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 High blood pressure - your experiences/help please? |
Birdy
 21st Nov 2012 7:34pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 18 · Views: 7516 · Subject: High blood pressure - your experiences/help please? |
| She MUST get her blood pressure down; both my wife and I ignored the warnings, within a year of each other I suffered a brain embolism (a transient ischaemic attack but I still have poor balance and f ... |
| Is the Defender a muff magnet – Yes it is! |
Birdy
14th Nov 2012 2:47pm
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Forum: My Defender · Replies: 32 · Views: 19267 · Subject: Is the Defender a muff magnet – Yes it is! |
| My Series and Defenders have only ever attracted ladies who look like horses… and when my teenage daughters saw my shiny black 4-seater Morgan with the hood up they giggled “That looks like something ... |
| Puma odometer from miles to km |
Birdy
10th Nov 2012 11:57pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 6 · Views: 8983 · Subject: Puma odometer from miles to km |
| I ordered a left-hand-steering Defender as I do a considerable amount of European travel; in effect Land Rover pulled a Belgian spec one off the line, added a UK spec alarm and other bits to it and se ... |
| What would your boss say...... |
Birdy
7th Nov 2012 10:07pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 15 · Views: 5800 · Subject: What would your boss say...... |
| If he’s sensible he wouldn’t say too much at all - he’d send recorded delivery letters inviting me to return, if I came back he’d take appropriate disciplinary action as laid down in my Contract of Em ... |
| diff oil seal |
Birdy
7th Nov 2012 9:42pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 15 · Views: 15223 · Subject: diff oil seal |
The front diff on my 2011 2.4 is 2-pin.
Peter |
| Tracking Question? |
Birdy
7th Nov 2012 12:46pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 2 · Views: 2075 · Subject: Tracking Question? |
What makes you think the tracking’s out? Tyre wear? Pulling to one side?
If it ain’t actually broke, don’t fix it - if you’re scuffing the tyres and wasting rubber, that’s different, otherwise if y ... |
| New Tyre Labelling |
Birdy
2nd Nov 2012 6:12pm
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Forum: Wheels & Tyres · Replies: 22 · Views: 11027 · Subject: New Tyre Labelling |
About time it was introduced, too:
We can now easily see that the Toyo XYZ is A rated for braking, B rated for rolling resistance/economy, B rated for noise and costs sixty quid.
The Hing-Kong-K ... |
| Brittool |
Birdy
1st Nov 2012 9:15pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 11 · Views: 3305 · Subject: Brittool |
“Britool = top quality, shame that it is now a French company (owned by Facom)”
I didn’t know that… but it explains why the Britools that date from the first cars I worked on (AF and Whitworth, obv ... |
| Drooping wings |
Birdy
1st Nov 2012 9:01pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 17 · Views: 11338 · Subject: Drooping wings |
“My TD5 has a bit of a droop on the drivers side, but not enough for me to want to do anything about it”
Mine too, also from new. And when I sold it ten years later, it reduced the resale value by… ... |
| insurance company rant - slightly different to usual |
Birdy
1st Nov 2012 12:10am
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 4 · Views: 2025 · Subject: insurance company rant - slightly different to usual |
Not quite sure of the problem here: the DVLA will have been notified that the vehicle’s been written off, and if it’s a Category A or B it can never again be put on the road.
But provided the body ... |
| Front Grill |
Birdy
31st Oct 2012 8:44pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 24 · Views: 21684 · Subject: Front Grill |
Yeah, I really can’t understand why LR’s marketing bods think that “Brunel Grey” plastic is more desirable than black plastic.
Even before my vehicle was delivered I’d asked the dealer to swap my f ... |
| Cancelled delivery of my 90 |
Birdy
31st Oct 2012 3:21pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 35 · Views: 17258 · Subject: Cancelled delivery of my 90 |
My 2.4 is a year old and I find it crap: the gearbox crunches, there’s a graunching from the rear when I take a long sweeping bend at speed, leaks and rattles everywhere…
Am I worried? I bought a t ... |
| New Land Rover Defender on cards for 2013 |
Birdy
31st Oct 2012 3:00pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 7 · Views: 11474 · Subject: New Land Rover Defender on cards for 2013 |
“make sure it delivers in terms of … the duty cycle”
Ten years? Then it no longer meets safety/emissions standards and has to be disposed of?
How long does one keep a TV, telephone, computer? It ... |
| 13 pin towing electrics installation |
Birdy
21st Oct 2012 8:28pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 34 · Views: 43764 · Subject: 13 pin towing electrics installation |
If you’re connecting a 7-pin trailer plug to the vehicle’s 13-pin socket, an adapter is required.
Although the installation shown is much neater than the socket being stuck on the tow-bar, I wasn’t ... |
| non desirable car features and options |
Birdy
17th Oct 2012 3:40pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 31 · Views: 10325 · Subject: non desirable car features and options |
Until a couple of months ago I had pretty much a “bl…dy tree-hugging emissions control freaking Jesus-beard nerds” opinion of environmentalists.
However, a period spent in Cairo rather opened my e ... |
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