Until you take the VIN to a dealer and get proof, that's not a Westminster. Whether it's worth 2000 quid is up to you :)
Where do all the One Life Live It people actually drive off road apart from pay and play sites? It all seems a bit of a dead end unless you actually own a load of land.
I dread to think what that would have cost at the dealer.
Nice work!
Very glad you had all the right kit on and you're OK!
Main Stealer only I'm afraid.
The actual secret is that I really like driving a Range Rover a couple of hundred miles :)
Understood Marty, we'll get through :)
Weekends are going to be very busy again soon with the Christmas rush (we're opening our Christmas market from October 21st for reasons too ridiculous to explain) so I might have to make a lieu day visit during the week if that suits. I don't know what availability I'll have yet, though.
Thanks folks - all synched and working! Obviously that's not going to last with a wibbly microswitch. Time to visit Marty and get a replacement I guess. I wish I'd asked about the Driver's side at Summer Camp as well because the passenger side has been flawless since he gave it a good talking to!
Hey ho.
Land Rover in Pickering want £183 for a new fob (plus VAT I assume). Is that about par? I'm slightly freaked out by only having one fob on a car that won't start without one. My Jeep could be started with a screwdriver if necessary, luckily no-one wants to steal them :)
Hmm that makes sense. I should have realised when unlocking the driver's door and none of the others unlocked. I'm guessing it's the same switch for the central locking?
Marty, how's the weather in Swindon? :)
As for the fob... is it failing to sync? I checked the BECM and the immobiliser is set (which was a surprise, I thought I'd turned it off) so shouldn't it sync automatically in the ignition at position2 - or is that just to start the engine, not the remote locking?
I'm sorry but it's being weird. If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it!
Symptoms:
- Car fails to lock sometimes when out in France in 37degrees. RH-F open. I put it down to heat.
- Car happy when it cools down, seems OK in the UK.
- Car locked on the fob in the evening, the next morning the fob lights up but the car doesn't unlock. or lock.
- I unlock with the key, as expected the engine won't start so I put in the EKA (using Nanocom). Everything happy exept the fob still won't lock/unlock the car.
- Car now locked/unlocked/starts on the key.
- This morning, Mrs M unlocked the car with the key and the alarm went off/ engine disabled. I had to EKA unlock it again.
Could anyone tell me why the alarm would go off if you lock/unlock with the key?
For bonus points, what do we need to do to restore remote locking? :)
Apologies for the tedious and repetitive subject of this post :(
Miles
The Duchess having a kip in the sun at my parent's place in France. The Austin 7 under the cover is the one rewired by Lucifer....
You'd definitely need air suspension for that to work 😀
Hey guess what? They've only got red!
I'll wait....
Hah :)
luckily the whole thing fits in the back of a decent sized van, so it might be coming back to England for a final rewire. Honestly, there can only be about 70 cables in the whole thing - they didn't even have a loom from new because the wires were run in individually.
The other problem is the guy who "looks after it" for my old man last worked for the Dutch Airforce on F16 airframes. I can't think of any mechanical experience less relevant to an Austin 7.
It's beyond comprehension. We even ran a wire direct from the battery to the coil negative (it's a positive earth) but still no spark.
I tried suggesting running another one back to the positive incase the earth was bad but I was over ruled. It was too hot to argue.
Just for fun, the car has been rewired maybe 2.5 times and every cable is now red.
Gilbertd wrote:
Mine hasn't yet........
But I'll let you know how well it holds up by the end of the week. However, as the cars I import come down here I've worked on cars in 35 degree heat and can tell you it isn't a lot of fun. The worst bit is when the sweat runs down your forehead and drips off your eyebrows into your eyes. No cars to work on this time though it's even worse. My mate is away for the week so we're house, chicken, cat and alpaca sitting.....
I concur! Last week I swapped the coil on an Austin 7 in 36 degrees. Sweaty!
It still didn't run but it wasn't my diagnosis anyway. You wouldn't think there were enough wires in an Austin 7 for someone to cock it up.
Hmm, an hour and five minutes each way.
Not sure I'm as obsessed as you are!
What postcode is it in?
Orangebean wrote:
Smiler's burns A LOT of oil
but only some of it is lubricant?
Mine seems to have a clean exhaust too... no idea where it's all going. Yet.