Birdbrain
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Mine passed with them fitted
What have you done to your Landie today.
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yesterday I took the hood and sticks off folded the screen down, went for a nice drive along the seafront in the sun, today Im putting it all back on cos its sodding rainy again and i need to use it, this year the hoods been on and off more than a whores drawers -when is the summer coming!!!!
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Don't have a smash and then an inspection by a keen-eyed-claims inspector as if he spots it he will report the MOT station and your claim maybe in jeopardy....
Leomas
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Shortened the spring on the front nearside shock. Hadn't planned to and not sure why it happened but I have an almost complete circle of spring metal that I gathered from the road and the shear is a match for the current end of the spring. Now have to find a day when I have nothing planned so I can get it replaced
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Making new check strap brackets.
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Nearly washed it ... then thought better of it
v8250
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Not mine but a friends' TD5. Some while back he had installed Carlos Fandango LED lights to match the Sawtooth Alloys and NAS full width rear step. The o/s reversing LED decided to fail so he called me asking can I fix the problem, 'Sure I say, it's only a couple of wires...'
I trundle down the lane to view the patient to find not one, not two, but three connectors between the main wiring loom and the Carlos Fandago's. Why can't people wire properly?
So cut out the offending mess...whilst being covered in shedloads of mud n crud...installed new connectors to the rear of Carlos Fandango's, new clean wires from the CF's, routed directly to the main loom to find, yep...no power. So there's an open cct or permanent short somewhere in the loom. I decided this can be completed another day when it's not 29degsC and came home
I trundle down the lane to view the patient to find not one, not two, but three connectors between the main wiring loom and the Carlos Fandago's. Why can't people wire properly?
So cut out the offending mess...whilst being covered in shedloads of mud n crud...installed new connectors to the rear of Carlos Fandango's, new clean wires from the CF's, routed directly to the main loom to find, yep...no power. So there's an open cct or permanent short somewhere in the loom. I decided this can be completed another day when it's not 29degsC and came home
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I replaced the valve cover gasket along with the 13 seals on the bolts on my D2 TD5 in May & today I noticed the 13 seals on the bolts are already perishing, bloody Britpart rubbish 
, how do they get it so wrong on such a simple item ? Done 485 miles since fitting Looks like I should have bought genuine.
, how do they get it so wrong on such a simple item ? Done 485 miles since fitting Looks like I should have bought genuine.Attachments
KISSMYAURA
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Not mine but a friends' TD5. Some while back he had installed Carlos Fandango LED lights to match the Sawtooth Alloys and NAS full width rear step. The o/s reversing LED decided to fail so he called me asking can I fix the problem, 'Sure I say, it's only a couple of wires...'
I trundle down the lane to view the patient to find not one, not two, but three connectors between the main wiring loom and the Carlos Fandago's. Why can't people wire properly?
So cut out the offending mess...whilst being covered in shedloads of mud n crud...installed new connectors to the rear of Carlos Fandango's, new clean wires from the CF's, routed directly to the main loom to find, yep...no power. So there's an open cct or permanent short somewhere in the loom. I decided this can be completed another day when it's not 29degsC and came home
the original...
KISSMYAURA
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Naturally, the most obvious choice for a farm rally car PMSL....On an Anglia
J
he has go fast chevrons, nuff said....
Redsunsuperman666
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last time i washed mine the clutch went so not washed it since that was 2 years ago lol
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I remember the advert well.
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That's why they changed the name to ****part.I replaced the valve cover gasket along with the 13 seals on the bolts on my D2 TD5 in May & today I noticed the 13 seals on the bolts are already perishing, bloody Britpart rubbish
I finally learned my lesson after replacing front wheel bearings on my Disco 1 for two consecutive MOTs. Considering that it did less than 3000 miles on the road and Stoneleigh and Billing weekends between tests i felt the quality somewhat lacking!
I wouldn't mind if they were replaced by me and i'd cocked it up but they were fitted by my cousin who has had his own garage for over twenty years.
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Unless they come with stainless steel fixings I would junk them anyway. Over the years I've built up a stock of the most common sizes, thread, length (pozi, self tappers, std & flange head bolts, socket head etc), washers inc. penny type so I'm rarely stuck. Any 'new' jobs I have to do I replaced the fixing with a stainless equivalent if possible. Having said that still a PITA if they were meant to be supplied.New seats from Exmoor Trim finally arrived last week. Fittings box opened, no nuts, bolts or washers.
Ho hum, I tried.
Now for the battle of wills over do I wait or do I just order suitable jobbies from fleabay.
PITA indeed. I've waited about 5 months for these seats. If the email response time is any indication, I'd best order myself some fixings. On a plus side, the seats seem good quality and the kids like em. Only 2 seats going in the 2nd row with a cubby box and eventually a diesel heater underneath
I always order more fixings than required so I have some spare but never seem to have the right ones
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
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My first car was a 105e, did my app at main Ford Agents.On an Anglia
J
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Mine was a 400e, followed by a 100e. (Converted to a 100es)
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
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So you had a passion wagon at first, youuuuuu durdy bugga,lol.Mine was a 400e, followed by a 100e. (Converted to a 100es)
