Drove to our area meet, came back it was a bit cold so had the window shut - enjoying the heat.

However, a bit of a headache, possible exhaust fumes in the cab, checked the manifold nuts which took a tweak or two. If that doesn't fix it, take it apart and put exhaust paste on it.

Heat?  In a Series Land Rover?

The series has become are daily driver since wifey decided to reverse the eurobox in the series thankfully the bumper of eurobox is plastic and boot lid is/ was glass smashed into a million pieces and only a bit of black paint on the Land Rover so am happy no damage at all as if there was I would be a widower by now 

Not sure if it has been mentioned yet, but quite a few of us have been manning the stand at the NEC Classic Motor Show. In my view, the best club stand by far. Nice to see lots of familiar friendly faces.
Final day 3 tomorrow...

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All the other club stands that I saw in our area were just a few vehicles parked up. All credit to all who designed and built our stand - it's obvious that a great deal of time and effort went into planning, design and execution. Something to be really proud of.

Well said Mark. The stand looked fantastic on Thursday morning and that was before set up was complete. My Dad will be there tomorrow manning the stand. Well done everyone!

 

Put the tools on 

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Picked out some spot welds and removed the bulkhead foot. New vs Old.

Last night, drove YOD 120 miles back from the NEC back to lancashire in the dark and rain 60+ on thee motorway sections and it never missed a beat not bad for a geriatric land rover driven by a geriatric driver.  It did 500 miles when I went to Wales in September for the weekend off roading.  On one of the dealer stands in the middle of all their flash cars there aws a SWB station wagon that was a bit rough with an asking price of around £20000.  It had a notice on it saying it had been driven 150 miles to the show

Peter

Well it was last weekend.
Weekend triangle trip. Saturday Glasgow-Edinburgh in sunshine, stopover, Sunday Edinburgh-Walkerburn (again in sunshine) and a trip to the Glentress MTB trails and another overnight stopover.
Then early on Monday morning a difficult 2.5-hour drive in the dark and lashing rain from Walkerburn back to Glasgow.
I had to stop and dial the voltage regulator screw up half a turn, so that the dynamo was still keeping 12.5V on the system with the headlights, wiper and demist fan all working together without a break. Wiper not really keeping up with the rain, and I hit some road-width-wide and unavoidable puddles at ~40 mph that caused a bow-wave to break over the top of the screen and roof.
Engine kept on running, not missing a beat

 

Took it for an MOT.
It passed with one advisory: 'various oil leaks, not excessive'.

Seems fair enough to me 

Oil leaks, just a land rover marking its territory and protecting its chassis.  Well done Tim

Did they do the brake test on a rolling road or with a Tapley meter?

Peter

Quote from: Peter Holden on Nov 15, 2023, 05:14 PMOil leaks, just a land rover marking its territory and protecting its chassis.  Well done Tim

Did they do the brake test on a rolling road or with a Tapley meter?

Peter

Thanks, Peter.

Handbrake was tested on the slope leading to the workshop.
Not sure how he tested the foot brake. I missed that bit.

After transporting the dogs for a walk and exercising the 4wd mechanism I was informed when parking at the dog foodstore that my reversing lights weren't working. I tactfully explained there were none fitted. The complainant then said he used to drive Land Rovers. I suppose it was the clear rear lenses that confused him. 

Quote from: Andrew on Nov 15, 2023, 12:02 PMWell it was last weekend.
Weekend triangle trip. Saturday Glasgow-Edinburgh in sunshine, stopover, Sunday Edinburgh-Walkerburn (again in sunshine) and a trip to the Glentress MTB trails and another overnight stopover.
Then early on Monday morning a difficult 2.5-hour drive in the dark and lashing rain from Walkerburn back to Glasgow.
I had to stop and dial the voltage regulator screw up half a turn, so that the dynamo was still keeping 12.5V on the system with the headlights, wiper and demist fan all working together without a break. Wiper not really keeping up with the rain, and I hit some road-width-wide and unavoidable puddles at ~40 mph that caused a bow-wave to break over the top of the screen and roof.
Engine kept on running, not missing a beat

 

I had a puddle incident a couple of years back driving home from my mum's. The road was almost empty and it was chucking it down so on a very wet road I didn't see the small lake and ploughed straight through it , no problem until I got to the roundabout a few hundred yards further on and tried to stop for a bus. I only just avoided t-boning the bus as I frantically tried to push the pedal through the floor.

Of course I had forgotten about the old 'Try your brakes ' routine required with drum brakes after going through water.

Lesson learned there

Andy