Recent content by Scalleys Dad

There was a pile of plastic mouldings of all shapes and sizes that had to be taken off but I think the main thing was the expense of the unit. I went to this place again yesterday to sort some dates out for the outrigger in front of the fuel tank. There was another new ‘one’ parked up. Air con...

It was already getting pretty grim before that discovery. The fuel tank front outrigger is hanging in there so that’s booked in, ( end of September for chrissakes), which includes two wheel bearings and the rear hub seals. Were she being tested the fail/advisory list is quite worrying but the...

My curiosity was nudged on this topic. I was thinking about getting a small trailer for stuff like tip runs, logs and a sort of community wheel barrow. After a bit of poking about, tracing the wiring and checking over potential switch location and wotnot I came up with phase one of the...

I suppose the £30 quid fitting works for some models. My daughter’s battery recently died and I took it out to recharge it. On putting it back in I had to go through her handbook to erase the numbers that kept flashing up on the dashboard. Window down, window up was one of them. All fairly...

It’s amazing what you find when you are forced to look hard. I have a tow bar and fittings but I am sure there are no wires. Dammit now I’ll have to check. When I was scrambling underneath her last week I found an old earth lead still neatly connected to the underside of the engine block but the...

As Tottot says follow the diagram above. If you can print it off it helps but if you keep a systematic approach ticking over in your head and start with the big boys, (battery/alternator/starter), use the masking tape or sharpie pen idea to track where you have already been it gets easier. I...

Having spent a few hours scrambling around underneath mine and some awkward nooks and crannies I found, mostly for my sanity, that a bit of blue or green masking tape wrapped around or just stuck on all the terminals or connections I had checked stopped me from utterly confusing myself. If you...

I would share your point of view but for one thing…………. a driveway And a garage Or workshop Big shed would do Oh and a driveway With gates.

Thanks for that. Even as a non starting pain in the backside she suddenly looks like Sigourney Weaver towards the end of Alien II. Battery taken back without a whimper and replacement checked in the shop at 12.8. We will see what tomorrow brings.

Hi. Thanks for that. This afternoon I concluded just that as whatever I do 11.6 seems to be the maximum the battery will hold which seems suspiciously consistent. I am hoping the service desk at Halfords don’t try and question my judgement as it’s been a bit of a weekend. When I brought the...

I wish I hadn’t fixed the charging light as it’s the brightest thing in the solar system at the moment. The battery held at circa 11.2 overnight so I might have sorted the parasitic drain but obviously it still took the power pack to start her up. 12.6 on removal of the power pack and the...

I hate them more than you could ever know. It’s been a while since I have had to do anything major but out of the blue, after sitting idle for a couple of weeks, my battery died and would not recharge. Not surprised really as it was at least ten years old, even the Halfords life time guarantee...

For anybody passing the Greendale Farm Shop twixt Exeter and Sidmouth tomorrow, Sunday 16th Feb, the main car park is dedicated to landies and all things landrover from nine until noon. You can officially show your landie for a fiver.

Waxoyl was going on this morning but it’s hammering down so maybe later. There is a slight gap between the headlamp unit itself and the rim which I didn’t have before so potentially there is going to be a small pond at the lowest point to dab out from time to time but it all seems solid enough...

What a perlava. I think I might have fallen into the Lucas trap but we are there sort of. Getting the old bowls out required a dremel and lots of patience but the new ones were a tester. Many of the holes didn’t line up so a bit of drilling was required and the chrome ring didn’t seem to line up...