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1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

I am going to the field this afternoon to work on the green Range Rover so I will take it and if fails to start there, then it can be set on fire up there.

 

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3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

It is turning over and attempting to start but not catching.

On advice of the seller I have just locked it with the key and unlocked it it has now started up straight away.

I am going to the field this afternoon to work on the green Range Rover so I will take it and if fails to start there, then it can be left up there.

Seller is right then. Immobiliser.

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The Sebring drove to the field just fine, stopped and restarted just fine, moved it just fine, but when I was ready to leave it failed to start until I had locked and unlocked it with the key. On the way home I decided to take my chances and topped the fuel tank and it started instantly.

To answer an earlier question 367 miles at 28.9 mpg, city streets of Glasgow and cruising down the M6.

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The green Range Rover has had its replacement fuel tank fitted and while it took a while for the fuel to fill all the pipes it did burst into life, @ianbmw was right and I was wrong!

Amazing to have it running again after 5 years off the road and we did move it around the yard under its own power.

Still a bit to go to get it to MOT standard and build a hybrid gearbox tunnel to fit the old dash with a later transmission selector but it has felt such a big step forward. Thanks again @ianbmw.

Oh and what was I doing when all this hard work was under way, I cleaned it a little bit!

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Just now, beko1987 said:

If you can get some more pads for your polisher, I'll buy the Menzerna and we'll have that looking much better* next year! 

I have bought some already! 

Just I could not face carting the generator up there.

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9 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have bought some already! 

Just I could not face carting the generator up there.

Have you got enough hose to get water to the hard standing at the FOD? The generator would run my little pressure washer

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Just now, beko1987 said:

Have you got enough hose to get water to the hard standing at the FOD? The generator would run my little pressure washer

No, you would need a very long hose. One day the plan is to lay an under ground pipe to the yard.

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2 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

No, you would need a very long hose. One day the plan is to lay an under ground pipe to the yard.

*gets electric vehicle delivered to the FoD*

*talks about laying plumbing to the FoD*

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13 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Get it road legal then and we'll do it at the house

I have been to Meguiar's demonstration on how to use their products a few times and I am sure first step was to wash the car. I skipped that step although where the moss and lichen was too big I did find a bit of water in a puddle to soften it up, where were you when I needed you!

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@ianbmw Many thanks for getting Baggy running again! :-) He's a lovely old thing and great for trundling around and doing useful stuff, liking climbing the sides of mountains, navigating bomb holes in woodlands, pulling lorries out of snowy ditches and towing large trailers on larger trailers...

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[mention=20781]ianbmw[/mention] Many thanks for getting Baggy running again! :-) He's a lovely old thing and great for trundling around and doing useful stuff, liking climbing the sides of mountains, navigating bomb holes in woodlands, pulling lorries out of snowy ditches and towing large trailers on larger trailers...
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I'm struggling if I'm honest......I find it difficult to stray away from originality.....lots for me to correct, best it doesn't come to my driveway!

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11 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

I'm struggling if I'm honest......I find it difficult to stray away from originality.....lots for me to correct, best it doesn't come to my driveway!

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So here is your target, how we bought it in 2002 or are you talking about how it left the factory Left hand drive and manual!

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You are welcome to return him to as we bought him spec. 

From memory I had to change the wheel nuts when I went from alloys to steels, the alloy wheel nuts may be in the compartment in the boot on the right.

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42 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

I'm struggling if I'm honest......I find it difficult to stray away from originality.....lots for me to correct, best it doesn't come to my driveway!

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So does that mean the rusty coat hanger aerial has to go!

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3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have been to Meguiar's demonstration on how to use their products a few times and I am sure first step was to wash the car. I skipped that step although where the moss and lichen was too big I did find a bit of water in a puddle to soften it up, where were you when I needed you!

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That needs a "Strange Rover" decal to replace the oul one.

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3 hours ago, ianbmw said:

That may be more costly than a chocolate biscuit and a coffee

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not necessarily if you know a sweary, plum-gob, ale drinking bloke in Devon ?

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