toeknee wrote:

...........and you and Mr strut can provide the refreshments in your catering vans, that's what they are for isn't it you could even have a cook off with Gas V's Real BBq

Thanks to Tony for including the word 'real'

Many thanks Bill, great day. No I didn't clock the mileage but my computer was still showing 30mpg by the end of it!

looks like your all going to need to wash out the radiators too, especially the lower part behind the bumper as that water was really mucky and will have clogged up the fins

I have had this problem on FL2.1 and it caused the car to think it was overheating according to LR.

Dont use High pressure hose  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

A few pictures at http://www.olddog.co.uk/download/lrx/lrx.htm

I'll put others on Flikr when I get them.

David

Bill

Many thanks for an enjoyable day, Meg and I had a great time. We covered approx 22 to 23 miles from entering the woods in the morning to leaving in the afternoon.

Still to clean the Landrover after my boys night out tomorrow, just to prove Freelanders can get just a dirty as Discos!!!

Not being a tecno freak still trying to work out how to down load the photos.

Once again many thanks.

Peter GONE - LARGO GREY FL2 09 SE.
FL2 61 XS.

Just realised you've done it ...... Was at LRE Dunkeld a couple of weeks back ... great half day out ... anymore days coming up? If not, I guess I'll need to join Scottish LRO club ... 2008 Freelander2 GS TD4
New steering pump and rack fitted 10000 miles (warranty)
Driver's seat started 'dropping' 30000 miles
Rear parking sensors giving continuous tone when raining heavy 35000 miles
Rear parking brake siezed 40000 ... new rear disks and pads (warranty)
Clutch slipping 54,000 ... new clutch ... £800 ! ... (not warranty)
Rear diff bearings replaced at 60,000 and 85,000 (warranty)
New DMF and clutch, rear diff (uprated nose bearing), front and rear disks at 115,000

Watch this space in the New Year.

Bill. Life Honorary Member of Wallasey Motor Club.
Licenced MSA Radio Operator for 35+ years.
Rallying is the only sport.

Hi, back from a week salmon fishing on the Ettrick Water, a trib of the Tweed, no fish caught but thats not unusual, new excuse, water was too warm....
Have emailed my pics to Past Master for him to upload to Flikr but have to say that Russells video makes pics redundant. Many thanks to him and esp partner for her giggles!! My car seems to feature quite a bit, being RED it does stand out but I also like Russells Blue colour, better than my previous blue. Good to see not many drug dealers were on the day.....
You might spot my pic of Russell's car at a strange angle on a muddy climb, he fishtailed blaming being in Grass/Snow rather than Mud n Ruts.
One downhill was esp tough, even in first, Mud n Ruts and Hill descent the car slid down sections, rock to rock and I was not fully in control
The 'quarry' wall at the end of the day is hard to appreciate, even on the video. A short steep climb but then you could not see the track at the top given the angle so were blind as you negotiated the quite narrow turnaround.
Off to a jet wash tomorrow but will have to hand wash the door shuts which are brown where I passed through the water. I also think I collected some bramble scratches on the matt black door pillars, tricky as you cannot polish out. God knows what the underneath looks like, I bottomed out quite a few times and slid along the central reservation between ruts on a few of the tracks.
A great day and very good value. I will be up for another if Bill organises
JT Upgraded to an ex demo, 7 mth old, Rimini Red/Ebony Napoli Auto HSE on 28th Jan 2011, added roof rails, mudflaps and side strips.
Gone - A great 57 Plate, Auto SE, Bought Feb 2009, Roof Rails and Mudflaps added on purchase. Blue colour, anything but drug dealer black.....

Thanks JT. Your car featured a lot because you were behind us, and I could get out and film you coming next! The bit where you get n/s rear lift was because we'd just done exactly the same.

I often take stills too using a Cannon IXUS 100is, but mostly my iPhone - on which I can edit them and include on my blog of the day when I'm sailing. It's a great system, as soon as I've blogged, my friends and relatives receive and email or Tweet to take them to the page. I do this every day when I'm sailing. Obviously I also make short HD videos and upload to YouTube. See www.yachtzephyr.wordpress.com

The HD video camera is a Sanyo Xacti CA100, although I think it's now known as a Panasonic HX WA10 http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/camcorders/panas...-50004603/

Thanks Russell, I have shared the video on my FB so friends can see how nerdish I am! Is that a Black Country accent behind the giggles?? JT Upgraded to an ex demo, 7 mth old, Rimini Red/Ebony Napoli Auto HSE on 28th Jan 2011, added roof rails, mudflaps and side strips.
Gone - A great 57 Plate, Auto SE, Bought Feb 2009, Roof Rails and Mudflaps added on purchase. Blue colour, anything but drug dealer black.....

I've put JT's photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22148796@N08/sets/72157627958157855/

I'll leave them there for a few weeks but take copies if you want them as they'll get deleted in due course.

David

Thanks David....... Iain Upgraded to an ex demo, 7 mth old, Rimini Red/Ebony Napoli Auto HSE on 28th Jan 2011, added roof rails, mudflaps and side strips.
Gone - A great 57 Plate, Auto SE, Bought Feb 2009, Roof Rails and Mudflaps added on purchase. Blue colour, anything but drug dealer black.....

Just got round to cleaning my radiator out as the electric fan kept coming on when i turned the engine off.

You would not believe the crap that i got out of there!!

How did you clean it (given NP's warning about high pressure hoses?) I have got worst off bodywork/ wheelarches using a jet wash but still needs a proper wash, good hand car wash close by for £15 is my normal choice.... JT Upgraded to an ex demo, 7 mth old, Rimini Red/Ebony Napoli Auto HSE on 28th Jan 2011, added roof rails, mudflaps and side strips.
Gone - A great 57 Plate, Auto SE, Bought Feb 2009, Roof Rails and Mudflaps added on purchase. Blue colour, anything but drug dealer black.....