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Thanks for all the tips. I’ll be looking for a notch spot later. I will also get the chance to do a bit of coasting down a couple of long drags so hopefully I’ll have nobody right up my rear end expecting me to speed up. Here we go then………..

Obviously I didn’t mean rock solid as in immovable. I am guessing there has to be a little bit of sideways play as in my experience, nothing too detailed of course, landrover technology did not work to micro millimetres. I suppose the test would be sufficient sideways play to make it rattle?

Thanks already. I rummaged around as best I could whilst the oil was draining out and could not see/feel or bounce on anything out of order. Are UJ’s meant to be rock solid or is there a little give? Driving around the block is not helping as I cannot replicate the same conditions so we are off...

We were pottering along yesterday, just got some oil for todays oil change actually, and out of the blue she suddenly felt a bit jittery, like when you leave it late to change down. I eased up and was sorely tempted to head straight to a workshop I know. It was a very busy road with nowhere to...

If you live near Exeter or the environs there is a mini event at Greendale Farm Shop tomorrow, Saturday 29th from 10am. For the most part it features pimped up Discoveries at extortionate prices but there will also be some classic cars dotted about and some proper landies, including mine if she...

We had no luck with a new rag top section or vinyl sheet so we effected a fairly tidy repair. Because the existing window was a bit fragile it was a delicate task but a sheet/section of ply or similar tucked and secured behind the flap gives you some stability and four drawing pins pushed...

It is all indeed a murky minefield. I never really followed up my successful appeal regarding a telescope exhaust, I just read the top line that had the ‘successful’ in it, but having read auld duffers excellent post I guess safety and environmental factors were a consideration. I just thought...

MoT exemption, subject to no major alterations and self declaration that it has none, kicks in as well so more pounds in the bank to keep her on the road and roadworthy. In my case mere loose change of late sadly. Getting a tax reminder with ‘Historic vehicle £0.00’ on it always makes me smile.

6Pot. I asked around last night and the story is this chap has been nabbed on no MoT and subsequently void insurance. I don’t know about the tax element as yet. What a plonker….. as they say in some circles. I

Thanks for those. The guy has eight fingers and two thumbs still. Good job I had a browse before I took the window out. I will think of something else to do…….. like go for a spin perhaps wrapped up like an Eskimo.

As with many things insurance can be a b#gger. When filling in the online tax forms the MoT box is quite simple in that the owner declares whether the vehicle is MoT exempt based the vehicle has no significant changes to it. When this first came in I asked the question if a vertical exhaust was...

It does look like a fine piece of work when you look at closely and not something I will come even remotely close to copying. The image in my head is of an artisan seamstress, a him or her one, beavering away although I suspect it will be a pre programmed machine. Sheets/rolls of vinyl appear to...

One of the thrills of January is the arrival of the brown letter with the V11Z in it, a thirty second flirt on line with www.gov and vehicle tax sorted without handing over any cash. However, as with many others I expect, that cash soon goes on something to keep her on the road. It’s the big 5 0...

The rag top is generally fine but the rear window is disintegrating by the day and is now mostly held together by gaffa tape. I suspect that if I roll the back flap up one more time the plastic will crack even further and I do like to see what’s going on around me. If I do manage to get a...

The eBay landie is a shocker. Who on earth is going to fall for that ………….. well somebody will. The workshop that replaced the front of my bulkhead a couple of months ago had a supposed Series 3 sat in the corner with a massive wheel clamp on it and hazard tape wrapped around the doors so they...

My last battery purchase was from Halfords about six years ago with ‘a lifetime guarantee’ tag on it. The receipt is starting to fade a bit and touch wood the battery is good for a while yet but it will be interesting to see the response from the counter when I take it back in. On the posters...

I had an engine meltdown on the road to Abbotsbury about five years ago and the recovery vehicle dropped ‘us’ off at a workshop very close to Axminster station. It was a landie graveyard so, if it’s still open, it might be worth a look. There was another landie graveyard at The Shrubbery garage...

Mine got into a terrible state and I ended up wrapping the whole unit it towels and zip ties and hot footing it to a local workshop called Jaglander, about five miles out of Exeter. The prognosis was not good but it was taken out, packed off to Exeter Electro-Diesel on Sowton Industrial Exeter...

At least we are not going mad and there was/is one. I will keep an eye out and post if I find anything. I thought about selling ‘Lucy’, (72S3), over the summer and was quite keen to see what the market was like these days as well as having a good old nose.

Having one of those over the fence chats this afternoon and a landrover sale was mentioned by my neighbour who seemed very confident it was this week. There is nothing on any local media sites and as far as I know there is nothing on here. A farmer down in Cornwall recently sold his collection...