Recent content by Dieseldragon

Good write up. Thanks

It's busy but not horrific.

I live in southern Spain, but my wife is from the North, so we will be up on the north coast in August, going from east to west and back down through Portugal. It's not possible in most places to book camping. We normally drive and look for somewhere, if we like it, we stay a few more nights...

Also possibly the ugliest thing ever made

I saw this parked near where I live in Malaga. Great UK personal plate!

Thanks great help.

I need to connect a trailer electric socket. Before I start cutting and soldering wires, there isn't a ready made plug hidden somewhere to connect to is there?

Driving forward and back a short distance on tarmac, in a dead straight line with diff locked wouldn't cause a problem. Mine has a LSD at rear, it doesn't lock up solid but certainly does help. Far better than an open diff.

My 2001 90 is a D4D. If you can find a D4D, they are significantly more powerful in standard form and a bit more economical. I think the d4d engine was only available in 2001 and 2002 models.

It's normally quite a busy time of year for me, but I am sure I would be able to join you for at least a couple of days.

I've jet washed a non electronic diesel before, just thought I would ask before I did it!

Is it a good idea to wash the engine bay? After the last trip everything is absolutely caked in dust. My local car wash has a gentle foam cycle and a gentle rinse, I wasn't thinking of going banzaai with high pressure, but be nice to clean it up a bit. It is a 3.0d4d

It depends on if it is an older turbo diesel, or the newer d4d. If it's a d4d its just a case of pressing buttons on dash in a sequence.

I'm looking forward to it. In another post, you said 16th was rest day. In this post says that we are heading out. I was planning on arriving on the 16th, I can get there earlier if plans have changed. What's the name of the camp site?