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    agreed valuation insurance

    Nobody ? I dont believe that ! How do you insure your landy with all its extras when the policy of insurers is to pay the lowest book price ? Come on people !
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    agreed valuation insurance

    Can people with experience of this please share their experience ?
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    Bits excess to requirement.

    dog guard RRC boot liner.....BALLPARK FIGURES FOR THE GURT FICK YOKEL ballpark prices for gurt ficko yokel pleeze , koind zurrr , praaper 'andsome etc etc
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    RRC insurance ,NFU & Agreed Values

    I got the appeal against the old decision under control....its what to do about the "agreed value" issue that I am worrying about
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    Nuts to trade RR Classic for Discovery?

    Oh , and any chance of the manuals in some form ? Please ?
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    Nuts to trade RR Classic for Discovery?

    the starting motor falling off daily and no access to any but the bottom bolt ? Maybe my Paj is a special one ! Its for sale , by the way......
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    RRC insurance ,NFU & Agreed Values

    AS many here know I have had a write off a year for 4 years now so mu insurance aint cheap , but thats only to be expected . Ive been with NFU (like the rest of the farming family) for years now as there is a local ofice to go talk to not a bored chav in a call centre . I just got me a 1986...
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    New member needing advice

    Go for the big lump ! I always wanted one but wimped out
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    heater blowing cold

    As said , first find out if there is water going to the heater at all . Then open all the heater controls to full , unclamp header tank and hang as high as poss with string from open bonnet and fill up . Run engine , see if any air bubbles back out of tank . Fit a new stat cos they is cheap ...
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    Nuts to trade RR Classic for Discovery?

    Sad to say but word that has reached me over the years is that the Land Cruiser is the vehicle of choice for EAST africa . WEST africa , well , maybe another kettle of kassava (or whatever).....but having owned a jap truck for the last 5 months , my first ever (an old Pajero diesel) I have...
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    fuel leak from tank to filter pipe , 86 V8 3.5

    Well if it needs solid lines , my old dads got a Sykes Picka flaring die kit so I will just make solid lines for the next MOT . However , it DID have steel pipe subs with and olive flare to rubber hose to join to the faulty steel section that must have been original ....
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    fuel leak from tank to filter pipe , 86 V8 3.5

    Anyway , I went and looked at the RRC friday and bought it for a V favourable price with a great chassis , a fair body in matt NATO olive drab , an EP9 winch hardly ever used , split charge , winch bumper with fairleads , under engine HD belly plate , diff protector etc etc etc and towed it...
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    fuel leak from tank to filter pipe , 86 V8 3.5

    Probably a British Leyland parts bin issue....never make a part if theres one on another vehicle
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    fuel leak from tank to filter pipe , 86 V8 3.5

    Better option than the landy OEM then ? I take it the steel pipes are a weak point all round ?
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    fuel leak from tank to filter pipe , 86 V8 3.5

    Just told it is an EFI engine and the section is definitely metal . Is this integral to the top of tank assembly or is there a union ? Can I get a hose directly from tank flange union to filter off the shelf ? Or cut the metal pipe , flare it and put a compression fitting in the gap ? Or replace...
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    fuel leak from tank to filter pipe , 86 V8 3.5

    Please forgive a poor diesel fitter.....the only two carb V8s I owned (briefly,long ago) had been re piped with electric pumps in engine bay..... .....I have been asked about a pinhole fuel leak in "metal section" (quote from owner) of fuel pipe from tank to filter that sprays petrol when...
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    1999 Discovery TD5 automatic ( 5 seater / commercial )

    Interested but just slightly too rich for me.....sadly . Being registered as a commercial puts you on a 10 mph lower speed limit , does it not ? A friend just got banned for speeding on a technicality as his vw van was built as a commercial and although in private use and PLG the courts said...
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    300 into santana ps10

    My pajero is running nicely on Asda cheap veg oil.....well , nicely for a jap crap rust bucket
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    300 into santana ps10

    quote "just stick to the 2.8 " you would say that cos you is evil and common rails is made by Satan , innit
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    300TDI for spares/repair/salvage

    Hey Chops ! Over here ! Money !