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  1. Well, the solenoid appears to be fine. It's purely the electronic drive block that converts the ECU's solid signal into PWM for the valves that fails.

    I do wonder if the valve may be slightly sticking and pulling some extra current. So far both times it has happened shortly after towing a heavy load, so maybe when it has to keep the valve open longer than normal the drive pack burns out? Still very strange...

  2. 7 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said:

    It's a one of them Toyota things, HDJ80 1990 Land Cruiser, it's got... axles... and stuff...and the rims are 17", that's all I know.

    Almost anything would do.

    From what I can find:

    8x17 6/139,7 ET0

    Looks like that pattern is shared with a bunch of stuff:

    (copy pasted from a 4x4 shop): Application: Nissan Patrol Y60, Y61, Terrano , Pick Up, Navara D21 Navara D22, Pathfinder tot 2005. Toyota Land Cruiser 40, 60, 80, 90, Hilux, FJ Cruiser Mitsubishi Pajero, L-200  Isuzu: Trooper, Amigo, Campo, D-Max Opel: Monterey, Frontera, Campo Ford Maverick, Ranger Hyundai: Galloper

  3. I know those days where everything just starts snowballing and you wish you wouldn't have gotten out of bed.

    If at all possible, I try to just walk away when that starts happening. Your mindset isn't getting any better, and just helps create more mistakes/work.

    Like this friday, I was trying to put up a nice new lamp at the front of the house, because we'd be potentially working into the dark during the weekend. Standing on the ladder, wondering once again how this f¨%£ing house still hasn't burned down ("I'll deal with the wiring another day"), the lamp that had been nicely balanced between the top of the ladder and the wall for 20 minutes, decided to fall down. Of course straight on the glass. I told my girlfriend to take my tools away before I chucked them in a ballistic orbit...

    And no, there's still no lamp up. Because now I somehow get to replace the glass. But at least we managed to get good work done on the driveway, despite my operating the digger with a 38°C fever.

    Why did I get out of bed again?

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  4. 11 hours ago, ThreePointFive said:

    My pipe for 10 goes from the right place to the heater but I've done the return (12) back to where 4 is coming out of the manifold. That means 4 isn't plumbed back into the bottom of the radiator in any way.

    Yeah, that won't work. Both of those are "out" flow, just that one is blocked by a thermostat (if you went to the "regular" setup without the pig's heart).

    Easiest is probably to check a D1/RRC V8 cooling diagram to see how the old hose setup worked. But T-ing it into a hose going into the water pump should work.

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  5. Certainly not seeing it here yet.

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    I'm very much hoping I can get through the remaining cold days on the pittance that's still in my tank. Not that I can't afford to fill it up if really necessary, I just don't want to at these prices.

    I've even gone back to throwing LPG into the Range Rover, even though it's become hard to find. At this point I'm not even sure if it's cheaper to drive to the office, or stay at home and heat the house...

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  6. 33 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said:

    Well, here we go...

    www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/shire-ukraine

    Myself and @miketomcat are aiming to join the dots if we can and if the logistics pans out - if not the money goes to the next best cause.

    Good luck to you guys. I already threw some pennies towards Jez, will do the same for you.

    Let me know if there's anything I can do on this side of the pond - even if it's just a warm place to sleep and take a shower.

    Also have my big box trailer available if it's of any use.

  7. 10 hours ago, Flash17 said:

    Cheers for the reply Simonr you right about the external timer option it is viable, if fact I could use the timer built in to the pod point to set the charge. However then the mains electrical supply is cut off once the charge is complete and can’t be used to precondition the battery and cabin before a daytime departure there for it uses the stored ev battery charge to precondition and thus affecting EV range. 
    Finally as you say I ought to be able to do it in my my view it’s a brand new expensive motor from a premium brand, it should work as designed!

    Agreed it should work properly, but couldn't you set your chargepoint to charge from when the cheaper tariff starts until lunchtime or something? It shouldn't matter if the car is already fully charged by then.

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