After spending several months at Robbert Janssen, Land Rover garage in Etten-Leur Milady is back home.Robbert has addressed mainly engine related issues, head revision, new injectors, new valve seals, a new fuel-filter, various hoses, etc. New radiator I had the radiator enlarged, had a tropical set built in and had the temperature sensor positioned on the radiator. Now … Read more
Milady Landy has been with Robbert Janssen in the garage for over a month now. The aim is to investigate oil consumption and to improve the high temperature issue (see Morocco).Yesterday we went to Robbert, the head is off, it is flattened, the valves are cleaned and new seals installed. The fuel injectors have been reconditioned.Saturday I’ll go … Read more
For those who like a little more steering comfort with a Land Rover Series III: how to mount a steering damper. On our vacation in Morocco in 2015, I felt sometimes that my steering started shaking / jiggling / vibrate when I drove through a hole or ledge with both front wheels, I think this is … Read more
The interior of a Land Rover must of course be as basic as possible, but because we have a plan to go overlanding there must be sufficient space. In 2015 Morocco Marc and Saskia will ride with us in the Land Rover, so first of all we must first ensure enough (safe) seats. The front seats I … Read more
The second fuel tank has been mounted, now make the hoses and connections. 1. cap the preparation was such that this second tank opening looks the same as the cap of the main tank: And this is how it looks from underneath: It took some connections, but it is really good. Under the chair it … Read more
In preparation for our overland trip in 2016 Milady Landy gets a second fuel tank. The space for this is available under the driver’s seat (front right in this case). I thus hope to extend its range to 1,000 km, but I’m still waiting for my measurement of its real consumption (update: about 800-900km with … Read more
After the first holiday of/with Milady we decided to replace the standard engine by a new engine from a 200Tdi Discovery. The first step was getting the engine at Jansen LaRo in Udenhout and set up (along with the laptop at http: //www.glencoyne.co.uk/200di2.htm, where the conversion is well described).My first act was to disconnect the intake … Read more
Just to share my experience with the application of interior lighting in Milady Landy.Through www.dx.com I bought a roll of LED strip (Waterproof 72W 3000LM 3500K 300-5050 SMD LED, warm white, 5 meters long, € 12.74 incl. Shipping).Of these, I glued a strip of approximately 2 m on two sides of the inside gutter.Wire to it … Read more
The inspections at the RDW (Department of Road Transport) in Rijen is done on 28th July 2014, the day before we were to go on holiday to France, a small risk … Together with Gerben (he made the photographs and thus witnessed the first “long” trip) we drove to Rijen in the pouring rain. The inspector properly took time … Read more
After years of work in July 2014 I finally made an appointment for the inspection, the first semi MOT in the general garage in our street, garage Hommel. Quite exciting to drive to the garage with dealer plates on the untested car Suzanne guided me as a court photographer and the Landy-cat;-) Exciting to leave … Read more
