Please play nicely. No one wants to listen/read a keyboard warriors rants....
Photos of the locking nut??
so bit reluctant to touch it for a couple of weeksChance would be a fine thing...Will 'give it some large' on the way to work tomorrow"That didn't go well"
Details.... 
When kwik fit sheared my three pins on the omega, i drove car straight to Vx dealer and said please sort it. To their credit they did without damaging the rim. No charge as i said they arent fit for purpose and they were the last people to fit them.
Do people ( in the real world) actually ever have their wheels nicked anymore?
Whilst I don't know what your beef is with Land Rover, are you not 'cutting your nose to spite your face' so to speak?
Is the risk of damaging your alloys, skinned knuckles and blood sweat and probably tears, worth the cost of a replacement locking wheel nut key?
I'd swallow my pride, and get a key from LR, or at least try a LR specialist - THEN bin them.
At least you would also get a set of original wheel nuts to replace the locking wheel nuts out of it.
And it's likely to be a cheaper alternative too.
ATS removed mine after Kwikfit fitter sheared pins from the original 3 pin style locking wheel nut key
Wine too. Loads of cheap wine. Can't stand gay wine.
But of course, I'll disagree. My purpose in life is to disagree with STEMO
Not against cheap wine, but some cheap wine really is pissing aweful. Be selective, good and cheap, or crap and cheap.
Tonight I'm glugging an Ausie red from Co-Op. At £6.49 I'm happy, very happy. At the £5 or so price level a quid or two can make a big difference. At £20 or so price level a quid or two makes no difference.
Not sure what "gay" wine is
Reading James' thread on the BMW has really grabbed my interest in doing a project once our house move is complete (hopefully later this year). SWMBO has said absolutely minimal DIY on the next place so that will leave me with a lot of spare time on my hands. The first order of the day will be to sort, fettle and sell the kit car, to make some space, but once that's done I like the idea of a project to get my teeth into.
The thing is, I can do most maintenance on cars, Cam belts, suspension components, service items etc etc. However that's all pretty much just taking bits off, replacing some and putting the rest back where you found them
- For those of you that can, how did you learn to rebuild an engine?
- Are there any good resources available to learn how to perform a rebuild?
- How do you assess what components need to be replaced as part of a rebuild?
I think you're doing a great job - you're just hitting all the snags that are always there.
My wife laughs when I tell her it's only a simple job and won't take long....although at the weekend I had a job that actually did take the expected amount of time. Ironically it was replacing the glow plugs in my BMW!
Cars, especially old ones are full of hidden "challenges".
E63 AMG all day long
Nice car......but which is best?
6.2 N/A.......5.5 turbo.......4.0 turbo?
The latest 4.0 turbo has more than 600 BHP and 600 lb ft torque. Impressive for a relatively small capacity lump.
Try both the Mundeo and the E Class with fully electric seats. Then buy the Mercedes
I'ts fun to read your stories about the rebuild
It is a nice little project you got there.
