Indeed. Just need to know someone who can do a decent repair job on the rear sills. The rest of the car is pretty decent corrosion-wise and I'd like to keep it going for a few more years yet.

Looking good there. Always handy knowing someone with a lift 😉

Alot of work done today. New rear brake flexi hoses and short joiner sections fitted, drums painted, ird oil changed, vcu bearings aligned, some serious rust tackled and the underside Lanoguarded. Also adjusted the ARB and rear brakes and...

My guess is the PTU on the way out. The way to check is to extract some oil from the unit too see how it looks. If it's silvery in colour, a new PTU will be required.

If you pull away fast and there's no slipping of the front tyres, then the AWD is working. The moment you pull away, the TR module applies rear wheel drive, to make sure there's plenty of traction available. You can test this my pulling the...

Cheers chaps. Over.

Morning ignorees. Well done for taking the UK nightshift of ignoring for us Grumpy. With the time difference that works out pretty well. I'm on for some solid ignoring today though. I'm off to see Andyfreelandy shortly so we'll ignore jointly. I...

So you’ve done tyres and a wheel bearing already, and not solved it? I’d be jacking the front end up and getting under it with a torch for a good look-over before changing anything else. Get an assistant to slowly turn the wheels by hand and see...

Thanks for the guidance. I've now swapped the reservoir and filled with new fluid, but unfortunately did not save enough to top up once the engine was started. So I have to go to town tomorrow to buy more. In the meanwhile, I'll document progress...

Got you now brother - I’m up again, coffee brewing and back to ignoring. You can ignore the ignore for a while.

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Right, I’m tired, so I’ll have to stop ignoring this for today and start again tomorrow

lr indi. garage near burnley : Barley Garage, Pendle Row, Burnley BB12 9YJ .

Probably using 1 of the "quality" battery testers they sell inhouse. :rolleyes: Using "highly trained" operatives. :rolleyes:

I have the same charger 😉 Not too bad for the money…