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Mainly TW`s here and thousands of hours of use, only service items in the main and only the occasional repair. Cant put breakages, negligence or stupidity against the brand. Bob

They must have been old codes not deleted Z, it would never of made it home with that lot unless it was just a problem with that big square mulitpin harness plug between the engine and bodywork. Bob

`zz do yourself a favour before you scramble your brain, you need to do one simple test. Check the integrity of the pipes and filter housing before the injector pump, all you need is the primer gadget linked in below, attach it to the inlet pipe that goes from the tank to the filter housing, prime the bulb for a minute or two and observe the flow into a jar, if the flow decreases and the priming bulb stays squashed you have a restriction, if the fuel flow is full of bubbles its drawing air from a dodgy connection ( possibly at the tank end, shitbag of a job ). If all is well connect priming bulb to the filter, if the filter housing has a problem ( they are shit) it will leak, by pumping up this circuit you can check the integrity of the filter housing and associated pipes to the engine. If all is well and not associated with the fuel delivery side of things you may have to become a rent boy to pay someone to sort it. Bob Ford Diesel Filter Prime Bleed Pump Tool WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Diesel fuel system bleeding tool. Also can be used for bypassing the fuel filter if you suspect a restriction in the...

Stihl hilifts are the nuts,must have a dustbin bag full of the plastic wedges in the chainsaw shed and it looks like the dogs tried to eat them. Bob Hilifts can also be easily tethered through the hole with chain or starter cord if working steep banks or waterways.

They are a ballache to sort without the proper ford diagnostics, they run through all the whole engine management system in quite heavy detail, even down to injector percentages. Anyone running a few of these older fords should get this setup, codes keys and pumps as well.

for the few quid it costs its worth running it into somewhere that has proper ford diagnostics gear, fault code readers are worse than useless on these transits. Or just keep changing bits until it goes Bob

Is @gensetsteve still an active member, may be worth rattling his cage. @the village idiot its a bit cruel bringing a Genny down to a stall with log splitters, have you considered using engine driven hydraulic power packs? Bob

Same here, we have been cutting a lot of glades into the sides of rides through woodlands and all that grows in them now is grass. A lot of these things will give up if you keep mowing them off. Bob

True Kriss, probably going to be a baby boom now Bob

Good! we can go busking for a few sheckles Stubby Buried in the shed here, working on the mancave extension.

Back a mulcher through there.Probably an hours work if you put a groundie with it. Bob

Some @eggsarascal porn.

Transit door went into lockdown. Used my glass removing tools to take out the quarterlight.. That was no help, the door would still not open so with the help of an angry grinder and some red mist I made a few precision cuts to access the lock. Tin of touch up paint from halfords Not really, fitted another door off an old snotter thats parked up for bits.

A lot of trust and respect needed on both sides of the fence with this sort of work, it’s no open cheque book. These customers are also friends, most of the work is discussed in restaurants, last time out four of them got me seriously bladdered. Bob

We have been on this estate for about ten years now, its like some of the others we do I don't think we will ever escape. Bob

One of my lads stopped off at the corner shop yesterday and they had an 89p Tesco bog rolls marked up at £12, they never even bothered covering up the 89p. Anyway top tip, force the kids to use both sides, that’ll make the little blighters wash their hands. Bob

A bit more concrete the lads have been doing for a couple of portacabin bases, about 22mts pumped in.

No panic here atm but do wonder where all this will be six months down the road. Bob

Sounds like the one of the roller motors is goosed and the blades are beating each other up.These motors are piped in series, as in what is the return for one motor is the feed for the next, if only one of them slows it means fluid is pumping straight through it ( fecked). Worth checking, wedge the bridge up to give the rollers some space and tipex them, then run the rollers to see if they stay in synch. They should be turning at the same speed. Bob

You are only an apprentice miserable bastard Kevin, you need to blow out a few more candles to gain full status. I suppose it would depend on how thorough the service was . You could easily lose half a day going through a chipper if you were checking the running gear/brakes, doing the oils/filters, checking through the electrics, belt tensions, blowing out the crap, cleaning out the tank, anvils/knives bearings and on ...................... Bob

Was up to its nuts on a bogging old building site but the lads tugged it out with the excavator, no one tailgated it on the drive back to the yard ?

Nothing to be scared of with common rail providing the person servicing it knows what he is doing. There are a lot of clueless fitters out there that when faced with a problem just keep changing expensive bits until it runs. Its important to find a mechanic that has the proper diagnostic kit and knows how to use it. Bob

Some European countries give farmers a diesel quota, certain acreage = X amount of rebated fuel . When its used up that's your lot until the next year. Bob

The seal on the shaft that you can see is only a case seal, as in it shouldn't be getting any pressure behind it. Its not unusual for wire and crud to get in there an chew up these seals, worth putting a new seal in and see how it goes. Certainly worth changing the hydraulic filter because its a filtered return system so if blocked could increase the hydraulic motors case pressure. Bob Typical of the sort of crap you can find around the motor shaft.