Hippo
Lord Hippo
Needs special stuff. Tis known to damage the power steering if the wrong stuff is put in.ATF not good enuff then?
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Main dealer ain't sold me power steering fluid fer 10 years. It is available but they have to order in packs of 6. Eye want 3x 1L bottles to flush un fill ma hippo. LR classic parts havvit but not for online sale. They say contact us so eye has filled in the contact form. It looks like titon bort pentosin in 2015 so eye can buy their version ovvit.
Have a look at Opie Oils, I get a lot of lubes n service parts from them, might have some fluid that meets the spec you are wanting
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Hippo
Lord Hippo
LR gottid back to me quite quick saying sorry, won't post and no option to collect. Eye has ordered from Opie before. So eye have bort 3 bottles from them. They have processed me order straight away and have already logged it for delivery by fedex. They have spect for da ippo.
I can’t un-see that post…Scorcho here, my exhaust is a bit stingy from the curry last night. Plus I dont remember drinking 2 gallons of hot chocolate...
Just mended W's hairdryer, one of those magic wand things where she can turn it round and round and the wire stays still as there is a rotating contact inside.
For a long time it has been a bit iffy in that she'd turn it on and sometimes it would stop but then start again.
Anyway it refused to start so.... she bought a new one!
I wouldn't dare try to fix it without her, and I, being sure of me being able to fix it. Me and electricals and all.
So I just found a YouTube which didn't show me how to take it apart, which isn't obvious as there are no visible or hidden screws.
So I adopted the poop-or-bust attitude of prying the rings at both ends of the handle apart until they slid off and the two halves fell away. One ring had already a crack in the plastic which for some reason didn't lead to it just falling off, and the other ring stayed intact.
The rotating plug had a lot of carbon on it, running all around the two points of contact, cleaned it off with my fingas. And got rid of a couple of tiny balls of hair.
Put it all back together and tested it, bingo works fine. bit of tape over where the tiny crack is. Bob's your auntie.
Lickle secret, before taking it apart, after testing the fuse, I then switched it to the on position and measured for resistance between the positive and the neutral prongs of the plug. No dice, so I then fixed it and did the same test, got a reading, so then I knew I had contact.
This was a trick taught me when I was about 18 by a girlfriend's father, RN commander but with a degree in Mech Eng from Cambridge. Never seen anyone else do this simple test. Either everyone does it but never shows it or it is a rare thing. You can all tell me!
The HD will be going back to blighty as she doesn't have a good one over there!
For a long time it has been a bit iffy in that she'd turn it on and sometimes it would stop but then start again.
Anyway it refused to start so.... she bought a new one!
I wouldn't dare try to fix it without her, and I, being sure of me being able to fix it. Me and electricals and all.
So I just found a YouTube which didn't show me how to take it apart, which isn't obvious as there are no visible or hidden screws.
So I adopted the poop-or-bust attitude of prying the rings at both ends of the handle apart until they slid off and the two halves fell away. One ring had already a crack in the plastic which for some reason didn't lead to it just falling off, and the other ring stayed intact.
The rotating plug had a lot of carbon on it, running all around the two points of contact, cleaned it off with my fingas. And got rid of a couple of tiny balls of hair.
Put it all back together and tested it, bingo works fine. bit of tape over where the tiny crack is. Bob's your auntie.
Lickle secret, before taking it apart, after testing the fuse, I then switched it to the on position and measured for resistance between the positive and the neutral prongs of the plug. No dice, so I then fixed it and did the same test, got a reading, so then I knew I had contact.
This was a trick taught me when I was about 18 by a girlfriend's father, RN commander but with a degree in Mech Eng from Cambridge. Never seen anyone else do this simple test. Either everyone does it but never shows it or it is a rare thing. You can all tell me!
The HD will be going back to blighty as she doesn't have a good one over there!
Afternoon folks.
A N other few hours in the sweat box. Started early and got the fiddly bits around the pillar (square I fink). then carried on with what I cut. will be cutting 4 more lengths in the am, that should get me to the next fiddly bit, then will have to do the trim around the edge before moving the work platform for the next run.
Pools refreshing, beers cold who cares about the loss of weight from working in the heat, already drunk 8pints of water it just seems to go in and come out, over me glasses.
We love the summer and we are not really complaining, the winter has its good moments too. Don't complain about life really its a wonderful thing to wake up too.
J
.A N other few hours in the sweat box. Started early and got the fiddly bits around the pillar (square I fink). then carried on with what I cut. will be cutting 4 more lengths in the am, that should get me to the next fiddly bit, then will have to do the trim around the edge before moving the work platform for the next run.
Pools refreshing, beers cold who cares about the loss of weight from working in the heat, already drunk 8pints of water it just seems to go in and come out, over me glasses
.We love the summer and we are not really complaining, the winter has its good moments too. Don't complain about life really its a wonderful thing to wake up too
.J
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NorfolkBird
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She's on ere still
Look out Stonehenge has Scotlandshire heritage.
Think they found a skirt under it .
www.nationalgeographic.com
J
Think they found a skirt under it
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The mysterious origin of Stonehenge’s altar stone might have been solved
Researchers have traced the central sandstone to sources hundreds of miles away from its current resting place, suggesting that it might have been transported by sea.
J
WhiskyLassie
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Hope you won't have to deal with a bowel condition
WhiskyLassie
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Evening all, I'm fed up of the heat This week has been a killer
