Recent content by Grimbo

A few years ago Rover V8 in a Hilux was common....... The rover V8 is getting long in the tooth now and suffers from porous blocks I believe..... Turner Engineering in Sussex have a good reputation for machining and sorting the V8's .

£200 on GL5 ? or is the hose gold ?

The bigger issue is they don't have 10 drivers for the 10 fiesta's .... they struggle with a crew of 2 for the 150K super car..... It's no longer a "thin blue line".... it's now a thin blue dotted line ... It all went wrong when it changed to a Police service from the Police force..... the...

Most of the warning light symbols conform to a vague standard so are often the same on many brands , same as error codes... they are now not manufacturer specific in many cases .

Very apt you were doing it in the dark....mostly Lucas " the prince of darkness" kit on vehicles of that era ;-)

Agree about the Ineos......as much as I hate to say it , not a fan of the squashed Defender look but it has a lot of design ideas that do work and if they keep to their philosophy of a vehicle for life then it could be the way forward I can see owning one in the future with a 2 inch lift and...

Almost certainly as they will be made of recycled steel that's full of impurities and Mr T doesn't want his products to last for 30 years..... The steel issue is proven time and time again when we are restoring 80 year old WW2 vehicles and you weld a piece of original steel plate to a piece of...

Strange to see a Bosch part on a Denso pump.... I wonder if this was a dealer/importer fit ?

Every days a school day as they say..... I didn't know the glow light could do flash codes or would indicate a fault.... I would still check the relay as mine failed but unlike Towpacks it didn't drain the battery or seemingly do anything strange apart from occasionally show a big drain on the...

Do the following as soon as you can..... Remove the R/H battery and battery box and underneath you will find the relay that controls the grid heater.... it will probably have shorted or broken.... this is a common and known issue that has caused fires ..... Your 1 HD FT will in all likely hood...

120's and 150's are not my thing but I reckon the 120 has a fair bit of Can and a 150 a heck of a lot of it would be on the network.... engine crank is often now through the engine ECU and one of the big attractions to manufacturers is a Can network needs far less expensive copper wiring so the...

I was told the R Rover all you need to do is break a rear light cluster and get access to the Can .... Those who have either been in or know member's of the RAC and AA patrols will be aware for years all the known "hacks" to get cars unlocked have been readily available.... They range from...

I think the airbag is deployed by G sensors... not some kind of mechanical crushed tube hitting a switch or sensor ... That's why I was wondering what the difference is between an airbag compliant bar and a non airbag compliant bar ?

I've noticed ARB and others mention airbag compliant front bar work ? My 80 has airbags so if I bolt on a non air bag compliant winch bumper what's going to happen . Not worried about on road but off road is a nudge against a rock or stump going to trigger my airbags ? I took a couple of front...

My 96 has the side mounted rear sway bar plates and the ball joint type drop links.... did they then start fitting them again ?