Either take the disc off or get a big old screwdriver and bend back the guard a bit - probably something caught in there
What have you done to your car today?
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Either take the disc off or get a big old screwdriver and bend back the guard a bit - probably something caught in there
Being out depositing sweat on the lanes of North Wales meant the best I managed to do with my car today was tut tut at the amount of dirt and sand that yesterdays thundery rain has splashed all up the side of it, over the bottom of the sills and all over the front bumper too 
Looks like the guards had rusted and were scraping on the disks. Have righted it now.
Big old screwdriver, just as you said. Did the trick.
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Had it serviced. £248.59 for an Inspection I with no nasty surprises.
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Was that at one of these so called 'bargain' indys? It's barely any more than that from a main dealer.
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Broke it!
Crank pulley decided to divorce itself from the car, like the bitch it was it also took a few other things with it!
Crank pulley decided to divorce itself from the car, like the bitch it was it also took a few other things with it!
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I swore at mine a lot today.
It seems my speedo and rev counter have decided to stop working if the temperature gets over 21 degrees!!
Stupid piece of crap must have got wind that I'm going to sell it so has decided to start rebelling and costing me money.
It seems my speedo and rev counter have decided to stop working if the temperature gets over 21 degrees!!
Stupid piece of crap must have got wind that I'm going to sell it so has decided to start rebelling and costing me money.
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Its a crazy design (admittedly very clever!), rubber is always going to perish so why put it somewhere that could potential do a lot of damage, that bit of pulley weighs about a 1-2kg, not something you want loose in the vicinity of the cam belt!
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Took the broken steering box out of the Defender, sending it off to get it refurbed/replaced. It was heavy and awkward to remove!
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ARGH I HATE CARS.
Took the bonnet off the Westfield. Removed a sensor. Went to put the blanking bolt in instead.... ARGH CAN'T FIND THE BOLT. Search through the jamjars of assorted bolts and can't find one that fits. Swear a bit. Measure the bolt thread size so I know what bolt to buy in town tomorrow. Go to put the bonnet back on, and the damn thing won't fit on. Not even attempting to lock it, just can't put the bonnet on.
RAAAAGE. Don't you just hate it when it's 8PM and that quick 15min job isn't even finished yet.
Took the bonnet off the Westfield. Removed a sensor. Went to put the blanking bolt in instead.... ARGH CAN'T FIND THE BOLT. Search through the jamjars of assorted bolts and can't find one that fits. Swear a bit. Measure the bolt thread size so I know what bolt to buy in town tomorrow. Go to put the bonnet back on, and the damn thing won't fit on. Not even attempting to lock it, just can't put the bonnet on.
RAAAAGE. Don't you just hate it when it's 8PM and that quick 15min job isn't even finished yet.
Sweet
That's down to the crappy standard T25 turbo, hits about 1.3 bar but after 4.5k the turbo can't flow enough and drops to about 0.6bar at 7k on the limiter!
The actuator is about knackered too so that doesn't help.
GT28RS in a couple of months time
Had new suspension fitted. After upgrading from a Mk3 Mondeo in December I thought the RS handled quite well for a big old barge but nowhere near as well as my R34 did and at low speeds (<20mph) the rear felt very loose, especially on right turns if there was a bump mid-turn. Plus the rear made alsorts of noises over bumps. Soon afterwards both MRC and Unit20 unsurprisingly told me the DRC suspension was shot.
Jump forward to today and I've just had a set of Bilsteins and uprated ARB's fitted and the difference is phenominal. On the way back from MRC via a bunch of back roads the confidence I had from the new setup was great and I regularly hit corners 30+mph faster than before (I know the roads very well!) .
The car now handles how it should have done from the start although I'd love to have a drive of a car with fully working DRC just to compare. It's currently set at as close to stock height as possible with the dampers set to 4 which gives a better ride than the knackered DRC did and doesn't feel crashy on Oxfords very pot-holed roads.
This was the 3rd set of DRC to fail on my car in the 80,000 miles since new and each set is upto £2000 to sort hence the replacement with aftermarket.
So overall a working set of suspension is awesome!!
Jump forward to today and I've just had a set of Bilsteins and uprated ARB's fitted and the difference is phenominal. On the way back from MRC via a bunch of back roads the confidence I had from the new setup was great and I regularly hit corners 30+mph faster than before (I know the roads very well!) .
The car now handles how it should have done from the start although I'd love to have a drive of a car with fully working DRC just to compare. It's currently set at as close to stock height as possible with the dampers set to 4 which gives a better ride than the knackered DRC did and doesn't feel crashy on Oxfords very pot-holed roads.
This was the 3rd set of DRC to fail on my car in the 80,000 miles since new and each set is upto £2000 to sort hence the replacement with aftermarket.
So overall a working set of suspension is awesome!!