You underestimate how much she likes to paint her nails. Van Gough had less paint in his cupboards.

I’ll raid the Mrs’ nail polish drawer then.

Thank you, saved me a few £££. What would you suggest cleaning the intercooler out with? I’ve got a Jerry can of diesel left over from when I filled the fuel filter on the last service if that would work?

In the ever so ongoing list of maintenance required for the old boy, the current Intercooler hose has gotten quite maliable and near the intercooler, quite oily. The fact I can quite easily squeeze the hose doesn’t bode well for when it’s under any boost pressure, I’m assuming it’ll be...

Sign me up for a pack. My original one still have some life left in them but not sure for how long!

See I just like the optimism the dash gives me.

Spent some time of the car today. Changed the diff oil on both ends (concrete floors are fecking cold fyi), some Heko wind deflectors fitted as I think they look cool. ….aaaand started to try and fix the leaky bits when it rains. Silicone sealant around the pollen filter bits to prevent water...

Had that on mine a couple of weeks back. Was seeing less than 11v running I believe as well. Took about 30 minutes to swap the alternator out for a recon spare I had on the shelf. Not a massive job but certainly a pain in the ass when it happened!

Approved Voltage Indicator. Used by sparks to check voltages. It’s all I had in the boot 😂

New (brand new used parts) alternator in, about an hour in total which was decent. 14-15v showing on an AVI, left the multimeter at home but I’m very happy with how easy it was.

Did that already when I replaced the battery a few months ago. I’ll swap it over on to the new one if it’s different.

Brand new tensioner on there back in November after the pulleys crapped themselves and left me stranded. Any hints on best practice? Crow bar and gentle leverage or something else?

One step forward and 2 steps back.. Set off to work this morning, rev needle didn’t move for a solid 10s after ignition.. strange then BEEP BEEP. I thought I briefly saw alternator fault and gearbox fault before they disappeared. So engine off and grabbed multimeter. 12.69v engine off, 11.5v...

We had a dusting of snow Saturday night but it soon turned to sludge. Then very rapidly all turned to water when more rain appeared. Basically spent the last 2 days out wading.

serviced the P38 today but while I was in the engine bay I took the intake manifold off and changed the glow plugs and spill return lines. Had noticed a puddle of derv by the injectors. All sorted for another year.. maybe 6 months depending on mileage.

I’d hope not, new battery was fitted at the start of August. I’ll pop the multimeter across it and see what it’s at.

Got in the car this morning.. after a brief moment the SRS light and Airbag Fault appears on the dash - no warning beeps. Turned the engine off and wobbled the yellow cable under the seat as that’s been an issue in the past.. nope. Still there. Time to start digging deeper 🤦‍♂️

Down in the West Country for me. So absolutely no snow, just wet.

Had a bulb on the dash cluster fail on me, so pulled that out, changed the bulb.. same side is out. Great. Pulled it out again and swapped the lamp holders around and again, same side is out. I’m assuming that the solder tracks on the PCB have failed and the only remedy is a replacement cluster?

On the subject of lights.. First day of actually needing them to drive home, RH Dipped beam failure flashed up on the dash.. of course. Thankfully the spare I keep in the glove box came in clutch and saved the day, however this leads me on to what to replace them with? I did have some...