Hmm. I wonder how they'd stand up to off-roading? I've been considering replacing the current alloys I have with steel rims, you see.

Same colour D2 as mine :) Nice :) I like the alloys - where'd you get them?

As a follow-up, I traipsed all over Normandy over the last week (for the 75th Anniversary of D-Day), and didn't suffer a single electrical problem. Lesson learnt, and I'll be seeking to replace those damned tapering post connectors with parallel ones when I replace the battery.

Yup. It was the blasted battery. Tapering terminal posts, a prevbious owner who over-tightened the connector ring so that it couldn't get to the base of the terminal post, resulted in a loose terminal post ring connector, and presto, intermittent power failures. All sorted thanks to the RAC (OK...

Yup. I got a genuine LR filter kit (well, aside from them sending the wrong fuel filter, dammit), but the oil filter the garage fitted last time wasn't an LR part, and that's half the problem, I suspect. Thankfully, I'm on three weeks leave from work, so I'll have a fortnight to sort this out...

Maybe. I might even call a mobile mech I've used in the past, see if he can shift the damn thing. We'll see. I'll have another look at it when I get back next weekend.

I know they get tight, but this one is like it's been welded in place; that's never happened when I or a mate have done filter can changes on either my old Siii 109", or the current D2TD5. Hell, I couldn't even get it to shift with locking can grips (like a mole grip for oil filters). It got to...

Did an oil chance on my D2TD5, to find that the diesel filter supplied was the wrong one. Oops. Craddocks are getting a call when I get back from France. Then I found that the oil filter (the normal one, not the centrifugal one) was stuck on so tight by the garage who serviced is last, that I...

a battery connection issue sounds most likely, as this *&^%$£" thing happens when the ignition goes from position II to position III; From the user manual: A bad earth, therefore, would be more likely to happen regularly. This fault has only happened twice, both in the last three or four...

yes, you have. So why jump all over this one? Anyhow, fair enough, you've made your self very clear.

See if I got you right on this: If I post a new thread, the thread police jump all over me for not researching. If I do what I just did, and DO that checking, and reply to a thread - however old - in the hope of some help, you jump on it. Out of keen interest, have you anything helpful on this...

Further to this, I've had this "£$%^&*( issue this evening. I don't know how, but it's rectified itself, at least for now. This has happened twice in the last few months. There's a click-like sound from what sounds like behind the dash, and everything electrical dies stone dead. Hal;f an hour of...

I had a hunch that might be the case. Wonder if that process will run under Wine in Linux? Anyone?

It's a shame that certain packages won't run under Wine in Linux, even with the latest version, which is a vast improvement, and gives reliable repeatable access to the USB ports. Problem is that certain packages require the use of Visual Basic runtimes, and those still won't run under Wine. Oh...

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Hmm. Having looked over the blurb on their website, I have a question about the Nanocom Evolution. My computers here do not use the Windoze operating system. I'm exclusively a Linux nut. Can the unlock codes be activated using a Linux machine, do you know?

Right. I've sent emails to Britpart asking for progress reports, but haven't had any further answers, despite these repeated requests. I have therefore, and regrettably, come to the conclusion that they can't fix this problem, and don't want to talk about it any more. Not very good customer...

Got this done yesterday. After getting the door card off (six screws and a bucket load of trim clips!), and disconnecting the door speaker, a slice with a sharp knife through the water shedder got access to the inside of the door a little below the mounting point for the check strap. Tapping...

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Looks like the check strap assembly on the drovers door of my D2TD5 is on the way out; it tends to stick and makes a horrendous bang noise without re-lubing regularly (white lithium). So. How much of a pain in the bum is it to replace? More to the point, can it be replaced without removing the...