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Blog my ride: Discovery 300 TDi -lowering + sorting
ChrisW70:
Wiper motor is relatively easy, accessed from under the bonnet.
Take the wiper arms off, the plastic trim under the bottom of the windscreen then a few large philips screws and the plate with the motor bolted to it lifts out - probably the most fiddly part is getting to a couple of the screws and the flying ground lead thats in the drip tray below the windscreen.
Going from memory that is... ymmv :roll:
Henry Webster:
There you go - shows how many I've had to change, then! Its always a bit misleading working on a stripped out racer!
John Clayton:
Thanks for the advice guys.
We had the vehicle out at this event 3 months ago:
http://www.abingdon4x4festival.com/
and it went very well, but it had 2 problems:
1. There was a lot of clunking whenever we went round a corner (several marshals told us it was knackered CV joints)
2. The new serpentine belt got chewed up because the alternator pulley was well loose on its shaft so it was pulled at an angle by the belt's tension. This then meant that the belt was getting rubbed by the edge lip on the pulley.
Nigel, Stevie and I had a sesh on the vehicle yesterday and changed the CV joints + tightened up the alternator's pulley. The latter job was really hard -we had to remove the alternator, put it in a vice, jam the core from turning by wedging a screwdriver in and then we took the pulley off by using a huge torque bar on its centre nut. We then reassembled it with WD40 on the thread, but I was stunned by how much torque I had to put on with this huge bar to get the pulley tight against the shaft. It was only when I was pulling as hard as I possibly could (with Stevie holding the bench to keep it still!) that we got it tight enough that the pulley wasn't able to spin on the shaft. Is this normal?
We also snapped one of the front brake pipes (the short rigid pipe that goes into the caliper) -anyone got any ideas where I can get a new (or secondhand) pipe from that will be the right shape/end fittings? I looked on Paddock's website but they didn't appear to have anything.
Also, the battery bracket is missing on this vehicle -nothing on Paddock's site or eBay -anyone got any ideas?
Henry Webster:
The brake pipes are just normal short brake pipes with ends aren't they?
I may have some suitable short lengths that I made up as spares before we went fully flexi on the front end of the racer, that I could spare. Sadly my brake flaring tool got stolen out of the van last year so I can't just make some up.
Otherwise most motor factors should be able to make them for you off the shelf. Or buy a roll of brake pipe some ends and a flaring tool and do it yourself. Flaring tool is a useful investment if you are into playing with cars anyway.
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Henry Webster:
Re: battery bracket. Dead easy couple of lengths of M6 or M8 threaded rod and a length of small angle iron should sort it out I would imagine.
Battery bracket is really vital if you are going off road. Very easy to crack battery if you are bouncing around!
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