Leaving the Club - Page 3

WillyHeckaslike · 1st September 2019, 21:45

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Originally Posted by suzublu

Thank goodness for that

If we lose you tech guys, it'll be left to useless numpties like me telling folks to disconnect the battery for 1/2 an hour

Ronnie, it is members like you and Mike who glue a site together with the time and support you give to it.

Mickyboy · 2nd September 2019, 05:01

400k club eh, top work keeping that beauty going way beyond the moon and into the stratosphere, very glad I read all the posts, as for a minute there I thought you was going going gone, and we would’ve lost a very valuable member, but now I realise it’s just about milage I have no concerns that those numbers will keep rolling on Mike
Mick

Gate Keeper · 2nd September 2019, 09:04

Mike, I was blown away by the “ I am leaving.....” 400K is quite an achievement. I really enjoyed our chat at the last meet. Away from cars and not engines, what an interesting and fascinating life you have led

Mike Noc · 2nd September 2019, 11:24

Enjoyed our chat over breakfast Phil - saw a programme about Giraffe Manor in Nairobi and thought of you. What a cracking place that is.

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Originally Posted by harrisop48

Congratulations to Big Ron, a great achievement nursed along by an excellent engineer and all round good egg,

Now go finish that kitchen, otherwise Julie will be taking you in hand. OOPS!
May be you would enjoy that too much. Oh well, why not!!!

Kitchen turning out to be a bigger job than I thought Peter.

Putting a wine rack in today then that should be all the basics done.

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Originally Posted by COLVERT

WOW.. When you said onwards and upwards I thought you were going to give us some bad news and you were now refurbishing a pair of wings.---

It seems however you are going to stay firmly stuck down where you are.

-------------Not. Lol.

Hope so John!

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Originally Posted by Mickyboy

400k club eh, top work keeping that beauty going way beyond the moon and into the stratosphere, very glad I read all the posts, as for a minute there I thought you was going going gone, and we would’ve lost a very valuable member, but now I realise it’s just about milage I have no concerns that those numbers will keep rolling on Mike
Mick

Cheers Mick. The next milestone Big Ron is heading for is Apollo - they got to the moon and back.

tourer · 2nd September 2019, 12:23

Congratulations Mike on such a mammoth mileage.
May I ask how you have achieved it?
Taxi, business use or purely private?

grivas · 2nd September 2019, 12:24

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Originally Posted by Mike Noc

Must clear up the confusion chaps, my apologies, I should have been a bit clearer - I'm not leaving the Forum but the 300k Club, because today Big Ron clocked up the big 4 Oh!

That is amazing, many congratulations , what an achievement, and here I am thinking 'all Rovers do that', very well done.

macafee2 · 2nd September 2019, 14:41

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Originally Posted by Mike Noc

Must clear up the confusion chaps, my apologies, I should have been a bit clearer - I'm not leaving the Forum but the 300k Club, because today Big Ron clocked up the big 4 Oh!

you so and so

I was shocked to think you were leaving, glad I read a few more posts

that is some tremendous mileage to have clocked up

macafee2

Mike Noc · 2nd September 2019, 20:24

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Originally Posted by tourer

Congratulations Mike on such a mammoth mileage.
May I ask how you have achieved it?
Taxi, business use or purely private?

Thanks, it was both business and private - it was delivered new as a company car, and I bought it a couple of years later when I left the company. I was then, and still work as a field service engineer in the packaging industry doing around 35k miles a year back in the day, and not so many these days.

Interestingly nothing lubricated by either the engine or geabox oil has been replaced, and the injectors, HP fuel pump and crank pulley are all original.

tourer · 2nd September 2019, 21:30

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Originally Posted by Mike Noc

Thanks, it was both business and private - it was delivered new as a company car, and I bought it a couple of years later when I left the company. I was then, and still work as a field service engineer in the packaging industry doing around 35k miles a year back in the day, and not so many these days.

Interestingly nothing lubricated by either the engine or geabox oil has been replaced, and the injectors, HP fuel pump and crank pulley are all original.

Many thanks for that, Mike.
My son in law would like to know how many in-tank fuel pumps has the car used, please.

Mike Noc · 3rd September 2019, 08:46

No problem - the ITP has been changed twice and the UBP once. To be fair the old UBP was working fine and changed as a precaution.

It now sits in the boot spare wheel well along with a cam and crank sensor for emergency back up.

2nd September 2019, 05:01	#22
Mickyboy SERVICING AND DEALER DIAGNOSTICS MG ZT CDTI 135 + & MGZT CDTI AUTO 160 & ROVER 75 TOURER CDTI 160 TROPHY YELLOW Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hernebay Posts: 4,331 Thanks: 818 Thanked 2,414 Times in 1,141 Posts	400k club eh, top work keeping that beauty going way beyond the moon and into the stratosphere, very glad I read all the posts, as for a minute there I thought you was going going gone, and we would’ve lost a very valuable member, but now I realise it’s just about milage I have no concerns that those numbers will keep rolling on Mike Mick __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] T4 Owner Jobs done : new UBP, Spy hole mod, Rear hub(wheel bearing),plenum cleaned and emptied, Inline thermostat fitted,Full service, In car Digital tv/DVD Bluetooth Satnav etc, Replaced UBP, Restored headlights,Fixed airbag connection.replaced HP pump,replaced rear light seals,changed intercooler O rings. Jobs to do: ,replace drivers lock,.[/SIZE]

2nd September 2019, 09:04	#23
Gate Keeper This is my second home 4X4 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Nairobi Posts: 20,056 Thanks: 8,286 Thanked 7,017 Times in 4,160 Posts	Mike, I was blown away by the “ I am leaving.....” 400K is quite an achievement. I really enjoyed our chat at the last meet. Away from cars and not engines, what an interesting and fascinating life you have led

2nd September 2019, 12:23	#25
tourer Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Tourer CDT Auto. Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Long Eaton Posts: 1,342 Thanks: 30 Thanked 220 Times in 160 Posts	Congratulations Mike on such a mammoth mileage. May I ask how you have achieved it? Taxi, business use or purely private?

3rd September 2019, 08:46	#30
Mike Noc This is my second home Rover 75 CDT Manual Connoisseur SE, Rover 75 CDT Automatic Connoisseur SE & a Freelander Td4. Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,547 Thanks: 3,470 Thanked 3,119 Times in 2,247 Posts	No problem - the ITP has been changed twice and the UBP once. To be fair the old UBP was working fine and changed as a precaution. It now sits in the boot spare wheel well along with a cam and crank sensor for emergency back up.