Recent content by Allan M

2001 Colorado 95. D4d. It looked like the original alternator so its done 260 thousand miles.

Replaced the alternator. What a bitch of a job. "It comes out through the wheel arch"! Does it hell. Out the bottom after draining the coolant and taking the hoses off.

Cam belt, serpentine belt and new radiator on the Collie. At 70k since the last change cam belt looked like new. Radiator was peace of mind. 22years and 250,000 miles was probably pushing my luck.

Germany looks like a total ban also

Anybody know the location of the autobox breather on a 2001 colorado d4d?

I don't do intimidation! If you want to try it you will lose. Simples.

Driving up to North Wales for xmas week so planning to do a few lanes.

All the information is in the posts but on mine it was fairly simple. 2 wire cruise control stalk as listed above. Disconnect the batteries. Remove the air bag, one screw either side behind the small panels on the wheel. Mount the stalk, i had to trim a couple of bits of plastic and drill a...

Just fitted it on my 2001 d4d. Worked straight away. Well pleased.

Flew through the MOT Saturday without even an advisory. :)

All the gear, no idea. I have seen a couple of their "recoveries". I don't know how the haven't killed or maimed someone.

I would be very surprised if 0.1v made any difference.

Can you not change the charge profile manually? I know i can on my Victron dcdc.

Drove home from Dover to Chichester yesterday and no diesel at any stations i passed. Low fuel light came on about 40 miles from home. I use a tank a week for work so went out about 06.30 this morning to see if anyone got delivery last night. Drove past my local garage and they had a tanker...

I use the Victron Orion Smart 12v/12v-18A (the smart has the bluetooth). I use it to charge my 95ah AGM. It's fitted no more than a meter away from the battery and its supplied by 6mm2 cables about 4M long. Over this length you would want a minimum of 10mm2 cable. It also has 6mm2 from it to the...