meet lenny

Well I finally got the keys to Lenny to have my first "driving lesson" on New Years Day.

Kieran has never let go of Pinky's keys so it was my first time behind the wheel of a 4 x 4 and a manual diesel. Once I had got the hang of it it was quite good fun.

Next lesson before September is driving on the wrong side of the road !

Watch out Europe Sylvia's about !!

Best of luck!

Hear hear ... go girl.

Thought I would update everyone with progress on Lenny. We now have a Safari snorkel, Christmas present from the co-pilot. On order are the new sills/rock sliders which come cmplete with 7" tree sliders. These should turn up next week and then I hope that a friend from Mud Club will weld them on for me. While I do a bit of welding my little gasless electric unit isn't up to structural work. Come to think of it neither is my welding ability. I think we should be about ready for an MOT then. Although I will have to put some better tyres on to the rims I bought from Kieran.

comming along ther.
wait till ye get some stickies on it then it will start looking the part.

Yeah stickers ... and lot's of 'em!

Amazon Technics Keith, you won't regret it. Remember what I said about them? Virtually no road noise, actually, NO road noise, and they are a true mud tyre. Excellent grip and that's on damp/wet roads. Hard-wearing too, unlike a lot of re-treads like Grizzly Claws. As for off-road, they are awesome as they clean so well. IMHO only Simex Centipedes can beat 'em, and let's face it, you wouldn't want to do 2,300 miles on those around Europe.

Come to think of it, on wet tarmac you wouldn't want to do 230 yards on them!

Maybe I'm the last person in the world to discover how to bleed brakes easily but just in case its of use to anyone else ....

Following the saga of getting the right set of extended brake pipes I've now fitted them and tried the time honoured method of bleeding them One person pressing the pedal with the other opening and closing the valve in perfect harmony. (Unless its dyslexic Kieran pressing when he should be lifting !!) This didn't have much success probably due to the number of valves per caliper.

I have now invested in a Gunsen Eazibleed kit (£15 from Screwfix) which you connect to a spare tyre and the master cylinder to pressurise the system then open the bleed valves in turn. Works a treat and you can easily do it alone - ideal for Billy no mates like me.

Keith Johnson wrote:

Maybe I'm the last person in the world to discover how to bleed brakes easily

Large syringe, and "reverse bleed".

Pump clean, fresh, fluid _into_ the bleed nipple until it fills the reservoir without bubbling. Depending on the shape of the caliper, you can also suck the air out, then push the oil back in (by holding the syringe upright).

Keith also wrote:

Gunsen Eazibleed kit (£15 from Screwfix)

Couple of quid from a hospital pharmacist. (Not generally available outside of hospitals, as nothing available in the highstreet is injected 50ml at a time).

Tis a common way of bleeding motorbike brakes. Apparently you can also use certain grease guns to pump brake fluid, providing they have good enough seals.

Easybleed kits are ace! Been around for ages, always worked for me.