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 [SOLD] Morningstar 30Amp Solar Charge Controller unit |
jocklandjohn
 12th Aug 2020 12:13pm
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Forum: For Sale & Wanted · Replies: 5 · Views: 1507 · Subject: [SOLD] Morningstar 30Amp Solar Charge Controller unit |
I have upgraded my solar charge controller in the 110, so the Morningstar is available if anyone is interested.
Its 30 amp capacity, has various clever functions - will manage the charge on your au ... |
| Blow up Kayak for Highland lochs ? NC500 |
jocklandjohn
30th Jun 2020 12:04pm
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Forum: Camping, Caravanning and Holidays · Replies: 16 · Views: 11037 · Subject: Blow up Kayak for Highland lochs ? NC500 |
What Don says.
Scottish Outdoor Access Code (and accompanying legislation) permits extensive "non-motorised access" to land & water. There may be some local restrictions where approp ... |
| Transfer case fill plug |
jocklandjohn
5th Jun 2020 11:14pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 13 · Views: 7980 · Subject: Transfer case fill plug |
| I'd suggest (if you've not already done this) to try taking it for a good thrash beforehand and get it really warmed up which might provide some additional expansion and enable you to budge it. I'd a ... |
| Home made lifting roof on a 110 Land Rover |
jocklandjohn
3rd May 2020 6:50pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 34 · Views: 20942 · Subject: Home made lifting roof on a 110 Land Rover |
| So, pulled it apart again and started assembling in earnest. I'd decided that instead of copious mastic I would seal the sections together at the rear corners and the long seal on the side of the roof ... |
| Home made lifting roof on a 110 Land Rover |
jocklandjohn
3rd May 2020 6:47pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 34 · Views: 20942 · Subject: Home made lifting roof on a 110 Land Rover |
The saga continues! Here's where I'm now at.
Finally got the sides attached. What a bloody nightmare - more than 6 months of messing about with them. Put them on, drill a hole, measure. Take them ... |
| Shocks and springs what ones? |
jocklandjohn
28th Jun 2019 9:36pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 22 · Views: 10234 · Subject: Shocks and springs what ones? |
| There is a 'design flaw' with the AirLift bags - the top of the bag is retained by a plastic plug with a hole to allow the air pipe to exit. Unfortunately under load the plug gradually pops out the to ... |
| Shocks and springs what ones? |
jocklandjohn
28th Jun 2019 7:00pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 22 · Views: 10234 · Subject: Shocks and springs what ones? |
Burrows cider from Somerset is my all time favourite.....i'll drink a gallon of it walking around the great dorset steam fair  
Well i can't find anything bad with Koni so far apart from ... |
| Victron 230 amp split charge question. |
jocklandjohn
26th Mar 2019 1:11pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 4 · Views: 2162 · Subject: Victron 230 amp split charge question. |
| Just checked the link function - its on a timer (rather than charge-controlled), and one press on the link button gives a 30 minute connection, which can be repeated. This is an old unit (over 20 year ... |
| Victron 230 amp split charge question. |
jocklandjohn
26th Mar 2019 12:54pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 4 · Views: 2162 · Subject: Victron 230 amp split charge question. |
| Never paid much attnetion to be honest - so just popped the holder just now and they're 40A with a 100A relay. |
| Victron 230 amp split charge question. |
jocklandjohn
26th Mar 2019 12:32pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 4 · Views: 2162 · Subject: Victron 230 amp split charge question. |
| I've got an IBS 'intelligent' split charge system. If the starter battery does get flat (which the IBS should prevent in the first place) you simply press a button, both batteries are temporarily link ... |
| 300tdi fuel pump - looking for options |
jocklandjohn
12th Mar 2019 9:12am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 9 · Views: 4710 · Subject: 300tdi fuel pump - looking for options |
Just to add (but emphatically NOT knocking Diesel Bob) that not all ''pump tuning" is the same.
You can do a bit yourself - break fuel screw seal and increase the overall fuel flow, rotate th ... |
| 300tdi fuel pump - looking for options |
jocklandjohn
12th Mar 2019 12:25am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 9 · Views: 4710 · Subject: 300tdi fuel pump - looking for options |
| It was done end of 2017 and no problem wiith injection pump at all - I've had to increase boost pressure a tad to accomodate the increased fueling, which I've been doing incrementally and seeing how i ... |
| 300tdi fuel pump - looking for options |
jocklandjohn
11th Mar 2019 10:12pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 9 · Views: 4710 · Subject: 300tdi fuel pump - looking for options |
| You can have the pump 'tuned' as well as overhauled. I was put in touch with a firm in Devon by a lad I met when I was working down there and had a word with them about having my pump overhauled. They ... |
| Grease Nipple Help |
jocklandjohn
30th Jan 2019 8:42pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 11 · Views: 4624 · Subject: Grease Nipple Help |
| Something I didn't see mentioned (I might have missed it!) is - take it for a drive first to warm up the UJ's and soften the existing grease, and also take the grease gun inside overnight so its soft ... |
| Auxiliary Air Springs |
jocklandjohn
29th Jan 2019 2:12pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 14 · Views: 6735 · Subject: Auxiliary Air Springs |
| Aye its an odd one. I have no idea whether its a manufacturing problem or a variation on Defender top mounts (or a combinatoin of both perhaps), but there was no doubt with mine - it was almost throug ... |
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