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Wow, I paid about £120 when I bought mine so it only took a year and a bit before I was quids in. The second one I bought was from the overland show and it was £50 second hand. 

When we got our van it has a Campingaz 907 and when I went to exchange it was a whopping £40 for about 5L of gas. I changed the cylinder for a refillable Gaslow one with the same dimensions as the 907. It now costs about £3 to fill it and it also has a gauge plus I fill with propane so it's better i...

I haven't seen it mentioned but I use flap wheels on a grinder when doing welding work. Great for cleaning back metal as well as making butt welds flush. I'd also recommend using a gas welder with an argon mix, many years ago I just used CO2 pub gas because it was cheap but everything vastly improve...

I got rid of our 907 campingaz cylinder in favor of one of the Gaslow refillable cylinders of the same size. It now costs about £3 to fill rather than £40 odd.  

Back when I use to do a bit of composites (15 odd years ago) we used the tissue as the layer next to the gel coat then the chopped strand mat on top of that. Tissue was very light something like 30 or 50 gsm where as the chopped strand mat was anything up to about 450 gsm. The key to making it stron...

I've got the GYS power pro 700. Absolutely fantastic bit of kit. It'll even start large tractors with 0v in the battery. The only thing they're not so good for is cranking for a while to diagnose a non start. 

I made one for a friend with 6mm plate a think it was. I ended up cutting the plate part way through, bent it along the cut then welded it. That was several years ago and it's still going strong. Might be another option for you as it'll probably be easier to find a welder than someone who can bent t...

Quite a few years ago there was a fully equipped workshop in Bridgwater that people could rent per hour or day. I remember them advertising it at the automotive college. I wonder if there might be something similar in your area.  Something similar to this in Cumbria http://www.rentarampcumbrialtd.co...

makes taking off the windows super easy. Does it take off behind the bulkhead and inside the tailgate and other nooks and crannies? In my opinion prevention is the answer. Regards, Max. No obviously not, it's a window vac to vacuum any condensation off the windows. I agree that prevention it better...

We were out camping last weekend in Wales and our friend with a Syncro had a Karcher window vacuum. It obviously doesn't stop condensation but makes taking it off the windows super easy. We will defiantly be investing in one.  

This is quite an interesting video regarding air filters including K&N 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ3L-E- ... rojectFarm

I wouldn't put a K&N on my vehicle due to the lack of filtration. Air filters are cheaper than engine rebuilds.

Maybe speak to your local garage they'll be able to put it in with their waste oil which will go off to be recycled anyway. 

From your link Clif it says:

"The three-digit code wasn't precise in terms of decades. For that reason, in 2000 the fourth digit was added and since then, the last two digits represent the year of manufacture."

So that would make the tyre 1999 vintage 

Hi James 

From what I remember if it's a 3 digit code it would be the week followed by the last digit of the year. In your case I think it's the 14th week of either 2019 or 2009. 

Cheers

Yes we are running a Landrover 300 TDI pump on our 1.9 AHU TDI engine. I sent the van into a fuel injection specialist last year to recondition the pump and injectors as the van didn't seem to have much pulling power and didn't run well. The chap who done the work explained that the engine and injec...