Land (Rover) Reclamation or (Land R)over the Hill!

[warch]

59 minutes ago, jonathan_dyane said:

Great work!

What do you do about balancing?

I don’t, haven’t had a balancing issue for ages. I do have a friendly and accommodating tyre services place that would balance them for me if necessary but haven’t had the need thus far.

[jonathan_dyane]

That's interesting, even on the front? 

Do you leave the balance weight on the wheel going on the theory modern tyres are inherently well balanced and it's usually the wheel that is unbalanced or do you knock all the old weights off and do without?

[warch]

On 08/10/2024 at 22:40, jonathan_dyane said:

That's interesting, even on the front? 

Do you leave the balance weight on the wheel going on the theory modern tyres are inherently well balanced and it's usually the wheel that is unbalanced or do you knock all the old weights off and do without?

I think modern tyres are much better made than old ones (took some extremely old tyres this weekend including the spare which may have been the original). I think the manufacturing process is much more sophisticated than it used to be. 

[warch]

Hurrah got my Astra MoTed. Needed a hand brake adjustment but all good to go now. 
 

I’ve never felt so conspicuous at the wheel of a car, it looks so out of place amongst modern cars. Already been stopped by three people asking me about it, think there is genuine love for 80s bog standard motahs these days.

[warch]

Astra in Tesco car park. Parking space suddenly seems a lot bigger. 
 

Was so happy with how it was running that I popped up to Midway and bought some new oil, oil filter and plugs. Oil was black and smelt a bit petroly so that needed doing but the plugs made a immediate difference, getting rid of a slight miss at tickover and making it run smoover.