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Just a thought... On a non standard engine throw the reference books away :)

I have an excess of soot on all plugs. I will pull all 4 tomorrow and take a picture (hopefully a decent one) to show y'all. I have a set of BPE5 plugs I could put in to see if they stay cleaner as they run hotter, but the book does say BPE6's...

I've had more than ten Minis, gave up counting I've only ever had one that ran with light brown plugs and it burned an exhaust valve out. If you're anywhere from light grey to black without soot then it'll be fine :)

Sniff your exhaust, see if it smells of petrol and try weakening the mixture a bit. and keep doing proper plug cuts until they get to the proper brown colour.

Flipping quote for house insurance has gone the roof! :mad::mad::mad: This is for the UK house. Obvs we have to pay two, one for each house, and in each case it prolly costs more cos we is away from the place 6 months a year. Policy gone up from...

I remember you making them. Maybe they are just falling off in sympathy with yer FL doors :D

L let's hope they arnt lead boots 😯😯

I remember quite a while back reading about a uber-tough phone in a LR magazine they tested it to real extremes and it put up with it. Things like strapping it to a Defender wheel and going off road wiv it, floods, the lot. Made by JCB or...

Look for a griffin case. Makes the phone a bit bulky but saves damage

Looking at the pic the manufacturer hasn't put chf202 on the product where it lists the spec. Sellers of said product say it's for use where chf202 is required. They also use list many more spec's that the manufacturer doesn't. That always makes...

Loads avaiable. J

@landowner You ain't a filfy tratterer no more since yer sold yer heap and bought the worlds bestest 4x4. Gorra do fings properly now. No topping up yer engine oil wiv old creosote.

quick check says something like this 🤔 J Edit: that dont show:vb-confused2:

Gorra link? Change the www to ww***w at the beginning to stop LZ messin wivvit.

Been out for a quick blatt around town in the mini. :) It always makes me smile. Oil leak sorted it seems. :) Worried a bit about over-fuelling and bore-washing the engine, but hard to say without an AFR gauge fitted. Nearly time for afternoon...

Needs to meet the correct spec in my opinion. Have a look in the owners manual for the spec. LR still sell it but only in a box of 12x 1L bottles. So most main dealers won't buy it in unless you buy the box. Mine wouldn't when I wanted some...

Me doors are straight. Still atta right angle. Eye put pic's on ere some years ago. Each one is a square version ov a number 8, wiv two diagonals, both wiv notches top and bottom so the diagonal cant move. So they is quite strong. Me hinges dun't...

Check the edge of the door is vertical with a spirit level, in the closed position and again at 90 degrees open position. This will indicate if the hinges need adjusting.

Ma hippo needs to get his dpf to 23 so he can regenerate. Few weeks ago he were on 17. Checked last nite after wuk and he were on 22.5. He dun't do many miles so it wood take several days to get to 23. We both like to go ferra drive to hexercise...

Don't think she's much into the latest fashion. Mayeb he's got her some more copper!!! 🤣🤣🤣

You'll have noticed we are not at "Rock and Cars". W has to keep her foot up and off it, and I am not trying to wheel her around a town crowded with peeps. I had the devils own job getting her from the parked car to the chemist's yessdi. No...

I dont know thats quite a few outfits for the price of the scrap value ;). J

Fell out wiv me garage doors recently. They have moved so the wheels dun't touch the ground when closed. This means they pull apart slightly so the key has started to bent as turning it requires the doirs to pull togeffer. Eye has put some bits...

For thos who watch "Repair Shop"...

That'll go down like a lead balloon! ;)

About 4 tonne of lead, so I heard :p

I did call a member of staff over to be sure the box we were looking at DID have all we needed in it. small print is SO ageist, don't you think? 🤣🤣🤣

🤣🤣🤣 Sorry just cannot get the picture of you opening your wallet and the moths flying out, out of my head!!! Do tell us about what yer got!!! Wot you got her for her buffday?? Expensive month for you this time around! ;););)

Vera is a new member then? Aloe from me too then! 🤣🤣🤣

Use Clinique sunscreen and aftersun, nothing better. It is also "apply and forget". In fact you'll have a job washing it off. I used to burn to a crisp until W made me get some. (She worked for a company that made at least one of the ingredients...