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 Emergency Key Access (EKA) |
Birdy
 24th Jan 2012 12:36am
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 39 · Views: 38471 · Subject: Emergency Key Access (EKA) |
| Lorryman: Mmmm, looks like we're getting somewhere. Definitely something to go back to them with. Having been "immobilised" last year in another car because the chip fell out of the ignition ... |
| Emergency Key Access (EKA) |
Birdy
24th Jan 2012 12:28am
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 39 · Views: 38471 · Subject: Emergency Key Access (EKA) |
| Lorryman: Yeah, that was the screen they brought up and showed me. I can't remember the contents, but it was from that they "proved" that no EKA was available. I'll try to get a copy of it.. ... |
| Emergency Key Access (EKA) |
Birdy
23rd Jan 2012 11:51pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 39 · Views: 38471 · Subject: Emergency Key Access (EKA) |
How sorted out?
I allowed myself to be fobbed off, but just last week a mate was obliged to disarm his Range Rover by turning the key three times and slamming the door four times and singing Hare K ... |
| Emergency Key Access (EKA) |
Birdy
23rd Jan 2012 11:42pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 39 · Views: 38471 · Subject: Emergency Key Access (EKA) |
My August 2011 Defender came with alarm and immobiliser.
The handbook goes through the disarming procedure using the four-digit code “recorded on the Security card” conspicuous in my case by its ab ... |
| Do you like the DC100? |
Birdy
23rd Jan 2012 2:09pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 107 · Views: 71261 · Subject: Do you like the DC100? |
“Do you consider (commercial) Shoguns a viable alternative?”
IMHO there’s only one viable alternative to a Land Rover, namely the Toyota 4Runner. Early ones built like tanks - and classified by the ... |
| Door hinges |
Birdy
15th Jan 2012 12:22am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 26 · Views: 26383 · Subject: Door hinges |
In the ten-year tenure of my neglected, rarely washed TD5 I replaced four door hinges…
Fixings easily accessible, sprayed with a can of touch-up paint, a job even I could manage.
But I could hav ... |
| Anyone have Math ? |
Birdy
7th Jan 2012 1:29am
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 20 · Views: 6614 · Subject: Anyone have Math ? |
“Languages are by far 10x more useful”
True - I’ve got laid many times in non-English speaking parts with my good French, German and Spanish, and basic Bosnian, Creole, Arabic and Luxembourgish.
... |
| The First Headlight Question ever asked on this forum |
Birdy
6th Jan 2012 2:49pm
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Forum: Puma (Tdci) · Replies: 21 · Views: 11066 · Subject: The First Headlight Question ever asked on this forum |
Hi Carib110!
I lived, worked and played in Santo Domingo (lived in Arroyo Hondo, worked in Ensanche Naco, played on the Malecon, Villa Duarte etc.) until 2001, weren’t too many Land Rovers about th ... |
| Bring back zero VED for 25 yr+ Sign this petition |
Birdy
6th Jan 2012 2:03pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 21 · Views: 6642 · Subject: Bring back zero VED for 25 yr+ Sign this petition |
Not this old chestnut!
Whatever the history, merits etc. of the issue, NO political party will ever propose it…
Opposition would immediately counter-attack with “in these times of NHS cuts, reco ... |
| has this been on here yet? |
Birdy
4th Jan 2012 4:11pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 51 · Views: 32376 · Subject: has this been on here yet? |
“More a lifestyle vehicle… than a tool”
Of course! To compare it with a Defender or Discovery would be like comparing a sewing machine with a microwave oven.
The hard-top won’t replace the 110 w ... |
| Gun 'Shot' |
Birdy
31st Dec 2011 5:26pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 19 · Views: 7234 · Subject: Gun 'Shot' |
| I lived and worked in places like Damascus, Santo Domingo, Sarajevo, and whenever the conversation turned to Desert Eagles, Glocks et al, my “minders” would stop the conversation dead by simply saying ... |
| 2012 MOT Changes |
Birdy
25th Dec 2011 10:50pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 32 · Views: 17888 · Subject: 2012 MOT Changes |
| I didn’t realise it was just the lighting circuits to be checked: we’ve all experienced the strange things happening to our trailer’s lights when there’s a rusted earth contact - brake lights flashin ... |
| faults top ten |
Birdy
25th Dec 2011 2:15pm
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Forum: Td5 · Replies: 32 · Views: 18060 · Subject: faults top ten |
| Recently chopped in my ten-year-old 110 TD5 for a new Puma. And yes, I do regret it! The chassis was rusted but knowing what I know now I should’ve rebuilt it on a galvanised one and kept it for anoth ... |
| 2012 MOT Changes |
Birdy
25th Dec 2011 2:00pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 32 · Views: 17888 · Subject: 2012 MOT Changes |
“EU legislation… 13 pin trailer sockets are to be electrically tested but 7 pin ones only checked for secure fitting”
Less EU legislation and more that 13-pin caravanners are likely to have 240V eq ... |
| 2012 MOT Changes |
Birdy
24th Dec 2011 4:15pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 32 · Views: 17888 · Subject: 2012 MOT Changes |
There’s pressure within the trade to increase the interval between MOT’s to two years, studies are already being made to see whether or not it’s feasible…
BUT, there’ll be absolutely no “discretion ... |
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