MINESAPINT

I have just been given an old boat trailer which needs the wheels replacing. The existing wheels are 5 stud and are 15 inch. I do not know how to measure PCD on 5 stud. I have measured from 1 stud to the next around the circumference which is 67mm. I have also measured the hole in the centre of the wheel which also is around 67mm. Any ideas? Thanks MINESAPINT

Thanks to everyone for their contributions to this thread. I am now much better informed. I do have a large number of cassettes & vinyl records which as far as I am aware I would not be able to transfer onto CD. But as I own these legally if I can download them or find someone with the identical album to copy onto CD for me then my copy becomes legal also. It would be wise in these circumstances to keep the original vinyl as proof I guess. The underlying principle is the fair use policy and if I have paid the artist once I should not expect to have to pay them again for the same work. Now I understand the above I can also see the loophole. If you purchase second hand records or cassettes you then hold legal copies. You can then download CD's off the net which are considered legal as I do own original copies! MINESAPINT

I live in NE England and our local news this morning is featuring a bunch of prosecutions for illegally downloading music! Serious issue I understand with fines running to many thousands of pounds. Need some clarification of Otchies post. Any CD,s I legally own I can copy onto other formats (MP3, USB etc) to enable me to listen to them on other devices? True or False? Does this mean any 8 tracks, cassette tapes & vinyl I legally own I can obtain from other sources as I already own an original. You will understand what I am getting at. I have already paid performers by buying hundreds of recordings in various forms which I would now like to listen to on other devices. Should I have to pay the performer again? MINESAPINT

Bowfinger, I have come across a site we7 which sounds as if you can download certain tracks for free as long as you also download some adverts. The performer is paid out of advertising revenue and I get music for free. However due to either my general incompetence or my VERY slow internet connection I am unable to download from the site anyway. MINESAPINT

MOG, AUX socket. I looked in the Land Rover pric list Oct 2007 page 11. Under entertainment it is clear that Land Rover fit 2 different models of CD player. The XSSW and XSDCPU are fitted AUX socket for ipod/mp3 player. The rest ie County Hard Top have just the standard fitment. Whether anything will have changed between Oct 2007 and end July 2008 when mine is due I will have to wait and see. Never know your luck, they might run out of the common CD players the day before mine is built! MINESAPINT

Although I experienced no problems with performance/starting my fuel pump became noisy a couple of years ago. After a couple of weeks and a long run it quietened down and has been OK since. I put it down to becoming very low on fuel and getting air in the pump. Is this likely? MINESAPINT

I have now established the CD player in my new Defender will not have an AUX input so I need to concentrate my efforts in obtaining tracks I can copy to CD. Yes I am on dial up and cannot get broadband, something to do with distance from the exchange? (11 miles). There do seem to be differences of opinion with regard to whether downloaded music is "FREE" or "STEALING"?. I suppose it could only be decided on a case by case basis. I am beginning to understand that new artists are prepared to let their music be downloaded for free to "get it out there". With regard to established artists, clearly making music is their job and they expect to be able to sell it in one way or another and receive their agreed share of the proceeds. However there are various and ever more creative ways of selling it. ie. selling a CD to a newspaper to be given to all readers, agreeing that a web site could distribute it freely for a cut of advertising revenue generated by that web site etc. So I do not see that downloading music is always stealing and quite honestly however much I would like to obtain all my favourite music for free I am far too afraid to get caught as I understand the potential fines/penalties are substantial. There is a major problem as far as I can see which is when we find a track available for downloading for free how do we establish if it is legal? If NOBBYS post is correct none of us need to worry about the downloading bit as it is legal in the UK. MINEAPINT

Thanks TOMMO, I have downloaded BitTorrent but still no luck. I think I am beat with my slow download speed. If an album is 5.5MB how long will it take to download at 2.00Kb/second??? MINESAPINT

Needing help now! After searching for music to download I signed up to we7. Have tried & tried to play or download some music but no luck whatsoever. The instructions available on the site bear no resemblance to the site. They might as well be describing how to make pork pies! Is it just me? I freely admit to being a numpty where computers are concerned! Additionally I may be hampered with my slow connection, my average download speed is 2Kb per second. Any help appreciated. MINESAPINT

Thanks guys, The post has made me aware of the possibility of connecting an MP3 or Ipod to the the CD player which I had not thought of subject to the CD player having the AUX connection. This I will have to check. The vehicle is an 08 Hard Top County. I have searched the internet for music downloads and free music downloads which has thrown up some interesting possibilities. Napster. Free for 7 days then £9.95 month but can be cancelled monthly. MP3-freebie. 66p a month. musicdownloadinc.net 30p a month. music download pro 39p a month. Anyone any experience of using these sites or can you recommend others? Thanks MINESAPINT

When it arrives my new Defender will have a CD player in it. Problem is I am a bit of a ludite and have never owned a CD player or naturally any CD's. I will want to start a collection of CD's and am wanting to establish a cost effective way of achieving this. I remember a lot of controversy over Napster a couple of years ago. Could anyone advise the best way to go? Thanks MINESAPINT

Just received my welcome pack from Land Rover having ordered a new Defender. There is a section "Warranty & Servicing" in which it is stated that servicing "should always be carried out at a Recognised Approved Service Centre using Land Rover approved parts. However, all warranty work must be carried out by a Land Rover Authorised Repairer". Question is how do I establish where the Recognised Approved Service Centres are?. Who does the recognition & approval and do they publish and update a list of these recognised & approved centres?. Any ideas? Thanks in anticipation. MINESAPINT

Sorry, leaving the vehicle parked for a couple of months is not an option, it is my only transport. I did remove the nest this morning and within a couple of hours "he" had rebuilt it. I thought it might have represented a months hard labour although found this difficult to comprehend as it would have been underwater yesterday morning. I hope to be able provide alternative nesting sites if someone can give me some ideas. Thanks MINESAPINT

Just walking past my Defender last night and noticed a Wren fly out from under it. Also noticed the Wren was flying in a suspicious manner. Quick look under vehicle revealed a nest in the rear crossmember where the chassis joins it, next to the jacking points. No eggs in it yet. What are the options: Ring Bill Oddie, Remove it, Drive carefully or contact Land Rover who will offer to lend me a new Puma for a couple of months as a publicity stunt? MINESAPINT

Further to my post about towing a boat on sand. I am planning to fit additional wheels to my trailer as follows: Trailer frame is 5 feet wide. Plan to buy a length of stainless or alloy tube about 2 inches OD 6 feet long and U bolt it to the underside of the frame. Also plan to buy a set of 4 alloy wheels and bolt them together in pairs using the fixing holes and lengths of threaded rod. So I will end up with 2 sets of double wheels. Now if the centre holes in the wheels matched the size of the tube they can be threaded onto the tube which will act as an axle. What can go wrong? MINESAPINT