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 Half shaft replacement
petefeet

Post17th Apr 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 4 · Views: 961 · Subject: Half shaft replacement
All done - an hour from jack in to out. Halfshaft from eBay shop of J &R cv joints etc (no connection etc) at £65 and jobs a good ‘un.

Lost a couple of tablespoons of gearbox oil but nothin ...
 Half shaft replacement
petefeet

Post13th Apr 2024 2:26 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 4 · Views: 961 · Subject: Half shaft replacement
Perfect -thanks. Surprisingly the half shafts are quite reasonably priced too -£65 or so. Will update when I do the job in the week.
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 Half shaft replacement
petefeet

Post12th Apr 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 4 · Views: 961 · Subject: Half shaft replacement
Evening all,
Not often I post here as not much goes wrong with the car, now on 169k miles.

But! Coming back from Ireland to Sussex last year one of the front callipers seized and the brakes and wh ...
 Florence has her cateracts done (HEADLIGHT BULBS REPLACED)
petefeet

Post16th Feb 2023 5:37 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 6 · Views: 1863 · Subject: Florence has her cateracts done (HEADLIGHT BULBS REPLACED)
I’m tempted as the halogens are b awful when the lenses are dirty in the winter - but what’s that 2 pin connector?
 Cold start - throttle needed?
petefeet

Post11th Dec 2022 5:42 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 8 · Views: 1730 · Subject: Cold start - throttle needed?
hmmm - the GSF website does show two different plug models so its not going to be that, but I'm having my doubts now that they are the problem...looking at my invoices they were changed in 2018 at 12 ...
 Strange symptoms (clutch)
petefeet

Post11th Dec 2022 3:11 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 10 · Views: 2888 · Subject: Strange symptoms (clutch)
That clutch problem sounds familiar mine is a bit hesitant to return upwards sometimes but if there’s no leak at the bell housing joint it’ll be ok for your journey I’d say
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 Cold start - throttle needed?
petefeet

Post11th Dec 2022 3:08 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 8 · Views: 1730 · Subject: Cold start - throttle needed?
Yes it turns over fine and in fact has just started at 0 degrees - but tomorrow will be a different story if it drops down below freezing overnight

I was thinking it could be rubbish glow plugs fit ...
 Dog guard fitting kit?
petefeet

Post11th Dec 2022 12:09 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 3 · Views: 823 · Subject: Dog guard fitting kit?
yes that's as I remember it - it fitted ok but never felt 'finished'.

i shall carry on in that vein then...
thanks
 Cold start - throttle needed?
petefeet

Post11th Dec 2022 12:08 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 8 · Views: 1730 · Subject: Cold start - throttle needed?
yes - its does sound that way - they were replaced 20k ago as i had problems then too....

i shall have to check and replace and rely on a can of starter for now!
 Condensation inside front screen only
petefeet

Post10th Dec 2022 5:36 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 5 · Views: 1695 · Subject: Condensation inside front screen only
I had this too but found that that the front floor was wet as the tray that slots into the windscreen was adrift for about a foot along its length in the middle. Thus the scuttle then filled with wat ...
 Dog guard fitting kit?
petefeet

Post10th Dec 2022 5:34 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 3 · Views: 823 · Subject: Dog guard fitting kit?
Hi
Another one while I think about it - impending puppy arrival has made me dig out the LR dog guard again - but did it ever have a fitting kit with it? I have the metal grille part but none of the n ...
 Cold start - throttle needed?
petefeet

Post10th Dec 2022 5:30 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 8 · Views: 1730 · Subject: Cold start - throttle needed?
Probably a daft question after 14 years and 155k of ownership, but……do we use a touch of throttle when starting when cold after the glow plug light has gone out? I never have done, but this mornin ...
 Independant servicing and repairs West Sussex
petefeet

Post14th Nov 2022 4:57 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 5 · Views: 1779 · Subject: Independant servicing and repairs West Sussex
Or Sussex landrovers (sam) on 07941 151523

Works out of a Nissan hut on the Borde Hill estate between haywards health and cuckfield.

Very knowledgeable!

Ta
Pete
 legal insurance banditry!
petefeet

Post2nd Sep 2022 1:43 pm
Forum: General · Replies: 10 · Views: 3418 · Subject: legal insurance banditry!
and that's the way it s looking right now - i take the £3k for the car offered and buy back the 'salvage' at £400 (!) which leaves me £2600 up. repair the wheel arch (maybe 250 - 300) and I'm sti ...
 legal insurance banditry!
petefeet

Post31st Aug 2022 12:41 pm
Forum: General · Replies: 10 · Views: 3418 · Subject: legal insurance banditry!
Ok - did think about settling then buying back but that makes me part of the big con which is not acceptable to me. Of course getting hold of the claims firm is impossible (you are 22nd in the queue) ...
 
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