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Long gone and replaced with a MG5. ;)

Good on you Ali. Hope the drive is uneventful and you enjoy it. Mind you, you haven't said which vehicle you're bringing? 🤣

^ this ! (And a weight)

All you need is a jack, your wheel brace and a length of tube to go over the wheel brace. So long as the wheel brace is pointing towards the centre hub it works the same.

Sorry boys I have some bad news I've booked the ferry so your gonna have to listen to me droning on!!!! :banana: Edit: Assuming I make it that is. 🤣

I think Gel was merely thinking of the more salubrious county. Tell you what though, it would be epic to see @Alibro bring that machine all the way from NI. Would love to see it in the flesh, volts an' all.

Typical Ali. Got the logic inverted 😀

Oops, Freudian slip? :vb-doh:

I draw your attention to... As nobody contributed to a Go Fund Me I'm afraid I've just used by holiday allocation on a splendid holiday in Port Douglas and Cairns snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, swimming with Turtles, standing on a boat...

I feel it's very poor show that @GrumpyGel is showing up!!!

I've heard of guys using helicoil kits for that fault but don't know how successful it is.

Got the old sump off, the only part I needed to remove other than the exhaust was the bracket that goes around the driveshaft and connects to the bottom of the sump to the IRD as it was in the way of one of the sump 10mm bolts, I am sure with a...

Would indeed be both good to see you and an achievement!! 240 V available too 😀

I have a holiday abroad coming up next week so can't get my head around much else until I get back but I would love to attend if I can make it work. I managed a day trip to Dublin last week with a round trip of around 225 miles so I know I can...

Well ill be down there this weekend so i will be sure to report back exactly what else is in the way if anything

That's brilliant, especially knowing the vehicle build.

Daughter dropped by yesterday to say the front passenger bottom door trim was hanging off. "How the hell did you manage that?" I asked. "Got attacked by an enraged sheep on Skye." was the answer. The aft two clips that press into the door were...

I've been using a Freelander for this job since the sand pit was dug. Initially it was diesel but doing it with electric is much nicer. :)

So after the prestige of driving on a road trip to Dublin it's back to the day job. Brother in law is a farmer and a few years ago he let us build a horse arena for our daughter Rachel in his field. This is how I level it.

Yeah I don't really think much about 12V stuff when watching my range. I have a few more things to sort reliability wise and it would be nice to have a decent SOC meter as I currently just guestimate from the voltage. I took note of the MG SOC at...

I did this a few years ago but don't recall moving anything other than the exhaust. At the time I was replacing the head gasket and ran into problems trying to remove the head bolts due to oil crystallising in the bolt holes. I had to pull the...

The chargers on the road to Dublin were very old so no surprise they were not reliable. Chademo is a dying protocol so less effort is put into supporting it although there are still a large number of Nissan Leafs out there. There were a couple of...

Impressive stuff. I occasionally have to design EV charging installations at work so I am quite interested in what installs are good (or not) and often chat to owners to find out their experiences. I'm told that some chargers can be a bit iffy...

Sounds tight to me. Ideally you adjust shoes as you have done but with cable slackened right off at the handbrake to avoid upsetting the adjustment. Then set handbrake to 1 click and adjust the cable to make the drums just rub. Then release...

Three clicks is probably OK. Is the pedal higher than it should be?

Brilliant! I think most EV drivers will agree - range is a big deal when picking (or building!) a car. Well done Ali 👍 Edit - could you switch to CCS? You’d have a much greater charging option if so.

The world has spent the last 100 odd years building up a petrol and diesel refuelling infrastructure so it will take a while for EV's chargers to catch up. It doesn't help that most of us charge at home most of the time so a constant demand in...

Did you adjust out the brake shoes? I normally bring them out until the wheel won't turn then back a notch. If the hand brake pulls up more than a few notches it would indicate they need adjusting.

It's perfectly possible and worth considering! For now though I just need an MOT it's been 4 months since I last drove it properly, gonna give it a quick shoot up the motorway before the MOT, I will be sure to let everyone know how that goes...

As mentioned before make sure you have a power finger file before you start the brake cylinders. As for MOT, where I am they only care if the braking is good enough.