3rd gen owner help required please.

[si tate]

Would one of you be so kind as to measure your rear wiper blade as mine seems a bit shorter from what I recall on my old 3rd gen.

Thanks in advance, Si.

[Bogus]

320mm or 12.5"

[si tate]

320mm or 12.5"

Thanks Alex, must just be an optical illusion as it is 320mm, just looks too small.

[Bogus]

it,ll be an age thing. Your eyesight is probably failing. Happy to help.

[si tate]

it,ll be an age thing. Your eyesight is probably failing. Happy to help.

Ye the age thing is always a good excuse.

[MWS]

Thanks Alex, must just be an optical illusion as it is 320mm, just looks too small.

Perhaps it's because it's cold. .

[Lightyear66]

I've got a bigger one !!!

Just got the tape measure out and in the privacy of my own drive way measured mine to be a whooping 15" or 380mm !!!

Not just a wiper....Not even an M&S wiper....A full 15 inch wiper !!!

Cheers + ATVB

Philip

[gwh200]

it,ll be an age thing. Your eyesight is probably failing. Happy to help.

That'll be the copydex application again Si. Best check for hairy palms.

[si tate]

Just got the tape measure out and in the privacy of my own drive way measured mine to be a whooping 15" or 380mm !!!

Not just a wiper....Not even an M&S wiper....A full 15 inch wiper !!!

Cheers + ATVB

Philip

Ahh so maybe mine was bigger on my old truck, thanks for that I can now rule out dementia.

That'll be the copydex application again Si. Best check for hairy palms.

Palms are soft & supple at the minute mate as I use latex gloves.

[fsaroyster]

Just popped out to measure the wiper blade on your old truck Si, and its 12.5" or 30 odd centimetres

Rog

[si tate]

Just popped out to measure the wiper blade on your old truck Si, and its 12.5" or 30 odd centimetres

Rog

Oh right, seemed bigger, thanks for looking mate.

P.S how my old baby doing?
"& I don't mean your other half"

[fsaroyster]

Lol!

Trucks going well, wish I had more money and time to spend on her to be honest. I started cleaning up the chassis a few weeks back, took off the fuel tank armour thang with the intention of giving it a bit of a rub and got carried away, decided I'd try to get it right back to the bare metal before painting, but then went on holiday for a couple of weeks and I've not touched it since

Other thing I'll mention, as you, and probably the others around here, may have some useful advice, due to circumstances at work I'm now having to drive about 50 miles a day, 90% of which is through the country side, so barely get up to 50mph. Anything I should do to improve things from an mpg point of view, or service/maintenance stuff I should do more regularly? I've decided to get some road tyres, any suggestions? Going to keep an eye out for another set of wheels, so that I can keep my ones in good condition and don't want to wear my GG AT2s out!

Thanks

Rog

[MWS]

Lol!

Trucks going well, wish I had more money and time to spend on her to be honest. I started cleaning up the chassis a few weeks back, took off the fuel tank armour thang with the intention of giving it a bit of a rub and got carried away, decided I'd try to get it right back to the bare metal before painting, but then went on holiday for a couple of weeks and I've not touched it since

Other thing I'll mention, as you, and probably the others around here, may have some useful advice, due to circumstances at work I'm now having to drive about 50 miles a day, 90% of which is through the country side, so barely get up to 50mph. Anything I should do to improve things from an mpg point of view, or service/maintenance stuff I should do more regularly? I've decided to get some road tyres, any suggestions? Going to keep an eye out for another set of wheels, so that I can keep my ones in good condition and don't want to wear my GG AT2s out!

Thanks

Rog

Hey, Rog. Have you considered running on a blend of pump diesel and filtered WVO ? If you can find a good source, it can do wonders for your fuel bills.

[fsaroyster]

To be honest Mick, before I go off and search, I don't know what WVO is!

When it came to the cheap(er) fuel stuff I thought I'd missed the boat on that one to be honest? I vaguely remember a few years back people buying gallons of sunflower oil from the local supermarkets for peanuts before "they" got wise to that and upped the prices. Then came the chip shop oil, again they've started charging for it, previously I think they'd give it away...

Rog

[Tankerman]

Perhaps look into modifying the overdrive/lockup to kick in at 40mph. The subject is covered at length elsewhere on this forum.