Thinking about just ripping everything cruise control out of mine. I hate CC and have never even bothered to see if it works.
Give me a spare corner under the bonnet and save valuable weight! 😂
Just to back up the other comments. My 38 in the UK lunched it's engine. Found a replacement and my (then) local LR guy fitted it.
I was told to use petrol only for a week afterwards, until things settled down. In that time I did commuting, 40 miles each way over the Derbyshire hills and a good haul to Twickenham from Cheshire.
Took it back and there was no need to change anything. Good as gold when we switched to LPG.
So yeah, be patient.
BrianH wrote:
Is his tool of choice an Axe?
Huh? The nationwide standard and accepted way of shortening a piece of wood is to lean it against the kerb and stamp on it!
Gilbertd wrote:
Or in George's case, get his man to make up a set.......
Think I better do that myself if I want better than +-3inch accuracy!
Another Nano here. Given that ringing various suppliers/manufacturers wasn't really a viable option, I had to go with what was on their websites and what I'd read on forums.
BBS gave me the most info and, given that my nearest independent Testbook owner is around 70 miles away and I wouldn't trust land Rover Manila to empty the ashtray, I wanted the one with the most bang for buck. Especially as I was buying a vehicle with zero service history, a whole library of faults showing on the message centre and I'm not exactly surrounded by fellow p38 with diagnostics owners..
So for me, it was money well spent and it's done everything I've asked of it. Given the comments above, I may look at downloading EAS Unlock as well. Just to have something else in the armory.
gordonjcp wrote
How did you set the heights?
Originally done via Testbook by the guy that helped me do the swap.To be honest, I don't know what he did as the garage owner had cracked the cold beer out at that point!
But that's when I found two issues. One, the dropping to the bump stops at +50mph and two, but not a fault, rubbing on the 165/70s I'd fitted occasionally.
With the Nano, I left access alone, lifted standard by half an inch or so (measured by Mr. Stanley's trusty tape from wheel centre) and left extended as set. That's when it decided to extend, twice, from standard to extended unbidden.
Cleared the sensor faults and the issue went away. All works fine.
However, the faults are persistent and reoccur after every clear. All four were new and correct for year.
To be honest, I don't know if the 50mph fault still exists as I've been nowhere that you can get even close to that, let alone maintain it for 30 seconds.
Heights at each setting are within an mm or so across axles.
If I remember, when we did the MacMillan 4x4 challenge I topped off gas and fuel tanks where we started in Hereford.
We then did just short of 1000 miles in two days. I emptied the gas tank, then ran on petrol. I remember filling the petrol tank again in the middle of South Wales somewhere then finding gas on the way up to Warrington for the finish. I then topped off on gas again before the short run back home to Macclesfield.
Didn't think that was too bad considering that a lot of those miles were spent blasting around Welsh forests in a blizzard!
Interesting discussion.
When I put mine back to EAS, anything over 50mph would drop it to the bump stops rather than highway. Jack up the front, clear the fault and back to normal, until the next time. After that it would randomly decide to lift to high but drop on the press of the button.
The only fault showing on Nano is all four sensors out of range.
Played about for a bit with heights and it stopped randomly rising and all works fine but the sensor fault remains.
It also insists on dropping to access when I switch off but only in one particular multi-storey car park. Sometimes!
Peculiar.
Now with revitalised picture links!
Mine doesn't have the loops. The easiest way I found to remove the rod for bush replacement was to use two Filipinos.
Easy job! :-)
Strange isn't it? I remember people being encouraged to buy diesel vehicles in the UK and hailed as the solution to the overuse of resources until they were suddenly (and correctly) declared Spawn of Satan. Yet these hybrid /electric things are now all the rage despite their life-cycle implications.
For how long I wonder.
Whatever happened to, "Download RAVE"? :-)
As the guys say, don't just be a lurker!
Just totted up my tax and insurance. It comes to GBP7 a month.
Sorry!
Morat wrote:
There's a 30th anniversary on too. Only 10 grand. <Sigh>
Bloody hell! That's dear even by my standards!
Oh, and thanks a lot for the info 😊
I'll call that a win.
Came down this morning, ignition on, found a small weep from the high pressure hose to the pump and nipped it up. Then bled the modulator, switched off, depressurised the system, fired her up and the light went out in 3-4 seconds (I don't need to move mine first!).
Light flickered when I gave the pedal two good stomps, then never reappeared for an hours test drive.
Pedal is nice, high and very smooth now, so it looks like I can finally put the brakes to bed.
That's the killer.
1) You have to get permission to import and a vehicle 22-17 years old won't get it (without huge brown envelope)
2) You have to have proof of ownership for 12 months before applying for the above (or a huge brown envelope)
3) It must be a left hooker and no HBE can get around that.
4) They calculate import duty on the price when new, not current value. So 100% of 1995 price in my case.
5) There is 100% tax on the value and duty for having an engine over 1600cc
Starts to mount up doesn't it?
Oh, and 6) A guy at the port may just take a fancy to it. So you'll never see it anyway 😊
A Filipino working overseas can avoid a little of this shit but still unlikely to get around the age or mysterious disappearance issue.
THAT'S why I haven't bothered! 😊
Good luck with it Richard and take solace that here, it would have been 6-7 Grand and one reason I've never bought a parts car!
For those of you who have a leaky brake pump, the o-ring is 50mm I/D and 2mm cross section.
The shaft seal calls itself 16x8x6, SC/SF, NBR, SOG.
Both together cost around 1.20.
And job done!
Oh, and the seal came from the same place I got the ring from, so it's nowt special.