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 Insurance and Green Laning - thing of the past? |
TexasRover
 7th May 2024 9:51pm
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Forum: Finance & Insurance · Replies: 16 · Views: 442 · Subject: Insurance and Green Laning - thing of the past? |
| All I was getting at was my belief that you expected someone answering the phone enquiry at your insurer to be competent to understand the question and answer it correctly. By and large now those empl ... |
| Tricky part corroding |
TexasRover
6th May 2024 8:31am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 3 · Views: 301 · Subject: Tricky part corroding |
Looks to me like this will never be solid with just a touch up, unless you garage the car and use it in dry conditions only.
What you are looking at is the galvanic corrosion take place between di ... |
| Clock out if true |
TexasRover
2nd May 2024 3:15pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 7 · Views: 455 · Subject: Clock out if true |
| If you turn it upside down, it should be correct again? |
| French emmissions zones |
TexasRover
1st May 2024 7:02pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 20 · Views: 1366 · Subject: French emmissions zones |
Hahaha, how does it work?
In France they make rules that are lofty and acedamic.
Then they quickly loose interest during execution
And the enforcement is an afterthought.
There are no number ... |
| Puma Recall N706; Front axle case flange reinforcement brkts |
TexasRover
28th Apr 2024 1:56pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 56 · Views: 5615 · Subject: Puma Recall N706; Front axle case flange reinforcement brkts |
I am sure LR regrets the decision to move away from friction welding, but 100% sure this was cost driven based on what suppliers were offering on the market.
'Normal' arch welding is perfectly suit ... |
| Chainsaw Sharpening |
TexasRover
24th Apr 2024 3:45pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 22 · Views: 1025 · Subject: Chainsaw Sharpening |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq7rE715YOU
Gives you some idea's maybe. Project Farm is pretty intensive in their product reviews. |
| Air Suspension Balancing for Camping Mode |
TexasRover
24th Apr 2024 11:52am
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Forum: Modifications & Maintenance (L663) · Replies: 13 · Views: 1089 · Subject: Air Suspension Balancing for Camping Mode |
A few blocks of wood. A bit like pencil & paper, getting back to the fundamentals!
The problem with a block of wood is that you need to get out of your car, so that's not going to work. Then wh ... |
| Defender 110 crash in Wimbledon |
TexasRover
23rd Apr 2024 11:21am
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 6 · Views: 1562 · Subject: Defender 110 crash in Wimbledon |
The BBC was once my preferred source of news, but in the last few years I am getting more and more annoyed by all the emotional content blended in every piece of news.
Obviously this is a tragic in ... |
| cars you don't see on the roads, anymore |
TexasRover
23rd Apr 2024 8:47am
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 302 · Views: 28589 · Subject: cars you don't see on the roads, anymore |
Wow a W reg Golf! you don't see many of them anymore for sure!!
Good find!
It was great to see it as iv'e never seen one in the flesh so to speak 
Thank you for the info blackwolf ... |
| Priming sequence not working |
TexasRover
17th Apr 2024 4:55pm
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Forum: Td5 · Replies: 3 · Views: 238 · Subject: Priming sequence not working |
| Silly question, but does your fuel pump run at all? |
| Wheel Bearing Failure |
TexasRover
17th Apr 2024 11:49am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 1 · Views: 266 · Subject: Wheel Bearing Failure |
Typically you can hear an impeding failure (rumble), unless maybe your car is really noisy. For the cost difference get Timken bearings.
Good thing is parts are relatively cheap |
| Transit clutch and Output shaft change, couple of questions. |
TexasRover
13th Apr 2024 6:11pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 46 · Views: 1758 · Subject: Transit clutch and Output shaft change, couple of questions. |
| The Ashcroft adaptor shaft is not stronger, it just allows some oil to leak into the otherwise dry splines. The oil is then contained by a cover. Infact Ashcroft used to just modify the original shaft ... |
| Compressor cupboard |
TexasRover
11th Apr 2024 4:29pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 6 · Views: 637 · Subject: Compressor cupboard |
| Having owned several compressors typically sold because if move and or too little use, I now have one of those quiet Einhell compressors. Absolutely fantastic, I would never buy a standard compressor ... |
| Time to install air con |
TexasRover
6th Apr 2024 6:46pm
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Forum: Td5 · Replies: 6 · Views: 373 · Subject: Time to install air con |
You can check the wiring diagram here
https://www.lrworkshop.com/wiring-diagram/defender-2002-td5-300tdi-rhd |
| Time to install air con |
TexasRover
6th Apr 2024 6:32pm
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Forum: Td5 · Replies: 6 · Views: 373 · Subject: Time to install air con |
The condenser fan on a Td5 is ECU controlled, however in classic simple AC systems it is driven from the Trinary pressure sensor, or even cruder wired in parallel with the Compressor clutch.
It wou ... |
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