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    v5 trade section

    if im buying a vehicle and selling again in short space of time am i ok filling the logbook in as a trader? been told different things, one person has said that anyone can do this, but someone else has said he thinks i'd have to be a registered business and the tax man would b looking into...
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    crankshaft woodruff key snapped!

    done a few hundred miles and all seems well no sorry CharlesY, wish i had enuf money spare to do that
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    Important News - Toms Farm

    but if there were places for the idiots to go then the family orientated pay & plays and greenlanes would both benifit. i'v been toms twice and loved every minute of it, doesnt mean i acted stupid there. it was plenty big enough to avoid the idiots most of the time
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    crankshaft woodruff key snapped!

    got it sorted last week. wasnt as big a job as expected, and saved myself well over £100. :)
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    crankshaft woodruff key snapped!

    and i do that once the timing belt and its sprocket is off dont i? gonna get going on it first thing in the morning. thanks for the help
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    crankshaft woodruff key snapped!

    so will the woodruff key just drop out if i do all that then?? i was offroading when it happened so it would off been under a bit of strain. the bolt was really tight to get off. strange how it hasnt happened before tho, none of this has been touched for at least 18 months. how long should...
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    crankshaft woodruff key snapped!

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    crankshaft woodruff key snapped!

    my crankshaft woodruff key has snapped. managed to get the crankshaft pulley off eventually. the bit of metal is stuck in the shaft and will not come out,tried for hours. been told that if the cambelt is taken off and the bottom cambelt pulley, then the woodruff key will just drop out. is...
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    Alternator, changing of pulley

    i had that problem with one them 50 odd quid ones. had to put my old pulley on and also a spacer behind
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    2" lift kit

    3inch lift, no antiroll bars and 33in mt tires - never known a car to handle so bad on the motorway. handles good enuf on very windy b roads tho.
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    10w40 or 15w40 ?

    wots the next grade up from that? ye will try 10w40 again as it was ok wen i used to run on that.
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    10w40 or 15w40 ?

    went to buy my 10w40 oil b4 from me local parts supplier and they told me its meant to have 15w40 in it. its a 200tdi, got 5w40 ful synth at the moment and its using loads. everywhere seems to say different. anyone know which one? also wots the diff between 10w40 for petrol and 10w40 for...
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    Tarleton, Lancs. to North Yorks. or hold

    could hold, if it'l fit inside a disco
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    Short term car insurance

    said it dint matter what the car was either, just asked em how much for tempary cover while the landy was off the road gettin work done. wen i was with elephant last year they only wanted £10 a week
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    Short term car insurance

    flux told me that they would want £20 per week for a tempary car on the landy policy
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    oil problem

    i'll keep my eye on the oil level for now and get it changed soon then. air filter wasnt done that long ago, its ok. wheres this breather?
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    oil problem

    used full synthetic 5w40 it aint smokey or running rough
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    oil problem

    did an oil change 6months and 6k miles ago, checked it a few times since and been ok. started running funny other day so i checked it over only to find all my oil had gone. but where? theres only the odd drip out the bottom and tiny leek out the rocker box disco is a 94 200tdi 210k miles
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    winch

    didnt like the look of them fun2ride ones, dunno y but summat didnt seem right the extreme terrain one is wot i'v been thinkin of getting. there based only 20mins away from me so was thinkin of going down to look. anyone used one??
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    winch

    theres always good and bad points bout anythin :focus: i'l keep my eye out for a 9.5k winch then, anyone know of a really cheap one?