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TheMule

Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 41

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I have been a little busy over the last few weeks so here are a few little updates, the series light surrounds were findings and turned out to be a rather poor colour match! Then I fitted the stainless rear door threshold and seal, nice not to have water coming under the rear door

Also I degreased the engine bay and underneath too, a very satisfying and easy job ! This also allowed me to see that my rocker cover gasket is leaking so the degreasing was useful at least! Matilda was then treated to a good wash and a quick wax, I was rather pleased with the way she turned out.

Then it was on to the lof powerspring, once fitted a fantastic improvement, however for anyone wishing to do it all I can say is CABLETIES, thanks grafty

Next up was addressing the shocking braking and replacing the servo has resulted in a night and day difference and I finally have confidence in the brakes! Future plans are to do the injector seals and harness

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30th Apr 2020 8:09pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4804

Looking good!

2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE
Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200
Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html
Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html
RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/george_grafton

30th Apr 2020 9:35pm

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7946

2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Orkney Grey

Nice work!

James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html
MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641
MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557
Instagram @suffolk_rovers

1st May 2020 8:21am

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 11096

Looking good there and liking the union jack

Clayton.

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper.

3rd May 2020 8:03pm

Greeny

Member Since: 20 Mar 2018
Location: Buckinghamshire
Posts: 272

Looking good!

I recently painted my light surrounds. I have a separate backing plate which covers the holes for the horn etc. It is just a thin piece of aluminium.

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4th May 2020 10:53am

Barneyboy

Member Since: 19 Nov 2014
Location: Exmoor
Posts: 1648

1986 Defender 90 2.5 n/a Diesel ST Nato Green

Hi great work there that looks very nice crikey if I had a barn like that it’d be full of land rovers

cheers Paul

4th May 2020 4:39pm

TheMule

Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 41

L110CDL wrote:
Looking good there and liking the union jack

Yeah it’s rather neat, a guy on eBay makes them, he does loads of useful 3d printed stuff and a couple of different horn cover designs. Very reasonable too !

11th May 2020 11:14pm

TheMule

Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 41

Greeny wrote:
Looking good!

I recently painted my light surrounds. I have a separate backing plate which covers the holes for the horn etc. It is just a thin piece of aluminium.

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I saw, love your truck on Instagram

, it just needs lowering now, I’m going down the bilstein and progressive route when money allows. I’m getting a heritage grille then colour coding that which will hopefully add some depth to the front end as it does look a little flat, it’s a defender I know, but I find myself very critical of my defender! Too much time spent looking at it most likely 😂

11th May 2020 11:17pm

TheMule

Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 41

Barneyboy wrote:
Hi great work there that looks very nice crikey if I had a barn like that it’d be full of land rovers cheers Paul

Thanks Paul

She’s taken something work just to get her to this low level

yeah that’s the trouble haha, best stick to this and the series before I get any other ideas haha!

11th May 2020 11:18pm

TheMule

Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 41

Beginning to get used to this stance now, don’t regret the 285’s and 18’s at all, I’m fact I take great pleasure in some people’s distaste

we all have our preferences but that’s the beauty of landrovers, you can make them so individual!

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And just to show the difference between what Matilda looks like in the summer vs most of the winter

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11th May 2020 11:30pm

Greeny

Member Since: 20 Mar 2018
Location: Buckinghamshire
Posts: 272

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Greeny wrote:

I saw, love your truck on Instagram , it just needs lowering now, I’m going down the bilstein and progressive route when money allows. I’m getting a heritage grille then colour coding that which will hopefully add some depth to the front end as it does look a little flat, it’s a defender I know, but I find myself very critical of my defender! Too much time spent looking at it most likely 😂

Thanks! Instagram is a good way of seeing peoples Landys haha. I already have the bilsteins, just need some springs and it should ride a lot better than it does now, its very harsh currently. Hopefully have some Eibach springs once the lockdown eases and I can go pick some up. Instagram - @Land_Rover_Defender

28th May 2020 3:56pm

BlueIn2Red

Member Since: 04 Aug 2019
Location: Tring
Posts: 11

2005 Defender 90 Td5 XS CSW Bonatti Grey

Great looking truck, love the wheels and stance too!

On the roof, as you're so undecided, you could try a wrap? I wrapped mine gloss black, to see how I liked it. It was fairly cheap (certainly cheaper than paint, assuming you're paying somebody else to do it of course), and while I liked it for a good while, I'm now thinking I prefer the previous colour coded roof, and it's now very easy to go back of course.

Personally, I think colour coded blue would look great on your truck - I love white roofs generally, but not so much on dark vehicles with black wheels.

31st May 2020 7:07am

TheMule

Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 41

Thanks for the kind words !

Im going to go down the colour coded roof in the near future definitely!

29th Jul 2020 8:26pm

GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10387

FakeFarmer

Not seen that one yet

QRZ M8VPF

29th Jul 2020 8:31pm

TheMule

Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 41

It has been a rather productive and expensive lockdown landrover wise. It kicked off with the injector seals, o rings and copper washers being replaced with genuine lr ones. Along with the injector harness and rocker cover seal. Next it was a new (to me) cubby box with the raised padded lid, made a huge difference to the driving experience! Some billet aluminium gear knobs which add a lovely amount of weight to the gearshift ! I then had a 160 mile trip To Warwick which resulted in a split boost hose halfway there, and showed a lot of oil in the intercooler pipes

Replaced all the boost hoses and clamps with black ones from pioneer 4x4, fancied a change from the usual blue ones you see about. Then the landy was treated to an empire tuning remap, I can’t recommend Gareth enough, he is a lovely chap and won’t leave until you are happy with the result. Speaking of the result, it is now like a rocket, the kick in the back as the turbo spools is dangerously addictive, and the whole more of the engine changes dramatically! I then investigated the cause of the oil in the intercooler pipes and found the turbo to have excessive play and when I took it apart I found that there was a lot of oil residue where it shouldn’t be, lucky not to have had a runaway engine!

Having discovered this I ordered a hybrid core, I thought it would be a very daunting task but if you take your time it is really very satisfying to do, and whilst I had the turbo out of the way I serviced the engine and changed the fuel filter. I must also add that flushing the intercooler with petrol, thanks to grafty for the tip, made a noticeable difference to the performance! The truck now runs really well and I have a lot more turbo chatter and intake noise which is nice

I also got an itg air filter to complement the remap. Oh and clear indicators on the front, just because I danced a change

My plans for the future are to save for some fox dampers and alive comfort lowering springs, in my dreams

I’ll upload some photos of what I’ve been up to :

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29th Jul 2020 8:45pm

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