Jesper Løwe Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/10/2019 at 10:40 PM, Jesper Løwe said: Opted for a second hand driveshaft with new universal joints today. Fitted but no test drive yet 🥵. See now that was stupid... Drove of for Poland friday before easter, with an untested prop shaft and within 2km it proved to be a major mistake anything over 80km/t made the car shake.. Trying to catch a ferry, we drove on, and it got better but not perfect.. 5 days on polish roads you dont feel it, but back home again its unbearable, removed the propshaft and now we are waiting for new Universal joints for the old prop shaft.. which was knackered before.. So the trip to Borås Jeepklub Softtrail is canceled Maybe the parts will be here friday and ill get the time this weekend to change them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Løwe Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 New Universal Joints arrived Saturday... Promptly changed and test driven The truck is again 4x4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Løwe Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 Time´s flying and i´m trying to diagnose a "pling" sound i get from the transmission some times. I cant replicated the the exact movement but i appears now and then on often after gear changes. i´ve been over propshafts, emergency brake, most of the bearings and nothing seems obvious, nor can i replicate the sound when the car is up in the air. So i tend to go on with other projects. So the dual battery setup has startede. I got a ctek splitcharger last christmas, and the "pond" for the middle seat. Test fitting the CTEk and a breaker. I´m not sure its the way i want to go.. so its back to the drawing board. Earlier this May there was a Outdoor fair close by and we went there to look for an extension to the MSR hiking tent. There was an interesting little detail to a rooftop tent at the fair. The l shaped rails with a cargo net attached.. This is was a great idea for boots and shoes when camping in the wet. So now all i need is to find these sort of rails and cargonet from biltema. In the workshop department, the truck had a new fanbelt, wich was a 15 minutes job Out with old, and in with the new (no picture...) In preparation for Overlanding Expo 2019 in august we where looking for a bike rack that could swing away from the truck, so we could carry bikes but still use the backdoor. My thule pivots down and leaves 50 cm to open the door.. I came really close to buying this dutch swing away tow ball carrier for fitting my existing bike rack, but 725€ was WAY over the budget.. Looking at multiple fiamma campervan bikeracks and "dreaming" multiple spare wheel carrying ideas.. 🤣 And found on used i wanted to buy online and weld some sort of mounting plate for... I read the ad again until it dawned on me that it stated that it was for hanging ON the spare wheel, it was 7km from home and the bloke was negotiable for price.. Suddenly i was out the door, and came home with this "little" gadget Bikes tested on and they clear the tent underside And clear the bodyside when the door is opening. It needs new straps to fix it down, but thats fixable. Next project is rear brakepads.. hopefully a quick job And the a new sump gasket (that will be at my mates garage) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, Jesper Løwe said: Next project is rear brakepads.. hopefully a quick job Brakepad change on a Defender should be like a walk in the park😊 Edited May 24, 2019 by Spoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeden DY Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Har du prøvd å stramme boltene som holder den bakre mellomakselen til håndbrekkstrommelen? Hvis de bare såvidt er løse vil trommelen bevege seg i det du girer og det oppstår ofte et pling eller ping 😉 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Løwe Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 On 5/24/2019 at 9:53 PM, Spoon said: Brakepad change on a Defender should be like a walk in the park I toke the stroll in the park today 🤪 10min pr. wheel for the pads to be changed... And 10 min. A wheel to put on the 30mm spacers I bought second hand Test drove it a little later an am I glad I brought the wheel wrench.. they needed a bit of a tightening after 10 km 😬 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Lars 9k Posted May 29, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted May 29, 2019 (edited) Blev ju snyggt med lite större ET till de breddarna!! (Vilket skulle vara lägre ET) ☺️ Edited May 30, 2019 by Lars 9k Skrev ju fel ju ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Per Pettersson Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Lars 9k said: Blev ju snyggt med lite större ET till de breddarna!! Mindre ET, @Lars 9k, det blir mindre... 😘 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Lars 9k Posted May 30, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted May 30, 2019 (edited) Joo..,, så är det ju, lite trött där eller bara otur när jag tänkte!!! 🙄 Men snyggt på bilen blev det åtminstone!!😉 Edited May 30, 2019 by Lars 9k 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Wiberg Posted May 30, 2019 Moderators Share Posted May 30, 2019 Snyggt Jesper! Som Lars skrev, ser mycket bra ut med lite bredd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Løwe Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 On 5/30/2019 at 10:50 AM, Wiberg said: Snyggt Jesper! Som Lars skrev, ser mycket bra ut med lite bredd. Snyggt så det ud... Men “Ride quality” var helt forfærdelig.. Det minde mest af alt som alle bøsninger var forsvundet fra bilen. Spacers er nu fjernet igen og bilen kører “normalt” Central låsen drillede på en af dørene.. Fik undersøgt og det gav mening Fixed med ny ledning i lidt tykkere kvalitet 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Christensen Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 On 5/29/2019 at 9:30 PM, Jesper Løwe said: I toke the stroll in the park today 🤪 10min pr. wheel for the pads to be changed... And 10 min. A wheel to put on the 30mm spacers I bought second hand Test drove it a little later an am I glad I brought the wheel wrench.. they needed a bit of a tightening after 10 km 😬 Hej Jesper. Har du fået den gennem syn med den forkofanger og winsch? Mvh Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Løwe Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 6 hours ago, Peter Christensen said: Hej Jesper. Har du fået den gennem syn med den forkofanger og winsch? Mvh Peter. Ja, men med nummerpladen monteret i fairlead.. På en plade med 2 bolte igennem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 On 6/14/2019 at 7:42 AM, Jesper Løwe said: Snyggt så det ud... Men “Ride quality” var helt forfærdelig.. Det minde mest af alt som alle bøsninger var forsvundet fra bilen. Spacers er nu fjernet igen og bilen kører “normalt” Central låsen drillede på en af dørene.. Fik undersøgt og det gav mening Fixed med ny ledning i lidt tykkere kvalitet When these wires short circuit you will discover that the same fuse also controls the "antitheft thing" (startsperre) so you will not be able to start your car. If I remember correctly you will get a flashing engine symbol on your dashboard. The wires LR have used are made from the cheapest possible plastic they could get, they have the same breaking strength as knäkkebröd😂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Christensen Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 On 6/14/2019 at 4:41 PM, Jesper Løwe said: Ja, men med nummerpladen monteret i fairlead.. På en plade med 2 bolte igennem Det ser godt ud Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Løwe Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Preparing for vacation in 3 weeks already started 😉 Extra license plate for the bike rack and lights had to be made. and for the sake of it I made a new front license plate bracket a bit more sturdy then the old one. next job is to hook up the ctek d250sa I bought, and the wire it up 😎😎 And then keep planing the trip to Rondane National Park in Norway. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Løwe Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) Time for more maintenance. The Crankshaft Pulley wheel needed replacing. Off to my mates place.. He´s got loads of cars standing around including this 86" series one A German photographers Puma that blew up the gearbox and Clutch on Vacation. The car´s on the lift and we are trying to work the bolt loose, from 460nm. torque. When the pulley got back on we had to torque it back in at 460nm. so the big tools had to come out Sadly we had to remove the radiator and intercooler to get it all back together. (wich added like 2 hours to the project) Back home and running nicely again. The rest of the CTEK charger project had to be done. NEW TOOL Finally there Ctek D250sa with 10mm2 Connection cables between the batteries. 70amp breaker for the rear aux electrics A 12v outlet (always on) and a USB 2.1 amp. outlet (always on) for ipad charging. Sadly i won´t fit my 12-220v inverter down there so i need to find an alternative place for it.. Poking around my mates workshop i impressed with the parts he has "floating" And found this little nice 90" that i woul love to get my hands on... and rebuild to a V8 Automatic beach racer But thats a BIG project for the future. Edited July 31, 2019 by Jesper Løwe 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Løwe Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 And decided that we also needed the 220v inverter. But It had to be easy to set up So made a 2 piece kit directly installed on the battery and connected with Anderson connectors for 160amp.. best to be future proof.. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Løwe Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 I keep adding stuff to the pre vacation todo list.. prepared the Ctek d250s for solar input. And then later realised I had a 10 year old solar panel laying around somewhere.. Found the panel and hooked it up expected nothing to happen.. it is over 10 years old technology... But hey presto... the little panel charged from about 80% to about 100% in a day.. NOT bad at all maybe a new panel would do better but this is fine for now.. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Lars 9k Posted August 6, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted August 6, 2019 Kul och billigt när man kan fynda i sitt eget garage!!👍 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Løwe Posted August 8, 2019 Author Share Posted August 8, 2019 Had a dream of doing a swivel table for the Stowe and by coincidence talked to a colleague about it.. The drawing was made earlier this year and thrown away.. So had to dig it out of my brain again and think it over.. Cut out the pieces last night after work And now my colleague is helping with the welding.. hoping to get this done before our up coming trip 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampForCer Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Very cool!! Looking forward to see the result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Løwe Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 and then realized that it was 30 cm to high to cook on🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Lars 9k Posted August 9, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted August 9, 2019 Ja det är mycket som skall stämma😂. Snyggt jobb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Løwe Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 Back home from vacation and overlanding.nu Expo 2019 the var has to go to the MOT for the annual “syn” Looking the car over I found the headlight electrical adjusters didn’t work (had a warning last year) a bent trailing arm and a really bad UJ on the rear propshaft.. UJ was a pain to get out, and I had to cut the one out with a grinder... 😤🤬 The trailing arm (rear right) came out easy enough, but the bushings for the new one and getting the new one in place put up a fight.. All out and cleaned up.. 1 hour later the new one had put up a hell of a fight not to fit.. but I won... Tonight I will install the propshaft and tomorrow wipe of all the excess oil and go to the MOT station 🤞🤞🤞 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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