Finally got round to fitting a new fuel sender as the gauge never showed full and found that the metal arm on the old sender had been lengthened and soldered together for some unknown reason.

I would just like to pass this on to any body unsure about the roamer overdrive
I took  delivery of my overdrive today direct from Canada  delivered via DHL
it took less than a week from order to delivery in the uk
The cost was £1985 inc delivery and insurance I did buy the Ali sump plate as an extra.
Tax paid separately via DHl was £400
That's it no other charges ...
Amazing service! And I'm fitting it tomorrow yippee!!!
Hope this helps someone!

Today I was fiddling with the speedo cable, to find out why it was intermittently working/not working. Poor cable I deduced.

But while I was there, I noticed the brown wire going to the panel sockets had a couple of cuts in it - probably PO with those dreaded blue connectors (the unfused one!!). I or someone had put insulating tape over the cuts, but this had peeled off. Not a permanent solution. So I cut the terminal off, slipped some heat shrink over the cuts and put the terminal back on with fresh heat shrink. That should last a bit longer.

I got a cover from Undercover Covers that was made of a ripstop material that they used on the military contracts they do.  They were selling it off cheap at a show as they weren't popular as they aren't original material (£200 in 2015).
Once it weathers down it looks the same as a canvas tilt.
It's been on 9 years living outside and the material is still good (but faded).  There is one hole due to bird droppings burning it and the seam edging is rotting (cotton I think), but still structurally sound.
I'll ask them to make one from this material next time I need a cover.
Picture below is from 2023.
Cheers,
Chris

Quote from: Sunny Jim on Today at 12:43 AMAn update on my canvas - I pressure washed the underside whilst it was laid out on the ground on a dry day in the Summer - the mould came off easily and has not yet come back. I didn't use any cleaner or anti-mould agent, just plain water.

When I got it, the canvas was very stiff, and certainly would not take Fabsil, but I did treat all the straps and binding tapes. It has now softened up, and I have treated the back flap, but not the rest of it - that is slated for next year on a dry day, when I am not too busy with other jobs! The windows were sealed with a tent seam sealer.

Less than 10 years, with periodic treatment with Fabsil is not good enough, 3-4 years is unacceptable in my opinion, even when a vehicle lives outside!

The current canvas has shrunk on the back flap, so that it barely reaches the cappings now, and needs treating and stretching. The canvas I bought in ca 1994 cost around £100, and lasted 12 years. It was tatty, but still functional at the end, and it was passed on to someone who just wanted an old canvas. I did regularly treat it with Fabsil, which undoubtedly kept it going longer.

You can buy anti-mould additives for paint - it would be interesting to see if it can be added to the likes of fabsil, or made into a pre-treatment? Pressure wash the canvas, treat it with an anti mould agent, followed by Fabsil. Otherwise we could try wood preserver. We use Ronseel at the Railway, as it is still spirit based.

Sunny Jim

I read somewhere that pressure washing canvas wasn't great for it

Quote from: Clifford Pope on Today at 08:25 AM

Quote from: Peter Holden on Today at 07:26 AMplastic fuel tanks punctured

Peter

There's a moral here I think?

Park it in a garage.

Quote from: Peter Holden on Today at 07:26 AMplastic fuel tanks punctured

Peter

There's a moral here I think?

Professional thieves will not be put off by all these security devices.

I have  a friend who had a classic car stolen from behind some 6ft locked gates.  After puzzling for a bit he spoke to all his neighbours who remembered "a truck with a crane" lifting it over the gates.  It looked professional so they didnt think anything untoward was happening.

Our security devices are to stop the opportunist thief.  I use a stoplock and a handbrake lock, they can both be defeated but they take time and will make the opportunist think twice and hopefully move on.

The biggest problem in our village seems to be fuel theft, a number of cars and vans have had their plastic fuel tanks punctured and the fuel taken

Peter

Quote from: autorover1 on Yesterday at 11:16 PMI suppose even when fitted the wheel can be removed by removing the pinch bolt.

But that does make the vehicle harder to drive away!
As has been said many times, if someone really wants your Landrover, they'll have it. It's just a matter of discouraging or slowing them down

^^^^ That should read security not safety device. ^^^^
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