Looking good Bob......
Are you going for the tyre glitter dressing too  DAVE.

You need a wee bit of tyre bling! Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Unhitching trailer today it bounced up and made contact with tailgate. Small dent and paint scratched , f@#ked off! 😖 Don't think it's a dent master type repair?
I'm sure a lot of people would just ignore it but it will annoy me until its fixed. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

I have a dent like that just behind a rear wheel arch… had my tailgate repaired and repainted for about £700. I lightheartedly said to the estimator at the bodyshop, “while you have the paint out, can you fix the little dent?"

Wanted just shy of £200, mostly because of the size of the panel that would need to be 'blended in'. I declined on that one but they made a nice job of the tailgate.

That's what the old GB sticker was for wasn't it - hiding scratches and dents  Jules

'Ye Olde GB sticker'

Law demands that the GB is replaced by UK sticker, by the end of next month.

Would have been cheaper to get the respray! Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

That a real pain but a good paintless dent repairer should be able to get the dent out either glue tab and pull or remove tailgate inner plastic trim and get his rods in that way if not smart repair there is a natural line to stop at so not the whole tailgate would need painting

Yep used a paintless dent remover before who was very good but paintwork not damaged before. Thinking o will get away with painting up to the crease above the badges so might not bee so bad. Had similar repair on a passat where the trailer rolled into it 🙄 Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Well off work this week and decided to finally tackle the timing belt that's been sitting on a garage shelf for 18 months now.
Also needed a set of rear discs so I picked those up during the week, already had the pads, so I thought!. Went to change them this morning to find I had the wrong pads, obviously for the earlier non electric handbrake version. No big issue, moved on to the timing belt.
This fought me every step of the way and took way longer than it should. Access to fittings seemed awkward. The starter motor was a pure b'stard to get out. Faffed about getting the turbo intake pipework off and the top belt cover off. Big hands and small spaces don't help. Next headache was getting the locking pins in place, don't know how many times I rotated the crank to get the cam pulley lined up, then when I got that in it was really fiddly to fit the flywheel pin, needing a fair bit of jiggling back and forward of the crank bolt. A helper would have been great. Then the starter ring gear locking plate. (Not sure why you need to lock the flywheel AND the starter ring gear?)
Finally got it all locked and tried to undo the crank bolt. I have a Ryobi impact wrench that I didn't think would be up to the task, it wasn't. Out with the breaker bar, extensions etc. It fought and fought until half way out and I was concerned it was taking so much force that the bolt would shear. Tried winding it back in and again it wouldn't budge. Oh f#@k. I was using a 22mm 12 point socket which then appeared to be slipping on the head of the bolt.
Borrowed no 1 son's car, went and bought a 22 mm deep impact socket 6 sided. Came back with it, put it on the impact driver and managed to tighten it back up. Then by a forward and backwards process managed to get it out at last! I was really worried that bolt was going to break off which would have been a total ballache.
Got the timing belt off, water pump out and replaced and new belt back on. Had a bit of fun getting the tensioner in place but in the end all good.
Next issue was replacing the auxiliary belt, despite much head scratching I could not get the belt back on the pulleys in the right sequence. Haynes diagram does not match my car. So at that stage I left it. I'll finish it off tomorrow, all being well!

The hated bolt!



New timing belt and waterpump done. (Excuse the picture being sideways).


 Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Well all done and back together, aux belt only took about 10 minutes this morning!
Got the correct rear pads as well so changed those and the rear discs.
Total price including Gates timing belt kit, locking tools, 5 litres of coolant, rear discs and pads about £220. My labour = free.
Happy to have saved on a big big bill. 😁 Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Well done Bob but that's why I'll be paying someone to do it for me. MY 09 GS manual in Lago Grey, Wood Co arm rest and side bumper strips - now sold.

MY 15 SD4 SE Auto Orkney Grey with colour coded Bumper Door Mouldings

[quote="Bobupndown"]Well day off today, perfect weather, ideal for a little bit of tinkering.
Bumper off, foglight mounts bonded on with tiger seal, while that was drying made up a loom for the lights using H11 connectors, foglamps attached, bumper back on, finisher trims attached. Pleased with the result and looks more 'right' to me somehow, hated those black plastic blanks.

While I had the bumper off I noticed that there is a connector attached to nothing on the offside, obviously the loom for the fogs and front paring sensors on higher spec models. Im wondering if that end of the wiring is already there, would an indicator / light switch stalk with the front fog switch included be simply a case of plugging in? Havent finished wiring them yet until I figure out what way they will be switched. Wee job for another day!

Time for a cold beer I think





Hi Bob. Going to do this to mine. How did you wire these up in the end and where did you put the switch? Thanks. 2013 Freelander 2 SD4 GS - Orkney Grey

Standard 4 pin relay, took switched live from the sidelight circuit so fogs can be on with sidelights right through to main beam. Switch to right side of steering wheel. I'll take a picture tomorrow. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Fog light switch. Illuminated when on, you can see glow from switch but not actually in your sight from behind the wheel, it's quite bright.

 Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)