Morning Phil

Positive news about Derek. I hope your over the worst Derek. View it as a second chance at doing everything at a slightly slower pace and trying out some new tricks. Hush Puppies instead of the Nike's ;)

Hello Nigel how are you doing? I have'nt a clue what it is you do?

I'm fine Phil, I work for an Electricity Supplier, but am a joiner by trade..

Morning Phil, Nigel. Just grabbing a coffee before collecting Ging from work. Yeh, great news about Derek, the cloud over the forum has lifted.

Morning Steve enjoy your coffee, it has lifted a grey cloud from the forum, mornings have not been the same since That awful news..
Off to work now hope you all have a cracking day 😃

Take care Nigel and catch you later :)

Ain't that the truth! I have just had my orders... Get dressed, have yer breakfast, and come out for a walk! lol

Morning everyone,
Sun is still shining, Derek is back home and getting better, all is good in the world:}

Off to Brighton today as I am staying in Lewes for a few days. I might even get a ipad mini...

Morning all, great news about Derek.
Cloudy here at the moment sun due about mid day .
Still seem to be 5° lower than the rest of the country.
(got the degree symbol using key board thanks)

I use my laptop so don't have that option :(

There is usually a numeric keypad, even on your laptop, but it needs activating by clicking Num Lk on before using it Steve.
Mine sits on the U I O P, J K L, and M keys

With mine it's activated by a function key, Fn-Num Lk then you can use the keys for numbers . . . . more bother than it's worth frankly!

Brightened up here but still nowhere near like the last couple of days. Found a box of cassette tapes at the other house including some Twelfth Night stuff. Stuck a tape in the car, man I'd forgotten how good they were, volume suitably cranked up :bowdown:

you can get the ° symbol using the alt commands, alt+0176
hold down alt key and type 0176 on the numberpad, release alt

Twelfth Night what a blast from the past and prog at its best..
We are sane is a epic track

As I said Nigel, I'd forgotten how good they were. I have most of their albums, including pre record deal fan club only tapes, this is a tape I'd made up for the car or maybe even the motorbike, had a Honda Goldwing at one point. If you can, get a listen to "The Collector", takes up nearly the full side of an LP! It wasn't laid down on vinyl until the "best of" double album appeared (Collector's Item) and was never played live.

I'll see if I can find it.. Your going to get me in trouble with Swmbo as I'll be pulling all my tapes out tonight.. She has been trying to bin them for years.. I hid my vinyl collection at my dads flat lol

I think that's been compromised though as my middle daughter turned up a couple of weeks age with my promo white label of Bonzo goes to Bitburg.. 😳 I was horrified

Both trades handy if you have air bag light problems. ;););)

Great news guys,
Derek has posted and he's thanked everyone for their kind wishes to Lilian and himself:}

Sshh that's jobs still on my list

Morning all,
Looks like another Sunny day out there:}

Morning Jeff

Another grey day up here, the best sort when stuck inside though.

Just off out to work early start today have a great day. Derek I hope you had a comfortable first night back at home 😀

I'll tell the Sun to spread its range a little:D
Have a pleasant day at work, I'm not due in till 8.30 so I have a little bit more rest and relaxation before then:}

Morning Jeff, Nigel. Grey and cloudy here as well, light rain last night. Taxi duties for Ging again.

Morning Jeff,Nigel,steve And DErek if your about welcome back mate missed your toast and marmite,Hope you get back to good health soon. Bet your car misses you to:D
Cloudy again here,niggling north east wind again keeping tempretures down.

Freddie,I am sitting here in Thorpe,the sun is shining,birds are singing

Yes clouds now moving off blue sky appearing.
Shame about the cool wind we keep getting around here.

Well of to breakfast .
Going to busy to day decided to take the front of car again to get to the bottom of why my fans not working, going to move the control box to under the bonnet so wont have to take the slam panel and bumper off again.

It's a hard life being on holiday - got up about 9.00am, breakfast consumed, sun shining brightly, SWMBO doing washing up - and then we're off into York City Centre to try and find a restaurant that serves gluten-free meals - her treat for the week :}

Try El Piano in Grape Lane near the cathedral very nice and all g/f or was the last time I was there 😃

Morning all.

Cloudy and cool here, at least its not raining.

Good morning all,
 

Good morning gents. I hope the weather is kind to you. I am just off out to strip out the 4x4 as it is soaking wet inside and one door is full of water as I can hear it slopping around inside. The nephews borrowed it whilst I was away and I know they drove through a couple of rivers. I cant blame it on the plenums as it does not have any. Catch you later :)

Can't beat driving through a river or two 😃


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Well blow me down Nigel. It is fun :) is that a Mitsubishi or an Isuzu?

It's a Mitsubishi Pajero she was a great workhorse, pulled like a train and still would have been but insurance company wrote her off due to age..

Still wouldn't have me rover so there is a plus side..

Took her all over Europe and even a couple of trips to North Africa..

Pajero's Very popular in Kenya. Agree with everything you say Nigel. I love them particularly the ones which are at least 10 years old as they just go on and on. Beat them up and they can take the hard knocks. The new ones are push button/dial in auto 4 x 4, electrics plus plus gimmicks and I wonder how long they will last.

I agree the MK2s up to 98 are indestructible.. I imported that one from Japan in 2004 it was a 94 2.8td with 16kmiles on the clock had 125k miles in the end. It was owned by a manager for mitsubishi, and stayed in Osaka all its life.. I know this as I found his work pass and by the car pass on the windscreen. It stay immaculate and everything worked.. In all that time apart from tyres I only spent £600 on her replacing the head and HG 2 years ago.

The super select 4wd system is the best I have know. It's no the wonder they dominated the Paris Dakar it was good in mud but better in sand lol 😈

I rescued two new ones a couple of winters ago. These electronic 4x4 systems are not as good

Used to put a smile on my face when ever I rescued a Landie though.. No offence to any one on here.. If they own a Landie

I am going to be provocative and live near to the edge for a change lol

It is shame that the british car industry from that period had not the reputation for reliability and endurance which the Japanese had earned. Your Pajero would have been a typical example from that era.

I totally agree it Mitsubishi and Toyota nearly killed Landrover.. It certainly lost their main markets in Africa and Australia.. Then when they did strike back they lost site of simple things like having variants that had no ECU etc both Mitsubishi and Toyota do for certain markets there aren't many bush garages with t4's lol

The old land cruisers still hold their price out here for that very reason even if they are old and do not have anything fancy on board :)

Those kittens are simply adorable!!

Enough car talk lol

How has your day been Tom?

Welcome to the chill out lounge Thomas. How are you this evening?

Evening Tom

Evening gents! (and any ladies) hope is everyone is well!

im sitting outside soaking up the sunshine, so glad I bought a laptop!

Been working in the garden, yet again, so quite happy to be inside in the cool nursing my burnt forearms!

Well im off to Nairn next week and im really hoping the weather stays like this!

It is heart warming to hear that Lady Luck has smiled with the sun bearing down on you in the northern hemisphere. A recent rumour I saw is that in Scotland, the locals have a blue tinge to their pale skin :D

One exception...a certain Steve Strat with browned off arms ;)

It's starting to cloud over up here put heat on and lit brazier am determined to make the most of the dry weather. I was supposed to be at a meeting tonight then dinner with some friends. but the motorway was shut after an accident, turning the a19 into a carpark after 45mins going 2 miles I decided to turn back.. Never mind I just hope no one was seriously hurt..

I saw that rumour however im suitably browned also!

Phil this seems clear proof of evolution tee hee

Well, I'm off home tomorrow morning, after 4 glorious days in the tin tent :(
But we're not at home for long - 4 weeks today I'll be at Scone Palace, Perth, having a quick stopover before going on to Rosemarkie on the Moray Firth. A trip up the A9 with 1400kg hanging on the towball will give the Rover (and me !) a good workout :D

Lol must be ! we even have arm and legs now!

More red than brown at the moment!

Got myself a Marathon bar earlier as a treat with my coffee this evening, however, I left it in the car. I've had to put it in the fridge, either that or eat it with a spoon :(

You have my sympathy Steve - I've got a rather red and sore bald patch in the middle of my head :o

That sounds like a good road trip!

They do a great breakfast at the House Of Bruar, north of Pitlochry. Two delicious sausages, egg, black pudding, bacon, tomato, two slices of toast and tea/coffee for I think it was £8.95.

Good evening Freddie :}

Nightmare day at work today, made front page of the mid-week news, but not for reasons I'd hoped :(

Was supposed to be going to a pub meet with the South mids sportsters forum bunch but got tied up at work. Stonking headache too. :(

Amazing home made mac and cheese for dinner, my wife really is the best!!

In theory, according to Microsoft Autoroute, it's 349 miles. Once upon a time I would have done it as one trip - but old bones don't cope well with long journeys - even in the comfortable armchair that is the Rover ;)
Now, I'll do home to Perth, have a couple of nights there to loosen up again, and then straight on the Black Isle. Coming home, I'll do the same, but stop at Perth for 5 days and have a look around :}

Nearly 20 quid for 2! it sure is mouth watering, the thought of it :drool4:

Written down and programmed into the TomTom - thanks Steve :bowdown: :D

Sorry to see you had a rotten day Tom. I hope you can chill out and relax this evening

Did you find a G/F restaurant in York rod?

Not good sounds like feet up and a cold one is order of the day. Then onwards and upwards tomorrow 😃

Local knowledge counts. I have little experience of Scotland. I been up to Glasgow and Inverness. I nearly bought a flat in Edinburgh a couple of years ago as I liked the people and the sights.

Edinburgh is a great city I worked up there for a year in the nineties, and have been known to frequent murryfield every once in a while lol

Surprisingly easy Nigel - got the Park & Ride from Rawcliffe - got off in Museum Street, just down the road from the Minster - directly opposite the bus stop is Baileys Restaurant - with a gluten free menu !
Then walked up into the City Centre and there, in the open air market, a stall with 'homemade' gluten free biscuits in various flavours, AND another one selling gluten free Potatoes Provencal with vegetables, chicken and mushrooms in a garlic & peppercorn sauce - eat in or takeaway :drool4:
So, a few £££ lighter, we've just eaten beefburgers with the aforementioned potatoes and mushrooms, followed by English strawberries covered in cold evaporated milk, and washed down with a pint of Thatchers cider.
Now sat watching the sun go down in a blaze of red :)

Sounds like a perfect afternoon and evening Rod.

Which thatchers did you go for? I like the Perry and the Katy :)

We stopped at House Of Bruar on the Eilean Donan expedition, mind you, I wouldn't go that way again. I checked the route online and, in theory, the shortest route is M90-A9-A889 etc. Now, that's fine until you turn onto the A889 south of Newtonmore which takes you west, I'm not quite sure how it qualifies as an A road, probably anywhere else in the country it wouldn't be! Nice scenery but I couldn't look at it, the road is so narrow it was a struggle to keep the nearside wheels on the tarmac to avoid oncoming caravans, HGVs etc. If we go up there again it won't be via the A889, it'll be Stirling, Crainlarich . . . .

I like 'em all actually - my next door neighbour, an elderly widow, buys me a mixed batch now and then for keeping her garden from becoming a wilderness :D
If I had to choose, I'd probably go for the Perry - as long as they are all icy cold. The 'smoky oak' taste is what I like, it just tones down the fizz and sweetness a little; I also like red wines with oak flavours - I must be a frustrated lumberjack or something :o
We're about to trial the new Carling Cider in my watering hole, so I'll be interested to see what that's like

I often wondered where Monty Python got their inspiration for that song :D

That was one of their classics that

I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay
I sleep all night and I work all day

He's a lumberjack and he's okay
He sleeps all night and he works all day

I cut down trees, I eat my lunch
I go to the lavatory
On Wednesdays I go shopping
And have buttered scones for tea

He cuts down trees, he eats his lunch
He goes to the lavatory
On Wednesdays he goes shopping
And has buttered scones for tea

I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay
(He's a lumberjack and he's okay)
I sleep all night and I work all day
(He sleeps all night and he works all day)

I cut down trees, I skip and jump
I like to press wildflowers
I put on women's clothing
And hang around in bars

:D:D:D:D:D

Your up early Derek. Welcome to the day.

Good morning Derek, good to hear you again. Morning Phil.

Welcome back Windrush
 

Morning all from sunny Lewes. Eggs on Brown toast with marmite for me, please. Hi, Derek. Is someone bringing you to the Frog this month?

Good morning Steve :) Derek glad to see you are taking things a bit slower. I am just going out for a walk and then back to the car which I hope to finish today

Good morning Andy :)

Morning all Good morning Derek good to hear from you mornings just haven't been the same plenty of toast and marmite prepared 😃

Morning Derek, fantastic to have you back on board the chill out zone, it's not been quite the same without you about. :)

Marmite on toast sounds like a plan.

The sun is shining, I hope today goes better than yesterday.

Hello Nigel how are you doing? SWMBO thinks there are a lot of fatties on cholesterol baps in 'that Rover Club' so it is toast n marmite for me and of course SWMBO knows best lol

Hi Andy,yes I hope to get there one way or another if I cant drive by then Lilian will bring me in her shopping trolley

What a treat Derek :)

All the best Tom and that your headache has cleared. Roll on the weekend

It's on it's way by courier 😃

Morning Derek great to see you are back for breakfast.
Toast and marmite all round.

Morning also to the rest of you out there.
Sun and cloud here still that north east niggly breeze.

Good morning Freddie :) I am just logging off and hope you guys and ladies have a good day

Good morning Derek, good to see you on here again!

Hope that you're on the mend!

Hi Freddie thanks and looking forward to my breakfast

Good morning Chillouters and a very warm welcome back Derek:}
We've all missed you whilst you've been gone and have all developed an over exaggerated need for Marmite on Toast:drool4:
Glad to have you back Sir:D

Feel much better today thanks, indeed! All the kids are home this weekend so planning to go to Stanwick Lakes tomorrow :)

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Welcome back Derek! Great to see you back posting again!:D :D :D

Derek - you cannot believe how happy I am to see you back :}
I've just come back from 4 and a half days in the caravan, but luckily there was a decent broadband signal on the site - so I was able to keep up with the bulletins on your progress.
Take it easy, take care and carry on getting better.

Afternoon all been busy put car back together.Not a pretty site are they with front off.
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All this just move fan control box To where you can get at it with out keeping to remove front of car.

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Looks like you had your work cut out there Freddie:bowdown:
Good idea to put the box in a sensible position as well;)
One of these days I'll pluck up courage to have my front bumper off and address the shut line gap size :}

Watching a great program on PBS about Jason Becker a great an often over looked guitarist. Very sad story he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at an early age..

Morning everyone,
Didn't sleep very well and have just woken up to give my cats a big hug.
This place never fails to amaze me as the compassion and heart felt warmth that can be shared amongst us.
It makes me proud to have got to know so many of you on here and even though some I have not met face to face, still consider you firm friends.
This place has its problems with its day to day running but what it has got is a fantastic and diverse group of people who share a love of our cars but its more than just that.
It stretches beyond being just a forum!
Thank you for letting me be just a small part of this special place.

Ahh you old soppy puss cat ;) I hope you managed to get back to sleep Jeff :)

Freddie, can you manage to put the moving of the control box and how you did it in the 'how to' section, with a disclaimer ;) as I think the other members who do not visit the lounge would find it interesting and it would of course be of benefit to the many others. Many thanks :)

Morning Derek,
How are you feeling today Sir?:}

Morning Jeff Derek Phil .
Hope you are all keeping well.
Cloudy here looks like its going to be like this all day.
Garden could do with some rain really dry.

Morning phil the how to already exists.
Thats what gave me the courage to have a go.
Had the front off before trying to trace fan fault.
decided to move box to make it easier to trace fault without keep taking front off.
If it lies somewhere else at least in the future if any relays faal it will be an easy job to change.
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How to here.

Hi Derek no fan still does't work.but at least its now easy to test components wiyh out keep taking whole front of car on and off.

How you keeping.

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I am ok Derek ... Well, just about to have another Rabies shot then I can relax :)

Jeff I was sorry to read about Shadow RIP. My condolences

Morning all. I hope its shaping up to be a great day wherever you are. Its 13° here in Dublin already!

Good morning Derek - how are you today?
Lovely sunny day again here, but unfortunately we'll have to go out and re-stock the larder. Daughter made a good job of emptying the cupboards whilst we were away in the caravan :o
After that - lazy seems a good byword for the day!

Sorry to say, it's just too hot here, uncomfortably hot, great time for my air con to be out of commission, think my air con compressor is on the way out. Happened yesterday morning coming home from picking Ging up at work, something started making a real "there's something far wrong with that" type of noise. Nursed the car home, did a search on here . . . . all answers said air con compressor . . . . right enough switched the climate control to econ, noise stopped, switched it auto, noise started again.

To hot b***** cold here havent seen the sun all day.
My air con still not working also.Dont care at the moment .
more than likely need heater on:D:D

Least it's nothing major Derek, noise was really worrying, nursed the car home. Had a look on here and it all seemed to point to the air con compressor. Went back out to the car, started it, noise still there, switched the climate control to econ . . . . silence, that's a relief. Trust me to have no air con during a heat wave, thermometer in the garden is showing 28° again http://serve.mysmiley.net/ashamed/ashamed0006.gif

You are lucky only 14° here with spots of rain in the air.
Going to watch the qualifying rounds of F1 now catctch you later.

A/C mmm..... from my own experience, save yourself time and money: get an A/C specialist to look at it and carry out the repairs. Last summer I bought a used compressor from our old fried Tam (Rotrex) and a specialist did the work properly after the first one I tried legged it after botching the job. It's not the end of the world if it is not working anyway, but is a nice treat for demisting or for just chillin

By coincidence Derek, I was chatting to an old timer today who had to have the rabies shots in his stomach when he was a lad. He had to have 30 injections and it drove him to contemplate suicide. Today he was having treatment for malaria, bilharzia and worms. He looked a good age... Must have been in late seventies and still not retired

Is you fan working properly Steve.. I the resistor has gone it won't be running on slow speed.. This means the gas gets hot causing a hooping/whaling nous from the compressor..

You can normally tell as the fan run on highspeed every couple if minutes for 30seconds or so ..

The fan is running normally Nigel, I've tried it since and the air coming out is still ice cold. The noise is more "aggressive", the only way I can really describe it is a "something's well wrong with that" kind of noise, rough, vaguely grinding, almost rattly, as if a bearing in the compressor was on the way out? I was going to give the compressor the screwdriver "stethoscope" test but can't find my long screwdriver :shrug:

Anyway, that aside . . . . unbelievable weather up here again, thermometer in the garden hit 28 again, I'm sunburnt again, arms are glowing, wearing flip-flops working in the garden . . . . you've guessed it . . . . my feet are burnt!

mmm - lotsa sunshine up here - but if you get in the wrong place, there's still a chill breeze off the North Sea.
Just finished first major bbq of the year - beefburgers, sausages, chicken and belly pork - and 4 bottles of Henry Weston's cider (£4.99 in Lidl !).
Feel a bit sleepy now :D

Not good, give Cossie a shout I'm sure he will be able to assist.. you will pay for feet tomorrow if weather changes and you put socks on.. ive been outside all day I burnt the top of my head 😣 hasn't been the warm mind about 20 tops in my garden. Got wrong from swmbo for not wearing my hat lol

Sounds nice.. Your right about the chill of the sea.. Went up to see Marinabrian today and it was a good 4degrees warmer.. Luckily my gardens is well sheltered ..

Just treated myself to a bottle of snecklifter 😃

Hope it doesn't, supposed to have a few friends round for a "barbie"! Weather did change early evening, clouded over and a cool breeze, came in handy taking Ging to work with no aircon :D

Well there you go you have jinxed it Steve. Last year I bought 2 gazebos a 3m and 6 m had BBQ's in them lol

Morning all. Driving to Weymouth today to visit Sue's sick brother in a hospice in Dorchester.Unfortunately, he is not expected to be around much longer...

Marmite on toast for breakfast methinks.

Morning Andy, yeh, no pleasure in journeys like that. Up earlier than I need to be, Milka wanted out and too bright to get back to sleep.

Got friends coming for a barbecue later, weather looks kinda so-so, dry but not as warm as it has been.

Good morning Steve. Don't forget the the sun cream. If you decide you need some a/c parts you could try Cossie Dunc. Living out in the sun at high altitude good old calamine lotion has proved its worth time and time again even if its ts a bit messy :) and plenty of fluids lol

A long drive for you Andy to see a loved one on his last legs. You will be doing your best Sue and her brother. Have a safe trip.

Morning Phil, although the compressor looks like the smoking gun I need to get it checked out first. If I could find my long screwdriver I'd give it the "stethoscope" test, I'll go down to my mechanic mate sometime next week.