Ian burritt
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Hi All, how the hell are you all. Well Its been a year to forget so lets forget it eh.
I still got my Freelander 1 TD4, autobox, HSE version, yes i`m still happy with it and had it since 2019 I belive. I dont really, or have not been far for a year, but did get my hippo MOT a month or so ago, genuine local garage to me, Its MOT after being extended by Gov.uk got extended even more as i forgot, and so it was at 21 months from the previous one.. TBH I had already purchased stuff I thought may need doing for MOT, but, now I`m 73 and "not so well" I had to give in and let the Garage do what was required to get a fresh MOT.. Pair of new lower arms, anti roll bar links and bushes, even put in still in the box a complete new bearing set, but, was not required, even got the lower arm rubber bushes back as the existing ones were MOT passable.. Over the year previous I had been buying REDEX for diesels and each time i filled up gave it a good drop of redex. REASON ? as when i first got the hippo, i had to do monthly runs to Norwich from Clacton on sea and noticed black smoke when pressing the go peddle.. Its auto so changes gear if under load... A year later there Is very little to none black smoke now and at test it was very good on there machine. I got to try/ but hopefully can/ yes i WILL/ give it an engine service as Its still not done 5000 miles since last engine service, as most is done standing anyway (got a comfy chair = ex office chair) under my car port for "tea breaks".. So what brought me here today ? well, I sold one of my classic vespa Scooters sunday and towed it In my lengthened box trailor about hour and half away to my sons mate place, and during the drive 2 of my amigos showed up / first time i had towed anything more than 10 miles locally.. Have read so good tips on curing it, will Investigate further tomorrow`ish/ if the suns out.. LOl I been out there today with my phone turned to face filming trying to look under the dash to see what type of brake switch i have as Its a 2004 model, automatic and has cruise control, so, EBAY tells you its one type when it looks very much like the other type/ lol anyway I`ll look at the fuses as well as plugging in my cheap OBD2 reader..Sorry this Is so long, but, I always talk far too much.. Have a happy week all.. / Ian.B.
I still got my Freelander 1 TD4, autobox, HSE version, yes i`m still happy with it and had it since 2019 I belive. I dont really, or have not been far for a year, but did get my hippo MOT a month or so ago, genuine local garage to me, Its MOT after being extended by Gov.uk got extended even more as i forgot, and so it was at 21 months from the previous one.. TBH I had already purchased stuff I thought may need doing for MOT, but, now I`m 73 and "not so well" I had to give in and let the Garage do what was required to get a fresh MOT.. Pair of new lower arms, anti roll bar links and bushes, even put in still in the box a complete new bearing set, but, was not required, even got the lower arm rubber bushes back as the existing ones were MOT passable.. Over the year previous I had been buying REDEX for diesels and each time i filled up gave it a good drop of redex. REASON ? as when i first got the hippo, i had to do monthly runs to Norwich from Clacton on sea and noticed black smoke when pressing the go peddle.. Its auto so changes gear if under load... A year later there Is very little to none black smoke now and at test it was very good on there machine. I got to try/ but hopefully can/ yes i WILL/ give it an engine service as Its still not done 5000 miles since last engine service, as most is done standing anyway (got a comfy chair = ex office chair) under my car port for "tea breaks".. So what brought me here today ? well, I sold one of my classic vespa Scooters sunday and towed it In my lengthened box trailor about hour and half away to my sons mate place, and during the drive 2 of my amigos showed up / first time i had towed anything more than 10 miles locally.. Have read so good tips on curing it, will Investigate further tomorrow`ish/ if the suns out.. LOl I been out there today with my phone turned to face filming trying to look under the dash to see what type of brake switch i have as Its a 2004 model, automatic and has cruise control, so, EBAY tells you its one type when it looks very much like the other type/ lol anyway I`ll look at the fuses as well as plugging in my cheap OBD2 reader..Sorry this Is so long, but, I always talk far too much.. Have a happy week all.. / Ian.B.
