I did mention about the campsite in Holmfirth as they have a rally field and there are some B+Bs in Holmfirth but nobody said whether they thought it was a good idea or not so I assumed not! lol

Thanks to everyone involved in todays trip, we had a great time! Freda Freelander came out of it with only a slightly reshaped exhaust so I'm pretty chuffed about that. I especially want thank everyone that gave us a hand when we got stuck a couple of times. You all made us feel really welcome...

so if somebody crashed into me leaving a car park which happened to be a field, they wouldn't be insured?

coooolio thank you :)

lol I didn't realise there was already a thread about it!!

once I was sure the timing was correct I put a fine mark between the pump body and the top in case I needed to put it back to original then loosened the top control unit part of the pump slightly, then tap to the right for less fuel and to the left for more fuel. too far either way and it could...

please can somebody tell me where and when everyone is meeting on the sunday pleeease :)

I had a rover 45 L series which did around 60mpg, it's the reason I got a freelander with an L series! I love that engine!! :)

mine is called "Freda" because its along the lines of freelander (well we think so!)

well Ive done a bit of messing with the fuel pump and now I get around 44mpg. Is that good? Before I messed around with it I was getting about 35-38. What do other people get from their l series?

my dad recons he gets high 30's out of his 1.8! I thought that was good :)

if it is leaking then the water pump is knackered which if not replaced will go on to damage the headgasket. You could take the car to a garage and get a pressure test and/or a sniff test to make sure its ok

are we allowed to wear Christmas jumpers or will that be frowned upon even more than my freelander?? lol :)

that's about what I get :)

I have a long term caravan on a campsite in Holmfirth they have a rally field and there are plenty of greenlaning and B+B places around and about :)

:D coooolio well in that case I'm very bloody excited!!!

lol Ive just been watching some of the videos of greenlaning, as Ive not done this before I am just wondering what sort of level will the Christmas trip be?

Lol I know that! it just makes me laugh because it looks like its doing something else!

well Ive been mad busy at work with inspections and such but I intend to get back on with it before we break up for crimbo!

Ive been in the job for twenty odd years now and as a rule I would agree but on this occasion it was definitely a knock and a few other v8 owners have said the same the crank falling out was a common problem hence the X bolted engines. Weirdly there was no loss of oil pressure but it was always...