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Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Wittsend on December 01, 2019, 12:42:19 AM: :xtree
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: gcc130 on December 01, 2019, 06:06:00 PM: Bought and collected a 1969 11a lightweight from Shropshire.
It’s not very original and in quite a bad way, so not quite sure what I’m going to do with it now!
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: gcc130 on December 01, 2019, 06:06:47 PM: ‘69 11a lightweight
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: twomokes on December 01, 2019, 07:51:21 PM: Where in Shropshire? It looks familiar unfortunately I cannot work out why :thud.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: gcc130 on December 01, 2019, 08:13:04 PM: Right on the border, not far from Welshpool.
It’s not been used for at least three years and needs quite a bit of work to return it to original spec, not to mention a replacement bulkhead£££ :agh
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: TimV on December 05, 2019, 03:11:57 PM: Removed the rear spring shackle plates - upper bolts were seized, and showed signs of the bush rubbing on them. Stripped down, greased.

Annoying squeak gone :-*
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Exile on December 05, 2019, 08:27:42 PM: Took Legless the SIIA diesel to the local Independant to have the timing chain renewed.

(These days I often pay someone to do the jobs I used to do myself :-[).

First reports are that the excessive smoking on idle has been cured.

Once a new thermostat is fitted I'm hoping to get it back and drive it smoke-free (and warm in the cab) for the first time since I've had it. :-*
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Post by: Porkscratching on December 05, 2019, 08:47:09 PM: Fixed a low tech radiator "muff" to the grill..( black bin liner ;) )
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Dentman on December 05, 2019, 09:43:49 PM: A couple or three positive outcomes there, Nice!
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: g6anz on December 06, 2019, 12:08:18 PM: Finally finished the aux dash panels. Just waiting for the switch legends from Bits4landys.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Porkscratching on December 06, 2019, 02:15:01 PM: Quote from: Wittsend on December 01, 2019, 12:42:19 AM
:xtree
You've chosen your tombstone then mr W... :-X
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Ian Haddon on December 07, 2019, 06:22:27 PM: Dear all I am trying to trace my Land Rover MYA482E which I bought in 1967. For many years there was no trace but it has now appeared on the DVLA web sight. It has a history and I would love to contact the owner. I will be in Folkstone for the Last Overland homecoming. Ian
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: rosinante on December 07, 2019, 08:14:14 PM: Went up the hill to get a Helluva Pastie, beef and Stilton , better run with the smaller 225 65 r16s on tubeless rims , just that little better on the hill , pasty was bleddy ansome,
Chris
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: winchman on December 07, 2019, 08:19:41 PM: Picked up more work!
Winchboy fond one wing and a front panel so we can make Bob look Like a 2A again as he currently looks like a .
So even more on the job list and less space!
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: andys101 on December 07, 2019, 09:13:04 PM: This......
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: milesr3 on December 08, 2019, 08:34:45 AM: Taxed it for £0. Always brings a smile to my face.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: JonA on December 08, 2019, 07:58:59 PM: Family trip to collect the christmas tree - using the S2 (Bertie) is becoming a bit of a tradition.
SWMBO's suggestion (her usual stance is "I'm not going in that...")I've just got to work out how to stop her using the tilt straps as jesus handles
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Dinty on December 09, 2019, 07:28:32 AM: I thought I had best wash this vehicle as my G/son wants me to take him to his school formal in it, the Land Rover is very dusty/dirty as you can see, it got that way because of the extreme weather we are having, high temps low humidity + idiots with matches and dry storms make for a lot of bush fires, smoke and ash debris has been falling over a large area including our place, anyway all washed nice n clean now, and just in time as from tomorrow we are on higher water use restrictions, cheers dennis ps that means no hand held hoses/sprinklers etc,,.
(https://i.imgur.com/DvwAD2Jl.jpg)
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Post by: Genem on December 10, 2019, 11:34:58 PM: ....as a contrast to the weather with Dinty, we've got floods... Roads closed, schools sent home, walls collapsed.

Aberfoyle town centre.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Dentman on December 10, 2019, 11:41:00 PM: Floody Hell!!
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Post by: Davy61 on December 14, 2019, 06:20:40 PM: Made a new dynamo bracket for it, to replace the snub nosed original.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: andys101 on December 14, 2019, 07:28:17 PM: Today?

This....
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Genem on December 14, 2019, 08:02:12 PM: Collecting stuff at Killin, stopped to ogle the scrapyard behind Lix Toll garage... Not much in the way of Series vehicles but a lot of later stuff !
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: oddjob on December 14, 2019, 09:42:21 PM: Went to check it would start as I’m off on a trip tomorrow and it’s not moved in 3 months.
Fired up as soon as I turned the key. Gotta love a Tdi. :first
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: oddjob on December 15, 2019, 03:44:31 PM: Lovely 100 mile round trip today and picked up a little Christmas tree on the way back.

(https://i.postimg.cc/tgCLwbPJ/AD1994-B3-EDCE-4988-9-E51-0-CAE81-D42-D36.jpg)
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: TimV on December 15, 2019, 05:04:43 PM: Out for a test drive, it is really quiet after the gearbox rebuild.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Rambler on December 15, 2019, 05:55:35 PM: Cleaned up / restored rusty cat flap stay supports for the new hard top I recently bought. One of the longer bolts is a bit twisted and will be replaced.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Genem on December 15, 2019, 06:22:35 PM: ^^^^ Nice looking work ! One thing my cat-flap is missing is the stays, currently replaced with a length of wood !

G.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Peter Holden on December 15, 2019, 07:17:49 PM: Used it as transport to the NW Christmas lunch meet, I enjoyed the drive.

Peter
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: oddjob on December 15, 2019, 11:05:03 PM: It’s almost snowing now in London.
It’ll be gridlock tomorrow!

;)

(https://i.postimg.cc/J0zfh1gD/BA6838-D6-A959-4949-90-AB-864-B61694-EA2.jpg)
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Dentman on December 15, 2019, 11:07:38 PM: SAVE YOURSELVES!!! :snowman-1 :snowman-1
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Rambler on December 16, 2019, 03:28:36 AM: Quote from: oddjob on December 15, 2019, 11:05:03 PM
It’s almost snowing now in London.
It’ll be gridlock tomorrow!

;)

(https://i.postimg.cc/J0zfh1gD/BA6838-D6-A959-4949-90-AB-864-B61694-EA2.jpg)

Minus 22C here and probably will get colder, sadly: “tomorrow’s just another day” and yes it’s Madness that I have to go to work in the morning :snowman-1
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Porkscratching on December 16, 2019, 01:39:31 PM: Just a bit south of London its quite mild at the mo, just overcast no snow that I'm aware of....
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Genem on December 16, 2019, 05:16:52 PM: Shows how common "Snow" is in London.... that's Hail !

:-X
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: oddjob on December 16, 2019, 06:31:02 PM: That's why I said almost snowing :neener
It was cool though, fully covered the road.

It was all gone 10 minutes later :'(
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: andyjb on December 17, 2019, 02:26:19 PM: Went to work this morning at half three. Touch of frost around and plenty of fog.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: richardhula on December 20, 2019, 04:50:26 PM: 95 mile round trip towing 12 foot flatbed twin axle trailer for the most part. Miserable journey in continuous rain down to Essex and back through country lanes with large three piece suite on board for family member. Must have splashed through twenty or more full width of road floods but furniture well tarped down so remained dry. Lenny excelled himself although the steepest hiils took us down to little over 30 mph.

A treat to leave the trailer behind and bigger treat to be back home in the dry with the pub beaconing across the road for a few wind down pints :skol
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: 100+9 on December 23, 2019, 05:09:33 PM: Can't really claim this as my work. My 14YO bashed this together in about an hour. If fellow anoraks, really wanted to know, a Tamiya 'The Pink Panther' kit. Stage left, Mr Mancini.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Piggle on December 23, 2019, 06:29:41 PM: ‘Quick job’ of checking and topping up front differential. Couldn’t shift the fill plug as clearly tightened up by Popeye on steroids. Drives me mad why do people insist on tightening things to such a degree. Ended up getting a bottle jack under the end of the spanner which managed to shift it. Didn’t need any oil in the end...but at least I know access will be more straight forward next time I check levels.
So much for a quick job ???
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: julesthorne on December 23, 2019, 08:24:47 PM: An MOT - which was passed with flying colours!!!!!

Gives me a chance to have my work for the year checked over by a professional and gives me that tick in the box that helps with the insurance premium:)

Merry Christmas all
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Exile on December 23, 2019, 10:26:06 PM: Of all the MOT's on all the vehicles I've had tested, not one of them has passed with flying colours.

All I've ever been given is a Pass certificate.

What do these flying colours look like, and what do I have to do to my vehicle to get them?

Forgive me, for I am confused. :stars

;)
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Genem on December 23, 2019, 10:34:26 PM: Tasked to get a Christmas tree up in the middle of the village before the Carols this evening....

Handy things, bowsaws....
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: julesthorne on December 24, 2019, 10:27:26 AM: Quote from: Exile on December 23, 2019, 10:26:06 PM
Of all the MOT's on all the vehicles I've had tested, not one of them has passed with flying colours.

All I've ever been given is a Pass certificate.

What do these flying colours look like, and what do I have to do to my vehicle to get them?

Forgive me, for I am confused. :stars

They are the excited colours of an owner!!! :RHD It is but a turn of phrase :)

;)
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Youngun on December 24, 2019, 01:22:35 PM: Moved her for the first time in about 4years... Only from one side of the drive to the other and had to been done with a trolley jack and some wheel dollies.

I asked a couple of guys from work to help expecting maybe 1 or 2 to help, 5 cars and 7 guys turned up. Legends

Neal :tiphat
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Ndrwdz on December 24, 2019, 04:35:57 PM: Went out and about delivering local cards and gifts with a big smile on my face :cool
Andrew
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Dentman on December 27, 2019, 01:46:52 PM: Quote from: Exile on December 23, 2019, 10:26:06 PM
Of all the MOT's on all the vehicles I've had tested, not one of them has passed with flying colours.

All I've ever been given is a Pass certificate.

What do these flying colours look like, and what do I have to do to my vehicle to get them?

Forgive me, for I am confused. :stars

;)

Dear Confused of North Essex,
Many Candidates sail into an MOT station full of confidence with their "colours " flying (metaphorically)
Scraping through the test especially collecting advisories will reduce those colours to tatters :shakeinghead
The opposite is to come through with those colours flying high!
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: andrewR on December 27, 2019, 05:10:38 PM: Considering the uninspiring weather, and my massive migraine, a cracking blow-out-the-cobwebs trip through to the far West Coast with my son. Fully loaded including a keg of homebrew in the back, and some good tunes pumping out, going up Rest and Be Thankful. Wiper motors making good handwarmers ...
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Exile on December 27, 2019, 07:51:36 PM: Quote from: Dentman on December 27, 2019, 01:46:52 PM
Dear Confused of North Essex,
Many Candidates sail into an MOT station full of confidence with their "colours " flying (metaphorically)
Scraping through the test especially collecting advisories will reduce those colours to tatters :shakeinghead
The opposite is to come through with those colours flying high!

Ah, thank you Dentman.

My vehicles get through without advisories.

I shall expect colours next time.

What have I done with my SIIA today?

Fiddled with it.

Fiddled with it some more.

Got nowhere.

Came inside a had a cup of tea.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: scotty on December 28, 2019, 07:00:57 PM: Hi today I have done an oil and filter change took the rocker cover off and fitted a new gasket,checked diff gbox transfer box levels, cleaned the rocker breather out with petrol, cut and fitted a new passenger side floor panel, and unbolted and lifted the roof panel cleaned it up and fitted a new seal and refitted with new fixings, and back flushed the heater, all in all a very productive day now enjoying a couple of Hobgoblins :cheers Paul
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Post by: andyjb on December 29, 2019, 09:28:59 AM: Not today but several times over the past week ive done the daily drive to work in it. That included boxing day at just after 4am.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: g6anz on December 29, 2019, 12:49:11 PM: Recently I noticed that it was lacking power going up hills and making strange noises when under load. So out with the timing light. A dab of TipEx on the pointer and pulley mark. The firing point was way off scale guesstimate at 15' BTDC. This was with the vac advance pipe disconnected. So slackened off the distributor clamp and a gentle rotation brought the ignition point back to about 6' BTDC.
It now started more easily and on a test run actually went up hills easily that before it had struggled with.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Dentman on December 29, 2019, 02:16:48 PM: I LOVE a happy ending :'(
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: LandCasco on December 29, 2019, 03:16:00 PM: Refill the oils, after 2 months of daily use, 200 cm3 in the boxes and 100 cm3 in rear diff, not bad I think
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: martinthefirst on December 29, 2019, 04:34:57 PM: Spent 2 hours washing off the green slime that has accumulated over the past year.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: scotty on December 30, 2019, 02:16:08 PM: Hi :tiphat today I’ve replaced the passenger side vent lever which had been repaired in the past with a good one that Paul had given me when I purchased the Land Rover ;) also put the rear light covers back in with a little assistance from Swmbo and then went out for a nice drive around the lanes :RHD happy days now relaxing by the fire :cheers Paul
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Post by: Exile on December 30, 2019, 09:32:20 PM: Been out greenlaning today with Gosney83 and Allthegearbutnoidea in Legless the IIA, Gosney's 109" IIA Station Wagon and (ahem) a Series III.

(Maybe pics on the FB page? I don't know how to do that - and anyway, I was the only person not to take any. :thud)
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: metrosul on December 30, 2019, 09:40:01 PM: Having got the charging system working I now find that the engine spits and pops except with the choke out. Car's not been out since July so the petrol may be stale. Tank is also pretty nearly empty so may be picking up muck. I do have in line filters. Will investigate next year.......
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Gosney83 on December 30, 2019, 09:57:45 PM: Had a good afternoon out with exile and allthegear greenlaning :tiphat
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: maindy on December 30, 2019, 10:28:37 PM: Replaced the axle breather pipe work, as iv not done this since the rebuild, thinking of doing the gearbox now as well.
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Wombat on December 31, 2019, 04:43:04 PM: Got Wombats fuel gauge working, so no more fuel jeopardy - will it won't it make it to the next petrol station a thing of the past!
Title: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Gibbo103 on January 01, 2020, 12:52:37 PM: Fitted temporary front wings, doors and bonnet and went to vintage Stony Stratford event. Met quite a few members there.
Title: Re: What did you do with your Series 2 in December last year ???
Post by: Herald1360 on January 01, 2020, 02:30:48 PM: Drove over to my sister's place for Christmas day.

It's been a bit damp!