January is a daft time of year to do the annual service on Land Rover Defender, especially when you live in north-east Scotland. I’m daft, so I do it. Or, at least, I did most of the servicing.
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Who needs a workshop?
4 January, 2012
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The Land Rover Defender’s replacement rear propshaft finally arrived today. It was supposed to be with us last Friday, but that’s couriers for you. The new propshaft had to be fitted immediately. I’m off on the 120-mile round trip to the abattoir tomorrow and I didn’t want to do it with a duff propshaft on [...]
Read more Chilling with the Land Rover
27 December, 2011
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I’m feeling chilled this evening. No, it’s not due to post-Christmas relaxation. I’ve spent five hours lying on frozen ground beneath our Land Rover Defender TD5 changing the handbrake cable. It’s a job that requires liberal use of the swearbox as, unlike as our previous Defenders, the ‘improved’ design of the TD5 means a cable [...]
Read more More bling for the Defender
19 October, 2011
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In the aftermath of last week’s Land Rover bling-over, I noticed the sparkly wheels and clean paintwork were let down by the shabby state of the Defender’s rear cross-member. It was time to unleash the Fingers of Bling once more. Actually, that’s not quite true. The rear cross member is a known weak point on [...]
Read moreA giant Meccano set!
16 July, 2009
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Yesterday morning, the postie delivered a very large, very heavy parcel that prompted a lot of bouncing up and down, excited squeaks, and manic grins from the boys. Why all the fuss? Because “we” were going to rebuild the Land Rover. Well, not quite. Whenever I get a Land Rover, I like customise it for [...]
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