You can't go wrong with window stickers, discreet ones :)

Go for it Gordon, we're being tracked everywhere else on the internet if you're just doing it to build the site then good on you.

That's a good sound, isn't it :)

Seconded, even my Jeep has an oil pressure gauge and that's 1980s tech!

145 rpm! it make a rover v8 look racy! :)
Great noise though, love it. I spend a lot of my spare time messing about in canal boats, some of them have some great old engines, but obviously nothing like 1750HP :)

It's good to have an ally :) The only problem now is that Marty's workshop is at the end of a filthy track so there's very little point cleaning anything there!
Anyway, the point of $seasoncamp is to fix the nasty oily bits :)

MHT wrote:

Yes I steamed the leather - I tried a few different ways but the best method seemed to be by using the little brush attachment that came with the steamer. I soaked, agitated, steam with the brush (only a bit bigger than a toothbrush) and then wiped. On the front seats it has exposed the cracks in the leather a little more, but seeing as it was basically dirt plugging the holes I wasn't too concerned. Plus, I plan on filling and dying the leather over the damaged sections so will remedy this down the line.

That's sounds ideal. I'd never considered steam cleaning leather before but it obviously gets the crap out of the cracks without the risk of causing further damage by scrubbing too hard on a weakened area. Nice one.

Does anything else work in the driver's door?
Honestly, unless you can read the wiring diagrams in RAVE you're going to need Marty to point you at the next steps for diagnostics.

You steamed the leather? Interesting - it certainly seems to get the job done !
My wife has a steam cleaner, I might have to nick it :)

Welcome! I've been where you are, it isn't fun :(

If you can get access to the interior without going deaf you'll be able to sort this out. It'll probably mean buying a refurbished driver's door lock from Marty which is well worth the price.

Is the car somewhere safe?

Absolutely anything can happen! It's a great game. You wear a blindfold while someone cuts (or shorts) one or more random wires in the loom and you get to diagnose and fix it!
I cheated and called Marty :)

I'd go with a new kit, and frankly I've gone with getting a decent installer to do the whole damn lot twice now and the LPG still pays back in a year. There's little more frustrating than a bad LPG install. If you've got the skills to install, fine but it's a hell of a lot easier to learn on something that worked once than to go from scratch.

Gilbertd wrote:

We've only done one before but people either travelled each day (if they weren't that far away) or 3 of us stayed in a hotel. Marty's workshop is at a farm near Marlborough in Wiltshire down a nicely muddy and rutted track.

It came about because there were people that had jobs that needed doing that they either didn't feel confident doing on their own, didn't have the specialist tools needed or jobs that needed two people. It wasn't really organised, it just sort of happened. My partner came along as she is always up for a bit of brake pedal pressing and the like but also thought about feeding us. Morat did the same so he was responsible for the BBQ while others fettled his car for him.

Don't forget my frankly heroic "standing on a steering arm while Marty beat the carp out of it with a sledgehammer". We took 50% casualties on that mission!

I had that error intermittently and Marty swapped out my driver pack for one he'd fixed. I haven't seen that fault since.

Sounds like fun :) I can't commit until I've seen dates, and possibly the weather seeing as we were using wading mode ON the road round here in January last year!

Here's another red one for Monsieur l'Orange
http://tinyurl.com/go3rh7t

Probably not all that close to you but definitely closer than Newcastle!

Gordon mentioned he might start a thread like this, but he hasn't yet. So without wishing to step on toes, here's my attempt.

What could we attempt as a group?
I'd be in for:
Headlining
Possibly Ball Joints

Hmm, looks like you got a free Christmas tree with that one!
Nice blue, looking well too.
Have you tried Gliptone on those seats yet? The cleaner does well down in the cracks.

It looks like you've got a very hungry spider somewhere in your HEVAC ducts, I can't imagine may flies get past the pollen filter!

I'm all for it, January might be a tad damp... but if we go large on the barbeque we could keep warm!
February might be a little easier on the finances?

Bloody Hell, you sound like the perfect candidate for this place - welcome :)
First of all, learn by my mistakes: go and buy yourself a Nanocom before you've got a flashing locked out paranoid Range Rover that won't move.
The ability to read all the systems yourself gives great peace of mind when on a long trip.
Second - we need photos :) Have you got a link to the advert?

Sounds like you've got lots of fun ahead, enjoy the trip!