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    Thread: Forum "login"
Post: RE: Forum "login"

Having not received any email notifications since last December, and having given up on the forum, all of a sudden I got notifications again a few days ago! My guess is that it's related to the same u...
Gryffindor General Chat 3 434 13-04-2024, 05:53 PM
    Thread: Wind noise at speed
Post: RE: Wind noise at speed

If your roof bars are square or rectangular in cross-section, or even circular, then the wind is buffeting them at high speeds, causing them to flex halfway along. This flexing to and fro is what make...
Gryffindor K9 Third Generation 19 2,798 03-01-2024, 07:10 AM
    Thread: Rip off van servicing
Post: RE: Rip off van servicing

Make sure to leave fb with Google too
Gryffindor K9 Third Generation 10 1,810 03-01-2024, 07:04 AM
    Thread: Email notifications
Post: Email notifications

I've not had any email notifications in ages. In fact I just dropped by to find out if the forum still existed! I had to log on again, for the first time ever. All my User CP settings are as they alwa...
Gryffindor General Chat 1 396 03-01-2024, 07:01 AM
    Thread: PSA garage, Enfield Middx
Post: PSA garage, Enfield Middx

Some months ago I mentioned somewhere on here that I'd discovered a PSA specialist independent garage in Enfield, quite close to me. I finally got round to trying them a couple of weeks ago. I had a ...
Gryffindor General Chat 2 537 28-11-2023, 03:36 AM
    Thread: Garbage
Post: RE: Garbage

One point I noticed, the email notifications I get are sometimes complete ads with links in themselves, so the thread post they link to is by the by - the email is enough of an ad. I hate to say it b...
Gryffindor General Chat 10 1,221 28-11-2023, 03:27 AM
    Thread: Heater knobs
Post: RE: Heater knobs

I don't properly know but since no-one else has replied I will have a go. If what I say proves to be wrong, sorry! The knob pulls/pushes a steel cable inside a (plastic?) sleeve. the other end of the...
Gryffindor M59 Berlingo 2 697 28-11-2023, 03:12 AM
    Thread: 09' Multispace to van conversion
Post: RE: 09' Multispace to van conversion

That's cos we didn't care - the Berlingo is such a lovely car it doesn't need twiddles. That's be like putting springs onto a 2CV.
Gryffindor B9 Second Generation 154 16,608 15-11-2023, 07:25 AM
    Thread: First Citroen first Berlingo
Post: RE: First Citroen first Berlingo

I still have the solar panels I bought to fit into those roof windows. What am I gonna do with them now? sob
Gryffindor Introductions 5 767 15-11-2023, 07:21 AM
    Thread: ABS Fault C1381, and the fix.
Post: RE: ABS Fault C1381, and the fix.

This was the best true short story I've read in a long time - full of drama and unexpected plot twists. And even scope for a franchise!
Gryffindor B9 Second Generation 4 5,521 13-11-2023, 08:03 AM
    Thread: 09' Multispace to van conversion
Post: RE: 09' Multispace to van conversion

I nearly said the same thing about gaiters but I think it's a leather knob he wants. Might be possible to cover a knob with the leather from a gaiter, or find a leather worker/restorer to do it for so...
Gryffindor B9 Second Generation 154 16,608 13-11-2023, 07:57 AM
    Thread: Fuel Injector Spring Clip
Post: RE: Fuel Injector Spring Clip

Where would we all be without resourceful people like this?
Gryffindor M59 Berlingo 3 620 12-11-2023, 06:08 PM
    Thread: 09' Multispace to van conversion
Post: RE: 09' Multispace to van conversion

Installed it actually looks v good - matches the black and silver housing below the stick.
Gryffindor B9 Second Generation 154 16,608 11-11-2023, 02:42 PM
    Thread: 1.6 HDI VTR 5D 91 BHP
Post: RE: 1.6 HDI VTR 5D 91 BHP

As for how long it will last for, you can pamper it all you like but it really depends on how its first two owners treated it. Don't just glance at the SH, go prepared with a list of what should have ...
Gryffindor B9 Second Generation 9 1,241 11-11-2023, 10:42 AM
    Thread: 1.6 HDI VTR 5D 91 BHP
Post: RE: 1.6 HDI VTR 5D 91 BHP

(10-11-2023, 09:25 PM)Sol Wrote:  Is it a diesel? If so, has it had the DPF cleaned, and the Eolys pouch replaced? If not, these will need attention at over 100k miles. Just to confirm, Mr B, S...
Gryffindor B9 Second Generation 9 1,241 11-11-2023, 10:36 AM
    Thread: 1.6 HDI VTR 5D 91 BHP
Post: RE: 1.6 HDI VTR 5D 91 BHP

(10-11-2023, 07:06 PM)Mr B Wrote:  Are the VTR and XTR same physical car and engine, just with XTR having more bits n bobs. Look pack, Comfort pack, Super Plus Pack, Wheel air flow covers, whate...
Gryffindor B9 Second Generation 9 1,241 11-11-2023, 10:28 AM
    Thread: Hi
Post: RE: Hi

Is that so you can get home if the B plays up?
Gryffindor Introductions 10 1,024 06-11-2023, 06:17 PM
    Thread: Hi
Post: RE: Hi

Maybe the previous owner was only blind in one eye.
Gryffindor Introductions 10 1,024 05-11-2023, 05:19 PM
    Thread: Hi
Post: RE: Hi

The buzzer must be wired to the microswitch on the gearstick which operates the reversing lights. Should be simple to trace its wiring and snip. Maybe it was installed for a blind driver.
Gryffindor Introductions 10 1,024 05-11-2023, 12:17 PM
    Thread: Rear suspension
Post: RE: Rear suspension

I thought I was the only one who liked high rides! The 4x4 ones are conversions by a French company called Dangel. Maybe you could find an XTR being scrapped somewhere?
Gryffindor B9 Second Generation 6 1,340 05-11-2023, 05:02 AM