We hurried home after rugby training today so I could make a quick, post-lunch start on replacing the rear springs and shock absorbers on our Land Rover Defender TD5. For the past few days, assorted “experts” have assured me changing the springs is a “15-minute job”, “nothing more than half an hour” and a “total […]
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Tag Archives: Land Rover
Servicing the Defender
22 January, 2012 
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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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4 January, 2012 2 Comments
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 4 Comments
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 […]
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