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Don't forget the wiper relay. These go wrong and can yield all sorts of weird wiper behaviour. They're more than just a relay - there's a printed circuit board inside. I don't think there were many variants of the motor mechanism - I've replaced my own and also some in freinds' Land Rovers and...

The cable goes over the top of the gear wheels on the wiper spindles, so a push would raise them and a pull would lower them. So it may still turn out to be a broken cable.

Is the armadildo indigenous to your location perchance? They can leave a three toed impression.

Did you take any pictures?

I'm only here for the creeps . . .

Well, I did think of cutting it down to fit my core cutter drill, but it seems a shame to do so. One day when I've got a shed to put it in, I'll get a lathe. I look longingly at secondhand ones for sale. Something about the size and weight of a Colchester Student would do me nicely. But I...

Just riffing along with last night's innuendo-fest on here, I thought you might like to see that I have a large tool. A 50mm drill with a no. 4 Morse Taper. I'll be wanting to drill some big holes later this spring so seeing this advertised on Ebay was just too tempting. I don't think I've got...

Many years ago when I was a child my mother used to go around our garden with a little tin shovel and flick the dog dirt over the hedge into the road. It was usually an ex-coal shovel that had been demoted to dog dirt duties. One day she hit a passing car right in the centre of the windscreen...

Another thing that's fairly quick and easy to do is check that the power to the pump is switching on when it should. There's a wire from the ECU which becomes live when the ignition is switched on that trips one of the yellow relays under the driver's seat. This allows power to go to the pump. I...

Yes, why not, if you can get it to fit. I've always thought that some sort of threaded adjuster would be better than trying to lever the components apart at the same time as trying to tighten a bolt. Some engines - especially in the US - seem to have these as standard.

Sounds a little bit like a problem I had around a year ago. The fault was a break in the wire that goes from the inertia switch to the relay under the driver's seat. When the ignition goes on, this sends power via the inertia switch that then switches on the relay which them provides power to...

Well, it all looks very jolly now but sooner or later the collection truck will come and tip him out. https://metro.co.uk/2025/01/12/body-found-landfill-two-months-search-began-man-dumped-bin-22344901/ Personally, I'm surprised he was still in the UK. A lot of refuse is shipped overseas and...

Just been looking at the weather stations that contribute to the Weathercloud network on the west side of Scotland to see what the wind's been doing. The highest value I've seen so far is on the Island of Eigg which achieved wind speeds of 40 m/s last night, or around 90 mph. Mid you, that's out...

What model have you got? I've not seen anything similar in ther results for my 2006 model TD5, but maybe other varieties have this.

I've just been out in the supposedly 'danger to life' winds to bring the dustbins in. I felt a light breeze up the back of my jumper as I stooped to open the back gate, but that was the extent of the damage so far.

There shouldn't really be much pressure under the rocker cover, unless you have major problems with valve stem seals and piston rings. Anyway, it'll breathe out via the tube that goes from the rocker cover to the air inlet. TD5 ECUs do deteriorate. I've had considerably more duff ECUs than flat...

On a couple of occasions now I've found this sort of thing was caused by the light switch mechanism being elderly. The full headlight current runs through the switch so the metal contacts get warm and the plastic distorts, leaving them making only intermittent contact. I've found it easier to...

Snow in Wales at last. A decent covering on my doorstep:

I believe the information is stored in the speedo unit. I've still got my original speedo, but I've been through several ECUs and it doesntl change the odometer.

Yes, I like doing that sort of thing. As a way of buying timber, they're actually pretty good value. Thicker than standard floorboarding, so they add a bit of structural rigidity too. If you can get 'unbanded' ones you don't even have to mess about talking the metalwork off. Not just floors...