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Just to throw something else into the mix . . . . .the standard Bridgestone HT840 Duellers are a superb tyre for both on, and off-road use. On a shoot recently, my (soon to be part-exchanged) truck pulled itself, 5 fairly large blokes, their gear, and dogs up a mile long grassy, muddy track...

Yes, H4 :thumb2

Osram Nightbreaker here, too. They're fantastic. Downside is they'll last only a year or so before they either fail altogether or go dim. They're seriously good bulbs though :thumb2

On retiring to bed, the titled owner of a stately pile noticed that the level in his sherry bottle was lower than he expected. He marked the bottle, and to his astonishment the level continued to drop on a daily basis. By a process of elimination the blame fell square on the butler . . . ...

Good! He'll be un-mourned and if I ever find his grave I'll be happy to 'water' any flowers on it ;) :thumb2

Me 'Getting the tools' out is exactly why she's going ;) :lol

I've got her for the next couple of days while the new wagon's getting MOt'd and serviced. Funniest thing is that the noise and vibration now isn't worrying me in the slightest :lol:lol:lol

I've put almost 49k on it in the 3 1/2 years I've owned it, to be fair. And some of them have been hard miles as it's been a workhorse as well as a daily driver. It'd be unfair to blame the truck to be honest, but the last few months have knocked the stuffing out of me and I'm getting a bit too...

That sounds pretty scary :eek:

Cheers guys. It's served me well, true enough. I can't say it owes me anything, but it's definitely time to let it go before that changes, lol!

Thanks fellas. I'll still be popping in from time to time as I really enjoy the forum :thumb2 I'll miss the Terrano. It's really a great truck, and a superb off-roader, but as you say LF, my faith in it has gone and I'm constantly listening out for strange noises, smells, leaks . . . . or...

The Terrano has just disgraced itself again this morning. Knocking and vibration from the back when the throttle's taken off. I've had enough now, to be honest. My life seems to be a constant worry about what's going to go wrong with it next :nenau Traded it in today for a Shogun Warrior, so in...

I'd say you weren't far off the money at that, Rick. It might not even be rated as a pressure-retaining seal at all, when it comes to it. It may just be leak-proofing for a ambient pressure fluid-transfer system:nenau

Nope. Even on an extremely low-pressure application applying the sealant to the raised-face won't result in a seal. Assuming the faces are a standard machined-finish, any pressure at all will result in a leak once the bolting's fully pre-loaded

That's electrical, that is

No, he's done it right. If he were installing a paper or wirewound gasket then yes, he'd need to apply it to the raised face. With a flexible gasket compound, however, applying it to the raised face would result in leakage as the gasket material would be forced out as the faces made contact and...

Tarzan was wandering through the jungle one day, when he happened upon a freshly-killed elephant. Just as he was wondering what had happened, a truculent pygmy appeared . . . .'Bugger off, Tarzan!', he says, 'That's mine!' Nonplussed, Tarzan takes a step backwards. 'YOU killed this??' 'Yep. I...

I've long-since stopped beating myself up about the MOT. I view it more as an independent safety check than a 'test'. And if it fails it meant it's something I needed to get sorted anyway :thumb2

Can you post pictures of it?

Yeh, I had one of those, too. I checked my airbag inflator and it's the newer type, so I didn't bother with the recall