| Author |
Message |
 Gearbox and Diff Oil Leaks |
Birdy
 3rd Nov 2023 6:39pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 3 · Views: 1070 · Subject: Gearbox and Diff Oil Leaks |
| My 2011 2.4 is spewing oil from the front of the gearbox (and the rear diff, if things go wrong in threes I’m waiting for the next). Two years ago my Indie in the UK spotted a small oil leak and “ ... |
| Life after a Defender - What would you choose? |
Birdy
1st Nov 2023 10:45am
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 39 · Views: 9484 · Subject: Life after a Defender - What would you choose? |
Downsizing and de-cluttering, I'm afraid...
I'm selling the boat so no longer need a truck; the Defender is in any case obsolescent if not already obsolete (old ones usable in less and less cities ... |
| Driving to the south of France - is it mad in a series? |
Birdy
8th Oct 2023 2:38pm
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Forum: Series Land Rovers · Replies: 29 · Views: 11608 · Subject: Driving to the south of France - is it mad in a series? |
@ibsley
I notice you’re in Nîmes. We’ve a boat moored in Capestang on the Canal du Midi, you’re exactly half-way from our gaff on the Med. We’re on the boat for a few days from the 16th, t ... |
| Driving to the south of France - is it mad in a series? |
Birdy
8th Oct 2023 2:06pm
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Forum: Series Land Rovers · Replies: 29 · Views: 11608 · Subject: Driving to the south of France - is it mad in a series? |
| SoF is a big place - where are you aiming for? When we drive to the Canal du Midi or the Golfe de Saint-Tropez, either way we aim to quit Calais as early as possible, in the olden days overnight in Do ... |
| Europe road tolls. |
Birdy
8th Sep 2023 3:43pm
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Forum: Camping, Caravanning and Holidays · Replies: 9 · Views: 2507 · Subject: Europe road tolls. |
"No toll in Holland Belgium or Germany"
And no toll from Calais/Dunkirk to Brussels and onwards, su nuffink to do... other than a UK sticker and a bit of tape over the lenses.
I've jus ... |
| Boost Wheel Centre Caps |
Birdy
31st Aug 2023 9:51pm
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Forum: Wheels & Tyres · Replies: 9 · Views: 3031 · Subject: Boost Wheel Centre Caps |
Standard Boost wheels, lost a centre cap today - teach me to have the truck washed for its MOT, only noticed it missing when I got home.
A quick shufti suggests they're a ridiculous price for a bit ... |
| New Winter tyres |
Birdy
27th Aug 2023 4:33pm
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Forum: Wheels & Tyres · Replies: 4 · Views: 1965 · Subject: New Winter tyres |
Just ensure they’re Three Peak Mountain Snow Flake (3PMSF) marked, in France at least “ordinary” M+S tyres - like wot I currently have - won’t be acceptable from 1 November 2024.
Peter |
| Are these LHD headlights?? |
Birdy
15th Aug 2023 4:19pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 7 · Views: 2066 · Subject: Are these LHD headlights?? |
| Normal 7" Wipacs? As you look at the lenses from the front, if the trapezoidal-shaped segment (i.e. the segment you'd tape over so as not to dazzle oncoming traffic) is on the left, they're LH di ... |
| Opinions.... upgrade or downgrade? |
Birdy
4th Aug 2023 2:08pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 14 · Views: 3724 · Subject: Opinions.... upgrade or downgrade? |
Late to the thread, but "... those racing style seats really do not suit a Defender in my opinion" is one of the most diplomatic things I've read.
Racing style seats in a truck look as in ... |
| Bizarre insurance issue |
Birdy
20th Jul 2023 9:40am
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Forum: Finance & Insurance · Replies: 9 · Views: 3496 · Subject: Bizarre insurance issue |
Same company (Liverpool Victoria), same vehicle (2013 2.4 110 CSW), nuffink changed:
2020 premium £257.98; 2021 £254.45; 2022 £256.87
2023 renewal just received: £370.61 Oy vey!
Peter |
| Front bumper cost |
Birdy
9th Jul 2023 4:29pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 14 · Views: 4698 · Subject: Front bumper cost |
"... cover at a price which is predicated on an accident-free driving record"
EXACTLY, and it doesn't matter who causes the accident! My son's Gold Wing was rear-ended and written off, th ... |
| Front bumper cost |
Birdy
9th Jul 2023 11:05am
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 14 · Views: 4698 · Subject: Front bumper cost |
"Personally i would say you are not at fault, go through your insurance and start the claims procedure"
What and risk losing your NCB? As an example, my neighbour scraped her car reversin ... |
| No new ICE cars from 2030 |
Birdy
5th Jul 2023 11:33am
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 36 · Views: 8151 · Subject: No new ICE cars from 2030 |
“There's nothing wrong with the right old car and we'll see plenty of increasingly older examples used, in my opinion”
I’m afraid my opinion is exactly the opposite: as more towns and cities ... |
| Driving to the south of France - is it mad in a series? |
Birdy
4th Jul 2023 11:12am
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Forum: Series Land Rovers · Replies: 29 · Views: 11608 · Subject: Driving to the south of France - is it mad in a series? |
| I've a gaff in the South of France and have driven back and forth to the UK more times than I can remember, and by every route through Eastern and Western. Almost without exception in LWB SW's, the fi ... |
| Daughter's graduation |
Birdy
3rd Jul 2023 9:39pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 8 · Views: 2273 · Subject: Daughter's graduation |
"She got her degree in Speech and Language Therapy"
That's the easy part... now comes the hard part - finding a job! My son has a B.Eng. (Hons) Mechanical Engineering and apart from one o ... |
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