What did you do with your Range Rover today

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Grrrrrr said:
No more nail? Had a mate that did that. Great until he lit the fore at Christmas and suddenly a large slab of slate detached itself from above the mantlepiece and crashed down.
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Ouch. NoMoreNails is the cheapo DIY version of Gripfill. Gripfill's awesome stuff. Not cheap though.
 
romanrob said:
Certainly worth a try, btd- was the Australian headliner pictured a P38 one, or a Defender? I only ask because the Defender moulding is a fibreboard, and may be a bit more PVA-friendly. I've done 3 now (Defender ones), and find the zero open time of the Martrim / impact adhesives to be a PITA so am all ears re alternatives. Having said that, you still probably only want a one minute open time - PVA is probably way longer, unless you've found a clever formulation. PVA will also need pressure while drying to form the bond. My P38 is due soon so looking for decent alternatives.
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Was on his l322 iv seen a picture of when it was first finished and a recent one 5 years later. He didn't use a foam backed liner either but a suede material.
Honestly looks good.
Iv nothing to lose gonna stick some up tomorrow and see.

The head liner in the l322 is a grip material
 
Grrrrrr said:
The one in RAVE!

I tend to use a Gunson Easibleed kit to push a load of fresh fluid through the modulator before I start and then just follow RAVE to the letter. Again, I tend to count 10 pumps with no bubbles at all before deciding all air is out. No need to open the bleed nut all the way, just crack it so fluid starts flowing.

Top up the reservoir every time. If it drops too low you'll start all over again.
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So, the brake bleeding process in RAVE that I'm going to follow to the letter.

There are quite a lot of letters to follow in that process isn't there?
 
Tenebreaux said:
My missis' right leg is gonna get a proper workout next time we have a dry weekend.
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Shame my lad has gone back to the smoke - I could have done with his leg this weekend, but he is one of those snow flake generation - so he'd probably find a reason not to - something like the Brake System is not a victim - it does not want to be bled, or, The Brake system is self identifying as spongy....
 
biketeacherdave said:
So after much researching......:rolleyes: I will ge going with.............good old pva for my next head liner replacment
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I used something like this - ie carpet fixing spay glue - to remix the sound proof lining to the underside of the bonnet - which is pretty heavy - after a radiator blow out - and that seems to be doing the trick!
 
I don't know about now, but when I had my brakes done, I took it to Vauxhall dealers, it was actually cheaper than buying the synthetic fluid they put in, and I didn't get the hassle, and synthetic lasts a lot longer and isn't hygroscopic DOT5, and is better at higher temps
 
biketeacherdave said:
So after much researching......:rolleyes: I will ge going with.............good old pva for my next head liner replacment
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Exactly what I did on my old classic RTV trialler. I think I might have watered the pva down just a little, and I did have problems getting the new fabric into all the curves etc, but I did only spend about a fiver on an end of roll from a curtain shop !! had no stretch in it at all.
Didn't really matter to me what it looked like, it was better than the Bedouin tent effect. And it did stay put for years.
 
Dopey said:
I don't know about now, but when I had my brakes done, I took it to Vauxhall dealers, it was actually cheaper than buying the synthetic fluid they put in, and I didn't get the hassle, and synthetic lasts a lot longer and isn't hygroscopic DOT5, and is better at higher temps
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DOT5 is silicone based and should not be mixed with DOT4 or used in a DOT4 system, DOT5.1 is, like DOT4 Glycol based and is OK.
 
The plan is, after a chat with the guy in Aus......is to give the headliner board a thin coat of pva and leave to dry over night. The just recoate it and overlay the new headliner material with no worry about the instant grab or tearing of the liner. He used small bags of sand in the indents for the grab handles and sun visors just to hold it down over night.

Iv got the idea will be time to try it I'm testing headliner material today with pva so will see how it soaks in
 
Yip dot 5.1 is the predecessor to dot 4.
Higher operating temp for more modern systems and sportier vehicles.
The dot 5 is a different liquid altogether and can rot seals in some systems. ;)
 
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