Christ the special tracks are heavy on steel rim , but it’s in and ready for Sunday at the pit , gonna experiment with holes in the tub tops , she’s not to heavy at the back and when driving around the lake, she always floats at the rear , hopefully these will disperse the air and lets the rear tyres get down on the deck .

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So the word has spread that the pit is full of water , so that means the lake crossing will be 6ft plus deep 😁, so popped under to bung me plugs in and spotted I lost a front bump stop during last weekends field fun , will get one from my local tomorrow and get it fitted 👍🏻


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A superb morning at the pit , and we now have several tons of soil to play on , the pics don’t do it justice , but this machine did brilliantly , I can not believe what I achieved this morning , she took an hour to de-mud . I’m blooming knackered and yep I got very stuck and I loved it



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so tonight shes had all the oils drained , the front axle was clean , the rear was not , engine and transfer box were as clean as , considering shes only done 800mile ish since the last change , but she has been round the pit for 700 of those , my paperwork tells me i did not change the gearbox oil last year , so that has done about 1600ish miles and yep , that was clean too . the biggest surprise was how much water came out of the bell housing when i removed the wading plugs , i suspect the water must come in via the starter ? i spent an hour cleaning her after the pit and now i`ve been under she`ll get another better wash after the new oils go in . we had a photographer there , so hopefully some good pics soon

Great you had an awesome time at the pit

Good to hear the maintenance after the time on the pit was carried out  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.

Clayton.

Cheers fella , got some pics from Sunday , atleast I now know why I had some much water in the bell housing 😂😂😂😂



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Is it part submarine  Ray
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Sure is ray

Today she’s had a full oils change and all filters , except the new diesel filter was a poor seal , so refitted the old ( 800 ) mile one . Got her out of the garage for a full stripped out pressure was clean , inside and out cos the pit is so corrosive , as there are no more pit visits till next year , she’ll be used now n then to keep her on her toes , will remove the snorkel to give me back a smidge if power


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Nice plan to give her a thorough clean and then once or twice on the tarmac to blow the cobwebs away  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.

Clayton.

Well hello everyone , hope you’re all safe and well ? Got to admit , she ain’t moved in two months , but I have this weekend off , so she’s been fired up tonight , keeping the optimiser connected makes a world of difference and tomorrow she’s heading out for a thrash , May try n find some uncultivated / sown fields to rag around in to if poss . Lovely jubbly

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snow?? you got snow! all i have seen is a few daft flakes and that was it! my bump stops bit the dust too, on the rear, one was like a crumbled like a cracker. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

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Hello procta , it’s an old pic I’m afraid , but a great pic I believe it is 👍🏻