Dan and I embarked on a twilight drive, tracing the sinuous curves of Burton Road, winding my way from Abbotsbury to West Bexington. The timing was deliberate; a calculated decision predicated on the serendipitous span of dry weather, a respite that had endured for the better part of a week. A diligent perusal of TrailWise had forewarned me: in inclement conditions, this thoroughfare becomes a quagmire, an impassable terrain unforgiving to the unprepared traveler. As I navigated the road, a medley of earthy scents intermingled with the gentle hum of the engine, punctuated only by the occasional splash of water beneath the wheels. Puddles, like scattered jewels, dotted the path sporadically, yet the road remained mercifully unmarred, its integrity preserved by the benign weather. Above, the sky unfurled in a grandiose display of evening hues, casting an ethereal glow upon Dorset’s revered Jurassic coast, a panorama of unparalleled beauty stretching […]
There was a little flooding of the river again over the road. I went to play in the flood water.. Once I found the tree I nipped home (back through the flooding) for my axe and hand saw and set about clearing it. I had great fun for a couple of hours.
I had a tin of red gloss Humbrol paint that was just lounging in a draw. When I spotted it some time back I thought about doing the wheel centers and wheel nuts in red. I made start of the other day: I am thinking that I’ll clean up the wheel centers and do them in red also. I might remove the drop from the Land Rover text, not sure yet.
Took the Land Rover to get a tune at a garage with a rolling road. It was an mini adventure getting it back, I took my bike in the train to Castle Cary, then rode the 4 miles to the garage. I had pleasent ride through the hills. Then a fun drive home. The tune up had changed the driving characteristics no end. Before on the left and afterwards on the right.
Air “filter” is pergaps strong, the filtering element is only really pre-cleaner rated foam, so it’ll stop stones and small animals etc getting sucked in, but it’s not going to stop the fine dust from going through the engine. I bought the foam on ebay. Now last time around when I made the mesh “filter”, I struggled to make a perfect cone which sat nicely into the housing. So I was thinking hard about how I could do it differently this time. When I went out to the garage I had an old bath room mirror, which I’d taken apart due to it potentioanlly being a rear view mirror in it’s next life. The base of the mirror just happens to look like the back plate for the air filter housing. I checked it’s size and found that not only was it the right size, but it also has a […]
When I got stuck in the mud some time ago (https://bhhh.co.uk/stuck-briefly/) I managed to use to the Hi-Lift jack to removed one of the hooks that holds the rear hood flap down. It pinged off and went in the mud and I wasn’t able to find it. I set about making a new one from some thin stainless steel I had lying around.
I found that my fast method of spray painting my wheels had missed some bits, so blew then over and also removed the head light surrounds for the military look. Then wire brushed the mud off and painted those bits too. I also had some hinge rebuild kits so made up two series 2 door hinges up. I might at some point make some front doors which can be pined back against the wing.
I did it very quickly without any prep, so we’ll see how well it takes. It was a can of rubberised enamel paint, which sounds great. When I got stuck the other week, the stoney ground simply stripped the mat black paint right off, probably down to my lack of surface prepartion, well, I’m set for failure again perhaps. We’ll see. The paint dried mat, not gloss as it is when wet.
The handbrake had progressively gotten to the point where it wasn’t holding at all. This had become irritating so i set about fixing it. Turns out that the pads are right down on their limit. They’ll need replacing at some point. Whilst in there doing it i replaced the four prop shaft bolts on the transfer case output as they were close to stripped.
I recently found that i had a blowing exhaust. So I have now replaced the leaking mid section with a stainless one (likely 304 grade). I also made a nice new hanger bracket from a bit of thin 316 stainless.
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