85Santana3

85Santana3

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I figure each of you must have unusual stories because of your land rover. I would love to hear some I am sure others would too. So I invite you to share your landy stories. I can't be the only one with goofy stories.
 
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Colthebrummie said:
It's cos we're all too embarrassed to say.
Col
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What's to be embarrassed about? A friend of mine (wink) once by mistake filled 1/3 of his petrol tank with diesel. He am not embarrassed about it. We learned a little Pony (Hyundai) can run on a 1/3 -2/3 fuel mix!
 
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I came out of work once, many years ago (probably about 26 years ago) to my series 3, which was parked in the car park. Went to start it but it wouldn’t fire. Just bagged a lift home and when I went through the front door, there was an envelope on the mat. Inside was my rotor arm:mad:.
One of the older apprentices has realised that the bonnet could be opened from the outside so decided to prank me! What a tw@t!
He didn’t see the funny side when I jacked the rear wheels of his MG just clear of the ground!
He was a tw@t then and he’s still one now! I also taped a Johnny over his exhaust a week or so later.....
Another time, same Land Rover, I drove into a flooded ford bobbed about a bit until it sunk and wedged under a foot bridge. I battled desperately to open the door against the current to escape! Nearly crapped meself! Had to get my mate in his 2wd series 1 (593FUV - incase anyone knows its whereabouts...). Hated water ever since!!
I also fell out of my current Ninety as I hung out the door while reversing up my ramps. Truck lurched off the other end of said ramps and crashed into my house! Bumperette saved the truck and no body was ever any the wiser. My teenage son wondered what the bang was but then went back to sleep (Twas only early afternoon after all!!)
 
This is really funny stuff thanks for sharing.
callisr said:
He didn’t see the funny side when I jacked the rear wheels of his MG just clear of the ground!
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This reminds me of a mischievous uncle. When he was about 16-17 he had hilarious stories about him and his buddies lifting an annoying teacher's 2CV and putting two wheels on one side and 2 wheels on another side of a wide and deep street gutter that run by the school :) Maybe you know him?
 
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There was another time with the same series 3 I mentioned earlier, where my then girlfriends mk3 escort broke down. She walked to my house and asked me to tow her home. I said yeah and we went off to her car. I suggested trying to bump start it behind the Landy so explained the process and told her when I flicked my lights off and on again (it was dark) dump the clutch and see if it starts.
(You can probably guess where this is going....)
Tow rope on.
Pull away and take up the slack in the rope.
Up to ramming speed.
Flick lights off and back on.
Feel a jolt as she dumped the clutch.
Feel another jolt as she drove the freshly started escort straight into the back of my truck.

Result was a bit of blue paint on my tow ball, a very smashed escort and a very soon to be ex girlfriend trying to claim for the damage on my insurance!
 
Dropped an engine off an engine stand onto its crank shaft.

Set a lot of things on fire whilst welding (badly).

Drove the length of country - well Aberdeen to Devon - almost entirely in 4th gear due to a failing layshaft bearing.

Done virtually every job on the landy twice after realising I’d done it slightly wrong first time round.

When I was at uni I spent my entire student loan for the year shipping my landy to India for 2 months and then had to live on baked beans and hand outs whilst sleeping on my friends sofa.

You can probably tell I’m not a natural mechanic. Nor good with money.
 
payydg said:
When I was at uni I spent my entire student loan for the year shipping my landy to India for 2 months and then had to live on baked beans and hand outs whilst sleeping on my friends sofa.
Nor good with money.
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Actually you should get an honorary Phd in economics for that. People waste their student loan on text books and look what it get them!
 
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