I just got a Landie

So Paul S. Brown was, like

I prefer the word "straightforward". That's a Haynes word, that is. "Fitting the part is straightforward."

Never is for me, pal.

the part is

Just adjusting the bloody drivebelts on my RRC was virtual torture. I'm not a small bloke & got stuck once!

The worst ever BL job I ever came across was to change an alternator on a Montego efi, you had to take the bloody engine halfway out. I can still remember most of the reg number of my first. B733 ***

Nige

On or around Thu, 04 Nov 2004 18:11:32 GMT, Alex enlightened us thusly:

hammer. and maybe blunt chisel, and considerable experience and judgement, I'll grant you.

but sometimes it's more important to get the thing rolling than to do it by the book.

Actually, I've also done hub nuts on LR front axles using a toolmaker's clamp.

I've done em on a 101 with a pair of Plumbers Stilsons. I thought I had the correct spanner, but it turns out they're a different size to the Series. I was going to sell it, so I didn't see any point in buying a socket if I could do it with stilsons. But I still didn't resort to a chisel.

Alex

No, no, no... Hammer and condom. If hitting it doesn't work...

In message , Richard Brookman writes

Either that or it's just the opposite of removal.

So hugh was, like

Bloody hell! Was that the chipped one with the twin turbos?

That's a hell of a lot of horses from a 907 motor!

In message , Richard Brookman writes

I did once see one racing at Mallory Park with a Buick engine in it. Went like a rocket. Left all the Mini Coopers for dead ----- for about half a dozen laps. I think it was owned by a Land Rover guy, all the oil ran out.