I did nothing but fill up with the dirty juice, i had intended to replace my rear discs and pads but got sent the wrong discs, was sent the early type.
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Changed the bonnet gas struts yesterday with some new ones to prevent future headaches
Took her for a major service today, two new track rod ends and tracking.
Then finished the day off with new side repeaters and vents from Powerful UK.

Productive day I'd say, shame I missed the snow by not having the car most of the day.

In and out of Halfords within 10 minutes and NO scraped knuckles. Absolutely painless and popped a spare in the glove box. Disco3

Did the weekly checks, fluids, tyres pressures, washed both, added a bottle of injector cleaner, blacked the tyres, and the mud flaps, leather wiped the seats down, fixed the two bleeps i was getting on opening with the fob, how i don't know checked the diff drain plug that was fitted is still leak free.

Fitted new Side Vents -Black & Silver, which look great. Just got to get the grill painted, but will await warmer months. 'Best to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it..'

Fitted a new set of tyres. Avon AX7 All Terrain 255/55 R18. Up from Pirelli Verde All Season 235/60. It will be good to see how the perform. -------------------------------------------------------------
1965 Series IIa Safari LWB White - gone
1982 RR 2 door Sahara dust - gone
2000 Freelander 1 3 door white gold - gone
1995 Discovery 1 200Tdi Biaritz Blue - gone
2009 FL2 TD4 HSE Stornoway Grey

Yesterday a front disc grub screw was extracted by drilling it out, and the front disc cleaned up, until the new front discs arrive on MY07 which is having front and rear discs and pads for the spring.

Finally got around to fitting a fibre optic loop in place of my busted bluetooth phone module. Only taken me 2 years.

Hopefully no more on/off/on/off on the nav screen and radio when driving now!

Seeing as today looks to be the only nice, but chilly day today. I took the opportunity to give the car a quick wash ready to make it all dirty again this weekend.

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Had the fuel tank wiring repair carried out.

Was getting fed up with the jeopardy...

Fitted towbar and electrics today

Washed the car, first time since June. Checked it over, then packed it half full of stuff and drove 10 hours through rural Western Australia to the Stirling Ranges. Lovely part of the world, unique flora and geology, and hardly any tourists as it's the end of a brutal summer.
The road through the park from the North carries the summer grain harvest to the port at Albany on the South coast, and the verges are covered in spilt grain. This brings the birds, and there's flocks of green parrots gorging themselves, and families of Emu dads with four or five adolescent chicks not sure whether to run or stay and eat their fill: makes for some interesting moments...

1450km this trip, maybe 400km on gravel through the back roads and the parks. Very stable on our WA ball-bearing gravel, cruising at 100-120km/h with aplomb (and road pressures too, forgot my compressor). Ticked over 220,000km, thank you very much.

Only one niggle with the fuel gauge, doesn't always start first time, and the lights aren't fit for outback roads – otherwise it's a comfortable and capable traveler on dirt or tar, and dispatches road trains in fine style.

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Do you really need a car radio aerial as big as that on top of your car in the outback?

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 Jules