Frenchdame
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Last week, I loved my Landy. Last Thursday I loved my Landy. Up until 8.30 yesterday morning when trying to get off the ferry in Portsmouth when it refused to start for a while and when I got out I heard an awful noise from the back which sounded very much like a fuel pump.
And have you ever noticed that when you get a problem like this, the car is now running, you've stacks of years of driving experience, but suddenly you start driving like a jessie ???
Stalled it three times on the way back, once in the outside of an M40 feeder road, and despite sitting with my trailer and hazards on two hundred yards from the junction, the number of other drivers who gave me horn-grief was staggering.
Eleven and a half hours later I staggered back home having managed to get to Cannock where I called in to Craddocks and picked up the last TD5 fuel pump on the shelf, keeping the engine running in the street.
NOW: having viewed some appalling videos of fix-it solutions, I'm debating whether or not to go out into the cold and cut a hole in my carpet, or will I be precious and strip the back and do the job properly. I think I have an idea which way to go but any advice on this or related matters would be most welcome while I sharpen the knife.
And have you ever noticed that when you get a problem like this, the car is now running, you've stacks of years of driving experience, but suddenly you start driving like a jessie ???
Stalled it three times on the way back, once in the outside of an M40 feeder road, and despite sitting with my trailer and hazards on two hundred yards from the junction, the number of other drivers who gave me horn-grief was staggering.
Eleven and a half hours later I staggered back home having managed to get to Cannock where I called in to Craddocks and picked up the last TD5 fuel pump on the shelf, keeping the engine running in the street.
NOW: having viewed some appalling videos of fix-it solutions, I'm debating whether or not to go out into the cold and cut a hole in my carpet, or will I be precious and strip the back and do the job properly. I think I have an idea which way to go but any advice on this or related matters would be most welcome while I sharpen the knife.
