Routy56 - can you just....

[Bri963]

......yeah but I feel like you guys have done something to me
Feeling the love

Badge of honour - shows people are reading it.

 

[Routy56]

So now I am 'semi-retired' catching up with all those jobs at home
We closed down our swimming pool after last summer and I'm gradually 'decommissioning' it.

We've had this pool for about 30 years and has served us well.
Simple Clarke UG pool 27'x15'x4' half sunk in the ground.
Cheap agricultural polytunnel over gives free heat with the water getting up to about 33c in the summer

The liners get brittle and leak. We have had 2 replacements.
As well as two replacement covers on the poly tunnel and now all the steel work is rusting away

Today's work:

There's a 5T of soft sand there which I'm gonna recycle into 1T baggies

The steel sides are a galvanised corrugated material, and is now well and truly past it.
Note the tree roots are shooting again. I sprayed off the brown ones with Roundup.
The whole bottom surface of the pool had been comprised with roots from the neighbours poorly maintained big fcuking Poplar trees

This is as far as I got today - well cleared what you see here to the end.
All 'handballed' over hand tools and wheelbarrow etc.
But the big bonus was that was that I was working in the dry of the poly tunnel

 

[TiltyShaun]

So now I am 'semi-retired' catching up with all those jobs at home
We closed down our swimming pool after last summer and I'm gradually 'decommissioning' it.
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We've had this pool for about 30 years and has served us well.
Simple Clarke UG pool 27'x15'x4' half sunk in the ground.
Cheap agricultural polytunnel over gives free heat with the water getting up to about 33c in the summer

The liners get brittle and leak. We have had 2 replacements.
As well as two replacement covers on the poly tunnel and now all the steel work is rusting away

Today's work:

View attachment 53953
There's a 5T of soft sand there which I'm gonna recycle into 1T baggies

View attachment 53954
The steel sides are a galvanised corrugated material, and is now well and truly past it.
Note the tree roots are shooting again. I sprayed off the brown ones with Roundup.
The whole bottom surface of the pool had been comprised with roots from the neighbours poorly maintained big fcuking Poplar trees

View attachment 53955
This is as far as I got today - well cleared what you see here to the end.
All 'handballed' over hand tools and wheelbarrow etc.
But the big bonus was that was that I was working in the dry of the poly tunnel

My life would be over if the pool is not replaced when it comes to the end of its life span. I did put a concrete base down for it with block walls on their sides. My bad luck will be that she will want a bigger one that doesn’t fit!!

 

[Routy56]

My life would be over if the pool is not replaced when it comes to the end of its life span. I did put a concrete base down for it with block walls on their sides. My bad luck will be that she will want a bigger one that doesn’t fit!!

Yes me too
BUT with our pool, our children had grown up with this pool with our neighbours kids.
Our daughters are now 44 and 42 and were still using it with our grandchildren.
So, our 6 grandchildren have literally grown up with the pool and their friends.
The above photo shows Ryan with his two mates, and 3 grandchildren last September.
At that point I’d kept it going with leaks for 2 years. The water bill was halved when I stopped.
The best thing was water quality. I used a large heavy sand filer for years which polished the water lovely
Like your concrete base and block wall (similar to my retro set up) but it can be restrictive.
In our case, it was a simple last minute hole in the ground. Metal work bedded in.
Then levelled the bottom with 5T of soft sand with coves around the edges.
I have always said that I was going to put in a ‘proper‘ in ground pool.
But SWMBO obeyed said that we have better then it’s to spend our money on

 

[Routy56]

Last weekend was car fix day at my workshop for both my son in laws. Well I have got a nice warm barn heated with a log burner. And it has an inspection pit
Rods ‘new’ car is a very nice 2014 Range Rover Evoke. It’s got the 2.2 diesel engine and a 9 speed auto box.
When accelerating at 45-60 there’s a vibration like a wheel out of balance. He had them checked and done. Had an independent specialist check it over and gearbox was fine but. He said that an oil change may cure it
So we did an oil change over my pit as per the evoke owners club guide etc
And guess what no difference
So any of you guys have similar experiences with one of these?
My best guess is a drive shaft starting to wear out

 

[V8Druid]

......When accelerating at 45-60 there’s a vibration like a wheel out of balance. He had them checked and done. Had an independent specialist check it over and gearbox was fine but. He said that an oil change may cure it
So we did an oil change over my pit as per the evoke owners club guide etc
And guess what no difference
So any of you guys have similar experiences with one of these?
My best guess is a drive shaft starting to wear out

I'd concur with that IMHDO .... is it 2 or 4WD?
can't see how an oil change'd make the slightest of difference

 

[Routy56]

I'd concur with that IMHDO .... is it 2 or 4WD?
can't see how an oil change'd make the slightest of difference

It's a 4WD with some sort of Haldex system.
When I had a succession of Disco 3s it was reported many times about the washboard effect.
This tends to give the torque converter hell
One cured a a power flush of the auto box.
With my Disco 3 I was ahead of the game and believe that prevention is better than cure.
So I upgraded the auto box filter, which was a standard ZF box upgrade. Then I did my own power flush.
Basically you pull the hoses of the ATF oil cooler and feed in new fluid and collect the old black stuff.

Stop when it comes clear - gets all the tish out of the torque converter
So with Rod and Nicola's Evoke gonna get it back over my pit and give the drive shafts and good old shake.
Failing that it goes to the main stealers soon for a LR recall job.
They should identify it - they are the experts

 

[pettsy]

Failing that it goes to the main stealers soon for a LR recall job.
They should identify it - they are the experts

Or they just keep throwing parts at it and hope they cure it

 

[Routy56]

Or they just keep throwing parts at it and hope they cure it

Yep that what they did with my nearly new Disco 3 HSE whilst under warranty

 

[V8Druid]

Yep that what they did with my nearly new Disco 3 HSE whilst under warranty

dealer 'mechanics' these days are are just box fitters .. take it out the box and fit it .. diagnostic skills're few and far between, unless you're lucky enough to get a 60 yr old, old skool fitter on the job.

 

[Routy56]

dealer 'mechanics' these days are are just box fitters .. take it out the box and fit it .. diagnostic skills're few and far between, unless you're lucky enough to get a 60 yr old, old skool fitter on the job.

Yep - that's why I don't trust 'main stealers'. Last year the Nissan dealer tried to stripe me up with over £700 work of work advised during the 50 point safety check. This included worn out brake pads and discs on a Navara with only 20k on the clock
When they emailed me for feedback I really let them have it with photos.
Got a grovelling apology from the Service Manager who I told, "You are obviously setting targets for your technicians to bring in more work. Well it won't with with me as a business user with a nice plant workshop"
Mind you to be fair following that they assigned a nice technician called Ruth, in her early 20s, to deal with 2 warranty claim jobs.
She successfully, diagnosed:
1. a failed battery - Nissan/Renault had a bad batch
2. a failed NOX sensor
Both replaced under warranty with a nice video from them.
And I actually got to chat with Ruth when she bought the car round from the workshop

 

[V8Druid]

Yep - that's why I don't trust 'main stealers'. Last year the Nissan dealer tried to stripe me up with over £700 work of work advised during the 50 point safety check. This included worn out brake pads and discs on a Navara with only 20k on the clock
When they emailed me for feedback I really let them have it with photos.
Got a grovelling apology from the Service Manager who I told, "You are obviously setting targets for your technicians to bring in more work. Well it won't with with me as a business user with a nice plant workshop"
Mind you to be fair following that they assigned a nice technician called Ruth, in her early 20s, to deal with 2 warranty claim jobs.
She successfully, diagnosed:
1. a failed battery - Nissan/Renault had a bad batch
2. a failed NOX sensor
Both replaced under warranty with a nice video from them.
And I actually got to chat with Ruth when she bought the car round from the workshop

Ruth had obviously been 'skooled' by someone with a bit of nouse then
just about all dealers are 'looking' for work when they get yer chariot in their mitts ... someone has to maintain the climate controlled workshops for them

 

[Smiffy]

dealer 'mechanics' these days are are just box fitters .. take it out the box and fit it .. diagnostic skills're few and far between, unless you're lucky enough to get a 60 yr old, old skool fitter on the job.

I think thats all you can do on some 9f these modern cars, there is no rhyme or reason to some of the problems.
Heard the other day that PSA vehicles with starting problems is often solved by changing the wing mirror

 

[V8Druid]

I think thats all you can do on some 9f these modern cars, there is no rhyme or reason to some of the problems.
Heard the other day that PSA vehicles with starting problems is often solved by changing the wing mirror

Property Services Agency ????????

 

[Smiffy]

Property Services Agency ????????

Peugeot, Citroen, fiat, cupra and a few other brands

 

[Canal Navvy]

I think thats all you can do on some 9f these modern cars, there is no rhyme or reason to some of the problems.
Heard the other day that PSA vehicles with starting problems is often solved by changing the wing mirror

Property Services Agency ????????

Suspect PSA refers to the French/Italian partnership (range rover v8 diesel, Corsa diesel etc)

Know of a a mighty Mercedes Unimog that failed to make progress due to a failed sidelight bulb that was ignored too many times on start up

 

[Lancs Lad]

Peugeot, Citroen, fiat, cupra and a few other brands

Cupra is/was SEAT owned by VAG ..

PSA or Pretty s**t Automobiles.

If you ever worked on them you'll know why ....

 

[Smiffy]

Cupra is/was SEAT owned by VAG ..

PSA or Pretty s**t Automobiles.

If you ever worked on them you'll know why ....

Sorry was thinking of ds.
All along the same lines s**t rolled in glitter

 

[V8Druid]

Cupra is/was SEAT owned by VAG ..

PSA or Pretty s**t Automobiles.

If you ever worked on them you'll know why ....

oh yes makes Joe Lucas look like he knew what he was doing

 

[Diggerdavey]

I think thats all you can do on some 9f these modern cars, there is no rhyme or reason to some of the problems.
Heard the other day that PSA vehicles with starting problems is often solved by changing the wing mirror

Probably where the exterior temperature sensor is located.