red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 There's a lot of flat here. I remember from a trip to Cros-land thinking, it's flat. However, due to slack I haven't posted proper stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Oh look,a station. I guess I'll wait for another hateful DMU.This one has a lot of drunken 'ladies' on. Hmm. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Uneventful trip apart from more deafening-noise-ness. And some pleasant jiggling. Met from Station by vendor of chariot of beige. Some flatness and narrow roads ensued. Top man. Vehicle is as shown. Gold, beige, brown, wood on doors. Quick drive around field, very welcome drink, paperwork and 200 odd miles back along A11/14. Dirk Diggler, meshking, Junkman and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 So, an update on the Adventurer. Mrs red5 approval - high. She like a Green Oval. Possibly because of 'get out of my way' tendencies when driving. No1 son and no2 son - large, mobile playground and climbing frame.With extra seats. Approved. MPG - 30.4 over a tank (after I driving it back from Flatland™) Broken stuff - not much really. All still works. Apart from the missing stuff (airbags mostly. And rear step) Leaking stuff - engine. Quite a bit, or worse because slope (the incline, not the Asian derogatory term of address) of drive. Hardly leaking - sunroofs. Ether at all it seems. And they open and slide. Have i bought 'the one' ? Rusty stuff - well, mostly the o/s/r damper mount and body outrigger. If you squint. Ah. Well, not a total surprise. Could it be more awkward? No.Wheel and damper off. Tin procured. Much cutting and muttering. Some grinding*, not much metal. And yay - Only tempered by slight denting of roof in a hilarious sequence of events. This is, of course, a lie. Apart from the dent - that is all too real, albeit fairly small. *And marking. And recutting. And cutting second panel out of first. And restarting. And a Focus with ESP lamp on but only in first gear. UltraWomble, RayMK, CGSB and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 That's the smallest lever-arm damper I've ever seen. red5, Remspoor, AMC Rebel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 That's the smallest lever-arm damper I've ever seen. You have to be of a certain age or mindset to think that way. I do/am. Junkman and AMC Rebel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 I thought that for about a milli-second too. The worrying thing is I still consider myself young.That looks and sounds tidy, will you be splashing any kind of rust prevention around underneath, or just run 'as is'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 it needs something - copious amounts of oily stuff applied would stop most of it. I'll have a proper look at some point. Tempted to get rear section replaced and rest treated. We'll see. Engine oil leak is a bit much now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 Smoll update: Sunroof leaks. inconsistant, Junkman and Jim Bell 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Smoll update: Sunroof leaks.standard on Discoveries of any age!!!! and range rovers and freelanders series landies just leak!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 True. I made a mistake. I opened it. Or rather the two small disaster areas i created did. Oddly, the rear one doesn't. Yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 September update. Fuel consumption - 29mpg on mixed commute. Not bad.Oil consumption - Exxon Valdez-like leak mostly Everyrthing else still works. Things to do - Oil leak.Fix slow leak n/s/f.Fix sunroof rattle.Bleed clutch - hmmmmGrease stuff.Change oils and stuff.Vactan chassis. Or black. Or rustbuster. Or...Actually try multi-changer.Find a rear step. Delay wife until she gives up trying to claim it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 Update from list - Not really anything. Apart from trying to stop terminal sunroof rattle....I really must try the multichanger at least. Changed a couple of bulbs. Bought some chassis stuff. Bought service parts. Then some tosser clouted it whilst parked in town (opposite Chez L.Sterling esq.) and drove off. Somedays I really don't like people very much at all. On a lighter note - not missed a beat since purchase. Occasionally hard to start if tank really low - fuel filter usually 'cures' this. Fuel consumption still not bad for awful commute/towing - 31/29/27/32 on tank for tank. Sam, somewhat 'meh' today. mrbenn and D Spares & Tyres 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Hateful when that happens anyway, even worse when they leg it. Twunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 No CCTV to hunt down the vermin, I guess? Bloody shame as the Disco looks like one of the cleaner examples out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 I'd hazard a guess at the damage being don e by a van. Either way it's disgusting doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 Yep, very clean indeed, which makes it more galling. Cctv camera pointing at it but 'no footage? ie switched off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Yep, very clean indeed, which makes it more galling. Cctv camera pointing at it but 'no footage? ie switched off.If that's Tesco then it's company policy to lie unless asked by the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 time for a decent car cam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Sorry to hear about this, really boils one's piss. People need to MTFU and come clean when they whack another car. Gone, it seems, are the days of apologetic notes and a phone number where you could sort it out amicably. The world is full of self-entitled tossers who couldn't give a fuck about other people's property especially if 'it's in the way'. What goes around, comes around - they'll get theirs eventually. red5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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