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New brakes broke
Some good news, some bad. In case you didn’t know, I’d had to replace one of the brakes pipes on Lucky (my Discovery 2), from front to rear. I was sat at a set of lights, on my way to work, foot on the brakes – as you do – when the pedal went… ‘pffft’…
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Leaky Lucky no. 3
Another day, another leak. This time, however, it’s been sorted. And it’s not what I originally thought it was. To be fair, it wasn’t so much letting water in as letting the outside air rushing in. Summer time wasn’t so much of a problem, because it was warm. The only real pain in the backside…
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Yep. That needs cleaning…
Back around 2005, I got a 3.5 V8 Discovery 1. I had it LPG converted (in Poland) because, even back then, around 12mpg was sucking the bank account dry quicker than a family holiday at Disneyland Paris. But I liked the motor. Apart from it’s little niggles. (uh, Land Rovers?!) The LPG conversion had the…
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Ze nicest ol’ Bill you’ll ever meet
I want to share some photos today of an encounter we had with the Police in Germany. I’ve previously mentioned the Speedy Gonzalez nature of Dorothy, charging downhill, in Germany, at 83mph. I’ve also mentioned that she didn’t much like it – throwing a tantrum a few miles down the road. And by ‘tantrum’ I…
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OLR OG corrects junior
I’ve never pretended to be an expert on old Land Rovers. Or new. I’m just a guy who’s muddling through owning an old Landy. I may have always fixed my own cars, but I don’t always get it right. Most of the time it’s completely harmless. Other times, not so much. Like the time I…
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The world’s fastest Series 3 Land Rover?
Go back a couple of decades and I was a bit of an asshat. I’m still an asshat, just less so. It was my first proper trip in my Series 3 Land Rover, Dorothy. We’d been out to South Eastern Poland, in February, for a spot of play in the snow. And snow there was,…
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Fill the holes with silicon sealant?
Having sat out in the elements for over 20 years has taken its toll on Dorothy. Mostly: rust. The chassis has had it in places. The bulkhead’s… well, there’s more hole than rust or steel. Brake pipes are unserviceable and are being removed and replaced. And a heckuva a lot more. But it’s not all…
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20 years too late with the bulkhead?
One of my favourite photos of Dorothy is of her and “Ol’ Blue” (Dick’s 1988 One-ten V8 County) in a Tesco car park, in Gliwice, Poland. It’s February and it’s cold. And if you look carefully, you’ll spot the gaffer tape around the front vents. This isn’t to cover any rust. It’s a futile attempt…