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£1.75 ??! What devilish concoction is this ? We’re still at £1.86

And I’ll check The plugs tomorrow. I actually have 8 lovely new ones to slip in -if I can Bloody reach - is a comically long ratchet extension required ? Or will a standard 6 incher do the trick ?

Exhaust gasket is fine… don’t you be threatening me with talk of head gaskets !o_O

So, tap the cats to see if anything rattles ? She just sailed through her emissions test, the tester was astonished !

Yeah :( it’s definitely a V8 petrol

Try this link, shoukd work for anyone with dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/s/yhrrncpabk2dsjg/V8%20VW.m4a?dl=0

Here you go, V8 sounding like a VW at about 20 secs in. Hoping it’s *just* something exhausty https://www.dropbox.com/s/4m4lisfku9xq48s/V8%20VW.m4a?dl=0 This link may not work so will try another

Not one in every bite ? I’d call trading standards. RR happily passed MOT carried out by competent garage. Don’t know whether it’s worth wasting my breath complaining about the Halfrauds mob

So Lenny himself Is good but he’s surrounded by charlatans ? TBH I’ve started using Murray Motors in Helensburgh and I’ve found them very thorough, approachable and friendly. A shout out also to Regal Motors in Kelty Who are absolute stars -cannot recommend them highly enough -just a little...

Got it done, slightly stymied by one chewed screw head but in and working :)

im glad it’s not just me then !

Also, if there’s no rotation at the prop shaft, how the heck can they test the handbrake effectively ? They called a fail on that too saying it didn’t lock the rear wheels. I explained that it brakes the rear prop and got a vacant look. it’s in to a ‘proper’ garage Tuesday but I think I’m...

<grumbles> So, while the hub should disassemble reasonably easily as it’s been apart recently to replace the front diff, work has paused because (apart from it being OH’s birthday) the Lemforder ball joints I ordered from ECP had transformed into Febi-Blistein ones by the time they’d arrived. a...

Have some plus gas from euro crap arts will apply liberally

Hmm. He said that 4x4 mode means one wheel is spun in one direction and the other wheel in the same axle is spun in the opposite direction. He said that this prevents wind up. I can’t quite get my noggin around the physics of it but I suppose if the rotation is equal but opposite the net...

Thanks guys, I’m really angry with them. On Monday he said ‘because it’s not permanent 4x4 he had done it on rollers’ yesterday -after I’d grilled him on Monday and spoken to DVSA he said: I checked to see if it had permanent 4x4 and put the rollers into 4x4 mode -which is a completely...

Thanks guys, that’s all super helpful. I’ve been squirting screw fix no-nonsense fluid on for a couple of days. Will pop to euro car parts for Plus Gas. Will get a wire brush / flap disk for drill / dremel too. Probably going to start this tomorrow -will let you know how I get on !

I’ve only just installed one of ABS sensors, the other is about a year old so I’m not too worried about them, the Swivel hub scares me and ‘breaking the taper joints’ especially so. here’s a pic of the supposedly damaged boot which is making this all necessary

On a scale of 1 to Dental abscess how much of a pain is this going to be ? I’ve got a couple of days to do it…

Removal tool arriving tomorrow, swear box cleared