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Is it fixed yet? Does anything change when you start the engine with foot on brake? One assumes, as you say that you bled a brake after you changed the flexipipe, that the pedal goes up and down ok when a nipple it open. That being the case you should feel the pedal go soft when you start the engine. You say that you've changed the servo/master cylinder, and the vacuum pump, does the pedal move at all?

SI Discovery is it? So, servo test is. Engine off; press pedal to expell all vacuum, pedal should now be hard. With foot on pedal, start engine, pedal should go soft and move toward floor, if not then you have a servo/vacuum problem. Has the pipe to the heater controls split and fallen off of the tee piece? if so that will allow the vacuum to "leak" on low revs. If not a SI then ignore the last bit. Kevin

www.4x4calendar.co.uk ????

Err, I don't know rob, What does a classic look like with a a bar on? Kevin

It is on the website my friend. Prices: £10 per vehicle per night with up to 4 people, extra people £2.50 per night. Pitch size, spread out just be reasonable, you have enough room for your vehicle of people and their accomodation, if all the occupants of one vehicle require a tent each then they'll hopefully be pitched together. If you want to come as a group of vehicles for each 15 vehicles I can arrange an extra half acre, at this stage, have to be quick though because once the plot is booked by someone else, ie nothing to do with our event, I won't have that option. As you will notice, also on the site, I'm planning on 50 vehicles per night, if your group will fit comfortably within that along side any other bookings, then I have no need to buy the extra space. Location: again, on the wesite. www.4x4-travel.co.uk/campingjune.html Regards, Kevin

Thanks for the support Big Jer, Let's be positive. I'd love to see a small section of the site with a SADLRC banner/flag on it. Also I'm hoping clubs will bring some piccies, etc that can be displayed in the marquee. Although I'm organsing this event; it will be "owned" by the people attending. I'm aware that the website is lacking some detail, the website was originally a continuation of my original post on one forum. What I had written was still fresh in my mind and I omitted to include that detail on the site. All will be sorted in the near future. Ideally, this will be an event large enough to make it interesting but not so big that we don't get the opportunity to talk to everyone. The marquee is available to anyone that may want to display photos, videos, etc. If I can arrange a "big" screen of some description then that will be available too. At this early stage I don't want to make promises and raise exptectation to a level that I cannot achieve, so for the moment it is a "campsite with a group of Landy owners sharing a holiday" Kevin

Are you reducing the pressure at all for off road in soft mud etc, or just running on normal road pressures? Kevin

Hi Andy, Before I shell out a large sum of my own money booking the site I need some commitment from you guys. I'm asking for £10, at this stage from anyone that wants to join us, and an indication of when they may be coming and for how many nights, this is not carved in stone. This info will allow me to update the calender on the site and then everyone will get a better idea of when people are coming and how popular the event will be. The £10 is non-refundable should you cancel, however if the event is cancelled the £10 will be refunded to you. As I'm sure you are aware, it is easy to say "hey what a fantasic idea, you have my support" but...... There has been a lot of interest, and I'm sure when some of the clubs get hold of it maybe several members will come as a group, at this early stage I've got several friends that I've made through the forums as definates. The way it works is that at this time I can increase the size of the plot in multiples of approx 15 vehicle blocks. So if a week is quiet I can have one plot, if the adjoining plot gets booked by someone else in March then I'll not be able to increase whatever the demand. The reason that I choosen June is it is unpredictable for campsites and that is in our favour. I should add, the whole of the field is booked by one group for the week ending 5th June, hence my start date, it is also booked solid from mid july until the end of August. Sitting in a field with your wife will not happen, if it is just the two of you I'm afraid I will have to cancel, I'll book you a room in a hotel it'll cost less than a field. Lol. Kevin I'll just add a little more. When I booked to go to Billing 2 years ago I paid around £70 up front for a camping pitch. When I arrived I drove around for about an hour before someone reduced the size of their pitch, drew in their guy ropes a little, so that we could just squeeze in. We'll have none of that. There will be room for everyone that books a place, if it is not done early there may just not be a places and some will be refused. Hope this is seen as an honest and factual reply, by everyone.

Yeah, I did now, hind sight eh, where would we be without it. Thanks for the comments though. Kevin

You'll need to come and get mine, lol. They're pretty tough, just don't try to bend it in.

I'm FREE, allegedly. Kevin

Refitting is a five minute job. Put rubber on glass. Run a strong nylon cord 1-2mm thick is best, all the way round in the grove in the rubber where the metal will be, overlap the end of the string in the grove by about 6 inches, also make a loop in the string on the other long edge (assuming the ends meet at the bottom make a loop in the top as well). Get a mate to hold the glass and rubber over the hole from outside and you get in and pull the string from the inside. The idea is that the string pulls the rubber back around the metal lip. If it appears not to be going in straight then start again rather than forcing it. Again with old rubber it'll fit like a glove. If you want to put sealer in do it after, once it is in otherwise you'll get in a horrible mess. If it gets a bit tight on the sides then start at the top by pulling on the loop and working toward where you had got to fron the bottom. Make sense??? Kevin

Easy just push the rubber back into the recess with a flat blade screwdriver, start in a corner and "hook" it behind the metal working from the inside, go all along the bottom then up most of the side before pulling to hard, easy! Putting it in is a piece of cake, especially if using an old seal. Kevin

And after this evening of grief some had better attend. Same here guys, no offence intended as I hope my pm's to you all, due to mods blocking my posts to moderate them before posting, have explained everything. For those that want a "clicky" link; www.4x4-travel.co.uk/campingjune.html Ok I can't make it clicky, not allowed, I'll try to post it as my signature and for those that may come so that you'll know who I am Regards to you all, KMevin

I have a rear door glass from a 200 that is the same AFAIK. I'm a long way from Leeds but if you know people going anywhere near Swanage it is free to you. I only removed it as the heated bit was broken through the middle bought another, tinted it and fitted it, that was the same. So, I have a spare. Kevin Free to any good home.

Here is my original post from LRO, to be honest this was written long before the website was created, and to be honest again I was fed up with reading it. As the website now says much of what the original post said I didn't see the need to edit it yet again. So, maybe I was wrong, I still feel that the original reply was stronger than necessary, and in no way was the reason for being that direct explained.

Hi Les, I've been around on many sites, like your good self, I've never been a commercial organisation and I've never tried to make money out of free forums. This is a genuine offer of a cheap few days away for anyone with a Land Rover, to be able to camp on a site with others sharing a similar interest. If I have offended anyone on here then feel free to remove my post and delete me from the board. As you repeated yourself 4 times I guess that you meant it. Chris, is mini-organic not a commercial venture then? Only it is advertised as part of your signature Regards, Kevin Beech

Hi Chris, You assume wrong, 4x4 Travel is not a money making organisation, my website is purely a personal record of my travels. At the time I registered my domain name "org", "net", etc were not readily available, sorry if that confused you. As I don't posess any land of my own, I have approached a campsite owner and negotiated a price for one of his group sites, if you've bothered to read the web pages that I've spent the last three days preparing, not been paid for that either, you'll see that the price p/n is £6 less that if you were to arrive on his site independantly. I have also asked a local marquee hire company to supply the marquee, again at a price. I am also negotiating with local business, ie bike hire company, to try and get a reduction on that too, none of that is going in my pocket, the hire will be with them direct. What a shame there are so many cynics around, makes you realise why nobody tries to help anybody else nowadays. Maybe you're looking a little too close to home for the motive to do something for others! Nice to hear from you though (not) Regards, Kevin

Hi Everyone, I know a lot of you frequent other boards on which I've already posted this but maybe I'll find a few untouched peeps on here. The title says it all really, you'll find all the details at; www.4x4-travel.co.uk/campingjune.html Regards, Kevin www.4x4-travel.co.uk

Best tip I can give to save a lot of frustration: Cut the pipes at the union/nut, then you can use a 6 sided (hex) socket to undo it. No rounding off. Using this method you can replace pipes in extreme places and still use the original fittings. Useful if you can't find a shop in the desert. This method is preferable to using a spanner and grazing all your knuckles.

My Discovery is excellent for me at the moment. It is the ideal family car for me, the wife and the two kids. It has been to Tunisa twice and is off for a third time this year. It is good off-road, North Wales, Exmoor, etc., good in the dunes of the desert, and practical for carrying all of the gear that we need to take. The journey on the motorways and autoroutes are comfortable and quick and it is dressed up to look like it means business. My ideal vehicle for the future is either a 90 or a 110 depending on the sort of travelling that we do when the kids are older. My only problem with the 90 that I had as a courtesy car (3000 miles on clock) was the gearbox ratio, Once you got to 35mph you were in top gear with nowhere to go. That said it really felt like a mean beast for off-roading.

Useful contact: French LR fan, speaks excellent English. Bernard used to buy a lot from Matt Savage, but I'm told, by Matt Savage, that he now buys from the bigger wholesalers. Sold me, and delivered to the hotel, a Britpart water pump, cost about £63. Best of Land, 58 Boulavarde Marius Thomas 13007 Marseille Tel (33) 04 91 31 56 02 Mob (33) 06 20 66 09 57 Proprietor: Bernard Poggiale I hope you don't need to use it. Kevin

The best way to keep the water clear is to keep the sun out. Water lillies are excellent for this, the problem is the weed grows before the lillies, if the lillies don't get enough light then they dont grow. If you can cover two thirds of the surface area, or all of it with a garden shade net, this will reduce the blanket weed and algae and allow the filter to work far more efficiently. Once the lillies are established they should do the job on their own. Kevin.

Never been with Trailmasters we went to Tunisia with Sahara Travel, it was so good we went back on our own the year later, and we're going again this year, again, on our own. If you're going to Billing they'll all be there, so will I on the Sahara Travel stand. With Sahara Travel the morning departures were always 9-9:30am, camp was always set well before dark. The nice thing about Tunisia is that it is a small country, you can reach the desert from Tunis with only one overnight stop. The Grand Erg Oriental or Great Eastern Erg is one of the largest sand masses in the Sahara, it covers the lower one third of Tunisia and stretches well into Algeria. Take a look at my site for a little more info. Kevin

Several write-offs that I dealt with in the past were destroyed by fire. If the owner had been carrying an extinquisher of some sort then the fire could have been put out before it had got out of control. Imagine smelling a burning plastic smell, finding a hot wire and seeing it ignite in front of your eyes, and then not having a way to put it out. That can turn into the situation in the picture - and all you could do was watch it happen. If you travel on the continent you have to carry one by law.