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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Crazycarzowner on 03 November 2015, 22:29:57
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Well today was mainly spent stripping down the nearside brake disc / caliper / Drive flange / stub axle / drive shaft & finally swivel housing. Why oh why do car companies make things so hard. Not 1, not 2, not even 3 but 4 different types of nut / bolt combination - torx, star hex & them other multi pointed thingies that I can never remember the name of ::) ::) ::) I wouldn't mid but in essence they're all the same size, nothing like making it hard for DIYers >:( >:( >:( >:( Can they not be uniform and stick to one sort ::) ::) ::)
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No because it saves them a farthing per million in production costs. :o :o :o :o
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Well today was mainly spent stripping down the nearside brake disc / caliper / Drive flange / stub axle / drive shaft & finally swivel housing. Why oh why do car companies make things so hard. Not 1, not 2, not even 3 but 4 different types of nut / bolt combination - torx, star hex & them other multi pointed thingies that I can never remember the name of ::) ::) ::) I wouldn't mid but in essence they're all the same size, nothing like making it hard for DIYers >:( >:( >:( >:( Can they not be uniform and stick to one sort ::) ::) ::)
Just be thankful that the swivels aren't on a Discovery 2,they are a real bastard without special tools
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Ah the joy of a Land Rover, the constant knowledge there is something that needs to be done to it and because they have been built for so long, they will require a million different tools as you disassemble, layer by layer, parts developed in different decades.
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Just think of the expertise you're gaining Jason. Land Rover experts are in short supply, you may have to get a bigger shed and grow a beard. ;D
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PMSL ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
STEMO, I built a bigger garage so I could fit the bloody thing in & as for the beard - I've not shaved for.......well..........at least.............6 weeks!!! So ya right there!
Hang on! Are you stalking me??? :o :o :o :o
I must say though I've learned a lot about end-floats & pre-loads and how to set them correctly :y :y :y
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y :y :y :y
You're not wrong there Mr Alarming man.
Next year I wanna get hold of a knackered Disco auto transmission box and pull it to pieces, see how it works and 'IF' if I can put it back together again ??? ??? ???
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I must admit I learnt a lot about mine in the time I had it not all good :o....but cannot have been that bad as I want another but it will be a V8 with gas this time:y
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Mines a V8 but, I was gonna Gas it but thinking about it I don't think I'll use it enough to warrant it seeing as its a second car. By the time I've finished it (probably spring next year) I'll have done - Springs & shocks, poly bushed, brake pipes, discs & pads, Both heads, new camshaft, lifters etc.. quite a lot of rewiring ::) leather seats dyed black, dash to match.
Then I decide whether to get the welder to the bloody sunroofs or not :o :o :o
The gearbox is becoming a little bit annoying, I know what the fault is, its the input shaft to the transfer box thats worn and giving a little (for now) clunk between forward & reverse gears. I can live with that until it decides to die though as they can I believe go on like that for years & miles, thats why I want an old knackered one to play with.