My normal route home buddy. Got onto the road, realised I needed to turn around so tried to get to the corner to do so. then it all went wrong

Many many thanks to everyone involved in helping out. On my way back to Manchester now!

Below road level Worst case I could run my own winch cable under the axles and out the back, secure it with a shackle to prevent it sliding across into the wheels

Dropped pin Removed Slid Approx 30m from road Rear of vehicle facing track potential issue anchoring recovery vehicle as road is convered in snow Equipment on board: Front winch 8m 3.5 tonne strop plus shackles Rear tow ball on a 6mm HD steel cross member I am having to get on a flight to...

Had to abandon to get flight Location and full details to follow

Came off the track between the A53 and cat and fiddle Signed to dales head Need winching back onto road Flight to Aberdeen tonight so unless rapid response will have to leave to tomorrow evening.

To be fair to flux, I'm 21 and my insurance is under half of that quoted value. Then again I have 4 years no claims.

Go genuine, not too expensive and I believe you can do some form of modification to seal the connector so it won't ever leak oil

I agree with trax, if everything lights up fine but you get absolutely nothing when going from position 2 to 3 then it suggests no connection to the starter.

Yeh, I'm back. Many many things to purchase before the summer :D

You have a PM Marc

So I went down to Clive (pressbrake) on Thursday to get myself a new x-member fitted. Arrived just before 9am with the floor mostly popped out. Cracked on and in short all went as planned. I helped with remedial tasks like holding a spanner on the other side of inaccessible bolts etc but...

Thanks chaps, much appreciated

Could anyone give me a location of the Blacksheep workshop Unfortunately my jacking point collapsed the other week so I think there is sufficient rust to warrant replacement. Just need to work out how far the trip is etc. PS I have looked through the website for an address, but I could have...

Thanks for that, there is also an android app so I'm just downloading that now. Am I right in thinking that if I do order these I'm going to have to paint them?