| Author |
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 Brake upgrade |
Winslet
 7th Feb 2016 1:43 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 47 · Views: 30014 · Subject: Brake upgrade |
Only if you use it!
Emergency stops must put a huge strain on the suspension and brakes/transmission but I certainly don't drive like that - the reassurance is there but don't forget that the rever ... |
| Brake upgrade |
Winslet
7th Feb 2016 10:38 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 47 · Views: 30014 · Subject: Brake upgrade |
| I'd say that 16" wheels wouldn't fit - I had those on my previous Freelander and the gap between the caliper and the inside of the wheel isn't large enough to use stick on weights to balance the ... |
| Brake upgrade |
Winslet
6th Feb 2016 10:39 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 47 · Views: 30014 · Subject: Brake upgrade |
| RonP - I don't know if LR refer to it as EBA, emergency brake assist, but once the car detected you were applying the brakes as if in an emergency, you could feel it applying maximum braking force and ... |
| Brake upgrade |
Winslet
6th Feb 2016 6:58 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 47 · Views: 30014 · Subject: Brake upgrade |
Hi
Haven't posted for a while but have been keeping an eye on posts!
I did the same upgrade last summer, using the carriers from the same source as Mav71 did - the guy only lives a few miles awa ... |
| Heating and hot water: recommendations |
Winslet
11th May 2015 9:25 pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 34 · Views: 16957 · Subject: Heating and hot water: recommendations |
Like Wilco44 we have a WB Greenstar condensing boiler and a MegaFlo hot water tank. We inherited ours when we moved into our current house 2.5 years ago.
It provides oodles of hot water and is gre ... |
| Bolt for engine cover |
Winslet
29th Apr 2015 9:34 pm
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Forum: Duckworth Parts · Replies: 11 · Views: 10659 · Subject: Bolt for engine cover |
Thanks Dan.
In the meantime I have been onto the servicing dealer. My original plan (to save the inevitable drive in, wait a while, be told something, have to return once more at a later time to s ... |
| Freelander parking |
Winslet
29th Apr 2015 9:25 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 18 · Views: 7758 · Subject: Freelander parking |
Looks like Wyevale in Woburn Sands Norfie!
I might have been there but I tend to park in the other corner away from as many other cars as possible. |
| Bolt for engine cover |
Winslet
17th Apr 2015 3:22 pm
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Forum: Duckworth Parts · Replies: 11 · Views: 10659 · Subject: Bolt for engine cover |
| Thanks Badger - a Google search on the part number comes up with a 'bolt plus washer' description but any images just give the bolt - not sure if they are counting the wider flat underside of the head ... |
| Bolt for engine cover |
Winslet
10th Apr 2015 4:57 pm
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Forum: Duckworth Parts · Replies: 11 · Views: 10659 · Subject: Bolt for engine cover |
Thanks Dan.
Andrew |
| Bolt for engine cover |
Winslet
9th Apr 2015 5:07 pm
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Forum: Duckworth Parts · Replies: 11 · Views: 10659 · Subject: Bolt for engine cover |
| Sadly not. The green part highlighted mounts onto the engine itself and the engine cover bolt screws into that. The sleeve/collar as in my photo is not in your diagram unless it comes as part of the b ... |
| Bolt for engine cover |
Winslet
4th Apr 2015 11:12 am
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Forum: Duckworth Parts · Replies: 11 · Views: 10659 · Subject: Bolt for engine cover |
Hi Dan
Many thanks for the bolt which arrived today.
Unfortunately it lacks the collar part which I thought was part of the bolt and from the original post is the bit I am actually missing. I ha ... |
| Bolt for engine cover |
Winslet
1st Apr 2015 1:30 pm
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Forum: Duckworth Parts · Replies: 11 · Views: 10659 · Subject: Bolt for engine cover |
Thanks Dan.
Payment made and PM with address, etc sent.
Andrew |
| Bolt for engine cover |
Winslet
31st Mar 2015 2:16 pm
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Forum: Duckworth Parts · Replies: 11 · Views: 10659 · Subject: Bolt for engine cover |
Dan
Could you give the price inc VAT and postage for one of the bolts that holds the engine cover on a MY2013 2.2 diesel please?
It is about an inch long with a washer/sleeve on it. Unfortunat ... |
| Rear light guard |
Winslet
31st Mar 2015 2:07 pm
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Forum: Duckworth Parts · Replies: 4 · Views: 3402 · Subject: Rear light guard |
Edit: Sorry. Enquiry should have started in a new thread, which I have now done.
Andrew |
| Alonso - Not to race in Oz? |
Winslet
3rd Mar 2015 9:11 pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 12 · Views: 5480 · Subject: Alonso - Not to race in Oz? |
Didn't pick up Alonso wasn't going to race until I got home from work, bit surprised but understandable given the concerns over the possibility of a second injury soon after the first.
A combinatio ... |
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