Post a photo from 2016
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Better get the photos posted as there is only a few hours left of 2016.
This is one in March from the Algarve.
This is one in March from the Algarve.
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Let this be a warning from the Foolish to the Wise... When someone calling themselves a mechanic says 'that'll be fine now enjoy your trip" don't take their word for it! Whilst fitting new belts to this automatic Tranny the tw*t disconnected a little lever arm for easier access, he didn't reconnect it. This arm moves in conjunction with the throttle position telling the gearbox how much hydraulic pressure to apply to the gearbox bands [clutches]. More throttle = more pressure to counteract the increasing torque passing through the gearbox... Without it connected whilst driving up and down the Yorkshire Moors the gearbox overheated and blew all the oil out... 2 hours awaiting the AA, hit for £9 a litre for the last two bottles the guy had on his van. Then limped to a campsite where without tools I had to rig something up to get more oil into the gearbox that involved a 3 mile return trip on foot and the 199 stone steps both ways to get to the car spares shop from the campsite where we limped the van to for more oil... That was last thing on a Friday...
We were then stranded on the site until the Monday and then limped another 80 miles to a recommended automatic gearbox specialist who instantly saw the problem and clipped this little arm back into place and all was well again. When rollocked on the phone tw*t 'mechanic' said 'oh did I?'.... grrrrrrrrr.
I now have a Merc... different class altogether!
Let this be a warning from the Foolish to the Wise... When someone calling themselves a mechanic says 'that'll be fine now enjoy your trip" don't take their word for it! Whilst fitting new belts to this automatic Tranny the tw*t disconnected a little lever arm for easier access, he didn't reconnect it. This arm moves in conjunction with the throttle position telling the gearbox how much hydraulic pressure to apply to the gearbox bands [clutches]. More throttle = more pressure to counteract the increasing torque passing through the gearbox... Without it connected whilst driving up and down the Yorkshire Moors the gearbox overheated and blew all the oil out... 2 hours awaiting the AA, hit for £9 a litre for the last two bottles the guy had on his van. Then limped to a campsite where without tools I had to rig something up to get more oil into the gearbox that involved a 3 mile return trip on foot and the 199 stone steps both ways to get to the car spares shop from the campsite where we limped the van to for more oil... That was last thing on a Friday...
We were then stranded on the site until the Monday and then limped another 80 miles to a recommended automatic gearbox specialist who instantly saw the problem and clipped this little arm back into place and all was well again. When rollocked on the phone tw*t 'mechanic' said 'oh did I?'.... grrrrrrrrr.
I now have a Merc... different class altogether!
phillybarbour
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Some great pics being shared thx.
wildman
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damn it Jeanette you are letting all of the water pour away.
wildman
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was it saved as a gif or a JPG if JPG it will not move. Check out the original I can see it is a gif but the animation info is missing.
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this is ok as well.
Makes me pine for the north again.
Guess the peak?
Makes me pine for the north again.
Guess the peak?
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To be honest Roger I can't remember as I did a few!! (And none moved)!! Haha