Gordon forgive me my ignorance but what is there other to NRV's than renewing O rings?
Tony.
So right. When I got mine it took pretty much force to open the bonnet, it felt like the handle almost broke to open it. As I did not wanted to break a cable I adjusted the catches in a way that the bonnet locks when you let the bonnet drop by itself say the last 25 cm. In locked position it just presses in the rubber by a few millimeters and the switch is actuated.
Tony.
riddlemethis wrote:
Sir Thomas was having none of this tardiness so he found a rather ingenious way to summon her back – a cannon blast.
Now why do I think some on here may replicate this idea.
Great story Paul, I won't let this read to my wife Jo because usually I'm the one who's late. It's not the cannonblast I fear, she knows how to aim too.
No Richard, it wasn't me back in december but I would like to go there in spring.
Last time we were there was in 2004 (had to dig for the old back-up disc). We were on a roundtrip Germany, Switzerland, Tuscany and back along the Côte d'Azur. This is when we were in Cannes.
Tony.
Oh well, how risky is the situation when the connector is pulled and you don't get the message?
This is my first car (I've had a few) with such a feature and yes in the past it has happened that I drove off with a bonnet rattling in the safety-catch. I survived.
Well the 50/50 proportion is there for a reason. It protects against frost down to -26º C with a boilingpoint at 125º C (ish) which is good, a leaner mixture (more water) lowers the boilingpoint (and obviously less frostprotection) while a richer mixture also has a disadvantage for the engine which I cannot recall (I'll look that up).
Best of course is we all move to the south of France, which is better for my body ha ha. (I already see this queue of P38s on the Promenade des Anglais, what's in a name)
Same as above with one exeption, I use good old 50/50 mix of anti freeze (etylene-glycol) because no salesman can point me out what is what.
Green, blue, orange, 'yes that is ready to use' is all they can tell me. I have read several articles about the theory behind it (read it again), on packages it is not mentioned what it means and the guy at the desk looks at the ceiling. I know you can not mix one with the other but that is all I know, for safety I stick to good old blue mix.
I have a feeling that their service depends on the amount of (negative) publicity is involved. One to one e-mail is not shocking, that can wait but when social (=public) media is involved they take action. Not good.
Second one is upside down! (Just kidding)
Remember the guidance Gilbertd gave me: Short arm (twisted mounting) + short blade = driverside, long arm (straight mounting) + long blade = passenger side.
Aha! My first thought was the roofrail, after all it's been sitting there for more than 16 years. Then again, I did not have this before but there is a first time for everything.
This will be a job for spring I guess, at least when the weather improves.
As for 'advertising the other site' Sloth, I'm not so narrowminded to deny the wealth of information over there, after all it's the members that bring solutions and not the frogs.
Thanks for the link!
So after a good 1300 kms of problem-free motoring mixed city/motorway it's time to refresh filter and oil.
This is what I'm going to throw in, a semi synthetic:
I think it is the right viscosity for the temperatures we have to deal with here.
(I don't think it will give the toffee smell I remember when I was young ha ha)
Today I can see your pics again (Richard) yesterday it showed only a tiny square. (Not participating in this thread but learning)
Found nothing, all looks good. No loose or cracked tube, sprayed extensively over the roof and frontscreen with the gardenhose.
Only a bit of damp left from findings yesterday, this car has a will of it's own.
I like the line-up you mention, for the two-wheeled tractor this Agria comes to mind, fits in perfectly in your perception and still in use in Spain.
But all the negatives is just what I like, I never had ambition for a sportsbike. They best perform when standard, tuning? forget it. You just move the problem further on the driveline. Higher revs? no use, it has a limiter at 5200 rpm for a reason because the pistons are at their max speed (industrial standard is approx. 27 meters per second, then you are dealing with lubricating problems and need ceramic stuff). Higher torque in lower revs? Andrews has a different cam but then the gearbox can't handle it with it's two-mainshaft design (famous 'trapdoor'). Stronger gearbox? the final belt can't handle the power and you need a double belt design (if the clutch survives).
Only one guy understands how to tune a HD and that is a former employee Eric Buell, he builds it up from scratch using the Sportster engine.
But I like tractors.
Well as you know with Yanks, great, greater and greatest, to me similar to ugly uglier and ugliest. Except Harley (sorry Richard) but that is a disease.
After my BSA 500 single I've had 3 HD's, a 45 cu warbike (23 horses out of 750cc!) that rattled the fillings out of your teeth, a 1200 duo glide and a 1340 Electra Glide. It did 300 kms on the 19 liter tank, I have been in Spain with it and still enjoy the memories.
Mark I understand your affection for those howling 2 strokes, my ex-brother in law had a Kawa 500 which he managed to hit a bridge with, flipped over the railing into the water.
It had cost him his knee but with his left leg still in plaster he repaired the bike and did a testrun, shifting gears with his hand. How mad can you be.
Thank you all for the replies guys, I've been out for the rest of the day and made me thinking, Mark and Chris you might hit the nail on the head, I think I have blown the tube off the roofgutter with my 10 bar of compressed air a few days ago when doing my round. Never had a wet spot there before...
Tomorrow I will lower that corner of the headliner and let you know. If so, I'll check the other side too.
"If it leaks it's in here" the subtitle says, although it's rainwater and not oil.
As mentioned in a previous post I'm searching for water ingress, we are having a lot of rain these days and I think I managed the heater-airinlet to be dry now.
Had a clogged roofdrain and blew it free with compressed air, now a new spot shows up in the right headlining corner.
I wonder where it comes from, can it be the roofrail? What are your experiences in this and is it easy to take off and check?
Regards, Tony.
This morning I ran CCleaner to swipe the broom through the system, obviously I had to log in again on all password sensitive apps including the pub.
Filled in username, password atomatically showed in dots, log in. Did not succeed, filled in password manually and got the captcha notification, so on second attempt, and logged in.
There you can enter the name of the piccy, that if someone hovers the mouse over your picture it can read the name. But I did not manage to get that work for me, only if you post URL's you can enter the name too and will be visible in blue in the post.
like: https://rangerovers.pub/topic/372-go-on-then#pid5366
will be visible as
Old Sheps post nr. 13
A partial screenshot of that last url:
