I sat on the tailgate and broke one of the straps - lovely and rusty.
Are the Britpart ones OK? Island have them at a tenner each, which would make it worth doing both of them.
I semi-remember hearing that the replacements don't have the pivot - does this matter in practice?
And an excellent excuse to drive around dropping them off to the next guy :)
Well, it can't be great news - but I can't think of a reason to stress about it until you lose drive/gears. Unless you're the kind of guy who can rebuild an auto transmission I'd say leave it till it breaks. It might be time to read up on pulling the autobox and browsing Ashcrofts site ready for the day. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow - but some time... ;)
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BrianH wrote:
Your first mistake is reading the Express. Any webpage with that horrific formatting doesn't deserve to be looked at.
Note that a lot of that relates to carb vehicles as well which obviously can go out of tune and need adjustment, you have fuel injection which will adjust itself anyway so running lean shouldn't be an issue as long as its working properly anyway.
Correct Answer. The Express is a not a factual publication nor is the Mail, Mail on Sunday, Daily Mirror or even whatever they're calling the Independent these days.
Having seen the story with my own eyes on a couple of occasions and then read about it later in the papers - it's all shite.
I think the "Portal" button is basically the same as What's New - isn't it?
Watched my wife drive over a football that had been left underneath the front left. That was quite a loud bang!
"Was it a tyre??"
"Err, no. How could it be a tyre when you're sitting level??"
nevermind - £10 from amazon prime for a new football.
What a bargain! Is it going to be the basis for a "don't care if I scrach it" Offroader or are you going to cherish it like a new member of the family? :)
EAS and Aircon... well it could be a lot worse. How does the engine sound?
On the P38 you could well be overtightening them, the correct setting is only 80lb/ft
Well, the Jeep axle nuts are only 170 lb ft so I'm well in range :) 300 sounds pretty fierce!
Also, recommend oil weights have tended to drop over the years as manufacturers have chased fractions of an MPG to raise their fleet averages. The same thing with "lifetime fill" auto-boxes which mean that the manufacturer can shave off a few litres of oil usage over the projected lifetime of the vehicle.
I'm with Dave. Copaslip, Plusgas and a wire brush (or more plusgas and a good cloth) make things much much easier. My half-inch breaker bar is definitely the go to weapon!
E30 BMWs have a tiny (4mm?) allen headed bolt instead of the posi. It was only there to hold the disk in place while you put the wheel on, but without Copper Grease they were complete bastards. With the magic grease... no problem!
All this reminds me, Marty - I left my 17 and 19mm deep sockets behind after we did your brakes that time. Any chance you could keep them to one side if you spot them? They're Halfords Professional range if that helps. Probably far far too late now, I admit.
Well, I got carried away and two Halfords Advanced slipped into the basket. The model 60 and 300 which should cover me from 12-300nm (10-250lb ft) Tools are an investment! (as I keep having to say)
Also, I don't think I want to half-ass the axle nut and the hub bolts on the front of my jeep! Bad things (tm) would probably happen.
Well I've got a decent 1/2" breaker bar which definitely HAS been handy :)
I know I'm risking the old adage of buying cheap but.. this looks like it'll do me for a while at least.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-2-DRIVE-HIGH-RANGE-TORQUE-WRENCH-50-250FT-LB-70-350NM-RATCHET-IN-CASE-SS031/283543800938
What do you reckon? Garbage or worth a pop? I'm not in the market for a Snap On, sadly!
Or.. for double the money I could nip down to Halfords and get one of these with a lifetime warranty: https://tinyurl.com/y9c7mo6w
hmm. I'm not feeling very decisive today!
Folks, I'm looking at buying a torque wrench. My current need is for a half inch drive type largish one (170lb ft min) and I'm not looking to break the bank. So, my question is - are there many reverse thread bolts on the P38? The one-way wrenches are cheaper, but how much use will I get out of the extra function?
As for rustproofing, I've had excellent results with the Bilt Hamber range. Easy to use, well priced and all the way from Essex 😀
They have everything from rust converters through high zinc primer to two pack epoxy mastic for areas that are likely to get gravel blasted.
I haven't tried them all but what I have tried is excellent. Their car shampoo is amazing!
Yes, LPG is massively cleaner, especially for particulates. I just wish we could start on it and ignore the petrol side altogether. The start up is the worst phase for emissions and sooting up the engine due to the cold start enrichment that petrol needs, but LPG can avoid because it is naturally a vapour.
Also, the cats are cold but that's not a huge deal for LPG.
Richard, that's just an advantage of making long journeys. Most of the oil fouling occurs at startup so your oil would still be in better shape if you ran on petrol for 200 miles every trip.
Gilbertd wrote:
Looks about right, 1500 is nothing, if running on LPG, it'll still look like that in 10,000 miles time. But why are you having to top it up after 1500 miles?
It will if you're running a mixer. On multipoint, you start on petrol and oil gets all gunky. It annoys me that I'm missing out on that advantage for LPG.