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| v8steve Member Since: 18 Apr 2011 Location: dumfries scotland Posts: 195   
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Today and last night i drove to paris. Picked up girlfriend at airport. And am now just short of the german ,luxemburg border. Tomorrow heading south towards alps. 110 has been first class
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26th Aug 2017 9:31pm |
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| ChrisCM Member Since: 10 Jun 2013 Location: Cornwall uk Posts: 572 
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Cornwall are the same re trailers, anything over 6ft long requires a permit and you can only use it 12 times a year. My Ifor Williams is 6'6"!
Still, 9 times out of 10 they don't ask for the permit so I've managed ok, so far 👍 2010 Defender 110 Station Wagon, Santorini Black. |
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27th Aug 2017 6:33am |
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| Siwynne Member Since: 04 Nov 2016 Location: West lancs Posts: 588 
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Nothing. It's still at the dealers. 1 week and counting.
What I thought was an intercooler hose turns out not to be. The dealership seem to think they need to take the head off and send it to be assessed. I'm sure it's a hose. They say they have pressurised the induction system and it showed a leak through the crank case breather. Then they smoke tested it and it again showed through the breather. Their solution is to take the head off. Needless to say I argued the toss over the £1750 pounds I would be liable for if THEY misdiagnosed a head problem. I cannot get through to the dealership service team as they are short staffed so I only talk to extended warranty now. They are sending a tech to asses it next week. Out of interest who on here would take 14 hours to take a head off replace a gasket and put it back on in a fully equipped workshop. I know I could have it done much quicker. Rant over I am trying to keep my frustrations with the dealership hidden until this is resolved as I do want the car back in one piece. |
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27th Aug 2017 4:08pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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First thing, took the v8 to the shoot and somebody applied some kind of parking rule and stuck a D5 next to me. She ugly.
 Click image to enlarge Then this afternoon I fitted SuperPro bushes to rear radius arms and panhard rod on the Puma ...front hockey sticks I'll do tomorrow. Maybe. I had 'help'. Click image to enlarge |
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27th Aug 2017 4:24pm |
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| familymad Member Since: 13 Dec 2011 Location: Bucks Posts: 3481  
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I bet they got out of the D5 and looked at the Defender as they walked away. Would look back at a D5. Vile looker 1951 80" S1 2.0
1995 110 300TDI 1995 90 300TDI Last edited by familymad on 27th Aug 2017 4:28pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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27th Aug 2017 4:28pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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Yesterday I went a wedding.... We had 'privileged parking'
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27th Aug 2017 4:28pm |
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| Vitesse Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Sussex Posts: 386 
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Finally fitted my 2m amateur radio, rear mount antenna and mud stuff console 👍
Click image to enlarge 2015 90 XS Santorini Black |
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27th Aug 2017 5:52pm |
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| seriesonenut Member Since: 19 Nov 2014 Location: Essex Posts: 1225
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Started to prep my 200tdi for sale, swapping over a few parts to my USW before sale
Click image to enlargeflying110 by Richard Holmes, on Flickr |
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27th Aug 2017 8:14pm |
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| Doc P Member Since: 03 Apr 2016 Location: Midlands Posts: 565 
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Bloody hell. |
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27th Aug 2017 8:19pm |
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| trickster5000 Member Since: 12 Dec 2015 Location: East Yorkshire Posts: 504 
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Big day today - first drive on the road in my Landy.
Thoroughly enjoyed it despite being a difficult drive. It's a world apart from my instructor's 65 plate Fiesta! The steering is vague, the gearbox is clunky and above all its slow... very slow  . But I still loved every minute and of course I'll get used to its little quirks.
Took her to the beach at Fraisthorpe, near Bridlington. Click image to enlarge Matt. '89 90 CSW with a 3.5 V8 conversion (WIP) - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic46809.html |
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27th Aug 2017 8:27pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5208
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Helped drop my dads Gearbox out of the 200Tdi, The clutch bearing is cooked! the amount of heat that's been going through has cracked the clutch plate and warped the clutch friction plate.
We think my dad hasn't adjusted the clutch pedal properly or at all, which has caused this failure. With him towing the caravan that's been the final nail in the coffin. Also my mate came around to work on my defenders door, fixing the cracked frame and welding a plate to add strength to the wiper area. It will look rough but you will not see it with the wheel, been in the way. Also we found the wiper motor has had it sadly. So now its just a matter of buying now for the door. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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27th Aug 2017 9:10pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5857 
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Camping in Bala for the weekend at Ty Isaf. A few other LRs on the site. Went to the Series 1 meet at Tallyllyn railway 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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27th Aug 2017 9:23pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3786  
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IMHO a front on shot would've done your work better justice, but that looks like a very neat install to me. Nice work, Pickles. |
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27th Aug 2017 9:40pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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@trickster5000 well done
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27th Aug 2017 10:19pm |
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