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Want a laugh guys? Here's a top tip, if using these connectors to connect your 12V then DO NOT try to plug them in live. If you do then don't be surprised if you let out the blue smoke The hole on the left isn't meant to be there. :oops...

Here we go

None taken. :) The replacement is built and ready for testing tomorrow so here's hoping I don't do the same again. ;)

BTW I'm not laughing at your misfortune just your description of what happened. I do absolutely admire what you've achieved,with a great dollop of envy, because I wouldn't know where to start & I'll admit I fall asleep trying to understand some...

Is the noise from the front or back?

Looks like I cocked up somewhere. :mad: While testing in the car I seem to have blown two digital inputs in the Nano so am now rebuilding the circuit. I'm not certain how it happened but I probably stuck 12V up it's arse and it didn't like it so...

Evri are the absolute worst…

Well my struts turned up at lunchtime today! I built up one, little nervy with the spring compressors. I thought I got it all correct … all the tabs on top bearing plate etc. lined up with the locator on the back of the strut, but when offered...

So, after rapidly ordering all the spare parts required for a complete suspension renewal on both front corners from AF yesterday, on a premium urgent Saturday delivery, DPD turned up missing 1 box 🤬 Driver “Sorry mate, must be still at the...

A new battery was delivered from Tayna by Yodel late yesterday evening. Clearly marked with arrows "This way up" the ****er of a delivery guy carries it upside down and drops it, literally drops it, on its end in the porch. Good job Tayna pack...

So after 11 years of owning my FL1 I finally got around to getting the rear window washer working. I made it more of a mission than what it needed to be! I thought the pump motor was stuffed - no. Took both pumps out and then the washer bottle...

You broke it ! Not uncommon apparently. My Sport TD4 passed MOT today with no advisories ! Treated it to some fuel and a clean beforehand.

Well I found the problem - guess what I’m doing this weekend!

Booked it in for alignment and bought a fresh pair of front driveshafts for it, because it's my car and if everyone else gets to be wrong about what's up with it (including JLR) then I do too

Giving the Sport TD4 a once over before MOT. All looks fine underneath. Oil leak is fixed. But, looked at the bolts holding the wheel arch fuel pump in. I thought, bet they'd never unscrew. I was right. One freed with wd40, one turned and the...

After fitting the Hifly Super2000's and getting the F1 through its WOF recheck, I took it for a blast last night after work out to Twilight Golf then home afterwards. 26km drive out on the open road and the car/tyres looked to be performing well.

Too late! Sorry guys but I think I may have started WW3! :eek: And we can't even blame the Donald! :oops: Thanks mate, I've been into electronics and computers since I was 15 and been programming off and on ever since so this stuff is what I...

If I was doing this kind of stuff every day or even every week then yes I agree but it might be 6 months before I'm back at it and I'll be round the fish bowl waaaaay too often to remember anything I've learned. And anyway I tried to learn...

It turns out if you want AI to write your code you need to give it VERY specific requirements. Sometimes you even need to suggest where it might have gone wrong for it to repair it's mistakes. After many hours staring at the damn thing it...

Wow. Just wow 👌

Phew! After many not fun hours fighting with ChatGPT and Deepseek, I finally have a working software solution, if anybody is mad enough to have a look the code is below. Basically I gave up on using a MOSFET module as neither ChatGPT nor Deepseek...

I've got a little further with charge control As always I need to write this out cause my brain is way to small to think this through and every time I think it's ready to wire into the car I realise I've forgotten about some issue that could crop...

It's t It's the way I've approached the whole thing from 2020. I started with a vague idea what to do, broke the whole thing down into bite sized projects and worked on each as I came to it. It resulted in mistakes and extra work from time to...

lol, fun project within the project.

So I've spent a bit more time on the charging and am finally getting close to sorting it. As usual for me I didn't plan ahead very well so ended up with two circuit boards so this is what I've now got. The circuit with the LM393 still detects...

Mine's the opposite, always buys the parts for me in advance.... bucket, sponge etc.

Daughter brought my old F1 over so I could service it for her… I ordered the parts last week from AF. Pleased to see it’s not leaking anything, and still running sweet. Oil and filters changes. She stopped for a bite to eat and left, but seems...

Recently did mine completely changes the look inside and feels more comfy than the cloth sagging everywhere

Don't you believe it, first sunshine and the hose pipe police fire up their squirter scooters.

Gotta love LR ownership. Just driven back from a successful retest and the car celebrates by doing this in the pouring rain...