What did you do to your Rover today?

[NDNAJNS]

Replaced my stock rear axle shafts with high strength chromoly... but need to wait for new driving members, o-rings and circlips to arrive to complete the work.

[cedryck]

pgeorgeson, The puppies look great, Mine love rovering in the rover, one of my Staffies watches me and beats me to the garage door if he thinks I am going in that direction. But I did have to install a dog gaurd as we had a small incident while he was in the front seat. Perhaps your dogs are more well behaved. Mine get so excited when in the car,

[redmondrover]

Over last weekend, I made a bikini top for my 88. This was on my "to do" list over the summer but did not get to it until now. Nice thing is we have sunny weather here in the Seattle area for a couple of weeks so I've actually been able to use it. It is intentionally short (only goes to the first hoop) so I can use it with the roof top tent mounted to the tub.

[pgeorgeson]

It wasn't actually today: it was last Sunday. But here is what we did:

[cedryck]

Finally got a dog gaurd from UK. Package arrived hammered, and tattered but part was sound. Now I can drive without the two 80Lb. Staffordshire terriers knocking the gear shift lever out of gear, or stuffing their rear end in my face. Best safety device I have purchased for the car so far. Ah bliss.

[Stolidog]

Installed a new aluminum rear tank in my 67 109 that is now 23 gallons. Needed a baffled tank to stop the slushing and wanted to get my fuel pump mounted inside the tank as well.

[80inch]

Going for the 80" world record attempt....

Whilst goofing around at the Hollister CA NCLR event in the our 1952 series 1

[deezgunz]

My dilemma is not "what did I do to my rover today" but "what do I need to do on which Rover today."

Disco is pretty solid and running but needs some TLC.
83 Series III 109 exmod runs great and is a 24v to 12v conversion and undergoing a wire harness install.
73 Series III 88 with overheating issues soon to be fixed.

[gwmaxhunter]

What did i do with my rover today....i got my 1964 4cyl 109 pu a friend a 1969-ish 5 door 109 6cyl...(i am still keeping my eye on my friends little 88).....and i discovered...................> rust-mort... i am trying this and will see how it works. i am still looking for a spray can that provides instant body work and vehicle restoration.....i hear it is next to the instant engine rebuild in a can.....but i have been unable to find a supplier.

[I Leak Oil]

Discos were built to be throw away cars but you don't have to. You can treat them like a series rig and get out your toolbox.

That's a odd statement. Why do you say that?

[TeriAnn]

95 disco. Changed oil/filter Mobil 1 5/30 Mobil 1 filter. air filter STP. located a wiper motor assembly locally from a guy parting out a 96. The drivers side linkage arm broke last week. At night on freeway during storm, of coarse. Also been talking my wife out of wanting to get rid of the disco. She loves him but is starting to bet a little fed up with the rash of recent issues. Needs both front window regulators, head liner coming down from leaky rear sunroof I believe, drivers side swivel/ CV joint clattering, wiper motor assembly , that's all that comes to mind for to dos. Oh wait one more it overheats going up long steep mountain passes. The Siskiyous for instance.

I guess a lot of deciding whether or not to keep a vehicle has to do with mindset and how attached you are to it. If a Series rig had related problems one would just fix them and keep driving. A cooling system flush might well take care of your overheating issues. Swivel rebuild, all a normal part of owner maintenance. Discos were built to be throw away cars but you don't have to. You can treat them like a series rig and get out your toolbox.

[tristan95]

95 disco. Changed oil/filter Mobil 1 5/30 Mobil 1 filter. air filter STP. located a wiper motor assembly locally from a guy parting out a 96. The drivers side linkage arm broke last week. At night on freeway during storm, of coarse. Also been talking my wife out of wanting to get rid of the disco. She loves him but is starting to bet a little fed up with the rash of recent issues. Needs both front window regulators, head liner coming down from leaky rear sunroof I believe, drivers side swivel/ CV joint clattering, wiper motor assembly , that's all that comes to mind for to dos. Oh wait one more it overheats going up long steep mountain passes. The Siskiyous for instance.

[luckyjoe]

Teriann,

Thanks for that info. I have struggled with the decision of original vs. modern door seals. I've had these seals on my shelf for years. They came from the LR Orphanage when they located the original molds and commissioned a limited run. They came out excellent, a nice pliable rubber with formed holes and pre-drilled alloy strips. I simply have to use them. Since I have defender roof sides, I will use the Defender seal for both the rear door seal and where the roofside meets the door top.

With regard to cold drafts, I can honestly say this has only been a problem for my left ear, which was resolved with defender military door tops. Maybe the old seals were not so bad, but either way my Kodiak Mk.IV keeps the interior more than comfortable...

[TeriAnn]

Getting ready to instal these...

I did that once. A whole new set of genuine LR series door seals. I found that the doors didn't rattles as much but they didn't really help keep the wind and rain out. After a half decade or so I decided to remove perfectly good factory series seals that didn't seal and replaced them with a set of Defender seals. The Defender seals work MUCH better. It was the single best thing I did to keep cold air out while winter driving.

My opinion is that Series door seals are for show cars or ones that live in places like Phoenix, AZ where it never gets cold and 3 inches of annual rain is considered a good rain year. Defender door seals are a major improvement.

[luckyjoe]

Getting ready to instal these...