I completely changed my Land Rover with this one simple trick.

"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet) 03/05/2015 at 04:54 • Filed to: None

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And you won't believe how much it cost!

I fitted a new alternator, a new starter/solenoid, replaced the associated wiring, popped in a new handbrake cable and switch, and topped up the diffs. Now I have a car that starts on first crank, charges it's own battery, is able to hold it's own weight on a hill, and has a real working handbrake light. £204 total spend.

Sorry for the clickbait.

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 03/05/2015 at 04:58

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Awww, I thought you were going to say "I bought a land cruiser."

/endobligatoryBLjoke

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata 03/05/2015 at 05:00

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I stick two fingers up to reliability

pip bip - choose Corrour > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 03/05/2015 at 05:15

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reliability is overrated

8)

HammerheadFistpunch > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 03/05/2015 at 06:00

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Higher output? Man I lust after more than 80 Paltry amps.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > HammerheadFistpunch 03/05/2015 at 06:27

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Yup, from 65A to 100A. I put a 120A battery in a few months back because I thought my old one was shot, and as it turns out it was almost everything but the battery..! I'll be sticking some aux/reverse lights at the rear and on a trailer in the next few weeks, so the extra juice will come in handy.

Funktheduck > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 03/05/2015 at 06:46

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Gotta love that new car feeling.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 03/05/2015 at 07:29

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A Landy with a fully functioning hand brake that's not a brick?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 03/05/2015 at 07:31

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It's been a few hours. Does it all still work? Is the smoke still contained within your wires?

thebigbossyboss > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 03/05/2015 at 07:35

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Nice. I remember when I swapped my broken coil for a new coil. Car has that new car feel again, at 197,700 kms. hahahaa.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 03/05/2015 at 08:13

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I'll have you know that I've split the cables and wired them into my heater system. Depending on the severity, colour, and taste of the smoke exhausted, I have a sensory communication of exactly which component in my engine bay has gone wrong, and perhaps more crucially, which bit is on fire.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > thebigbossyboss 03/05/2015 at 08:15

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It's amazing how it feels so different. Psychosomatic, I'm sure!

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 03/05/2015 at 08:17

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Yessir, 3 clicks!

thebigbossyboss > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 03/05/2015 at 08:20

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When I replaced the broken suspension with a non broken suspension it made a big difference too!

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 03/05/2015 at 08:21

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Just be sure to keep an extra jar or two of these around and it will be fine.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > thebigbossyboss 03/05/2015 at 08:23

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Funny that. Remarkable things, car components; you don't know what you're missing until you fix them.

bryan40oop > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 03/05/2015 at 08:44

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" I completely changed my Land Rover with this one simple trick."

"I fitted a new alternator, a new starter/solenoid, replaced......"

Not what I was expecting. Figured it got traded for a yeep or something.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 03/05/2015 at 09:05

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You sir, have attained True Enlightenment as a Rover mechanic.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > bryan40oop 03/05/2015 at 09:10

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Admittedly it was a poor attempt at humour, but I did apologise for it. It was a play for those clickbait articles that actually have numb content.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata 03/05/2015 at 12:16

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I thought that was going somewhere along those lines.