Yep, it ran like a top all the way home - as long as I could mentally tune out the horrible noise from the PAS pump. Just the short commute today, but the gas kicked in at the expected times and ran really smoothly. I topped her up on the way back so I can see what to expect from a full tank of gas.

When I get a chance I'll have a look at the earth strap from the engine, I suspect I'll find it in a pretty dodgy state. I hope it's that rather then chasing the wiring for the MAP sensor, I hate chasing wires especially when they've all been taped over a zillion times :/

I hope you've warmed up again! I was getting pretty cold after the first couple of hours :)

lol, bad man. :)
I got a little tipsy last year and before I knew it I'd bought a 7.5m tent with 4 double bedrooms. I'm not quite sure why.
One of these https://www.blacks.co.uk/equipment/162660-eurohike-buckingham-elite-8-man-family-tent-green.html
but for £140 :)

Sounds like fun, although I need to check the events programme at work before I could commit.
I do have a huge tent though :)

How about a silhouette of a P38 on the bumpstops with the bonnet up? :)

On the upside, the valve block isn't hard to refurb and the kit is cheap... if you haven't done it, you probably should.

I honestly can't imagine anything that would command a premium simply because David Beckham had a hand in it and that includes posh spice.

it's the Jeep, it needs some TLC.
Sadly it's just started throwing a check engine light with codes for the MAP sensor. I've changed the sensor and then it did it again :/

Haha, that tickled me :)

The firepit has been ordered. They've got an offer on firebowls here
I got the 60cm seeing as we've already got the barrel barbeque and we're getting a range cooker in the new kitchen.

Hope the house goes through! :)

See you on Friday, Simon! (I'll get that photo of the LPG injector plug when it stops pissing down)

OldShep56 wrote:

Does that mean the next Summer Camp is at your new house??

You'd be welcome - there are no tools there! In fact, not even a house yet. But I guess we could have a northern meet some time?

lol :)
Her priorities aren't terribly far from mine, but she does still have her previous house packed in the shed (and we haven't moved in 10 years) so our garage is going to be storage for some time.

I tell you what we are DEFINITELY having in our new place - level parking! and we're the end of the road so we can get a few cars in when necessary - and one of these bad boys :)

Sadly a single garage which will be filled with cr@p from day one.
Although I could put one of those in the garden and offroad to it from the "bridleway" next door :)

I guess what I'd really like is a cordless spinning device which can take drill bits and sockets. It would have a selectable hammer/impact action and would be calibrated so you could do up nuts/bolts to correct torque, drive screws without snapping them and undo horrendously stuck bolts with large applications of POWAH.

From the sounds of things, this sort of device doesn't exist :(

Folks, I don't know if I've mentioned it but I'm due to move house this summer (once the new place has been built) so I've been informed that I'll be fitting a lot of shelves/curtain rails and general crap. Normal, I guess. However, her ladyship sweetened the deal by suggesting that I get an electric screwdriver. That has, of course, been translated in my brain into an opportunity to buy an electric impact gun. I've been very impressed by the ones you guys have been using at Summer Camps - what would you recommend?
I have a very few impact sockets in my socket set, so do I need to get some more of those too or do electric guns not really need them?

Sadly, I don't think I'll get away with air tools at this point ;)

Are you there isn't ice/snow all over the underside? There's a glacier stuck to the bottom of our vehicles right now.

I've found a supply in Malton, the garage I had previously avoided for years since it charged 75p has dropped its price to 65p which is too much but still cheaper than petrol!

It'll buff out...
Seriously, it'll come back looking better than it was before. Soon you'll be obsessing about the first stone chip on your new bumper :)

Both the Jeep and Range Rover are on Grabbers and they're loving the snow so far :) I couldn't resist a little V8/opposite lock action as I left the work carpark today :)

Or you could use the accelerometer on your phone ;)

Sorry Marty but you picked the wrong month to come to Yorkshire!