He was but to be fair it has been very entertaining so far. Just done a 500 mile road trip in mine, mainly A roads, no motorways. Been faultless. I'd forgotten how beautiful the Purbeck Isle / peninsula is. Pity about the beer in Swanage. OK if...

Pressure tested the AC last week with UV dye and the condenser looks like an 80s pop star that had been shot with a shotgun. Holes everywhere. New condenser fitted today, regass, evaporated temp down to 1°. Now we'll have 6 months of rain and cold.

Wasn't he told to stick with a P38 :rolleyes: :rolleyes: 😁

i find it helps to rant about something, then when i read it back, it makes be grumpy and i turn a different shade of green

Not used the 38 for 8 days I think as i needed a work horse as i had a house roof replacement to do so used the 110. Battery flat on the 38 this morning so that's on charge and decided to fit the new genuine tailgate seal. The difference in soft...

I think @MrGorsky might have a leak on his spindle.

Nanocom recordings are "usually" in the same order as the screens, i.e. the first four columns are Sensor Voltage, and then columns 5-8 are the Wheel Speeds. Values 9-12 are Inlet Valves, and 13-16 the Outlet Valves. I thought the two brake...

Certainly works on all of mine and my one is 1995.

Did you hold the button when closing the window ? The button needs to be held until the "Window Set" appears in the dash message display. Repeat for each window. Note: If the windows or sunroof stick or stall during closing, that can cause...

Probably safer than a journey into Rotherham.

+1 on Nanocom but it is possible to get that free BMW software to talk to the M51 engine, INPA? Something like INPA anyway. Stuart got it working on here somewhere.

Nanocom for diagnostics.

My disco has DSC on it and when your in soft sand it will just dig itself in same with thick mud so the first thing i do in either situatin is turn off the DSC . I learn that the hard way the first time i was in soft sand it dug itself into the...

That might be thermostatic expansion valve. It prevents a full regas and when you run it it vents to atmosphere losing gas. Takes a month or two to get low enough to notice. Cost about £27 from an air con place 10 years or so ago. It is on the...

Might be worth checking the throttle pot figures on Nanocom.

@Rubberknees might have one in Rotherham but obviously you'll have to wear your stab-vest.

The pump bleeding is part of the whole brake system bleeding procedure. There are two bleed nipples on the side of the valve body, the one does the pump and the other does the master cylinder if i remember correctly.

I dought dee 'ad been at cider!

Condenser. Pump itself. Thermostatic expansion valve not gummed up.

It's a bit of a bugger in that when you need momentum to get through the thick stuff it keeps sticking the brakes on and dragging you back in. That central viscous coupling is a bit of a sod too. With a diff lock you feather the throttle and...

That was a super slippery hill. You can see in the terribly fimled decent video theres abit of a bump in the road and as my front wheels drop off they lose traction and from then on the ABS just decided no more brakes. I basically just plowed...

For thick sand/dune driving.

Installed an oil catch can yesterday. Busy installing an ABS interceptor today..

Got to love "next day" delivery haven't you. Lately I'm getting parts from Estonia delivered faster than stuff bought in the UK.

Im assuming you mean the plugs. But no probably not, they are stamped sheet metal. Id just get a short stubby galvanised bolt and turn it in there from below just to plug the hole and the galvanising will help keep rust at bay. They just standard...

Those in red are threaded holes for cargo tie down points. They are surposed to have metal plugs insterted from below and then rubber coated over that but i assume yours have rusted away.

All the hoses and then the rad itself. Given that there's coolant in the battery tray the little hose from the rad to the expansion tank would be worth looking at first. You can get UV dye to go in the coolant to help track leaks.

Clip downs currently being printed. Lot beefier than the factory ones.

And the verdict is in. . . . . . . T'was a wire fault. All now fixed 😁👍

Have decided to upgrade various lighting elements, so a quick trip to Ming Woo's Parts Emporium and I've got: New Puddle Lights (These have never worked so will take forever to get working) New Reverse lights so I can see what I'm going to hit...