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" You love this car more than me ! " she said.

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smith

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Having completed a wonderful 1600 mile London-Manchester-North Wales-Perth-Loch Ness-Fort William-Glasgow-London week long round trip, in shocking weather during Christmas week my other half overheard me sighing with pleasure as I slid the key into my fuel cap lock ( which I had thoughtfully lubricated with a squirt of WD40).

She's wrong of course .... but the landy comes a very close second.
 
Ah welcome to the club man :) I get that from time to time too. I tend to say that at least it keeps me from hanging around street lights!! ;)
 
That made me laugh!

Careful though using WD40 to lubricate lock barrels, I read a long time ago and cannot vouch for how true it is, but apparently WD leaves behind some sort of deposit that then acts like a grinding paste and wears the barrel. Better to use a drop of engine oil/ 3 in 1 oil or ACF50 { miraculous stuff that anyone else use it?}.

Regards Dave.
 
street_moto said:
That made me laugh!

Careful though using WD40 to lubricate lock barrels, I read a long time ago and cannot vouch for how true it is, but apparently WD leaves behind some sort of deposit that then acts like a grinding paste and wears the barrel. Better to use a drop of engine oil/ 3 in 1 oil or ACF50 { miraculous stuff that anyone else use it?}.

Regards Dave.
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Yup I use 3 in 1 oil, much better for lock barrels, doesn't wash away as quickly and smells gorgeous!
 
at work we use spray grease for lock barrels and well lubricating, copper grease for threads and stuff. WD40 is for releasing things, so is Duck oil thats why they call it release oil because it gets into the threads and stuff.
 
At least the Land Rover doesn't wake up after seven years and tell you that you are no longer the same man that she met and she wants a divorce...
 
smith said:
Having completed a wonderful 1600 mile London-Manchester-North Wales-Perth-Loch Ness-Fort William-Glasgow-London week long round trip, in shocking weather during Christmas week my other half overheard me sighing with pleasure as I slid the key into my fuel cap lock ( which I had thoughtfully lubricated with a squirt of WD40).

She's wrong of course .... but the landy comes a very close second.
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I get into trouble for being on here, let alone going anywhere near the landy:D :D :D
 
BigJim said:
I get into trouble for being on here, let alone going anywhere near the landy:D :D :D
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I left my last partner because she had a freak out everytime I tried to do anything at all to it She even blew her top if I brought a mag. After 8 months of not been able to do anything to it at all. She told me I should sell it because "I never did any work on it anyway."

I left her 3 weeks later packed everything I owned into my car and trailer and loaded the landy up drove it a couple of miles and parked it up out of sight. Then went back to get the car & trailer.

By the time she got home that afternoon I was 150miles away and driving fast.
 
Friend of mine is an engineer ( big ovens and driers and the like). He is also a big Landy fan and sums up the opposite sex as follows:-

"However did the design and build wants a pat on the back, whoever wired it up wants shooting"

I cannot fault his view!

Re the locks, had a problem with a key snapping in the door at home- whilst getting a new one cut i mentioned a squirt of WD40 to the locksmith- he was shocked- claims it leaves a sticky lacquer. Best is anything with teflon in it, can't remember the trade name- essentially a liquid version of ya non-stick pan.
 
Keg said:
Friend of mine is an engineer ( big ovens and driers and the like). He is also a big Landy fan and sums up the opposite sex as follows:-

"However did the design and build wants a pat on the back, whoever wired it up wants shooting"

I cannot fault his view!

Re the locks, had a problem with a key snapping in the door at home- whilst getting a new one cut i mentioned a squirt of WD40 to the locksmith- he was shocked- claims it leaves a sticky lacquer. Best is anything with teflon in it, can't remember the trade name- essentially a liquid version of ya non-stick pan.
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polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE as it's widely know. or graphite based lubricants are good as well.
 
Keg said:
Re the locks, had a problem with a key snapping in the door at home- whilst getting a new one cut i mentioned a squirt of WD40 to the locksmith- he was shocked- claims it leaves a sticky lacquer. Best is anything with teflon in it, can't remember the trade name- essentially a liquid version of ya non-stick pan.
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Bro Keg

I once watched a locksmith run a pencil (good one like Staedler - not Chinese cr*p) over the key before inserting it in the lock. The graphite in the pencil "lead" in an excellent lubricant.
 
redhand said:
As I said in the last post ptfe or graphite you don't need a pencil you can buy it as a lubricant and it gets to all the working parts of the lock.
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This is Africa, remember...

I'll look for it next time I visit a builders merchant or a motor factors, but I suspect the closest place I'll find it would be the Screwfix Direct trade counter in Peterborough :eek:
 
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