I've had enough!

[Growler]

I'd love to, but then there's the issue of getting to work on the Monday with a car several hundred miles from my house.....and getting Nina and the dogs back home too - so I'll let it rest a while till the transplant...

That's a b*gger, still there's always next year

[MudSurfer]

Glad too see you finally got it sorted Andy, now bring it down to the rtts kill the motor and leave it at Rich's for heart transplant

I'd love to, but then there's the issue of getting to work on the Monday with a car several hundred miles from my house.....and getting Nina and the dogs back home too - so I'll let it rest a while till the transplant...

[Growler]

Glad too see you finally got it sorted Andy, now bring it down to the rtts kill the motor and leave it at Rich's for heart transplant

[logey79]

shame i've not been about mate, i'd have suggested that 1st thing and could have saved you all that hassle...

(ducks the online punches)

[surfenstein]

nice one andy.glad its fixed.

[MudSurfer]

And, as a test to see if it all worked, I went down a local lane, found a pair of not so brights in a Frontera, off the legal route, stuck in some deep and muddy ruts, so I towed them out, and told them off

But at least I know it all works properly now

[tintin]

.......and the August award for Perseverance goes to............................ .....















Mudsurfer,


well done mate, glad you got 4WD back at last.
Good luck with the engine, hope it's minor!
Alan

[sledge]

glad you got it fixed mate. shame your not down for rtts we could of all had a look to see whats wrong with it

[Apache]

Oh? Are we doing Bryn Crug then?

That means we wont be able to fit in all of those killer new routes...

[gwh200]

do you need newspaper down in the corner

[MudSurfer]

Well done Andy!

Its pretty satisfying when you finally crack a problem that's been doing your head in isn't it?

Cheers dude - yes it ferkin is mate!! I'm more pleased than a pleased person, covered in pleased, eating pleased pudding, and generally feeling rather pleased - Bryn Crug - Nina is coming to get you, and this time, with a new engine and working 4WD!!! MMMMWWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! !!!

[Apache]

Well done Andy!

Its pretty satisfying when you finally crack a problem that's been doing your head in isn't it?

[gwh200]

well all's well that end's well.

what shall we talk about now..the weather,politics

mattf's ,severe gingerness !!

[darkdezigns]

You are - I've been leaping about on the drive for 10 mins, the guy that lives next door must think I've gone loopy!!!!

There is a lot of top end noise, and I mean a lot - on hard acceleration, approaching gearchange, and sometimes lots of black smoke on gear change when overtaking (I noticed it on a dual carriageway on Sat - overtook and checked the mirror to make sure I was past, and at the same time, the autobox changed gear and there was a HUGE cloud of black smoke) and I get a lot of black and now blue smoke on startup - labours to start (from cold 4-5 seconds, or two attempts at 6+ seconds) and there is now oil all over the bottom of the engine and all over the bell housing of the gearbox - so must have done a seal or something....dunno, it's rattly, shimmy noises from the engine, sounds very agricultural and has started to use a bit of oil now - it's going in to be compression checked on Monday/Tuesday - so we'll see what they say...

bet it still runs better than yoshies new car lol

[MudSurfer]

gosh......im quite....emotional (but it may be wind !!)

what is the engine issue andy, is it fubared ??

You are - I've been leaping about on the drive for 10 mins, the guy that lives next door must think I've gone loopy!!!!

There is a lot of top end noise, and I mean a lot - on hard acceleration, approaching gearchange, and sometimes lots of black smoke on gear change when overtaking (I noticed it on a dual carriageway on Sat - overtook and checked the mirror to make sure I was past, and at the same time, the autobox changed gear and there was a HUGE cloud of black smoke) and I get a lot of black and now blue smoke on startup - labours to start (from cold 4-5 seconds, or two attempts at 6+ seconds) and there is now oil all over the bottom of the engine and all over the bell housing of the gearbox - so must have done a seal or something....dunno, it's rattly, shimmy noises from the engine, sounds very agricultural and has started to use a bit of oil now - it's going in to be compression checked on Monday/Tuesday - so we'll see what they say...