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Fetch and the Art of Car Maintenance

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Angus Clydesdale Jun 2022 6:11pm, 30 Jun 2022 24,960 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale I’ve just spent longer than it should have taken attaching the bracket for adding caravan electrics to the Landrover. Fortunately I’ve got a garage full of long bars, an impact driver and a can of PlusGas, so there’s not much that won’t shift eventually. Let’s hope that’s the hard bit done and the wiggly amps bit will be a piece of cake. clearly unlikely, given my track record with electrickery. Contact! Wait, out.
Sam Jelfs Jun 2022 6:20pm, 30 Jun 2022 1,193 posts	Quote Pin Sam Jelfs Ah, land rover electrics, good luck!
Northern Exile Jun 2022 6:42pm, 30 Jun 2022 8,960 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile I’ve just spent longer than it should have taken attaching the bracket for adding caravan electrics to the Landrover. Fortunately I’ve got a garage full of long bars, an impact driver and a can of PlusGas, so there’s not much that won’t shift eventually. Let’s hope that’s the hard bit done and the wiggly amps bit will be a piece of cake. clearly unlikely, given my track record with electrickery. Contact! Wait, out. I imagine you've got some decent FO-big hammers too
Angus Clydesdale Jun 2022 9:21pm, 30 Jun 2022 24,961 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale I have indeed!
Northern Exile Jul 2022 10:17am, 1 Jul 2022 8,961 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile Thought so. Essential items.
Angus Clydesdale Jul 2022 9:44pm, 1 Jul 2022 24,973 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale Frustrating day of piss poor wiring diagrams, incomplete instructions, inaccessible clips/chocboxes and sundry annoyances. Punctuated by torrential thunderstorm showers. The toys left the cot some hours ago. Fair to say it’s been a bit of a trial, and it’s not over yet. We have finally made a wee bit of progress though. Hoping to get it finished tomorrow. Blue smoke and bloody mirrors, I tell you.
Angus Clydesdale Jul 2022 5:56pm, 3 Jul 2022 24,980 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale Pass me a cold beer. I'm a winner!
Angus Clydesdale Jul 2022 8:57pm, 15 Jul 2022 25,009 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale Back from our holidays, where the electric addition performed flawlessly (providing a cold beer on arrival - possibly the most important accessory I've ever accessorised! ) Next up: annual service (oils, filters, check levels, brake pads, drive belt) and 2 new front tyres which I'll get someone else to do. Next week when H goes back to work and I've got the house to myself. After that: the VFR needs to be back on the road. I've got an itch to scratch. On, On! ~ toots horn ~
Northern Exile Jul 2022 10:09am, 16 Jul 2022 9,005 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile Good work big lad. Doing the drive belt yerself? Of course you are. I've got to have my van done this week, I hate doing it because there's only about 20k on the clock since I last had it done .... time expired sadly and I've seen what a mess a broken cambelt makes of an engine. Taking it to a local VW specialist.
Angus Clydesdale Jul 2022 11:16pm, 17 Jul 2022 25,026 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale Yep, definitely not worth playing Russian roulette with that! I’m fortunate in that I long ago bought the special spanners so getting at the belt is actually pretty easy. I'm going to check the belt tensioner while I'm in there because it’s not been done recently. Just checked the weather forecast - looks like I might need to put the gazebo up after all. For shade!! Wonders will never cease.