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Cuprinol "Shades" fence/wood stain, and just brushed it on.

I took some photos, but it is pretty hard to make out any detail due to the dark colour and low light. However, I'll post them here anyway. Bear in mind, this is about 4 years old, so is a little grubby now! There are a couple "far away" shots, and one close up to show you the finish.

Are you sure you want to cost & effort of doing so? I'm really happy with mine being stripped back to the "bare board" (using a pressure washer), left to dry, then stained black... but you could use any colour you like. Now there is nothing to sag, it looks uniform and tidy, and was dead easy.

I get a kind of judder (shiver), whenever I see the back end of a Disco 5... could it be that?! 🙂

PS. You don't need to install Adobe (although you have done so already). There is a reader (Adobe Acrobat4) included with RAVE. For general PDF browsing, I just use Microsoft Edge.

Assuming you have the RAVE folder, inside you'll see the RAVE.exe application. On my system, this is the only one I needed to change properties for. Right click it, and you'll see options like those shown earlier by David.

Yes, I wondered that since it had been laying horizontally on the floor. Thanks.

I'm confused. I recently took my front shock absorbers (Britpart Cellular Dynamic) off my Disco, in order to add spring spacers. They seem to have lasted well, about 7 years I'd guess? Firstly, the shock body is too wide and fouls the spacer, but secondly (and more importantly) one of the two shocks was providing no damping when compressing. So, I ordered a pair of replacements (Bilstein something or other). Today, I picked up the Britpart shock and it works fine! What might cause a shock to work sometimes, but not others?!

Thank you David, this is useful. Mine is clearly older than those in the booklet, in particular the thread on the rod through the middle being much coarser... and what happens is about 2" from the end that thread gets so coarse it won't turn any more. There is no "end stop" as such, just the thicker thread. Never mind, I'll have to live with it as is!

Maybe. A lot quote "jaw width" as 6", that's not the opening width, but the jaws themselves.

Hello, I've had a Record No. 6 vice for many years, but had a job recently (replacement prop UJ) that needed it to open 1cm wider than it could... it seems to be limited to about 13cm opening. Online, it seems the #6 should open more, some report 20cm, but I think that's a stretch. Anyone willing to measure theirs? Ta, Scott

I find myself having to use a dictionary to find out what "incongruent" means 😕

I don't want to start an argument, but after 4 years of ownership I would suggest the salesman is wrong. In fact, most of the time the engine is used exclusively for charging, and only at higher speeds (motorway) is it used as a power source. You can also hit the "charge" button, and the engine will make lots of noise and a burning smell, and charge the batteries up. Overall, most (over time) of the pulling power is from the electric motors, and they were very good for smooth towing. It was a shame that all the other bits in the car were cr@p.

While not "full electric", I used to own a Mitsubishi Outlander (PHEV), and it towed really well. If I recall, the limit was 1500Kg? All that torque meant the caravan on the back might as well not have been there. It did, of course, chew through the batteries really quickly, and mean the petrol engine was running (charging) almost all the time.

Confused... it works fine on my Windows 10 Pro system, but not on my Windows 10 Home system. However, using compatibility mode for Win 98/ME on both the RAVE executable and the PDF reader application, all works again. 🙂

Oh, while I think about it, it also doesn't start in "compatibility modes" for Windows 7, or XP (SP2/3).

I haven't used RAVE for a while, a month or two maybe, but it won't open for me today... starts, but no windows appear etc. Was wondering if recent Microsoft updates to Win 10 have caused a problem? Anyone else seeing issues?

Why not save all the hassle, and get a different girlfriend? 🙂

My preference is Pioneer, not terribly expensive, and sound fairly good (in my Disco).

...and directly back to a pre-booked MOT appointment.

Can't be 100% sure yet, but I forced child #2 to sit in the cab turning left/right while I bled the steering box back into the reservoir (fluid is fairly new). Didn't see anything untoward, but doing this seems to have stopped the heavyness. At the same time, I noticed the front left tyre was deflated slightly, so pumped that up (from ~18 to ~30psi). That probably helps too.

Firstly, this is an issue on a 1994 Disco, but I figured the power steering is the same on Defenders too? So, starting up in the morning I get a couple of seconds of heavy (no) power steering, but after a few revs and/or metres travelled all seems to be fine. Very rarely, later in the day (after work), I'll get the same for just a second or so. Would this be symptomatic of air in the system? I'm imagining as the pump develops pressure, that air is compressed to the point of not making much difference. The pump itself is a fairly new (cheap Chinese) thing, and the steering box is a 2 year old recon unit... so neither can be 100% relied upon, but they've been doing a good job so far. I suppose belt slippage would also cause this sort of symptom, will check the tensioner. But, I don't see why that would only happen at the start of the day. Regards, Scott

Can you not just add a couple of jate rings?

I've done this in the past, while waiting for new UJ's or a prop or whatever to arrive. No issues at all, just remember not to boot it too much!

Me too, but only for 15 years or so. Flux offer me a "classic car" policy, which includes the "must be locked in a garage after 10pm" clause which I've been using for years on my Disco (which is not classic!). However, if I'm not at home, it doesn't have to be locked in a garage ~:-|