kernowsvenski
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I concur with the above three posts RE looks
Alibro
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Over here they would fail it for a bad tyre but I've never heard of them failing a car because of a belt. I don't think it's even on their list of things to look at.I cleaned it up lovely. It was lookin fabulous.
And the bastids failed it!
How dare they!
I spent 30 minutes getting it looking that good.
They said it needs a tyre and a power steering belt.
But it was spotlessly clean. I'm dumb founded.
GrumpyGel
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Yeh, must admit, I was quite surprised at that one.
I can’t believe you didn’t spot the tyre!I cleaned it up lovely. It was lookin fabulous.
And the bastids failed it!
How dare they!
I spent 30 minutes getting it looking that good.
They said it needs a tyre and a power steering belt.
But it was spotlessly clean. I'm dumb founded.
andyfreelandy
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Having driven one with a broken belt, it is a safety item as the steering goes too stiff for some to steer.
As above, don't think it is an MOT item in UK but probably should be.
As above, don't think it is an MOT item in UK but probably should be.
Too Clean, they had to find summat ....
GrumpyGel
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lol.I can’t believe you didn’t spot the tyre!
When its only doing 2k miles at most between 6 monthly WOFs, I tend to just let the examiner find any problems.
The day before this WOF though I did change the drop links as it was an advisory on the last one and changed the wiper blades cos I noticed 1 had split when I was washing it.
Bounty
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Picked it back up today. It's been gone a week, along with a salvaged gearbox. They ended up keeping my original 4x4 unit and transferring it to the new box. Replaced the oil in it, along with a clean out, restoration and new oil for the haldex
Gotten rid of about 60% of the wobble, but it's still there
Gotten rid of about 60% of the wobble, but it's still there
htr
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This week end I attempted to replace my headlining. Got it out - no problem. Cleaned the saggy old fabric off. Def' recommend wearing GLOVES as the base material has glass fibres all through it - not nice on the hands/fingers! Gave it a second clean and then began to apply the new fabric. Bit of a mission that. All went well to begin with. I started at the rear and worked my way forwards. Those small stowage net thingies were tricky to do. Any way as I got to the sunroof aperture I notice that didn't look right. I'd slightly stretched the fabric on the passenger side when I did the stowage net area and I had a small crease. Hmm - There was no way to remove it - that contact glue really held. As I continued the crease grew. It looked terrible 
Wound up having to put a cut in it to get rid of the crease/flap. It's partly covered by the passengers sun visor but, yeah - it looks 
Should I have started at the front and worked to the rear?
Wound up having to put a cut in it to get rid of the crease/flap. It's partly covered by the passengers sun visor but, yeah - it looks Should I have started at the front and worked to the rear?
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htr
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Lol - for the last two years or so my WoF peep have said I must replace the ARB bushes. I did but the horrid clonking was still there. Last year I replace the drop links and they were absolutely stuffed! The WoF peeps never picked that up!
GrumpyGel
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I don't know the answer to your question, but the net should hide that nicely.This week end I attempted to replace my headlining. Got it out - no problem. Cleaned the saggy old fabric off. Def' recommend wearing GLOVES as the base material has glass fibres all through it - not nice on the hands/fingers! Gave it a second clean and then began to apply the new fabric. Bit of a mission that. All went well to begin with. I started at the rear and worked my way forwards. Those small stowage net thingies were tricky to do. Any way as I got to the sunroof aperture I notice that didn't look right. I'd slightly stretched the fabric on the passenger side when I did the stowage net area and I had a small crease. Hmm - There was no way to remove it - that contact glue really held. As I continued the crease grew. It looked terrible
Should I have started at the front and worked to the rear?
I'm sure it will be far far better than a saggy head lining.
Which glue did you use? A spray on I take it?
htr
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Yes - a spray on adhesive by CRC. A high temp' one to cope with hot car interiors. From the sunroof back it looks good
Hi htr,
I did my headlining last year. To answer you question I don’t think it matters which end you start from, I think it’s more important to have two sets of hands. One to do the actual laying of the fabric and the other to roll the fabric out as required. Having said all that I did it on my own and it was let’s say ‘character forming’. I started with the drivers door section (light coloured originally but as you can imagine pretty grim after 19 years) as a bit of a trial run and then did the passenger door. This did help in getting an idea of the materials handling. To make life easier for my self I only sprayed a smallish amount of area at a time while I got the fabric down and flat. I did have to pull up in a few places and re glue in one or two. It isn’t perfect by any means ( a couple of small creases and even some staining of glue through from the back where I was too slow and I needed to redo it but it bled through) but it’s better than how it was and my mechanic asked about it and said it looked ok, and he’s a perfectionist!
Regards,
Michael.
I did my headlining last year. To answer you question I don’t think it matters which end you start from, I think it’s more important to have two sets of hands. One to do the actual laying of the fabric and the other to roll the fabric out as required. Having said all that I did it on my own and it was let’s say ‘character forming’. I started with the drivers door section (light coloured originally but as you can imagine pretty grim after 19 years) as a bit of a trial run and then did the passenger door. This did help in getting an idea of the materials handling. To make life easier for my self I only sprayed a smallish amount of area at a time while I got the fabric down and flat. I did have to pull up in a few places and re glue in one or two. It isn’t perfect by any means ( a couple of small creases and even some staining of glue through from the back where I was too slow and I needed to redo it but it bled through) but it’s better than how it was and my mechanic asked about it and said it looked ok, and he’s a perfectionist!
Regards,
Michael.
kernowsvenski
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Well after your intial adjusting may not have had satisfactory results I can say that since getting home the handbrake appears to be improving slightly. I think some warmth in the shoes is helping
kernowsvenski
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So after a marathon, months long period of work @Nodge and myself have finally got my old girl all sorted. A couple of minor issues remain but we are basically back. Thanks also to @andyfreelandy too. Just need to get the handbrake up to full performance and sort a propshaft vibration at 55-60 mph
andyfreelandy
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What about the Freelander !?!?!
Thought of @kernowsvenski today. Not something that happens often
. Having stopped the waterfall of oil from the cam cover, there was a small amount still dripping much lower down. I went straight to the turbo oil return flange on the turbo. Sure enough, both bolts loose. Tricky to tighten but with a 1/4 inch 10mm socket and UJ with extension, managed to get a turn and a half on each.Cleaned up once more and we'll see what happens. I think my overboost is likely a re-map. It goes to the limit and no further now with the new turbo solenoid.
kernowsvenski
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and her.What about the Freelander !?!?!
Well I'm glad I came to mind... But yes, that was an occurance on mine, more than once.Thought of @kernowsvenski today. Not something that happens often
htr
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Thank you - that's encouraging.
