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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10765  
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Loving all those Ford's
 and even the Vauxhall Rosco  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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1st Feb 2021 9:06pm |
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| Rosco Member Since: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Burntwood Posts: 1833  
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And one for Clayton from the archive
 Click image to enlarge Turns out Id rang a mate one night in the pub to find me a 6 seater to do a booze cruise in with the lads. Good little runner, oddly low mileage and paintwork so polished the rain beaded straight off. You'll be pleased to know the Mighty Fiesta is still in ownership as well as my brother has decided the RS Turbo he's been dailying for 12 years needs a bit of a refresh. I say decided, but more forced when he put £15 of petrol in and the tank split!  2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone
2002 - Black Discovery II - Gone 2014 - Montalcino Red 110 XS SW |
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22nd Dec 2022 2:52pm |
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| TJ101 Member Since: 30 May 2007 Location: Taunton Somerset Posts: 3750 
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Just as guilty Rosco, with my Montalcino 110 updates
 California F1, 75th 110 "Kermit", 50th Ann V8, 90 V8 Hybrid, 55 Series 1
Main Brian James Trailer Dealer for South West UK |
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22nd Dec 2022 3:09pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5180
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Id hang on to the fiesta if you can, cheap cars like that, that run for fun are a god send! my 306 that should have parted company with me, when i bought the 300 tdi, is a pure god send to us! I used my brains and got shot of the VVC rover metro that we had built for the defender in stead. My dad even said at the time not to get shot of it, as it was such a good car. It stayed and i have thrown money at it, to the point i am in talks with a garage that sorts out the MOTs, that i will invest in the adapter to balance the original none centre wheels. Next year once everything is bob on. My mate bought a merc, but it had stacks of trouble, but then again he just buys the 1st car that pops up at him! I do like mercs mind, and did toy with replacing the 306 with one. But its got to be mega bomb proof. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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23rd Dec 2022 2:59am |
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| Rosco Member Since: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Burntwood Posts: 1833
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Priocta, your not wrong. I find the fiesta a fun drive. Not the quickest by any means but very go kart like. Dont get me wrong, I dont think Old Henry had any thoughts it would still be on the road 170k and nearly 20 years later, and as result its full of operational quirks (drivers door lock is US, stereo wont turn off other than on the ignition and the volume control requires the knob to be held a certain way to name a couple) but I cant see us parting with it just yet.
The Merc is a lovely car, but your right they've loads of issues which invariably mean a specialist garage repair along with their specialist repair charges, especially as its just passed the 100k mark I know there are a few more jobs that will need doing soon enough to keep it in top shape. Back to Land Rover things, the Defender has passed the 100k mark last week, then promptly holed the turbo/intercooler boost pipe again. 4 years pretty much to the day, doing the same journey when it split the intercooler  2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone
2002 - Black Discovery II - Gone 2014 - Montalcino Red 110 XS SW |
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17th Jan 2023 2:19pm |
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| Rosco Member Since: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Burntwood Posts: 1833
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Saturday morning was spent enjoying the very fresh weather, mostly wrestling the airbox free to change the damaged boost hose. Luckily my brother finally arrived and 45 minutes later it was all swapped and back together
Click image to enlarge I did consider fitting the alisport hard boost pipe given we are now on the third hose, but after seeing the price and then finding a genuine new replacement for a bargain price of £35, plus the support bracket (which I only have half of for some reason (although I have a suspicion)) for £10 I've gone all genuine. Part number for the hose - should I ever need a 4th one Click image to enlarge And the bracket - Click image to enlarge Loads of clearance now and the occasional stiffness in the steering I had when turning and accelerating has magically disappeared. Dealers had diagnosed as a slipping PAS belt. 2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone 2002 - Black Discovery II - Gone 2014 - Montalcino Red 110 XS SW |
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23rd Jan 2023 4:51pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10765
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[quote="Rosco"]And one for Clayton from the archive
Click image to enlarge Turns out Id rang a mate one night in the pub to find me a 6 seater to do a booze cruise in with the lads. Good little runner, oddly low mileage and paintwork so polished the rain beaded straight off. Many thanks Rosco, got to love a MK2 Granada and with that extra seating space 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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24th May 2023 7:22pm |
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| Rosco Member Since: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Burntwood Posts: 1833
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Time for another overdue update I guess.
First off, June involved a wool weekend with camping being the only viable option for accommodation, so we pressed the sankey into service. M6, approaching J16 1630hrs, and I thought I spotted something in my wing mirror, then we developed a bit of a shudder, more black bits visible in the mirror, but with no hard shoulder to use anymore with the genius idea of smart motorways, we pressed on carefully to the exit ramp so we could establish whats going on. Click image to enlarge Odd that it had delaminated like a remould. But where has a land rover tyre at 4.30pm on a Friday? Luckily we were 2 miles from a agricultural tyre fitters, wrong size (and he didnt have a pair either), but beggars cant be choosers and it was black and round enough would get us mobile again. I've now got the dilemma of sourcing a correctly sized pair, thus relegating a perfectly new tyre to "spare" which means it'll rot away before it ever wears out, or a 2nd "wrong" size to match as I've no faith in the remaining original tyre now not doing the same. I suspect the latter will eventually win out, but not an immediate priority Rest of the summer went without fault, couple of long hauls to Cornwall/Devon for holidays and Scout camp, and a wet family October half term down in Okehampton. Turns out the one thing I over looked when I bought the 110 NYE 2014 was the service, MOT and Tax would all end up landing as due around the most expensive time of year. Anyways, after the annual phone call from the dealer to remind me the MOT and service were due I considered the merits of paying for the privilege of having the 110 collected and taken on a 50 mile round trip for an over priced service and MOT, with a courtesy wiping over with a dirty sponge. Turns out there was enough in the service plan kitty to cover doing the service myself, including front and rear brakes, plus the hub seal kit that I'd been procrastinating about for months, and my mate was willing to allow use of his ramp and experience for a suitable charge Click image to enlarge and as much tea as you can muster as long as you werent OCD about the tea spoon Click image to enlarge Whilst I'd prepared myself to need to do the hub seals both sides, in the end only one was needed, but whilst we had it apart, front discs, pads and wheel bearings as I thought there might be a suspect bearing on the NSF, so again prepped for the worst and all that. Pads, not quite to the metal, but I'd rung my money's worth out of them, 56k miles/5 years I dont think is to bad. New set of wheel nuts fitted all round from LRParts, having been reminded by this thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic90298.html that I've definitely have a problem nut on every wheel LED sidelight from Bearmach had started to fail, and as they are sadly no more, couldnt really claim on their 3 year warranty and picked up a wipac replacement. Totally different colour so I need to replace the NS one as well now. And finally MOT yesterday, just over 8k miles this year. Other jobs I know I've got to sort, rear brake discs and pads, ancillary belt was due a change as part of the service, but I forgot to pick one up, side light and I need to look at the door sill around the rear drivers side as this is starting to bubble. 2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone 2002 - Black Discovery II - Gone 2014 - Montalcino Red 110 XS SW |
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4th Jan 2024 4:24pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10765
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Thank you for your update Rosco, great to read you and the 110 are doing well
 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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5th Jan 2024 9:23pm |
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