Today I have been mostly fitting.......

[Defender]

A shiny new Transfer Box from Ashcroft's & a shiny new X-Brake

But not before removing the Blackbird's nest I found wedged between the handbrake drum & transfer box. :o
 
I wouldn't mind, but I use the vehicle daily, so the bird must have been building the nest in the evenings & early mornings. And the nest has probably had a trip to the North York Moors & a trip to Blackburn.
Started to rain, so had to put up the mobile workshop :lol:  (£12.99 Gazeebo from Tesco)

[L90OOK]

Nice job...looks good.  Any problems...apart from the weather  :roll:

[Defender]

Any problems...apart from the weather  :roll:

Only problem was lying on my back with a transfer box on my chest, trying to escape from under it without banging my head on another large pointy part of the underside of the vehicle. :lol:  :lol:

[L90OOK]

trying to escape from under it without banging my head on another large pointy part of the underside of the vehicle. :lol:  :lol:

PMSL :lol:   Know that problem only too well  :roll:

It looks great...I do like the X-Eng gear, well thought out & engineered.

[Rich_P]

Nice work.  At least your Gazeebo didn't try to take off, as it would out on my drive.  :shock:

[TDi90]

oh that xbrake is worth every penny.
i run one on my defender, what a quality peice of kit. bl00dy strong too, holds on v. steep hills!
Rob

[Defender]

holds on v. steep hills!

I hope so. I'd given up with the old drum brake. It would either jam on & the vehicle wouldn't move or more recently, wouldn't hold the vehicle agains a slight breeze :lol: & I'd got sick of stripping it down & rebuilding it.
Whilst out laning, I'd have to turn the engine off & leave it in gear everytime I stopped to open a gate, most annoying :x
It seemed a good opportunity to change to an X-Brake whilst I was doing the transfer box swap.

[Evilgoat]

Whats a handbrake?

[Welshbreed]

isn't it when you place the big red brick on the brake pedal?

[hairyasswelder]

Whats a handbrake?

Dunno  :?  :?  sounds painfull
(mine an auto )

Steve