Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Mar 31, 2024 17:32:28 GMT
|
Looking to get my hands on one of these please. I know they are available new but I’m specifically after the type in the photos please. Usually branded Pickavant or Sykes Pikavant. I only really need the puller section if someone has that but I’m open to buying a complete tool.
|
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Mar 22, 2024 10:44:10 GMT
|
Sold!
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Mar 17, 2024 21:53:36 GMT
|
This has now been found!
7 miles from where it was stolen, no damage reported!
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Mar 17, 2024 18:54:57 GMT
|
I bought this last year to move a bike that ended up going in the back of my van. Comes as picture, just add your own straps and you’re ready to go. I’ve no idea what I paid so I just had a look at other on marketplace and knocked a bit off. £65 collected from Halifax.
|
|
Last Edit: Mar 22, 2024 10:44:29 GMT by Ryannn
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Mar 17, 2024 17:05:59 GMT
|
Photo just been added to the original post.
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Mar 16, 2024 19:37:35 GMT
|
Posted Saturday 16th March “Mighty Mouse has gone!!! Can ev1 keep an eye out for my mini. I think it's been stolen in the last few hours. I last used it this morning I left it on Wilbury Road Hove DME838V”
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Feb 23, 2024 22:13:17 GMT
|
I bought this setup for my car trailer and when I’ve come to fit it, it’s a touch too short! I’ve found the right one now so letting this go as a complete set. I have opened some bits but nothing has been used. £85 plus postage. Can be collected from Halifax. 2 x Radex 6800 Pre-wired Trailer Lamps & 6 metre Harness & Markers Size - Lamps - 218mm (H) x 160mm (W) x 60mm (D) 6 metre wiring harness 2 x 4 metre marker lamp harness Details - Pre-wired rear trailer lamps Stop/tail, indicator and fog lamps Built-in red triangle reflector Complete with 12v bulbs E Approved Pre-wired harness fitted with 7 pin 12N plug for attaching to the towing vehicle Opposite ends have two 5 pin plugs for attaching to the sockets on the rear of the lamps Supplied with a pack of 25 cable clips for attaching wiring loom to the trailer body 4 x Radex amber marker lamps - model no. 905 2 x 4m marker harnesses for attaching to the 4 pin socket on the rear of the lamp Opposite end of the marker harness is fitted with spade terminals for attaching to the inside of marker lamps Supplied with a pack of 25 cable clips for attaching the marker cable to the trailer body
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
|
Interestingly... I got exactly the same error when I posted this thread... even though it clearly did post!
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
|
I've got a notification that someone has quoted me in a thread I started. But if I click on the thread, I get told it doesn't exist. I can see the comment through the poster's profile and I can access the thread that way as well... but once I write a reply, I get the below error. It doesn't happen with any other thread (I'm about to find out whether I can post this!). This is whilst using Chrome Also, since the update, I can't log in on my phone. I follow the normal route but once I have entered my user ID and password, I get an error that there have been "too many redirects". That is on Safari on an iPhone. This is the thread forum.retro-rides.org/thread/225106/tool
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Nov 20, 2023 10:22:28 GMT
|
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Sept 13, 2023 18:19:56 GMT
|
I know someone who used to own this 😆
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Jul 28, 2023 19:08:44 GMT
|
I’m having a bit of a nightmare keeping my CV boots secured to the outer CV joint since I got my mini back on the road.
What’s the most common method people are using? I’ve had plastic cable ties and metal cable ties with the little ball bearing in. Both either pull too tight and slip the boot off or not tight enough to pull the boot off but then slip off after a few miles anyway!
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Jul 22, 2023 10:38:50 GMT
|
Seriously you need to find another LPG installer! A full sequential install on a V8 Grand Cherokee was far less than £2k you already have the tank pipework etc in place! MFG were the retailer who made headlines about stopping selling LPG, but have subsequently said it will only be the stations that aren't profitable or need major works. The 4l 6 cylinder is about as simple a LPG conversion as you could get, I've seen them running well just using a 15mm copper plumbing elbow instead of a mixer! I might try and get another quote. Mine looks like a V6 kit that’s been fitted to straight 6 engine and all the bits are from different manufacturers. He did show me the Prinz injectors he uses and they were twice the size of mine. Supply wise, I live pretty close to an industrial supplier so I don’t think I’ll ever struggle to get gas at home, I’ve only really started to get concerned when Lymm stopped selling it. Any recommendations for fitters? I can't add much that will help. However I did have an LPG converted XJ Cherokee about 25ish years ago. The difference between LPG and petrol was barely noticeable, it pulled a caravan with ease. As said, sorting the gas system has to be the simplest route. Yeah that’s what I expect mine should be like. But even without a trailer on, it feels like it has a misfire if you hit a big enough hill. Sometimes I have to drop it onto petrol haha. The guy who serviced it said the injectors weren’t up to the job and the diaphragm in the mixer thing will be easily 20 years old now. BMW 3.0 diesels have great support for transplanting into all sorts of other vehicles. the BMW engined Land Rover facebook group seem to have resolved many of the wiring issues. Nice one, I’ll take a look.
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Jul 18, 2023 17:56:21 GMT
|
Thanks everyone, some helpful replies so far, just what I was after! Think I’ll look down the BMW route as a first stop. Depending on which side the front propshaft etc needs to be it'd probably be easiest to use something like a BMW X3 3.0 as a donor car for the engine and gearbox then just run modified propshafts. This was quite a common swap to do when I had a mk2 Shogun. I suspect getting the wiring right is going to be the biggest hurdle? You know, I didn’t even think about petrol gearbox vs diesel torque curve! The VM 5 pot diesel in the WJ is a development of the engine used in the ZJ so again might be a bit easier to fit than a completely alien option. Good shout, WJs are everywhere, I didn’t think there was any carryover from the ZJ, I was under the impression it was all MB based. M57 engine is used frequently in other vehicles and there are solutions like standalone wiringlooms available. That saves a lot of hassle. This may be the answer, it’s a common swap for Mitsubishis. If you do decide to take the easy option and sell/replace, the later Merc Diesel engine Grands are great cars, both the WH live axle and the WK independent axle versions. The WH has the bonus of being made by Magna Steyr and is fully galvanised. I’m open to experience but I’d previously heard that the WJ’s hadn’t aged well and threw up a lot of life ending fault codes.
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Jul 16, 2023 19:59:53 GMT
|
This is a project I’ve had in my mind for a while and probably isn’t something I’ll do anytime soon/rush into, so plenty of time to look around! I have a 1998 Jeep ZJ Grand Cherokee. It’s the 4.0 petrol, automatic with LPG. The LPG system on it is shocking and it really struggles to tow any decent weight. I’ve had it looked over by a specialist and he’s advised that it’s been made up of the cheapest possible parts, isn’t man enough for a 4 litre engine and is probably past its best with a none existent parts supply. He’s quoted me £2K for a replacement kit fitted but I’m worried about rumours regarding retailers pulling out of LPG contracts. Lymm truck stop is my most recent ‘regular’ who has taken their pump out. So I’ve been looking at dropping a diesel engine in. Jeep did a diesel ZJ but it’s manual only and I really want to keep the auto box. I can’t find any information online about whether it can be mated to the original autobox. There’s a trend in the states of using VW TDi engines for swaps but again, with manual boxes. Am I completely mental? Am I likely to source a donor engine? Ideally I want to keep the original gearbox so that I don’t have to hack the interior up. Should I just sink the money into the LPG kit? My gf really likes the car and it’s the only one I own that she does 😆 so it’s in my best interest to make it a little more capable hahah!
|
|
Last Edit: Jul 16, 2023 20:01:57 GMT by Ryannn
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
|
One just seen one at a car show for the first time in my life so that must be the question answered 😆
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Jun 29, 2023 17:11:02 GMT
|
This was on eBay last year or the year before, I don’t think it was in as good condition then.
The interior is a bit of a mismatch of styles as well if I remember correctly 😆
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
Jun 28, 2023 13:28:02 GMT
|
Hi Beetlejuice, are you still wanting a domino, mine has got to go! How much are you looking for?
|
|
|
|
Ryannn
Posted a lot
Posts: 2,421
|
|
|
|
|
|
|