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Local tool sales, from blackburn, as far as i know they have permanently shut. Wanted a few bits myself as have had stuff off him before for little money that did what i wanted subject to abuse 🤠

In freezing conditions! [emoji16]

Not sure in all honesty yolky, i’m not familiar with later ford stuff tbh, just my personal views on blanking off egr’s thats all. To get round doing it properly you’ll be looking at remapping too, that puts you in to the spending a few hundred quid bracket. If you change the oil regular enough and keep the internals clean then the engine breathes better and you dont get the carbon build ups which is inherently what causes the egr issues in the first place, it clogs the inlet manifolds too. Manufacturers service intervals these days are ludicrous imo, if its all motorway work then you have half a chance cos engines are revving, temps and pressures are up and exhaust gasses/carbons get blown through and stuff is kept clear/clean. Go the opposite way with it and your doing stop start work/short journeys, temps are medioka, pressures are up/down but not to a great degree, moisture/carbons start to build up. That turns your oil properties on the downward spiral, get dirty quicker, dont dissipate the moisture enough etc hence your noticeable sludge on the oil cap, and build up in your breathers, that effects the air/fuelling, mpg’s drop and so on. Not everyone has the same driving techniques/routines, so how manufacturers can say oil is fit for such long intervals when its being used in so many varying conditions is beyond me. And also a lot of people dont understand just how vital oil is regards cooling of your engine, they just assume your coolant does that. Dirtier the oil, the harder it has to work to achieve this.

Any more updates/pics Mark? 🤠

[emoji106] keep us posted!

I’d still drop it regardless of them saying theyve done it 200 miles ago, (thats just cos i’m anal 🤠) my cars done 5.5k and is only 3.5yrs old, it got done each year regardless, oil still degrades even if it hasnt done any mileage, mostly due to absorbing moisture. Short journey stop start work low milage oil is just as harmful as excessive milage without oil changes imo. Little (cost) and often (oil & filter) as the saying goes in my book.

Whats mileage now? Doesnt look like its had much abuse from walk round vid, possibly done more motorway miles than stop start short abused miles.

Ground preparation, thickness laid, and correct mix, leave it a good while to harden up before jet washing or any kind of washing for that matter.

I’d leave it alone, regular oil changes and i mean regular, like 6k - 8k max, keep those engine internals clean and let it breath. Oil and a filter is a cheap peace of mind scenario. Look after it and it will look after you.

Looks a tidy thing paddy! Biggest let down with fords imo is paint/bodywork, get it all pressure washed underneath best you can and get some protection on that undercarriage and body, should serve ya well.

Sounds like its dropping back to idle fine to me, probably the shutting off of the egr valve after being at high revs and obviously at that point takes fuelling away cos your off the pedal, so just adjusting itself on air/fuelling back to idle. Sounds fine to me. Truth will be in the actual driving but you wont know that till you get your hands on it.

I drilled the ivy tree that was planted at front of my house when i moved in an put some neat gallup (glyphosate) in with a syringe, dolled it eventually. Spent hours ripping the little suckler buds off my brickwork [emoji30] horrible stuff ivy!

Brilliant! 🤣

With two tea spoons sir! only guessing like cos i’m from up “norf” 🤠

Nope! The joys of having flags Gary! 🤠

You’ll be reminded of it every time ya use it for many hours later! [emoji40]

Used hibiscrub a lot over the years, comes in gloopy liquid form, just used to dab it on neat for allsorts of scenarios, and went through a couple of tubes of vetzyme ointment too, left a dirty dark streak on their coat but worked brilliantly on open cuts and skin issues.

Get kids involved! [emoji6] cheap labour and all that! 🤣

Was being a twunt yolky [emoji6] he got a set budget? Is he literally wanting a shed out of tanalised softwood or is he wanting it insulated? Sip panel build maybe a good option for him.

They never end! [emoji6]🤣🤣

Sounds like a gem. And as for your pointing.... master! [emoji108] looks really well Mark. My retirement aim is a small old remote property in Scottish highlands with a bit of land and outbuildings for tinkering in. Bit to go yet, only 38 🤣 one must have dreams though eh!!!

You repointing that stone then? I think its raked out to a spot on depth and looks sweet gap wise! Be tempted to leave it as it is. Pics may be deceiving to me though gap wise, always looks different when your stood looking at it in the flesh. Is it a listed building?

Quality!!! Love it when people “lovingly” and “sympathetically” as they put it, restore old properties! Your a lucky man Mark, keep the updates coming [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

Ikea?!