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Needed one that I could use without power for motorcycles and large inflatable women. And need some exercise. And don’t get out much.

Thanks for replies, I have found a German make foot pump single cylinder for £20 which looks like it is robust enough to take me kicking the pony and trap out of it so ve shall see it zis vorks. Apparently same one used to pump up Tiger tank tyres the man said

What I tried to do today was pump up my tyres with a foot pump I bought. The pump self destructed on first pump so I took it back. All I want is a robust foot pump that will last a few years; don’t need any special kit as only for home use for hippo and motorcycles. Any suggestions/recommendations?

Look better indeed.

That is a really good idea nice one. It seems to me that they are designed to get knocked off if it gets muddy in there.

Today I replaced the small rectangular piece of plastic inside the front wheel arch which you apparently remove to access the indicator bulb which appears to have been missing for a while but I did not even know existed until I noticed the hole last week! Freelander; a never ending source of...

Yeah, RHD indeed. I have found replacement for £15. I wonder how long that has been missing? I have not done the indicator bulb. Glad I found it and as ever on the Hippo part was on EBay. I noticed it while I was- get this- polishing the wheels!!!! I tried to scrub them clean with a brush and...

I thought that was the indicator. When I did the obvious and rammed my hand right in I thought I could feel the air intake. If so, is this the air intake route and where does it collect air from outside the engine because I don’t think it is supposed to be through the hole in the wheel arch ha

This is how small the silicone dialectic compound came but it has lasted me years. Was about £3 on EBay. All I can say is it worked for me and I have read about a lot of folk rebuilding the high pressure fuel rail with the same sounding problem to the TD4 and at the end of the day the results...

Ok, just cleaned, dried and reseated my High Pressure Fuel Sensor connections same as before. Started to get that pausing, chugging feeling so knew it was coming. Disconnected sensor plug carefully then cleaned and dried using mirrors to see and everything. When satisfied I squeezed some...

I think that when I replaced the belts I used a 24mm ring spanner that fit very securely; bought it specially. Also had to have wheel off I believe. When you have found a really decent fitting spanner the thing that needs to be emphasised really strongly is that to move the tensioner enough to...

Funnily enough I am going to have to reseal that connection on mine as it’s just started grumbling again. I bought some apparently ‘special’ electrical sealant from a place on EBay which is especially for preventing and also expelling moisture from electrical connections such as this. I will...

The high pressure fuel rail plug is on the end of the rail, underneath the inlet manifold and tricky to reach. But as I have written before, mine was getting condensation or something in it so I disconnected the plug, dried and cleaned it out and also cleaned the other end. Then I used a light...

For the soft top like mine there are 2 window pieces, 2 rubber corner pieces and the main piece is the large material covering with the struts etc attached. There is also a shower cover which is different again; I think you will have to have a hunt around to find exactly what you have got and...

I once used roofing flash band, a sort of tar backed 9 inch tape used for (bodging) roof flashings and repairs to make my Mk 2 Escort estate had front wings. I was a roofer at the time obviously. Worked surprisingly well as I remember. But it was a long time ago and I was young and the traffic...

Today any plans of anything productive are ditched as the rag top is coming down and the Hippo is going topless through the New Forest and Bournemouth.

I have not towed anything for years but remember looking in the Hippo book at the setting up of trailers etc and have no idea. You see plenty of trailers on the road where the drivers also obviously don’t have a clue either. I seem to remember that the towing limits of the FL1 are quite low though.

Looks good to me. A Hippo really earning its keep. I think mine would have a heart attack if I tried that.

Ah well, that word ‘pass’ is the one that matters. I think I had an advisory on a brake pipe one year that has never been mentioned again. It got better on its own. Have a good one

Happy days. Makes the effort looking after it feel worthwhile. Any advisories? I was surprised my fuel cradle wasn’t mentioned tbh. Will do it before next year. Probably.