PeteB
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Navara problems - anyone else any experience with them?
PeteB replied to Big J's topic in Arb-Trucks
I did over 260k miles in a Rodeo with hardly a bit of trouble, leaking gearbox seal at 180k done under warranty. I'm 6ft tall and thought that the seat went back too far for me. Tell the lease man that you want to try one of those! -
Make one out of OSB!
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Awful for him and his family. Rest in Peace.
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Have you looked at the TW website to see if it is on there? Why did the outfit you brought it off not supply it? I would service it every 150 hours and check the edge on the blades every couple of days and change them before they go blunt. Brakes are adjusted on a regular basis too.
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Are you giving the speech at your 40th or for someone else's Roger? Is the recipient male or female? Is it a family do or adults only?
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Fixing that machine was not going to be a "fixed price" job, so I am surprised that a dealer left the guy hanging out to dry! Maybe there was a good reason for them not attending that we are not privvy too.
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A quick read of the ops book should reveal that, but, I used to tighten belts so that with moderate pressure, one could push one belt down to two belt depths, mid span. Otherwise, a deflectionoetometer may be purchased from your nearest belt supplier. I don't think that I ever tightened the belts on our demo machine when we flogged them!
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Right Jose, take the belt cover off, then loosen the four bolts holding the engine down and use the gadget between engine and fuel tank(?) which pulls the engine block back toward the operator thus tightening the belts. You must ensure that the drive pulley on the engine is properly in line with the belts or one belt will be minutely tighter than the other. If you have to swap the belts, change the set as a matched group.
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She'd look great with a chip box and some period sign writing!
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I drive past the DM factory on the way to Santa Pod, if I had my act together and was over that way then I would have called in (several times even) to try and get the "right" ones, but heyho, tis done now!
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Pete is right all the way to his last comment:beer: Cheers Phil,
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Well that has turned him into a Matyr now!
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Too be brutally honest, it really does depend on many factors. The biggest is - are you happy with it? If you are, then have it! Personally, I would stick to something that is a bit more main stream, something you can get spares for easily enough, something that has a good support network with it. Something that may have some re-sale value when you want to trade up and something that you can manage your workload with. Good luck! (I'd buy a GreenMech:sneaky2:)
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I went into the shop and spoke to the very attractive young lady behing the counter, "Have you any 8 hole, shiny pink Docs please?" "Yes" she replied "Are they for you?" "I used to wear red ones some 30 years ago as a skin head" I replied, "but these are for my daughter" and I started to blush!
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Get well soon Andy, you weren't the source for those "other" subjects that got discussed were you?
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Terrific Stag, I always wondered what it would take to engineer a couple of Dolly Sprint heads to fit.
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Personally, I do not care if they are travelers, merchant bankers, politicians, rave dancers, suburban middle class or anything else. They have broken the law for many years and judgment has been given in favour of the local authority and that judgement is that that half of the site is returned to green belt - irrespective of who owns it or how much they paid for it or indeed their ethnicity. Ethnicity is not the subject matter - broken planning law is. The other "supporters" of the residents do not recognise this either and are therefore breaking the law and should be punished for their behaviour. But I do agree that the press have not helped by highlighting the residents incorrect argument of ethnicity.
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John, type in "Hot Rod", there is a sweet P5 in bright Orange that would do!
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Sweet deal Kev, looks almost as if she is close to lifting inside rear there!
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During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, "How do you Determine whether or not an older person should be put in an old age home?" "Well," he said, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a Teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the person to empty the bathtub." "Oh, I understand," I said. "A normal person would use the Bucket because it is bigger than the spoon or the teacup." "No" he said. "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you Want a bed near the window?"
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I've a spare 3.9 V8 and a BW65 box, any thoughts as to where I should shove it? Suggestions on a postcard please.
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She mentioned a pink 8 hole boot but a quick ebay check says about £70! Monkey boots were pants. You defoe need 11 hole ox bloods!
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It is my daughters birthday tomorrow and she has asked for a pair of Doc Martin boots (back in fashion again). Strewth! they've gone up since I used to wear them when I thought I was a skinhead back in the 70's! Blimey - she'll have a fit when I buy her a pair of clogs instead!
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Blimey John, she looks in fair fettle. I have a thing for old rides - a tad older than this tho. Mines a 1948 Austin 16 with a Jag IRS out back, Rover V8 int front, with a narrowed MK1 Transit I beam front axle. Still not running again as it lost oil pressure on Saturday morning!
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Tracks have an internal brake which needs hydraulic oil pressure to release. GreenMech put a small pump on a 5hp Honda petrol engine so we could move dead tracked machines. Pirtek would so an on-site repair but it would cost! Lift on one side then the other to get it on sheets of timber and drag with a winch if you have to. If you mate has gone on holiday and abandoned you, I bet you are well happy!
