*Sigh* Interlude

Sometimes I feel like my landrover can sniff out paydays like a bloodhound. Just 3 days before payday and the old tires decide they've had enough.

Posts have been light because not much else new here, really, just trying to get my new MIG welder up and running.

:D Result!

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Interlude

If I was forced to own one car (operative word being car)  for the rest of my life, It would be this W108. 

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F*ck me

Searching for a solution to a mystery problem I seem to be having at the moment. Updates to come soon.

Sandy gets the chop p.2

POW! right in the kisser!

Sandy gets the chop

In a random fit of idleness I've decided to bob-tail the defender. I'm actually half way through, and have the tailstock cut off with me trusty angle grinder.

It took a little more thought and planning than just chop/weld bam!. For starters I've had to decide what to do with my fuel tank, and I've temporarily relocated it to behind the cab. There's also the need to relocate the wiring harness that used to run in the chassis, but a hole saw should solve that issue.


I've also actually thrown together an MSpaint jpeg of how it should look.

Before

After

Ram-assist test - Take 1

I've spent the last week and a half trying to fit my PAS cooler for the ram-assist. I purchased the unit from a scrapped discovery. The overall dimensions were not too bad for fitting purposes but a bit tighter than I would have liked.

after multiple trips to the hardware store/ hydraulic supply I decided on 2 x 1/2" NPT 90degree elbows (pictured above) and 2 x 3/8" barb male fittings on the cooler and 2 1/2" barb unions for the plumbing into my low pressure return. I got some cheap and cheerful 3/8" i.d hose (dont say it yet) that should've done the trick. Yada yada, all hooked up and everything looked tidy as fuck if I say so myself

Time to test.

1. everything tightened - Check
2. fluid in the reservoir - Check
3. key in ignition - Check

Action time!!

Td5's are notoriously hard to start if they've been sitting for a while, in this case a few weeks, I think it's to do with the fuel pump personally. So I had to do a bit of the old gasolene doping trick in the MAP sensor port. BAM! it lives again.

"Jesus..." I thought to myself, "that pump sounds loud, maybe I should turn the wheel to get some fluid going" so I turn the wheel and the noise subsides but then I get the almighty *WHAPAXX* "Holy Fuck!!, what was that?" then I notice that there's fluid everywhere on my walls. A quick shutdown ensues, "What in the hell??--" I then go to take a look in the engine bay and EVERYTHING is covered in power steering fluid. After a quick inspection I realised it was my budget hose that decided it had enough and was going on vacation in grand style. Updates to come soon, as I've just purchased the 300psi hose today