Land Rover Discovery Blog

A nice designer Land Rover wrist watch is this weeks product of choice!

It is made from brushed stainless steel and comes complete with gift box and guarantee.

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Its been a hectic few days for me during the past week as things slowly start to come together on the Land Rover 110 project.

I have been scouring eBay for some time now looking for a roof rack and engine to go into the 110, and it all came together last weekend when both items came up within days of each other.

Here's what I bought.

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We kicked off last week looking at the raised air intake or snorkel. As we continue our look at Land Rover off road modifications, this we'll take a look at the trusty roof rack.

A good roof rack should be designed so that it spreads the load along the vehicles guttering and has mounting points along the side. Try to avoid roof racks that bolt together like Meccano sets, as they have been known to shake apart once you do any amount of off road driving.

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In this weeks video, Top Gear's Richard Hammond explains why the Land Rover is one of the greatest cars of all time.

He makes a pretty convincing argument - what do you think?

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My power steering box has been leaking for quite a while now, but recently it started to go through a litre of fluid a week - so something had to be done.

Having done some research on the internet, it was recommended not to just fix it with a new seal kit, but to buy a full reconditioned steering box - so that's what I did.

Its a fairly straight forward job to change the box. It took a morning to complete the work and this is how I did it.
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A nice cheap option for this weeks featured product.

Today we have a couple of Land Rover G4 stickers to adorn your truck for just £3.50.

Check them out for yourself!

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I posted last week about a charity 4x4 challenge I was taking part in at the weekend.

If you don't know what a challenge event is, then think orienteering with vehicles! Each vehicle has a punch sheet attached to the vehicle, and then the punches are tied to trees in rather inaccessible areas of the forest.

The aim is to get the vehicle's punch sheet to within reach of the punch and mark it on the sheet. Then its off to find the next one. To get to the punches usually requires the use of winches and technical off road driving.

The day went really well and was fun and light hearted event. Members of Torbay 4x4 Club and East Devon Off Road Club took part and the event raised over £600 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

I managed some panel damage (large dents) to the front and rear wings of the 110 - but my best moment was reversing into a tree and smashing my rear window. I got the "numpty award" for this, which was a Land Rover Ski Teddy Bear - at least I came away with something

All in all it was a very enjoyable day, and the representatives of Macmillan Cancer Support were staggered by what the vehicles could do.

So as a picture paints a thousand words - here are the photos:

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Over the next couple of weeks, we will be looking at various Land Rover off road modifications, from snorkels to suspension, and winches to roof racks.

So to kick start it today, here is the low down on a snorkel or raised air intake.

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Check out this video of the OCC (Orange County Chopper) guys driving a Discovery 3 around the Land Rover Experience test track at Solihull.

There's some great funny moments - take a look for youself:

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Defenders aren't the most quiet things in the world to travel in. The wind & engine noise can get tiring after a while, and holding a conversation at motorway speeds is almost impossible!

So in an effort to keep the noise down to a dull roar, I set about trying to make the 110 a little quieter using some cheap materials.

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