Rover repairs

This past weekend we had some pretty nice weather,  got some odds and ends done, was disappointed by the F1 race in Canada, watched some movies and had to do some work-work.

Current Blooms:

 Geranium cinereum 'alice'

 Sedum japonica senanense, not a fan of Sedum, but this works well in this tray. Needs a bit of weeding.

Land Rover Repairs:
Our Land Rover Lump, has been getting louder and louder even more so than normal. Lump is a diesel and has no noise insulation. I expected it was all of the exhaust pipes, but amazingly it was just the mid pipe. The mid pipe connects to the front pipe with 3 bolts and with 4 bolts to the muffler, there is a copper gasket at that point. After dowsing the bolts with penetrating oil and letting it set a bit, Gina was able to get 5 of the 7 nuts free. Stainless steel bolts and nuts had been used which helped a great deal. She applied more penetrating oil and let it sit overnight. The next day Gina was able to get the last 2 bolts started using vice-grips. After that it was just slapping in the new pipe and having Gunther fabricate a new hanger. It was a beautiful afternoon and I sat outside and drank a beer.

 Some muffler sealant was used at the cone connection, but probably wasn't needed. The old pipe's mating face was in very good shape.

 There is a copper gasket between the mid pipe and the muffler, provides a good seal and makes it easy to disconnect.

The clutch master(MC) or slave cylinder(SC) also seemed to be in need of repair, but upon further investigation it was determined that one of the master cylinder push rod lock-nuts had worked itself half an inch out of position. This meant that with a stroke of 1 3/8 inch, at most only about a two-thirds of the MC was being used to disengage the clutch. The bolt was tightened back up against the trunnion and things seemed fine on the test drive.