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... that my son made it to the pages of the Sunday Times today. See here. Scroll way down and there he is telling all about his nightmare journey. :D

No lift pin on a HIF44 unfortunately. Plugs are BP6ES. :)

Whenever I've set an SU, set idle to slightly high. Lift piston a smidge.. if the revs drop, richen the mix, if it rises, lean it. You're looking for revs to stay the same or drop 'slightly'. Adjust revs as you go to keep them slightly high...

Mornin Cloudy bright, had some rain in the night Off to pick up me new Gaylander this morning 😛 Stay dry all :)

We had some weird sideways rain, very short lived and local ... still misty as the low cloud clings to the hill, Sun is trying to burn it off tho ...

Morning All. :D Cool today and overcast. :( One of our cats came marching down the garden sporting a Zapata moustache. As it got closer I could see the moustache was moving. Is was a big fat slow-worm. Have a lovely day. :D

Are cat when younger would catch and eat crickets and grass hoppers we knew when he was successful as he would pass wind that smelled like rotten cabbage, glad he's older now , 😷😷😷

One of our previous cats would catch anything, spiders, birds and mice, another never did and had a small jumping spider she would watch for ages as he webbed up and moved around ... Even this old boy still tries to catch bluebottles, sometimes...

I must say I don't really know either, I'm just aware of it and I've seen that it gets eaten away after a while. I think you're right in that the anode will degrade in preference to the tank. Our water probably is a bit alkaline, in our case I...

We don't really know the exact reason but there was some kind of issue which resulted in an 'infraction' early on which is the kiss of death. She's been fighting it in the courts for about 15 years. There's been two lorries up and down the...

I have to confess that I am not very "up" in how all this works. I thought that a sacrificial anode works by oxidizing more quickly than the steel the tank is made from. I have no idea about what ours are made of. I just know that our water is...

Looks in very good nick, you could buy a full sized spare wheel for it. I hate those small spare wheels, especially on a big car.

Our cat earned his keep today, he caught a rat. I did take a picture of it but it's not a very nice thing to post... He's only 7 though, we thought he wasn't bothered about mice and rats because whining for more brekkies is easier, seeing as...

Interesting that your water is that soft. Ours is incredibly hard and we have to have sacrificial anodes as well and they do get eaten away - every couple of years I used to drain down our 150L heater tank and bucket out about 30kg of scale...

Durdy phoofter.

Need to get your hair cut now, enjoy it

Just checked and yes you could sell the leather for good money.

You could probably replace the leather interior with a cloth one and make a profit. Only ever driven a hired 6 speed one. Only any use on M-ways. Or A roads with lots of dual cabbageways. Glad the sat nav is working! Still sounds like a nice...

Prefer cloth or half leather, cooler in summer, warmer in winter Dont like six speed as I always forget and drive in fifth I'll get used to card start I spose Sat nav working with new update or something

We’ll welcome you in the Freelander section. Nice looking 2

Happy new car day :cool::cool: Looks very clean. :):)

I am tempted to offer you money for it...!!! Sounds too good to be true!!!;);):):)

Only bad points for me are....... Leather interior Six speed manual Card in slot and push button to start Stop Start thingy Space saver spare wheel And I'm not keen on sat nav thingy in middle of dash. I suppose I'll get used to it though, and it...

Nuvva one convertid. Freelandering is the way forward.

Mmmm! Lovely!!! Well done!! :) :) :)

Recon rear diff, new prop centre bearing , all new brakes, new rear wheel bearings, new front wishbones and drop links, 4 recent Toyo tyres, very decent underneath as well :)

Very smart. Here's a sticker for your tailgate ------ 😁

Are both axles driven??;) Looks very pretty!!:):):)

Progress! .... Well, maybe, maybe not, will have a few more runs to see. Despite me having timed the life out of the thing it has still been giving me trouble when I am trying to accelerate from modest speeds (e.g. 30MPH) if there is any "load"...

Black and sooty, not oily. Maybe they aren't getting hot enough to burn it off?