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Bluemoon

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  1. i have just purchased a V8(carbs fitted) which was running when picked it up , but to get it off the trailer, it wouldn't start, I had a inverted bottle of petrol, and power gong to dizzy,spark plugs cleaned (but no spark) what is the thing on the front of the dizzy, with two wires, I had one years ago, just don't want to start buying new leads stripping everything down , incase I've missed something simple, chhers for any info.

    Brian

  2. I had a tube in one of the tyres and it blew the tyre, the tyre were never abused and did not have any cut marks, but the landrover did carry a bit of weight constantly . just the tyre walls were carp. might have been a bad batch. the tyre I replaced was fine. Bad luck maybe , but bad luck shouldn't come into it when choosing a tyre.

    Brian

  3. I had exactly the same problem, one tyre kept going down with a leak thru the side wall cracking, and the others were badly cracked with walls pealing away. I've replaced now with bfg. I would not recommend them at all, apart for offroad, then I've got admit they were excellent.

    Brian

  4. I was hoping they were the same speed, to drive two rear axles while in low ratio with two separate props, I know its been done but didn't know how,I was hoping for an easy answer.

    cheers Brian

  5. if you can live with the little extra roof height a another option , I may be doing on one of the landrovers is fitting a rooftent, with either boxed sides from roofrack, or which I more perfer, sit the tent directly on the roof fitted with added reinforcement and maybe another plyboard all sealed to the roof , but with a hatch, to go from tent down inside the Landrover without going outside, quite easy to do , and if done right noone would be any wiser until they went inside, just another option

    Brian

  6. People are always moaning about ebay and its charges these days, if you don't like it don't use it? Try selling stuff that you would put on ebay at an auction house and see how you get on for charges, I know auction houses provide a different service but mostly their audience is much smaller, you have to take the item to them and collect if it does not sell. or you could use the local paper, local shop to sell stuff and sit in waiting for people not turning up or time wasting tyre kickers.

    One of my other hobbies is collecting a certain type of stationary engines and ebay sellers provides and excellent shop window of spares. I don't like paying for anything but ebay bashing mystifies me to be honest.

    If you don't like pork then don't eat a pig.

    well said, lets face it, before ebay came along, you had to through private ads, with no way of knowing the charactor of person you were dealing with, at least ebay lets you give some feedback.

    I don't know the guy, but come on, I've seen a lot worse, and for picking on the guy's eggs, do you actually know anything about chickens. I think some people need to grow up.

    Picking on an indivual is nothing more than been a bully, and I for one dispise a bully.

    If any newcomer was reading this, I am sure they would soon move on to another forum if they thought that was the mentality of the furum. Rant over.

    Brian

  7. I have a few gas stoves, twin and single and a twin burner Coleman petrol stove, I have used a single stove for years and love to use firewood (makes for a homely feel) but a twin burner is so much better, and the Coleman stoves's heat is so much hotter than a gas stove, but still carry a single gas stove with a spare canister for emergencies, just carry two, its not that much extra weight or space , for peace of mind and hot meal somewhere remote.

    Brian

  8. my partner has set her heart on going to Lapland( Rovaniemi, Finland) next Xmas, some 2000 mile journey, flying is out the question, just wondering if anyone has driven the E4 on the east coast of Sweden to top end of Finland, and what kind of mileage per day would be achievable . I would be travelling with a fully loaded 110 and trailer on tow, has anyone got any first hand experience. thanks for your comments

    cheers Brian

  9. "I'm sticking it on with PVA, it's cheap and doesn't melt the polystyrene." (Quoted from the first post) :rolleyes:

    Also spray paint just melts Polystyrene ;)

    well if you knew me, you would know I go straight for the pictures :blink: lol

    will pva not peel from the metal/paint after a while, just I thought pva worked best on porus surfaces.

    Brian

  10. l get that drip on my lap from the sunroof, I have a rookrack covered with chequerplate, so couldn't think where the leak was coming from cos it is bone dry under there, didn't think of condensation.

    I have bought some exercise/fatigue mats(about £4/1.44 from Netto), black with a closed cell foam with a dovetail interlocking edge,I am going to insulate the cab seatbox and floor planels and finish the floor with chequer plate glued down on top, I fancy doing this for the roof now (without the chequerplate) even though I still have a reasonable looking lining.

    I like your way as well. What glue did you use? was it the spray contact adhesive, or polyurethane. As long as there is no bare metal showing and is stuck down everywhere you shouldn't get any condensation,, and you could even give that a light spray paint of your choice , nice work.

    Brian

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