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 Forum humour !!! (Some Jokes May Offend) |
Andy131
 31st May 2025 12:03 pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 2204 · Views: 1037429 · Subject: Forum humour !!! (Some Jokes May Offend) |
Made me smile on a couple of levels, had a 5 way heart bypass in 2016 which was touch and go for a while - backup system would have been welcome.
Years ago I was doing bakery machinery (100’s of l ... |
| Forum humour !!! (Some Jokes May Offend) |
Andy131
30th May 2025 9:48 am
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 2204 · Views: 1037429 · Subject: Forum humour !!! (Some Jokes May Offend) |
I wouldn't stress, at least you have a sense of humor, many who easily take offence obviously don't.
Left / right buttoning mattered generations ago, is it still a thing?
I wear my watch on my rig ... |
| Fault Finding Techniques ?? |
Andy131
29th May 2025 9:11 am
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 6 · Views: 870 · Subject: Fault Finding Techniques ?? |
| If you can't fix it with a hammer .................. you have an electrical problem |
| You've really got to want a FFRR to put up with this |
Andy131
27th May 2025 4:25 pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 21 · Views: 1133 · Subject: You've really got to want a FFRR to put up with this |
Not really a tale of woe, many have failed at less than 40,000 miles - so haven't made it to the official second service.
Mines done 111,000 miles and some hard miles at that, was hoping for twice th ... |
| Haldex questions |
Andy131
27th May 2025 11:25 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 8 · Views: 477 · Subject: Haldex questions |
| In my expierience using the Haldex is the best way to improve its life. Lots of people have fallen foul of LR "it doesn't need servicing" rubbish - this was the original advice. I used min ... |
| You've really got to want a FFRR to put up with this |
Andy131
27th May 2025 10:17 am
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 21 · Views: 1133 · Subject: You've really got to want a FFRR to put up with this |
I / we bought a D240 with twin turbos, the vast majority are D180 with a single twin scroll turbo. Every single  component is different, crank, con-rods, pistons, if the crank or crankcase ... |
| You've really got to want a FFRR to put up with this |
Andy131
26th May 2025 12:39 pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 21 · Views: 1133 · Subject: You've really got to want a FFRR to put up with this |
But how many Engineers from the 50/60s still work for JLR?
As an old Engineer I see the youngsters (21-45) making the same mistakes that we made or our Elders made, I tell them twice and then I dec ... |
| You've really got to want a FFRR to put up with this |
Andy131
26th May 2025 10:45 am
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 21 · Views: 1133 · Subject: You've really got to want a FFRR to put up with this |
| I look back on my time with the FL2 I am sure with rose tinted glasses, sure she needed a steering rack (under warranty), an IRD, and the tank gauges were a pain to replace. But overall a reliable car ... |
| Engine Vibration |
Andy131
25th May 2025 8:56 pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 6 · Views: 426 · Subject: Engine Vibration |
| Gently jack the engine up from underneath with the engine running, just enough to take a load off the mounts using a block of wood between the jack and the engine. No-where near enough to lift the car ... |
| Auto neutral gearbox |
Andy131
25th May 2025 11:18 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 5 · Views: 360 · Subject: Auto neutral gearbox |
When stopped at lights some newer gearboxes select neutral when the car is stationary and the brakes applied.
Easy test, be in drive, stop at lights, put her in neutral - if the revs rise she was in ... |
| Engine Vibration |
Andy131
25th May 2025 11:14 am
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 6 · Views: 426 · Subject: Engine Vibration |
| Looking at the engine from the front of the car, there is an engine mount on the left hand side. Mine looked OK until I changed it. Top casting was resting on the lower casting when stationary, but ... |
| Hospital appointments |
Andy131
15th Dec 2024 9:26 pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 13 · Views: 1749 · Subject: Hospital appointments |
| Fair enough charge the customers £50 for a missed appointment, but lets play fair and £50 per day for every day you have to wait past the 31 day target for cancer treatment after diagnosis. The wai ... |
| Hospital appointments |
Andy131
15th Dec 2024 8:08 pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 13 · Views: 1749 · Subject: Hospital appointments |
I have just had to deal with the opposite.
Mother-in-Law came around as someone proporting to be the HNS have cancelled her appointment. Bearing in mind she is in her 80s and has had family tellin ... |
| Forum humour !!! (Some Jokes May Offend) |
Andy131
8th Dec 2024 8:46 pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 2204 · Views: 1037429 · Subject: Forum humour !!! (Some Jokes May Offend) |
Be very careful
Buying a hair dryer by mistake WILL be taken as criticism of her current hair style.
Buying an air fryer by mistake will be taken as criticism of her cooking.
Buying nothing will ... |
| Davanti Wintoura - alternatives for British winter ? |
Andy131
26th Nov 2024 2:11 pm
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Forum: Wheels & Tyres · Replies: 11 · Views: 2767 · Subject: Davanti Wintoura - alternatives for British winter ? |
In reference to pauls post above.
Have just changed the DS from my normal 18" wheels with Continental cross contact fitted to the 18" winter wheels with Pirelli Scorpion full winter tyres ... |
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