Decided that being as there are still a few miles left to do this season before I autobox burrt that I would take out the free play on the clutch pedal, and then fit my headlamps I bought a year ago to replace the useless existing items. Two nice quick and easy jobs.......
Turns into a 6 hour marathon:
One bolt holding the clutch pedal assembly in place has had the threads stripped, so had to grind that off to remove the assembly. 10 minutes into the job, the free play has been taken out, and we're ready to fit it back in.....
1 hour later because the box would not line up with the holes for love nor money, and then the unions decided they would line back up, the system is refilled, and Dawn installed in the drivers seat to begin the bleeding. Underneath with the 11mm spanner, just touch the bleed nipple, and it shears off, leaving me with a slave cylinder that can't be bled. Slave cylinder removed and onto bench. Feeling cheapskate, I decide that I'm not paying for a new slave cylinder being as the auot will soon be going in, so easiout the the remains as I have a spare bleed nipple, and the easiout snaps.......2 hours later I managed to remove the easiout and the broken half of the bleed nipple, but now the threads are buggered, so manage to bodge round it using PTFE tape.
3 hours later the damn pedal box is on its way back out because I'm getting highyl cheesed off with all the unions leaking every time you touch the pedal.....3 1/2 hours later, pedal box back in, loads more PTFE tape to the rescue, only the clutch pedal isn't doing anything, no pumping of fluid..... Pressurise the system using the easibleed, thinking it must be too much air in the master cylinder and pipes. Fluid pouring from the slave cylinder when bled, but no clutch pedal pressure when bleed nipple tight. Slave cylinder back out. When pressure aplied, insides move. Slave back into vehicle. Connect back up, still no joy. Pedal box back out...
Pump clutch pedal in my hands, its moving fluid in and out of the right holes. Fit it back in, and put a box of matches on the dash. Dawn back in drivers seat. System bled, clutch working...WTF?
Then upgrade the lights using the new fancy modern style lenses and bulbs I bought over a year ago. Everything rusted solid, nothing coming out. Then find that the new lights wont fit the 101 bowls (sold as supposed to fit all land rovers). Difference is in the mountings. Now screwed as need to use it tomorrow evening and need lights. Brain wave, donor rangie, whipped the light bowls from it, fitted them in, fitted the new lights (which also have a nice sidelight as well). Even used the plugs from the rangie to match into the 101 loom as they had the correct connector on. Switch the lights on, nice bright lights blinding everyone, should do the job nicely!
Total time taken, 5 hours 50 minutes.....
Landrovers, don't you just love 'em!!!
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