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    What's the biggest garage bill you have had?

    If you mean for Landy My last mot 300 My wife's nissan 4x4 550 My Porsche 5k Fill your boots,that's got to make you feel better..
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    Painting galvanised steel. Does anyone know how?

    Hammerite strait to galve, it looks great at first after around 6 month it starts peeling off and is a right bastard to sort,mordent, it goes grey black then prime and paint,4 years later no problems.
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    Woss all this horse manure then?

    They did a hydrogen fuel cell car on top gear a while back, I think it was Honda,JM said it was the future as it had no drawbacks like battery / electric,he thought it was so good it would probably not get off the ground as the fuel companies would never sell the hydrogen as profits would be...
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    17 year old Insurance! Defender 90

    We have Admiral Multi Car, and find them way cheaper than anyone else,we all get seperate no claims, but pay one monthly bill we have 5 vehicles insured between 3 of us with my 20 year old having 2 cars insured, I have 2 seperate policies on me disco and one for me fender, and the wife has her x...
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    IS there a trick to it

    Managed to get the plug off, we had to take it off from the barrel side in the end it would not come out at the fuse box,and being parked in a car park for the last week I did not want to get into any further problems by forcing and breaking something. Anyhow, I managed to tap the sheared head...
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    IS there a trick to it

    I was the one who knew nuffin DOT was totally correct :D:D
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    IS there a trick to it

    Ha Ha yes reading it back was a bit vague,total newbie post,although I am not a newbie and should have got my head from under the dash before posting drivel. :D Trying to fix the poxy thing in a train car park, things are a bit tense shall we say, and I did not want to break anything and drop me...
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    IS there a trick to it

    Can anyone say if there is a knack to getting the plug out of the fuse box from the ignition barrel, there seems to be a catch / clip or something holding it in and it wont just pull out, I dont want to bust it any help would be very much appreciated thanks.
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    High mileage engine oil

    My 1998 Disco 1 has 205000miles on it, oil and filter every 6 months at landrover dealer, just been through MOT and the tester said the emissions were better than some newer cars. Touch wood it runs sweet no smoke,when it's not stuck in a f**kin car park with a buggered ignition barrel that is...
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    fitting a new ignition barrel and lock

    Thanks for the replies waiting for replacement lock and barrel to arrive,have sharpened an old screwdriver ready,its sat under a security camera at the train station, get this job done then it's up for sale...
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    fitting a new ignition barrel and lock

    I am about to fit a new ignition barrel to my disco 300tdi. I have searched and much of the info is about mot failiure if there is no steering lock. I have read the Haynes manual and they say I have to remove the steering column to drill out the headless bolts and undo the steering lock.:eek: I...
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    Condensation and mould :-(

    On the camper van forums they put a silver insulating foil from BQ gaffer taped on. I plan on sticky backed noise killer,then the silver insulating foil, then a head linning.
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    discovery auto v manual

    I had a td5 auto and hated it, as Wiltshire man said I was constantly thinking, come on change up you bastard, I felt if I was driving a manual I would not have had to drive it as hard to get it into a higher, less revy, more economical gear. I only had it 2 months and got shot, I would not...
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    Masai tinted windows

    I bought me a set of these couple of weeks ago,nice size, quality looks fine, cant say if they leak as i haven't fitted them yet. booked in for 2 weeks time. I would say looking at mine how can you tell what will leak and what won't seal them in well and the only place i can imagine them leaking...
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    Why did you buy a Defender

    Funny this, my wife is for want of a better word quiet ''girly girly'' loves my defender 110 and so do her friends,she came home the other night and apparently her and her friends had, had a conversation about it,yet they think my discovery, which is red,gross..... I don't think I have a ''que''...
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    Why did you buy a Defender

    Turn it into a humungus 4x4 weekend camper for fishing trips.
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    Do you wish you had kept your first Landy? I Know I do!!

    I sold my first 200tdi disco after 6 years of relatively trouble free motoring. It had been welded a lot but I loved it,mainly as I did a lot of hunting in it,I had an accident and had to pack in the shooting,so many happy memories went with it. I wish I had kept it. I would have just kept it to...
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    Maybe not stolen but definately dodgy

    Don't know about it being dodgy or stolen etc,accept if you have a tax exempt car you still have to have a valid tax disc, it's just you don't pay for it.
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    Why won't my defender 110 sell????

    Nice,just to give you an idea though, I bought one just before xmas,1998 hardtop,it has been dry stored since 2006 never been on a salty road 55000 miles big service history and everything has been replaced,brand new in 2010 i,e brake discs, pads, hoses, springs, shockers,polybushed all round...