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Our Life Is Held Together by Tape and Cable Ties

Last weekend we went to drive up to Melbourne and there was an awful noise coming from the engine of my van, causing it to go into limp mode. We limped off the highway

Progress on the 130 Defender - A Disaster and a Great Fix 🔧

Sadly, we didn't finish the Landrover by the school holidays, but still, we're 'getting somewhere' as we say. There's soooo many small details that need doing, such

We Turned a 40 Year Old Camp Cooker into a Brand New Spirit Stove

We've had an Origo spirit stove for years and love it - it's much preferrable to carting about gas bottles, the flame burns nice and clean and methylated spirits

Landrover Diaries: In Which the Front End of the 130 Comes Together At Last

What a long three days putting a front end together! After weeks of waiting for the weather to warm up, two days of 22 - 25 degrees meant it was perfect to finally

Landrover Diaries: 2A Restoration Begins

'Are you sure you want to do this' he asks. 'Um' I smile, and jot a 'for and against' list, as we usually do before we start a big project. You see, we were going

Landrover Diaries: A Landrover Gathering In Victoria

Well, that was a kinda fun weekend. I do like to complain about being dragged along to Landrover things, but I secretly enjoy it. This was a small meet up with the

Wanna See My Loo? [A Bathroom Renovation Post for the New Loo Community on HIVE]

Whilst I really wanted to find a 'fun' toilet picture like @livinginuktaiwan, when I went to google photos, all I found was my bathroom renovation, which I'd entirely

Landrover Diaries: Stuck in the Mud, Gearbox Troubles & Engine Work on the 130

Ah it's all on in Landrover world at the WildTrackDreaming ranch! We're in lockdown for a few days so there's a bit of a chance to get things done - and we need

just upgraded the power supply box and cleaned up my rats nest of wires in my PC..

..now if only I could desolder all the wires I WON'T be using... IJS #DIY #DigitalDecPC #BuiltNotBought

Digital DEC PC Rebuild Teaser

#BuiltNotBought #DIY

Just applying the finishing touches here...

#DIY #BuiltNotBought #DigitalDecPC #Windows10

Success!!! That Digital DEC PC is now closed up and ready for action :)

So yeah. I'm pretty pumped and excited for this 😍 of course if I had a 2TB SSD and a 2TB m.2 drive and another blue ray drive that would be super... of course if

Getting started and refurbishing old parts! - #2 Datsun 240z build

Here we go again! These photos is from when I first started out on the car. First I had to take of all the parts that were left on the car, drivetrain, brakes, fuel

I BOUGHT A 70’s SPORTSCAR PROJECT! - #1 Datsun 240z build

For many the 240z has always been one of those cars you’ve seen once or twice and thought; Holy shit, what was that? Porsche? Ferrari? Jaguar? One day one of my

Making my own leather knife sheath - I surprised myself!

Well its been nearly a week since i did a post as the weight of the world had been getting heavy on my shoulders... but as the weekend drew round i manage to throw

Handmade Leather Wallet - its finished

You may of seen in a couple of previous posts, i had mentioned that i was keen to get back in to leather work. With one of the first projects i was planning to get

Getting resourceful... 👷‍♂️

Well rain stopped play for a fair while today so i had to potter on with some DIY to keep me busy Cut 4cm off the pelmet above the window as i wasnt happy with how

DIY Welding Cart Build: Part 2 (and 3?)

I had meant to make this series in 'parts' that where roughly equivalent to a weekends efforts. That's not going to work out due to me working on this project in