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Walked to the garage to collect the WJ this afternoon. My local Garage have fixed the Jeep - they replaced injector seals on cylinders 3,4 & 5. Fitted new rear ARB bushes supplied by me as they are an upgraded part from USA. Greased all the visible nipples on the suspension & prop shafts etc as...

After the wifes three double shifts - I missed the moment. Wendy is a GP Receptionist she has been for the last 5 years after retiring from Reception work at the Derby Royal where she had been for about 5 years after giving up decades of Secretarial type work / facilities management in the...

Thanks - fit blondes seem to look until they see it's driven by an OAP. When the hood is down it gets some glances by passing vehicles. Following vehicles seem to be surprised when I raise the roll bar as I leave a 30 mph limit. It's motorised with a manual switch and locks when fully up. I...

Our R129 Thanks I try my best to keep it in good condition we bought it in 2003 it's done around 65 k miles, no winter use and rarely gets wet as we use it for sunny days only.

Are we protecting the rich again as with the banking crisis? You could be cynical and say as most of the very rich people are in the last quarter of their life the present response is about protecting the elderly. So it's biased in favour of the wealthy. lol

A bit of nice history especially the second video. The Opel Manta GTE (B chassis) shared the same floor pan /platform as the Ascona B famous in its Rally Guise they were a brilliant chassis in the day. The Opel GT 1969-1975 had transverse leaf on the front suspension with coil springs on...

WJ dropped of at Garage tonight ! Took the Jeep GC to my local garage tonight for the Injector Seals to be done. I'm pretty sure they will call out Service Garage of Spondon to do the Injectors as last time. They provide a mobile service to a lot of main dealers in the area including MB of...

Back in the 1960' & 1970's much like Ford Germany remember the Taunus anybody ? Opel as a brand had completely different models to Vauxhall and competed for the UK market separately. Opels were imported at Harwich Docks where they were stored outside in huge car parks for distribution by the...

Why cutting holes in vehicle can be scary ! Back in 1978 I worked for a Mitsubishi Main Dealer in Derby - at that time they were sold in the UK under the brand name of Colt. They were actually rebadged in the UK by the dealers for a number of reasons. Mitsubishi had been imported under their...

The later build Terranos are very susceptible to Corrosion 19! It's believed the Japanese Government were cost cutting.

!0 pm news today 24th March 2020 A field hospital in London for 4,000 patients this is getting scary now - a Curfew in London might be next. I'm staying put Wendy is driving herself to work & picking up my meds from Tesco on the way home. Some of us on this Forum will get the virus sadly we...

Unaccustomed as I am to van door widows. Okay so why is there a teeny square window with a big black section in the door - it reminds me of those cash in transit type security vans ? Brave man with the jigsaw cutting out - you must be well skilled to do that !

I hate Scotch Locks / Piggy Back connectors. As Jim mentioned the reverse lamp power has never been connected so it's dead. I traced the existing cable run to look for the connections for the left hand plug wiring - they are all hidden behind the nearside interior panel trim. The trim looks a...

Thanks Jim Thanks Jim - so I need a 12s plug I'll look on flea bay. Cheers Ted

I want to take the reversing light power out of my tow bar as I have fitted a small LED for better reversing vision at night - especially up my drive between the houses when it's dark. I have nothing to tow so it seems an easy option to just plug into the tow socket - also come MoT time I can...

That bad !! Not sure but looking at the underneath it looks like concrete splashing residue everywhere. There is no doubt there was a lack of proper rust prevention and probably not the best steel used - that said I had an old 260E Merc and the rear calipers rotted through due to cement...

Chassis recall I think if if he puts the VRM on the govt mot check website the recal is listed if it's outstanding.

Porton Down now helping with search for vaccine. It appears the world race for a Covid 19 vaccine is pretty advanced. I suspect that like the mapping of the Human Genome that the task now it has been identified genetically will be to have research split between different countries thus avoiding...

And some younger victims have been very ill. There have been quite a few press accounts of younger very healthy folk in the UK who have recovered but have been seriously ill in Hospital these are the folk that will need ventilators as well as the elderly. There have been confirmed cases of...

Endanger species under the counter trade ! There is plenty of published research date showing the type of data & where it originated from. Also as regard the world statistics some need to be taken with a pinch of salt especially from some of the Communist block countries.