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Long gone and replaced with a MG5. ;)

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. 🤣

Oops, Freudian slip? :vb-doh:

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.

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 now go further than was realistic before but I need...

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 various voltages and made a spreadsheet. 403...

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 sump and oil rail to get the bolts out.

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 CCS chargers and a dozen or so Tesla chargers...

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

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 many places is just not there. Add to that I'm using...

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.

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.

After several weeks working on the car I managed I managed to get Chademo charging working well enough make the journey to the TOG Hackerspace in Dublin. This was for an annual get together of DIY EV Builders. My daughter Rachel surprised me the day before by offering to accompany me. I wasn't...

LOL, I was just kidding. The socket has really heavy cables and a connector that meant I could plug it straight into the HV junction box without needing to touch them. It made the installation easier and safer but they were kinda short, however I'll not be using it very often so OK with the...

You mean like a hole in the bonnet???? :oops: I don't expect to be fast charging too often so a length of wooden batten to hold the bonnet up will be fine. I'll have a go at rotating the socket though as the current setup makes fitting the plug very awkward. I installed it that way because the...

A powered finger file is your friend to grind off the heads off the bolts. Unless they've been removed already sometime recently the heads will chew off and you have no hope of getting them out.