RustyDefender
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Are you keeping those rear seats in?
0utcast
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Yeah the bench on the right is staying, and I'm adding another beside it to keep the 4 seats in the back.
RustyDefender
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Hicap phill
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Walked past it..Kicked the tyres.
Found out it’s in use tommorow on cow/horse/goat transporting duties.
Will evict the spiders in the morning
Found out it’s in use tommorow on cow/horse/goat transporting duties.
Will evict the spiders in the morning
Seeing as it was sunny this morning and not raining I thought I'd have a look at the panhard rod bushes. They felt all right to me last time I wobbled them but the MOT people gave me an advisory for 'slight play'. I got some more Superpro brand bushes and started taking things to pieces. The bushes looked fine, but the source of any play was probably because of the bolt:
As you can see it's developing a nice 'neck'. I'll need another. I thought I'd change the bushes anyway. Nice and easy once you've fitted polybushes. Alas, I was availed of no such benison. After having tried to tap them out unsuccessfully, I had to get the hydraulic press on the job and put fifteen tons on the one in the photo above in order to move it. The picture shows it with the tube coming out of one side and a socket wedged in the other. Once it was out the new ones popped in easily, and the Panhard rod was reinstalled temporarily, until I get some new bolts. I also had a look inside the passenger side door because the MOT garage said they couldn't get it open. When I turned up to collect it, I got the door open straight away so was able to get a pass certificate the same day. But it merited a look, because I realise I've been gradually putting up with more and more jiggling to get it unlocked. There didn't seem to be much wrong with the mechanism, other than the fact that it's not used very often. So I sprayed with lubricant and then put some grease on the moving parts for good measure. It seems to lock and unlock much more easily now.
As you can see it's developing a nice 'neck'. I'll need another. I thought I'd change the bushes anyway. Nice and easy once you've fitted polybushes. Alas, I was availed of no such benison. After having tried to tap them out unsuccessfully, I had to get the hydraulic press on the job and put fifteen tons on the one in the photo above in order to move it. The picture shows it with the tube coming out of one side and a socket wedged in the other. Once it was out the new ones popped in easily, and the Panhard rod was reinstalled temporarily, until I get some new bolts. I also had a look inside the passenger side door because the MOT garage said they couldn't get it open. When I turned up to collect it, I got the door open straight away so was able to get a pass certificate the same day. But it merited a look, because I realise I've been gradually putting up with more and more jiggling to get it unlocked. There didn't seem to be much wrong with the mechanism, other than the fact that it's not used very often. So I sprayed with lubricant and then put some grease on the moving parts for good measure. It seems to lock and unlock much more easily now.
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Hicap phill
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I do put a bit of red brake grease on the bushes & metal makes them hopefully push out next time
With the Superpro ones, you get a little sachet of their own grease in the kit, which I diligently applied, both last time (10 years ago) and this time. It didn't seem to have lasted though!
v8250
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Had a somewhat hairy moment on the M4 Wednesday morning. Trundling along in Lucy at 75mph when the engine just cut out... 
Literally nothing, nada, zilch and zero warning of engine cut out. Luckily was in inside lane, pulled over hazards on. Feck it, up with the lightweight 40kg bonnet and found the 12v power wire to the FIP chose to disconnect for no apparent reason 
It's not much fun fault finding whilst 40tonne lorries are whizzing by. Upon close inspection the female connector on the new Autosparks wiring loom is one size too big and had slowly worked its way loose. Off now to replace with correct size female connector.
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It was pure luck and a fair dose of logic that I found the fault so quickly + was able to come to rest on the grass beyond the hard shoulder. Even then I was thinking this is such a dangerous place to suffer a breakdown. Can't imagine how scary motorway breakdowns must be for women/mothers with children
Literally nothing, nada, zilch and zero warning of engine cut out. Luckily was in inside lane, pulled over hazards on. Feck it, up with the lightweight 40kg bonnet and found the 12v power wire to the FIP chose to disconnect for no apparent reason It's not much fun fault finding whilst 40tonne lorries are whizzing by. Upon close inspection the female connector on the new Autosparks wiring loom is one size too big and had slowly worked its way loose. Off now to replace with correct size female connector.eta:
It was pure luck and a fair dose of logic that I found the fault so quickly + was able to come to rest on the grass beyond the hard shoulder. Even then I was thinking this is such a dangerous place to suffer a breakdown. Can't imagine how scary motorway breakdowns must be for women/mothers with children
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Had a somewhat hairy moment on the M4 Wednesday morning. Trundling along in Lucy at 75mph when the engine just cut out...
eta:
It was pure luck and a fair dose of logic that I found the fault so quickly + was able to come to rest on the grass beyond the hard shoulder. Even then I was thinking this is such a dangerous place to suffer a breakdown. Can't imagine how scary motorway breakdowns must be for women/mothers with children
Was that a "smart" bit?
They scare me.
Glad it was a quick easy fix to get you going again.
J
v8250
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Luckily not the death defying "smart..." motorways. Whomever decided to convert the hard shoulder into a driven lane should be publicly shot. They're beyond stupidity and run such high risk of fatality.
A friend had an offside rear tyre blow out on his RR Silver Shadow some weeks back. Even changing a tyre is a life risking activity on today's motorways. He too was lucky in that the motorway still had a hard shoulder...but no spare underpants to hand
It is surprisingly scary and loud breaking down on a motorway. Lucky you got it sorted so quick.Had a somewhat hairy moment on the M4 Wednesday morning. Trundling along in Lucy at 75mph when the engine just cut out...
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It was pure luck and a fair dose of logic that I found the fault so quickly + was able to come to rest on the grass beyond the hard shoulder. Even then I was thinking this is such a dangerous place to suffer a breakdown. Can't imagine how scary motorway breakdowns must be for women/mothers with children
Hicap phill
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Drive it tonight & found dash lights don’t work.
Time to buy some LED replacements.
Time to buy some LED replacements.
i found these the other day, going to order them rather that some chinese ones from amazon -
Hicap phill
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Yep they are the ones on the shopping listi found these the other day, going to order them rather that some chinese ones from amazon -
KISSMYAURA
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Liqui Moly gummi pledge all the door rubbers so damp up here in the woods, soon as it goes below freezing the doors stick.
Graphite powdered the locks, greased the linkages etc.
Washer fluid swapped etc.
Below zero ready.
Graphite powdered the locks, greased the linkages etc.
Washer fluid swapped etc.
Below zero ready.
KISSMYAURA
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