiskey Galore" in the village hall. Multiple malts on offer. I'm " quite happy" :-)

G'night

 

[Avalon]

It was -37 C this morning so I stayed inside and sorted thru some old parts.
John

[Peter Holden]

Had to change a tyre one of the fronys although having 10mm of tread has started to crack on the walls, spare on and second spare is now the spare but both are well worn.  I need to replace with another Goodyear Wrangler 750.

Job made easy with the disco hydraulic Jack bought from ebay a few years ago for £9, I cant find another at that price though.

Peter

[Old Hywel]

^^^ Followed by a showing of " Whiskey Galore" in the village hall. Multiple malts on offer. I'm " quite happy" :-)

G'night

Must have been quite a night for a Scotsman to spell whisky with an ‘e’.

[Genem]

^^^^ It was... hic.

[andyjb]

Got my brake lights working again. Mixture of a loose wire and a broken brake light switch. Replaced the switch with a "land rover" switch came without packaging, but does look different in quality to the britpart one that i picked up as well. I got fed up of waiting for the first switch to arrive, it was over a week late. Went to Buckleys for the other switch and the next day the "land rover" one turned up. All working now though, all though puzzles me why they cant be of metal construction.

[Peter Holden]

Andy, that is beacuse you have a series 3, is is a split system? if not fit an S2 hydraulic switch.

At least you now have a spare.

Peter

[andyjb]

Peter
Its the non servo system.So little plastic switch near the pedal.
Yes i have two spares as i picked two up at Buckleys, but thinking of ordering another of the "land rover" ones
Andy

[Peter Holden]

Hi Andy, non servo but is it dual or single circuit?

Peter

[Chunky020]

Made a screen washer bottle holder, cut a strip of an old computer door and fabricated/welded a replica bracket (not spending £32 + post on a pattern part!)