And here are a couple of pictures of the very nearly finished bit of wood.............in all cost me about 9 quid for paint and some time
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What did you do to your Defender today?
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And here are a couple of pictures of the very nearly finished bit of wood.............in all cost me about 9 quid for paint and some time
I'll not be fitting it for a few weeks but the alisport air intake kit arrived..
I've got the one that is the low level entry.. Ie along the route the standard air intake duct takes.. The high level pipe isn't an option for me as I have the vacuum tank on the wing top where the intake pipe would have to run..
Anyhow a nice looking bit kit..
I also asked them to send me a cleanable ITG filter, but it does come as standard with a paper element filter..
They have made a few tweeks since the first ones were talked about ans there is now a reducer that fits between air box and intake hose from wing..
I've got the one that is the low level entry.. Ie along the route the standard air intake duct takes.. The high level pipe isn't an option for me as I have the vacuum tank on the wing top where the intake pipe would have to run..
Anyhow a nice looking bit kit..
I also asked them to send me a cleanable ITG filter, but it does come as standard with a paper element filter..
They have made a few tweeks since the first ones were talked about ans there is now a reducer that fits between air box and intake hose from wing..
Thats a long hose...
As long as its long enough
At first glance I thought that was a dead rat lying across that tin of wurthI'll not be fitting it for a few weeks but the alisport air intake kit arrived..
I've got the one that is the low level entry.. Ie along the route the standard air intake duct takes.. The high level pipe isn't an option for me as I have the vacuum tank on the wing top where the intake pipe would have to run..
Anyhow a nice looking bit kit..
I also asked them to send me a cleanable ITG filter, but it does come as standard with a paper element filter..
They have made a few tweeks since the first ones were talked about ans there is now a reducer that fits between air box and intake hose from wing..
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sorry!!! do like the air breather, can't beat that allisport clobber, really really well made
Today I amused myself putting in a couple more signal wires from the engine coolant and air intake sensors into the battery compartment so that I can connect the scope whilst driving and makes checking things a lot easier than backprobing every time tou want to play
Then took it for a quick spin to see that all worked..
I set the scope to record about 20 mins but was only away for just over half that..
The coolant is in blue the air intake in red..
The traces are a bit wide... I think that's because the sample rate is so high.. Unless you are at this all the time I forgot how to reduce the sample rate, but none the less you get a good idea of what's going on.. They are both negative temp coefficient sensors..
I suspect the kinks in the coolant trace is the thermostat starting to do something...
And the air intake shows the various speeds.. As you pick up speed the temp drops and when travelling slowly there is less cooling from the intercooler
The traces themselves are obviously just voltage traces but if you run something like torque at the same time you can relate a voltage with a specific temp
Then took it for a quick spin to see that all worked..
I set the scope to record about 20 mins but was only away for just over half that..
The coolant is in blue the air intake in red..
The traces are a bit wide... I think that's because the sample rate is so high.. Unless you are at this all the time I forgot how to reduce the sample rate, but none the less you get a good idea of what's going on.. They are both negative temp coefficient sensors..
I suspect the kinks in the coolant trace is the thermostat starting to do something...
And the air intake shows the various speeds.. As you pick up speed the temp drops and when travelling slowly there is less cooling from the intercooler
The traces themselves are obviously just voltage traces but if you run something like torque at the same time you can relate a voltage with a specific temp
Interesting...
black magicEntertaining
Painted a hinge and a bit of checker plate. Fixed the speedometer. Tightened up the wing mirror that'd started to flop around, Found one end of the broken wiring for the reversing light. Can't find the empty connection next to another bit of broken wiring. Still not been able to track down why the battery doesn't appear to be charging. Not that the voltage in the battery has noticeably dropped in the past few weeks. I hates electrickery... 
cut and paste those beautiful lines onto a canvas ! 10 yrs - with a fortune !Today I amused myself putting in a couple more signal wires from the engine coolant and air intake sensors into the battery compartment so that I can connect the scope whilst driving and makes checking things a lot easier than backprobing every time tou want to play
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Then took it for a quick spin to see that all worked..
I set the scope to record about 20 mins but was only away for just over half that..
The coolant is in blue the air intake in red..
The traces are a bit wide... I think that's because the sample rate is so high.. Unless you are at this all the time I forgot how to reduce the sample rate, but none the less you get a good idea of what's going on.. They are both negative temp coefficient sensors..
I suspect the kinks in the coolant trace is the thermostat starting to do something...
And the air intake shows the various speeds.. As you pick up speed the temp drops and when travelling slowly there is less cooling from the intercooler
The traces themselves are obviously just voltage traces but if you run something like torque at the same time you can relate a voltage with a specific temp
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well, my first defender job! the A frame cv joint, took 3 hours and probably 20 mins of that was on the split pin!Given that there's a What did you do to your series today? and a What did you do to your Disco today? thread, it seems a bit strange there isn't a Defender equivalent that I could find so here goes;
I did an engine oil change - Castrol Magnatec 10W/40 (and Forte engine flush!) came out to be replaced with Mobil Super 3000 X1 5W-40. I've only ever used Castrol Magnatec (or its equivalent Castrol predecessors) up until now so a change to fully synthetic is a bit of an experiment. I used a Genuine Parts filter from Turner Engineering as they are ridiculously cheap (£5.94).
I also drained the main gearbox - MTF94 out and fresh MTF94 back in.
On starting the engine it was noticeably quieter with less clatter. It will be interesting to see what it's like when it's much colder.
What did you do to your Defender today?
Sarah
the knock problem is solved now so onto the next job.....
chris.
Yesterday and late this arvo as I was waiting for T55 hex for the box filler hole, I changed both front and rear diff oils and the gearbox ATF, good job too as both the diff oils were like glupe, the box oil wasn't the best either.
Ive been putting off changing the rear drive flanges for months waiting for weather etc.
When I swapped the rear drums to disks I omitted to order new HD flanges so I fitted the standard ones.
Ive had the HD ones for ages so rather rashly decided today was going to be the day to fit them, and rotate the wheels, which obviously entails lifting the spares off and on the rear carrier and the bonnet...
I may need to visit a chiropractor tomorrow...
Look pretty though...
When I swapped the rear drums to disks I omitted to order new HD flanges so I fitted the standard ones.
Ive had the HD ones for ages so rather rashly decided today was going to be the day to fit them, and rotate the wheels, which obviously entails lifting the spares off and on the rear carrier and the bonnet...
I may need to visit a chiropractor tomorrow...
Look pretty though...
Are the one piece shafts an alternative option to the drive flanges you have..??
On the spare wheel removal and fitting I feel your pain.. I struggle with mine
They could be, but I prefer the flanges. I can check or change wheel bearings etc without having to pull the shaft right out.
Im on Disco alloys too, not wolfs!On the spare wheel removal and fitting I feel your pain.. I struggle with mine