Musings from a Stonehead

A visitor from America

21 July, 2013 by Stonehead 0 Comments

After several hot, dry and dusty hours bashing weeds today, the Other Half and I nipped out to the village to buy some lemonade and a dinner treat as I didn’t feel like spending much time working over a hot stove. We’d only been back a few minutes when the OH said, “a car’s just […]

Blogging, Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

Aberdeen, Blogging, Kuwait, Middle East, scotland, United States, visitor

Keeping the mechanic busy

7 July, 2013 by Stonehead 2 Comments

We’re continuing to work on the Land Rover Defender’s suspension, with the Wee ‘Un replacing the rear springs and shocks absorbers (with a little grown-up help) and me replacing the front radius arm bushes (with help from the Wee ‘Un).

Land Rovers

Defender, Land Rover, Land Rover Defender, mechanic, Shock absorber, springs, suspension, TD5

Land Rover jobs escalate

5 July, 2013 by Stonehead 0 Comments

As any Land Rover owner who does their own maintenance will say, never start a job, no matter how small, without having a bucket-load of cash and half a dozen credit cards at the ready because that job will escalate. And escalate. And escalate. So it’s proving with our Defender TD5. I tend to schedule […]

Land Rovers

car, cars, cooling, Defender, intercooler, Land Rover, maintenance, radiator, radius arm, repairs, TD5, track rod ends, turbo

Wee ‘Un changes the brake pads

3 July, 2013 by Stonehead 6 Comments

When the Wee ‘Un arrived home from school today, he found me taking my tools out in readiness to change the rear brake pads on our Land Rover Defender. He asked if he could help, so I said he could do the job if he wanted. He immediately agreed. I cracked the wheel nuts free—they’d […]

Do it yourself, Land Rovers

110, brake pads, brakes, Defender, Land Rover, Land Rover Defender, mechanic, Wheel

Defender continues its hissy fit

2 July, 2013 by Stonehead 2 Comments

I’m contemplating blowing the Land Rover up. Or burning it. Or cutting it into very small pieces. Yes, it’s still having a hissy fit. I was taking the Wee ‘Un out to the school bus this morning when I looked over at the Defender and noticed something odd through the back right wheel. After he’d […]

Land Rovers

110, brake pads, brakes, Defender, Land Rover, mechanic

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