320touring Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 What has been happening with this tub, I hear no one ask? Well... The exhaust repair continues to function well and transports chips to the Backbox with no issues. That's the good news. The bad news is the boot lock has jammed and the tailgate will not shut. I borrowed some "ratchet straps spec*" ribbon off my mum to tie the boot down. Tomorrow shall be investigating the lock to see if I can secure it properly. A second hand lock is not expensive at the worst Cavcraft, Six-cylinder, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Have you tried slamming the boot harder, or are you too scared it'll turn into bran flakes if too much force is applied? 320touring, They_all_do_that_sir and Ohdearme 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Started on the boot lock whilst the Clio's oil was draining. First up was snapping all the clips that hold the boot trim on:) great fun! To be fair, some did come out undamaged. Then it was off with the bootlock This latch isn't supposed to be almost through the back of the lock.. I managed to lubricate the lock mechanism so I could get the latch to the open position. Then started refitting it. I managed to break the plastic rod that screws onto the metal rod that comes down from the handle. So it is shut but the handle does nothing. I'm happy it's secure now, so that's a win. Will need to see if there is a way to get the door open from inside - If I can figure that out, I can then get a new lock. Shirley Knott and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 That's a common thing on the MLs. Mine went, seem to recall it was a cheap part and easy to replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 First time trying a cold start with 30% veg.. Not bad Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Straight up like a vicar on a Sunday morning. No messing about. Impressive! 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 Today, as a follow on from the idiocy of putting 30L of sunflower oil into the ML with only 1/4 tank of Derv (Where is sank straight to the bottom and made it run all lumpy) I decided to film some cold start vids: First up, from fully cold Thereafter, a demonstration of how much smoke it was putting out whilst cold The rattle at the end is the exhaust Fat_Pirate, The Moog, scdan4 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 At least the smoke is coming out the back which means the micro-chimney is still working effectively. dome and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 Thank fuck for that... Put the rear windows on the ML down to clear condensation for reversing out my parking space. Rear drivers wouldn't come back up. Drove home with it open (nowt got soaked) Then found the wee switch to put the rear switch on, and got it up. Looks like the main switch had failed so window only goes down. Wind and water tight again. Also got it some food Ohdearme, The Moog, RobT and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Does it need 30% leaded veg to protect the valve seats then? The Moog, Jim Bell and Craig the Princess 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 Just now, wuvvum said: Does it need 30% leaded veg to protect the valve seats then? No quite - that's just all the rapeseed oil they had on the shelf. The green lid is sunflower which is ok too:) It'll likely only see 25L a tank or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 15 minutes ago, 320touring said: No quite - that's just all the rapeseed oil they had on the shelf. The green lid is sunflower which is ok too:) It'll likely only see 25L a tank or so Surely the red top is semi skimmed and the green top is full fat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 Just now, Jim Bell said: Surely the red top is semi skimmed and the green top is full fat? Red top would be skimmed, green semi skimmed and blue is full fat;) Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 This has sat at the house, and only been roused for the weekly shop (between 2-10 miles round trip depending on shop). It cranks right up, and never complains. With the slight easing of lockdown in Sunny (28degrees!) Scotland, it has been out on its longest run since the 17th March. A whole 24 miles have been covered, and I took the chance to fill the tank - 52.53l to cover 295 miles in 10weeks... In the same time, I have managed to do 615miles on the exercise bike:) bangernomics and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 You should probably pop a link in here to the roffle thread. MAXIMUM EXPOSURE jaypee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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