Annual service at my local Indy.
Fold-up push-bike in the back - drop the car, cycle home.
First time I've done the round trip in a day - 11 miles.

Might be time for a gel seat.... 2011 L322 TDV8 A/b Orkney Grey
2008 Defender 90 XS TDCi Java Black
2002 L322 TD6 Vogue Zambezi Silver (gone but not forgotten)
And one or two bikes - Ok, maybe more than one or two....

Changed the rear right height sensor which appeared to have crapped itself since I replaced the drop links.

Maltings 4x4 provided the sensor, ordered yesterday, received today. Great.

Had to remove the shock so I could get a power file in to take the heads off the fixings, but all done and seems to be working. 2012 (L322) 4.4TDV8 Vogue SE, RSE, Fuji White over Arabica.
Previous V8s: BMW 645Ci, P38 4.6, P38 4.0, Merc CL500
Previous others: Honda x1, Volvo x7, Rover x6, BMW x6, Ford x1, Mercedes x2, Skoda x3, VW x2, Renault x2, Citroen x1, Mazda x3, Nissan x1, Audi x3, Kia x1, Fiat x4, Subaru x3, Austin x2, Triumph x2, Jeep x2, Hyundai x2, Lexus x1, Mitsubishi x1, Saab x2... and some others I've forgotten!

Fitted smoked grey sequential indicators to my L405, only £16 the pair from AliExpress, delivered in 3 weeks, They work great, fitted in minutes, more visible in daylight than the originals, and blend in very well with the Corris Grey mirrors, so IMHO they look better too, -result!  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

First MOT in 4 years…passed with no advisories

Not bad for 26 years old.

Another happy afternoon spent, 'fitting'. New front calipers went on nae bother, the N/S & O/S top outer piston were both frozen, so both were exchanged for the refurbished calipers and new Brembo pads fitted from stock. Noticeable improvement already even before the new pads are properly bedded in.

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Further bonus, expect the fuel economy will rocket upwards as that N/S caliper was deffo binding, the outer pad was nearly worn out, while the inner pad was only half worn and the pads on the O/S caliper, were about equally half worn.

Having decided to keep my 18 year old fatty for a few more years I got my friendly local indie to empty my wallet and treat the old girl to a full service including gearbox filter/ fluids as well as then replacing both top rear hub bushes, both front and rear callipers, disks and pads; replacing all four front lower arms and front roll bar links followed by a full steering and geometry alignment and air con replenishment.
It’s now like driving a totally different car, it’s so smooth and I try to convince myself that my tears are of joy and not the pain of the invoice

Just returned from 700 mile round trip to Tillieres in France to bring back a Daimler Double Six, four up & towing a trailer. My 2007 SC clocked up 180,000m on the trip & returned 20 mpg in comfort with no issues.
Really struggling to think how I’d be better off if I changed her for a newer one, other than the mpg. The cost to change buys a lot of fuel & as Clarkson said ‘It’s my car I’d have to drive a new one for a lot of years before it became my car’.

Due to a warm oil smell under load uphills, I replaced the O rings on the turbo oil feed pipe. Using Viton BS611 O rings.

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Oil and filter today along with drain rear diff and replace oil. Bit surprised as there is no mention of rear diff ever being done in the service history or amongst the receipts I got when I bought it but the diff oil that came out at 93k was very clean.

Snap, oil and filter change for me today, plus changed both front wheels for brand new identical spares with new 255 55 20 Verdes fitted, and booked MOT for later in June.
Mike. G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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not today but a few days ago,

had a proud moment when my eldest son and i had a road trip and he bought a L405..his first range rover and he's so chuffed with it.
oh , and he and his partner are expecting a baby in november..

Last night I changed both upper and lower arms on the nearside. Ball joint to do tomorrow.

Today I've fitted a replacement AC condenser and I've pulled a vacuum on the system - just waiting a while to see whether it holds before recharging it now. 2012 (L322) 4.4TDV8 Vogue SE, RSE, Fuji White over Arabica.
Previous V8s: BMW 645Ci, P38 4.6, P38 4.0, Merc CL500
Previous others: Honda x1, Volvo x7, Rover x6, BMW x6, Ford x1, Mercedes x2, Skoda x3, VW x2, Renault x2, Citroen x1, Mazda x3, Nissan x1, Audi x3, Kia x1, Fiat x4, Subaru x3, Austin x2, Triumph x2, Jeep x2, Hyundai x2, Lexus x1, Mitsubishi x1, Saab x2... and some others I've forgotten!

Filled it up with all my belongings and left the missus. It's amazing how much stuff you can get it in the back of the fatty with the seats folded down
On the plus side, the constant droaning I had coming from the passenger side has completely stopped, who'd have thought eh?
New home likely to be either Bristol or South Wales.
Next stop, b&q to buy an angle grinder to cut off the ball and chain.

Just a few little jobs that I’d been meaning to do for a while but never got round to it…
- new Bosch air filters (primary o/s filter was pretty dirty, secondary n/s filter was v clean but changed it anyway).
- new Bosch pollen filter (don’t forget to put it in upside down for the correct airflow!!)
- new Bosch front window wipers
- gave the engine bay a little clean, MAF and MAPT sensors, EGR pipe to plenum.

Next job, plenum and throttle body off for a clean and also need to get into the EGR valve with plenum off for access so I can give that a nice clean too. Should be fun! 😂 Andy

2010 4.4TDV8 Vogue SE in Santorini Black with Ivory interior
2017 Audi SQ5 3.0 V6T Quattro in Volcano Red
2001 Audi Allroad 2.5 TDI manual with low-range in Highland Green. Currently SORN whilst undergoing some serious restoration!