Turned on the Air Con! I'm usually to tight to turn the air con on - waste of burning extra fuel - and, if you don't use it it can't break - or at least you don't know its broke!

So it only gets turned on when we have visitors... and yesterday we took visiting whānau out for a drive. I fear it will be getting turned on quite a bit over the next couple of weeks. This is going to negate the fuel consumption increases of not having the VCU hooked up :)
 
I braved the artic conditions to finish off the double din and rear camera install, most useful tool of the day was a wire coat hanger, have to say I'm pretty pleased with the outcome and I can now use the steering wheel controls :)
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htr said:
So there's a seal inside the 'tube' that the guide pin goes into, not the rubber 'bellow' dust cover?
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Not a seal but a rubber damper. It's basically a rubber tube slid over a narrowed section of the guide pin. If oil based lubricant is use, the rubber swells. Once its swollen, removal or replacement is the only cure.

Alibro said:
Ah Nodge! You're spolin her. :p

Don't suppose you put a wee cut in the brake pipe did ya :cool:?
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Not this time.
 
Alibro said:
Is it just me or does that look just a tad dodgy H&S wise?
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I used 2 mechanical jacks on the sides and a hydraulic jack in the center of the car to distribute the weight and lifted it up. I made a stand with wheels, dropped the engine on top and pulled out of the car. To put the complete engine again I will use a hydraulic lifter.
 
comdek said:
I used 2 mechanical jacks on the sides and a hydraulic jack in the center of the car to distribute the weight and lifted it up. I made a stand with wheels, dropped the engine on top and pulled out of the car. To put the complete engine again I will use a hydraulic lifter.
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I took just the engine out the top.
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Cool, this car lets you take the engine up or down. I found it easier to remove underneath, and another problem is that I didn´t want to remove the battery because I don´t have the Radio Code.
 
comdek said:
I used 2 mechanical jacks on the sides and a hydraulic jack in the center of the car to distribute the weight and lifted it up. I made a stand with wheels, dropped the engine on top and pulled out of the car. To put the complete engine again I will use a hydraulic lifter.
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Last time I took an engine out it was a mates MGTF. He got a long piece of timber and cut notches out to fit the sills, then jacked it up with a trolley jack. We put concrete blocks under either end as it went up until it was high enough for the stands.
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Had the occasion to drive up to Hull today, had to go to the combined courts. As I witness I hasten to add, it wasn't me guv' honest.
Thought about driving past @davidsmith1307 house shouting "fix yer hippo" but thought he might throw mouldy biscuits at me:p
The Freelander didn't miss a beat, lovely drive up and back down, blown the cobwebs away aswell.

Mike
 
Skinny Mike said:
Had the occasion to drive up to Hull today, had to go to the combined courts. As I witness I hasten to add, it wasn't me guv' honest.
Thought about driving past @davidsmith1307 house shouting "fix yer hippo" but thought he might throw mouldy biscuits at me:p
The Freelander didn't miss a beat, lovely drive up and back down, blown the cobwebs away aswell.

Mike
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They wouldn't let you near my house without your passport and a period of quarantine :)
I hope everyone at court was wearing their Sunday Best track suits.
 
I also went on a long drive, 138 miles pretty much non stop

Engine light was on due to "low cat efficiency" but the drive seems to have cured it
 
Kayos said:
I also went on a long drive, 138 miles pretty much non stop

Engine light was on due to "low cat efficiency" but the drive seems to have cured it
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If I were you, I'd drive up the road to North Yorkshire, then thrash the Tits off it over the hills and up and down the Butter tubs pass. That'll sort it, and you'll have a great time :)

Mike
 
What have I done to my freelander today well absolutely nothing it is back home while I am driving some rented rot box in NZ but I am going past grumpygel,s house in a couple of weeks and going to leave it there and borrow his freelander so at least I can get into a decent car for a couple of hours,LOL
 
teddywood1 said:
What have I done to my freelander today well absolutely nothing it is back home while I am driving some rented rot box in NZ but I am going past grumpygel,s house in a couple of weeks and going to leave it there and borrow his freelander so at least I can get into a decent car for a couple of hours,LOL
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Will you be heading further south in NZ - Queenstown way?
 
teddywood1 said:
What have I done to my freelander today well absolutely nothing it is back home while I am driving some rented rot box in NZ but I am going past grumpygel,s house in a couple of weeks and going to leave it there and borrow his freelander so at least I can get into a decent car for a couple of hours,LOL
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:)

Sounds good - I'll have a couple of cold ones ready :)

Hopefully we won't be on fire here by then - we could do with some of the rain you're probably having up north!
 
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