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| wyvern Member Since: 14 Dec 2009 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2070   
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Derek
we're just entering norway tomorrow via bergan heading north to tromso so look out for us on the west coast roads good luck with your issues .... hopefully all will be good now! Poppy - TDCI (Puma) 110XS 2.2 - Camper conversion - see the build here - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56530.html Elgar -TDCI(Puma) 110XS Dormobile - now sold Devon & Cornwall 4x4 Response - DC126  |
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30th May 2014 2:47pm |
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| Spookytooth Member Since: 19 Jan 2014 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 202 
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Sorry just re read and you are going to Tromso via coastal roads, don't worry you will be my age one dat
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30th May 2014 6:45pm |
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| Cold_n_Wet Member Since: 15 Oct 2012 Location: Bergen Posts: 244 
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Wyvern,
Shame I wasnt at home otherwise Id have offered you a cup of tea... Sppokytooth Ålesund Auto were a main dealer earlier, but still have SDD if you are having problems and will pass that way. Ask for Mads he should help you if needed. Glen "Rafiki" 2007 110 STW - Rolling rebuild. |
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30th May 2014 7:36pm |
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| Spookytooth Member Since: 19 Jan 2014 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 202
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Thanks , it's so annoying, just the turbo hose keeps slipping off. The jubilee clip can't hold it once the hose is hot. The hose turns from reinforced rubber to jelly under heat and even more annoying I have been complaining about the issue for some time and because I can't replicate it on demand the dealer assumed it wasn't an issue and even offered it's just the dpf regenerating itself. Might seem a strange thing to say but I quite like my dealer just shows how much we have to work together and build trust with each other if we are going to sort these annoying issues out
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30th May 2014 8:09pm |
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| Spookytooth Member Since: 19 Jan 2014 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 202
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Fantastic day today, up the Eagles road out of Geiranger, over the Trolls road, across to the coast for the Atlantic road, through Kristiansund and across the ferry to the E39. Staying near the ferry tonight and heading up past Trondheim tomorrow. Lots of bikes out on the road, however, haven't seen any defenders. Although mine is totally standard it got a lot of interest today on the 3 ferries linking the different roads - they probably heard me changeling gear from miles away and wondered what it was!
Going to give the moths a treat tonight and get my wallet out and buy a beer |
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31st May 2014 5:46pm |
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| Cold_n_Wet Member Since: 15 Oct 2012 Location: Bergen Posts: 244
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Better re-morgage the house
 "Rafiki" 2007 110 STW - Rolling rebuild. |
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31st May 2014 5:55pm |
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| Patrikj Member Since: 12 May 2014 Location: Gothenburg Posts: 2  
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If you run in to problems on the Swedish Westcoast you can give me a call
and I will try to assist. +46-768-441080 The Swedish Land Rover Club's forum is also a good place to ask for help if needed: http://slrk.egetforum.se/ / Patrik |
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2nd Jun 2014 11:37am |
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| Spookytooth Member Since: 19 Jan 2014 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 202
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Thanks PatrikJ, crossed the arctic circle today and then visited the Malstrom near Bodo. Landy limping along although today I had a new problem. It would not engage any gear. Gear lever would slot in but engine would only rev, no traction at all. Left it for 10 mins and gears worked OK so I have parked it up for the night and hope it is just some unaccountable hiccup, guess Ill find out when I set off in the morning! Dreaming of a Prius or a Fiat 500 or a proper car
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2nd Jun 2014 4:24pm |
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| Lou Sparts Member Since: 15 Apr 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 1501 
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Spookytooth, just a thought with your gear problem had you transfer lever slipped in to neutral ? 2005 Td5 90 XS
Steve |
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2nd Jun 2014 5:06pm |
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| Cold_n_Wet Member Since: 15 Oct 2012 Location: Bergen Posts: 244
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I agree, sounds some how the transfer box was in neutral, otherwise the clutch has gone.
Besides your'd get bored in a Prius, as there's no good forum for rice cooker owners... on the good side your covering some good ground and the weather forcasy for the weekend is excellent in north norway. "Rafiki" 2007 110 STW - Rolling rebuild. |
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2nd Jun 2014 6:23pm |
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| Spookytooth Member Since: 19 Jan 2014 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 202
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Well it gets even stranger, jumped in the Landy this morning and all gears worked (I understand the point about the high/low neutral, however I never touched it, or if I did I also knocked it back into position afterwards without realising it) and something was very strange, couldn't work it out at first and then I realised that the Click, Clonk, Bang, I had been experiencing ever since the transfer box was changed a couple of weeks ago, had gone! Still not perfect but wonderful compared to what it was. I was so happy today and it was so warm, I felt all my troubles evaporating into the mountain air. What wonderful vehicles Defenders are for the few hours they work properly and I wish to denounce my comments about Prius an Fiat 500's ( for today at any rate). I shared a picnic bench with a couple of German motorcyclists for lunch, I asked if they had experienced any trouble with their bikes, they said 'of course not, they are German, the best' thank God they didn't
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3rd Jun 2014 4:14pm |
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