Some Proper Care and attention

Today Katy went off to have her first service since we've had her

Steve Walford friend of the family and Agricultural engineer tends to work on things even bigger than Katy, but is fully familiar with Land Rovers and a really nice guy as well

So she now has loads of fresh oil and grease, new air, fuel and oil filter New timing belt and a really good all over check. Steve decided the fan belt still looks OK so he left that one for the next service

Steve has found a few more issues that need some more attention so we plan to be back again across the summer for a good steam clean underneath and to change out some of the rubber bushes and gaiters that are showing some initial signs of wear.

Some more history starts to unfold. People have commented that she has a high mileage for an ex military vehicle and is very clean underneath for her age. Now it's starting to be cleat that she's done much of her travelling in the last few years, and probably much of that in dryer climates.

From the information on the old filter and the figure we have now of 143000 miles it looks like 58,000 miles in 7 years, and we know that there were no miles added in the last year. The timing belt had the same date on it so it was very due for a change

So now we know that the engine is breathing properly and is properly lubricated it's time for a few adventures...