1. girvtheswerve

    OMG ......... what have i done ...........

    Christ on a bike Chaos! hope you don't think my 4 spare nuts are going to hold it all together, try a bit of gaffa no one will notice promise!
  2. girvtheswerve

    On the scrounge ...............

    Pleasure is all mine :D
  3. girvtheswerve

    On the scrounge ...............

    Hey Chaos Got a bag full of spare nuts off my 300tdi disco, pm me your address and I'll post out however many you want, just pay the postage don't want owt else. Girv
  4. girvtheswerve

    clueless discovery owner

    OMG! £95 on a tyre? your parts there sould come to no more than £50, learn fast! We're here to help at every opportunity, and there is something quite sexy about a girl who can work on her vehicle and knows what theyre on about :cool:
  5. girvtheswerve

    tires again

    Top guys at West coast, trimming dead easy will sort you out with a look at mine and see what needs doin. just need a jigsaw and a decent blade and a file and away you go..........
  6. girvtheswerve

    tires again

    Si, you need min 2/3 inch lift and some trimming to front and rear arches, come and have a look at mine and see what need doin. if you get wheels and tires off Tony at West Coast theyll do all the trimming etc, get 33's youll never look back !!! :D
  7. girvtheswerve

    Which oil ?

    Hey Big im not too bad and you? I'll leave it for another 3000 miles and change it again, she defo running nice n smooth again since I changed the oil on Saturday, but still feel she cud run a bit better. I'll do the 5w 40 thing and stump up for some synth seems to be the way to go, by the...
  8. girvtheswerve

    Laning in Lancashire

    Top notch Raz see you there!
  9. girvtheswerve

    clueless discovery owner

    Good point well made Red!:D
  10. girvtheswerve

    tires again

    Hi again Si I dont run two sets of tyres too much of an arse ache, I run one set of Kuhmo kl71s 33/12.50 15's best tyres ive had< great on road, better than my BFG's i had on old 200tdi and way way better off road, unstoppable, and they look damn sexy too!!!! £85 a corner had mine for 1000...
  11. girvtheswerve

    clueless discovery owner

    You shouldn't baby the noobies Red tel em how it really is, wen they in the thick of it! chuck the Haynes out the window and use a bit of ingenuity and anything you can find ha ha !
  12. girvtheswerve

    Which oil ?

    Hey big its me again! Reet for me ive just replaced oils filter etc after 3000 mile with 15w/40 is that wrong? knowing me and my mpg issues do i wan to use a lower viscosity oil? like a 10w/40 or a 5w/40 maybe. Bear in mind '98 300tdi 111k on the clock auto etc does take a hammerin once a...
  13. girvtheswerve

    clueless discovery owner

    Red! for such and experienced poster you can do uj's without a vice for god sake, a 17 mm socket a bit of 3x2 and atl east a hammer or better still a 1kg club hammer, wd40, grease and circlip pliers, jobs a gud un! oh yer and abit of old shower curtain to lie on when arse deep in sh1te! 30...
  14. girvtheswerve

    ABS problems

    I don't do all me own repairs, least know theyre all done proper, even the little independants rip the daylights out of ya if you dont know wot ya doin, give em an extra tenner and jobs a gud un! 10 notes a year can't whack it!:cool:
  15. girvtheswerve

    Cowm Quarry

    Thanks Daz, we'll be there as usual!
  16. girvtheswerve

    Laning in Lancashire

    Ahh you know me so well Raz! how does that work? PM'd Si, going to Whitworth next sunday if you fancy some proper fun, need someone to pull me out of them wonderful bogs they got up there! Si, went to Rivi today with the kids its so tame now, even the bits near the top that used to be fun...
  17. girvtheswerve

    Why the fook can't i upload?

    HI Guys Is it me or am i stupid, everytime i try to upload photos i get this message! Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 10368 bytes) in /home/landyzon/public_html/photopost/image-inc.php on line 102 Now Ive uploaded before and no problem? wot...
  18. girvtheswerve

    ABS problems

    Hi Guys, I took my 98 300tdi in for its mot some 3 weeks ago knowing full well that with the ABS light on permanently it would fail the MOT. However much to my surprise my garage passed it no problem? I didnt push it as I thought it may have been an oversight on their behalf, they advised me...
  19. girvtheswerve

    Oooh errr, Dodgy steering knock/creek

    Cheers johnoi'll give that a whirl! not got the adjustable panhard rod but everything seems tite, might give Take 5 advise as well and check out the cv joints, as he says in his post mine is clunking under braking aswell. Ah well ill just hammer it abit more til something breaks atleast then...
  20. girvtheswerve

    mpi vs tdi mpg

    MPI? NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please Don't!!!!!!!!!!!