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Why Grandma’s in disgrace (again)

RUNNING three Land Rovers, chances are at least one of them will require some sort of attention sooner or later. Having had a couple of trouble-free months I knew my time was coming. Which would it be? ‘Grandma’, ‘Old Girl’ or ‘Bruce’. In all honesty Grandma, my V8 Series IIA is the most problem-prone. Could sticking a V8 in place of the 2.25 be the cause of the issues? Quite possibly.

True to form it was indeed Grandma’s time to disgrace herself. It started with a dodgy fuel gauge which meant I

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