AndyT

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I have to smile as the shoe is on the other foot for me. My husband knows better than to interfer or offer well meant advice when I'm playing with my 90, I find that suggesting he goes indoors and plays on one of his six computers generally does the trick - geek!!! As for driving after other women, my landys to slow to keep up with the young fit ones!

Well, I did it! My first foray underneath my 90 (well almost underneath). My jack worked really well and was so easy to fathom (as was the front bumper jacking point - thanks Western). My jack had a racheted handle which made life easier and seemed very sturdy, although I will look into getting something a bit more meaty for future jobs and a pair of axel stands I think. I did need help to loosen the wheel nuts initially, but everything else was plain sailing. However... I did make the mistake of putting the spare wheel nuts on top of the number plate light housing as I took them off assuming they'd be easy to find when I put the punctured wheel back on the rear door. Once changed I decided to simply throw the puntured wheel in the back... and forgot to collect the wheel nuts from on top of the light housing - DOH! Amazingly only one fell off on the journey to the tyre garage! All-in-all I feel far more confident now about attempting whatever comes next - so a very big thank you to all of you for such really useful advice. Andy.

Will do - in fact getting the wheel nuts off is my biggest concern, being a bit of a girl... literally ;-) I shall have a can of WD40 to hand! Andy (or Andrea to my mum)!

Western, Thanks so much, that's exactly the information and reassurance I needed. I now feel supremely confident in attempting my first bit of land rover maintenance, albeit a simple tyre change... one step at a time eh! Cheers, Andy

I'm a newbie so please bear with me... I need to change a tyre on my land rover 90, which I've only had for a fortnight (it's my first) and the things I've read make me nervous about just using the simple jack that came with it, it's bog standard. Do you think the original jack will be sufficient for a simple tyre change? My next question is where should I jack it up using this? As it's not a bottle or trolley jack do the same places apply as per Lewis' post above? Sorry for sounding so girlie, but I just have no idea where to start and couldn't find anything in the workshop manual about jacking points. Any advice appreciated, thanks. Andy

Thanks Smo, another one for my little black book! Andy :-)

Gavin After getting an £800 quote from my local garage to replace the whole steering box and fuel lift pump, I trundled over to Houghton Regis. These guys are fabulous, they diagnosed a worn uj and the spines/splines? on the drop are having worn and have suggested checking the damper, all of which they are going to sort/look at next week (I'm still not bold enough to try myself and I don't have the tools... yet). Thanks a lot for recommending them, a really good call! Andy.

Thanks to both Mike4444244 and Eightpot, I shall have a look underneath as suggested to see if anything seems obviously warn. I'm having a local mechanic looking at it tomorrow and will be furnishing him with the suggestions I've received from this forum - which I'm sure will delight him!! I don't know any local owners, but someone else' view would be good - I shall employ this method if the mechanic doesn't come up trumps (or get too peeved with me telling him what to look for). Thanks Andy

Hi siearl Thanks for the vote of confidence, I like getting my hands dirty, I'm just not terribly good at it! But better weather and a set of ramps should help remedy this. Andy

Ooh yours is pretty too! I'm just off to google to find out what the cappings actually are... sorry complete newbie to LR's, but I'll get there Andy

Thanks Gavin, I will certainly give them a try - a referal is always a good thing. Andy

Learning all the time - thanks.

Hi there I've just bought my very first Land Rover (sooo exciting)! A 1985 Defender 90 with not too much rust... I knew it would't be the smoothest ride ever, having owned a few classics in the past, but I have to say the play on the steering was almost scary. I've read some of the other topics suggesting culprits for this, but being a complete novice when it comes to anything other than points, plugs and bushes, I'm really hoping someone can suggest a reputable mechanic in my area or thereabouts (Bedfordshire). Any help/advice appreciated. In the meantime I've attached some pics of my new love :-) Andy.