What have you done today to your LAND ROVER (Non Defender)

WreckITFrank

Technical Excellence Contributor
Nice Frank, whatta using for crimpers with those Deutschs? Open or closed barrel leads/connectors?

I have a set of HDT-48-00 crimpers and use solid connectors. the tool is not genuine, but built as an OEM clone overseas, rather than US made. Still cost me about $175, but better than $300 for the TE set and has not failed a single crimp yet. Only genuine connectors and pins are worth your time.

I'll have the rest of the harness done this week.
 

LiquidMoose

Well-known member
Nice Frank, whatta using for crimpers with those Deutschs? Open or closed barrel leads/connectors?
For less than $50 you might consider this...
I have no affiliation with the company; I've done a zillion crimps with no issues.
 

hillstrubl

Founding Member
Any recommendations to keep your alpine window seals "alive"? Mine look like they're drying out... Silicone spray?
 

MountainD

Technical Excellence Contributor
I got the Apine Window Seals replaced (finally, and myself). 10 minutes per side. Genuine seals this time. Alpine windows with Genuine seals, silicone lube and filler strip tool. Unreal easy. After market on left, genuine on right. I could barely get the glass to seat and never even started the filler on the aftermarket (Britpart in this place) and I thought I was going to lose my crap when the window slipped. I can't believe how easy it could be. So, my advice is simple. Original seals (and the DBF500020 if you can find them). I used Silicone spray and then promptly wiped down the body work just cause it isn't the best for it. The seal tool is unreal. Saved so much time. The actual window install was 5 minutes. THe other time was soaking the seal and prep. So, for doors, glass and some seals (I like Coretco) it is genuine. That and the engine/tranny mounts. I get the Glencoyne for those. And the tail lights...and this chair...and book of matches...

Honestly--I could have done it first time if I bought the genuine seals. Huge thanks to Mike for loaning the tool and loaning the seals till the others arrive.

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rocky

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Farm truck moment......Yesterday, I dug around an old basketball pole the PO installed at our house. He was an engineer. Took a tow strap and yanked the pole and its 100lb concrete ball out of the ground. He had even filled the six inch steel pole with concrete. I hate engineers right now. Its only a frigging basketball pole...
 

pmatusov

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Callsign: AK6PM
Practiced patching a large hole in an XZL with cold-vulcanizing compound and then mounting it on a Wolf rim without using anything but a tire iron.
It worked.

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Here's the ugly outside patch:
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Tire mounted on the rim (thanks Jimmy!):
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This tire should never go in front, or be used at highway speeds (although it may just be fine - I don't know).
Soon I will have more spares than good tires.
But - on a long trip, it wouldn't hurt to have these two cans of cold-vulcanizing goo and a can of glue. There are videos on YouTube where guys patch not one, but four giant sidewall cuts and holes with this stuff, and claim having used the repaired tire for hundreds of miles.
 

broncoduecer

Technical Excellence Contributor
Made good progress on the gutter kit and doors. Now closing with the appropriate strikers! Doors look pretty good now. I had to do the pull the core out of the door seal for the passenger side. But the drivers was good as is. These were genuine seals.
 

pmatusov

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Callsign: AK6PM
Oh... If you think your Land Rover ducks are all in a row, you must be missing something.
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Of course, it happens 50 miles away when you're fully anticipating a nice drink at lunch.
Then - a pressure reduction kit on a GM p/s pump conversion brings up a proper steering wheel feel, rather than that on a 1984 Caprice.
 

brdhmltn

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One of those fancy new see-through D2 headgaskets. Slowly working as I have time... I have had much easier time getting parts ordered from UK than anywhere in USA during the pandemic. Shipping is taking forever within USA but stuff from UK is still 3-4 days.

Edit: Got great service this week from Atlantic British on parts. It was really nice to see a US company offering great service and shipping quickly.
 

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pmatusov

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It was far easier than I thought it would be (last time I hand-mounted a tire was like 35 years ago).
Same process to seat the beads as I've used before with fat wide tires - ratchet strap around the centerline of the tire, core out of valve stem, and CO2 from the tank (it didn't take much at all, I think my $75 pump would provide enough flow).
 

brdhmltn

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Were the head bolts loose?
The bolts between cylinders 5/7 definitely did not have the same torque as the others. Everything else was tight and about the same. I bought this truck off my brother in law who did the heads about 5? years ago. He's an excellent mechanic and I trust his work. He has a good car history, regular track days, lemons racing, etc. I personally have never liked stretch bolts so have ARP studs to go back in, and have a set of parallels being made for me by a coworker to check for head/block warping.
 

broncoduecer

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New front brakes on the LR3 and used some electrical connector cleaner spray on the passenger front seat recline button and brought it back to life! That was nice. On the bummer side today did some investigating of the “normal suspension mode only” error and found my air dryer cap is cracked. I just rebuilt it 3 months ago, argh. I didn’t buy the kit with the upgraded caps as I didn’t know that was a common failure mode or I would have. But actually the access is decent even when mounted on the LR3 to just replace the cap. Or at least it looks to be haha. New rotors are painted, curious how they hold up.
 

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Roverman2010

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It was far easier than I thought it would be (last time I hand-mounted a tire was like 35 years ago).
Same process to seat the beads as I've used before with fat wide tires - ratchet strap around the centerline of the tire, core out of valve stem, and CO2 from the tank (it didn't take much at all, I think my $75 pump would provide enough flow).
Been fitting tyres since I was a kid, had to on a farm, but just found a brilliant lub. Bull Snot. Comes a nice squeeze tube, just did an edit. just now I dropped the spare down from D3 to check the pressure, flatter than a witches tit. found the valve stem had rotted. this will be the third in a year. Watch your valve stems folks, its not easy with 6 landies and two trailers.
 
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rocky

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I think the Missus is on to me
 

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