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[Paul4978]

To the tip again. Loft now empty

[timfoster]

Getting creative with a hot glue gun and some old packing foam on my window locks to see if I can get them to stop rattling (well, 200tdi, so everything rattles, but this is right beside my ear)

[Genem]

Into town to arrange some "ramp time" with Stan at the garage. I've a small leak from the output of the front diff and I don't fancy trying to undo that big castle nut while lying underneath... While I was there I booked the cat-flap in with Mike at the shed next door to Stan, for some welding. The hinge on one side is tearing loose and needs plating to strengthen it.

Hopefully that will be one less leak and a major rattle sorted...

[Genem]

Galvanised by another thread on here I've located Facebook groups for the three units that my Lightweight served with, joined the groups and posted a request for any in-service photographs. Cameras were not so common "in the field" back then but fingers crossed someone will have some happy-snaps...

G.

Edit - half a dozen responses already including the name of a Radio Op from the right Sqn at the right time - Messaged him!   

[chipbury]

Fitted newly painted rear shock absorbers and went for a test drive.

Fitting the polybush bushes instead of the original rubber ones which were starting to crack has significantly increased the ride quality 

[Steifbear]

I finally got round to fitting a decent set of e-marked LED headlight units.
They were £70 including delivery from EvilBay.
The beam pattern and cut off is spot on and they draw next to no current at all.
I got them from here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284341411134 if anyone is interested I put in a cheeky below buy it now offer that was accepted immediately.

Pete-with-a-v

[andrewR]

Finally got around to using my Rivnut tool for the first time, so the risk of my coil dropping off the bulkhead is now much reduced!

[super_rat]

Helping fight run away veld fires on neighbours farm. Thank fully more help arrived quite quickly.

[Dormy]

Took Dormy into Norwich this evening (OK, now yesterday) for my regular snooker night as SWMBO needed the car.

Clutch pedal stopped working not far into the trip and made the rest of the journey there and home 'interesting' (still won 2 games out of 3). Had to laugh at the little eurobox in front of me stopped at lights who stalled trying to get away. Fortunately I had paused long enough before pressing the starter button to let him on his way.

Quick look showed fluid in the reservoir so may be looking for a new master cyl. seal kit - will find out tomorrow (I mean later today).

[oddjob]

Added a bit more storage capacity ready for my holidays.

[A-Ro]

I took Gassy to Caffeine and Machine for a mini Land Rover show 😂. It was a 70 mile round trip and she never missed a beat, I’ve owned her for over 20 years and as far as my increasingly dodgy memory goes that is the longest single trip I’ve done in her.

[Pavel V]

Today I put a repaired dynamo and regulator into Kata and the heart beats again in the rhythm of six cylinders, I started to solve the repair of the Bendix early booster .....

[andyjb]

Not today, but i did put the last one on today. Steel wheels attacked with wire cup brushes on both sides. Painted with rust convertor stuff to stabilise any rust. Inside was given a couple of coats white paint. Outside was given a coat of white as a primer then at least three coats of limestone and a coat of clear lacquer to finish. Brake drum hubs have also been painted black and hubs too. Freewheeling hubs cleaned up and given a coat of clear lacquer too. Not perfect but a lot better than what they were.

[Herald1360]

Fitted Wipac LED stop/tail lights in place of the *&%^$ plastic bodied things that have been intermittent since I've had the car.

I may just fit the rest of the kit sometime, but for now, all the other *&%^$ lights are still working and the front ones will be a soldering iron and heatshrink job under the wings. The rear ones have handy choc-blocs  inside the connection boxes which just pull out when the lamp is removed.

[diffwhine]

Got my priorities screwed up and refurbished the instrument panel.
Refocussed my priorities and fitted the passenger side footwell, A pillar and foot. At least one side is secure now. Quite pleased got the A to B pillar gap to exactly 882mm top and bottom! Just got to hope I haven't created a parallelogram