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by Welly
Mon Aug 10, 2020 11:34 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: 1.6HDi coming our way - Please Help!
Replies: 243
Views: 182138

Re: 1.6HDi coming our way - Please Help!

I forgot to mention removing the engine/bulkhead 'blanket' which is held in by about 7 plastic studs. The air filter behind the engine is a truly awful idea on the 1.6 HDi, oh and, like last time, I lost an Allen Key somewhere behind the engine :oops: that's probably lying on the M1 now :? Thanks fo...
by Welly
Mon Aug 10, 2020 8:59 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: 1.6HDi coming our way - Please Help!
Replies: 243
Views: 182138

Re: 1.6HDi coming our way - Please Help!

Decided to tackle the infamous DV6 Fuel Filter replacement, bejesus what a faff! All of the flimsy snap-me intake piping out, part of the windscreen scuttle panel, the main Battery....and finally you're greeted by a black plastic 'box' with 2 x Bayonet-type connectors, a drain tube and a couple of s...
by Welly
Mon Aug 10, 2020 8:43 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: old topic, 406 replacement ?
Replies: 24
Views: 29891

Re: old topic, 406 replacement ?

anybody had one of these ? the pug 508, looks , full of kit , complicated ! french electrics !! :frown: I would much rather have a 508 over any Ford! The 508 will be a proper Peugeot and not full of borrowed/cheapened Ford bits. It's a shame French cars still seem to have this "electrics" stigma, m...
by Welly
Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:16 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: and today i have mostly been...
Replies: 3006
Views: 1233233

Re: and today i have mostly been...

I eat tomatoes with something because I know they're good for you but yes the shite we get here in the UK is enough to put you off them. It's only really when you travel to Spain or similar that you get to flavour the real tomatoes :mrgreen: Best I can do here is attempt to buy the 'exclusive' range...
by Welly
Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:52 am
Forum: Volvo Corner
Topic: can i join the volvo crew?
Replies: 37
Views: 53837

Re: can i join the volvo crew?

DDD - you're missing out by not liking Volvo's :mrgreen:

Just for you, here's what I fitted to mine at the weekend, active puddle lighting:

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by Welly
Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:46 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: and today i have mostly been...
Replies: 3006
Views: 1233233

Re: and today i have mostly been...

Breaking News:

Ex-pat grows enormous Tomato shocker

:shock:
by Welly
Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:44 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Turbo on 2.0 HDI 406
Replies: 6
Views: 7587

Re: Turbo on 2.0 HDI 406

The way I understood remaps on dizzlers was that a lot of the power increase comes from extra fuel injected and then a little more boostage.

Mearly upping the boost on its own won't work without the extra fuel to match it.
by Welly
Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:58 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: and today i have mostly been...
Replies: 3006
Views: 1233233

Re: and today i have mostly been...

Excellent! 8) no I can't remember that little story, that's great though how your relationship developed in that way - I think they're the best ones and born out of friendship.
by Welly
Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:02 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: and today i have mostly been...
Replies: 3006
Views: 1233233

Re: and today i have mostly been...

Wow, that's some story, I didn't know some of that, how weird though if you think back if you had have stayed with BT etc... I've had opportunities come and go and I sometimes kick myself for not taking the plunge, thing is I settled down with Mrs_Welly when I was 22 then we had a baby at 24 so I ki...
by Welly
Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:46 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: and today i have mostly been...
Replies: 3006
Views: 1233233

Re: and today i have mostly been...

Dare you to make a 'doorstep' Cheese + Tom Sandwich :mrgreen: When you say there used to be 4 of you I can't remember this? I know you had your own gaff first and then moved in with t'wife and t'mother in law *shudders* a good few years later. I always thought your first move to Croatia was your 'fr...
by Welly
Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:01 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: and today i have mostly been...
Replies: 3006
Views: 1233233

Re: and today i have mostly been...

The 'conker tree' is my rescue tree, lives in a half-barrel which used to look way over-sized for the tree but is now so big and heavy I'd need some equipment to lift it :oops: I think all Horse Chezzers suffer from 'leaf minor' disease now, the leaves appear in May/June and look absolutely perfect ...
by Welly
Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:18 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: and today i have mostly been...
Replies: 3006
Views: 1233233

Re: and today i have mostly been...

The conspicuous area is where them there bushes were growing (over the height of that brick wall and encroaching on the road by a couple of feet :oops: ). The grass was sown by me and this is how it looks after 2 weeks of watering every night and a very quick mow yesterday - treated the Mountfield t...
by Welly
Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:57 am
Forum: Volvo Corner
Topic: can i join the volvo crew?
Replies: 37
Views: 53837

Re: can i join the volvo crew?

duke wrote: Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:10 pm i would not want or advise anyone to buy a more modern volvo you need a proper built before colaberations with ford/renault etc
*makes mental note
by Welly
Mon Jul 20, 2020 9:13 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: and today i have mostly been...
Replies: 3006
Views: 1233233

Re: and today i have mostly been...

With the absence of much else to do I have recently been concentrating on tidying/simplifying the front and rear Gardens. I removed 5 x large bushes which were planted at the front 18 years ago and had become unruly brutes. I hadn't realised how much of a 'view' they had blocked for my neighbour rev...
by Welly
Wed Jul 15, 2020 2:32 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Sump 'crush' washers - a lesson learned
Replies: 20
Views: 17276

Re: Sump 'crush' washers - a lesson learned

The I-G is non-setting so I expect it to move a bit with expansion but am confident it will stay sound - it was applied to recently sanded smooth aluminium and completely de-greased thanks to my new found hobby of dispensing Brake Cleaner :shock: I was ecologically compliant by reusing the oil each ...