Ordinarily yes but the last few weeks I've been short of cash, due to a job change, so I had to run it down quite low!
After weeks of paranoia regarding the heat and noise of my EAS Compressor, I finally swapped the washers around "concave down" for the bottom and Concave up for the top washers.
Weirdly my washers were flat, a good beating with a ball peen hammer got a nice concave in them..
And finally I can't hear the bastard thing, which may or may not be a good thing..
But with no leaks in the system and the pressure side holding over 100psi after a week of sitting i'd say my system is in good health.. #
So my paranoia isn't needed, maybe...
Also managed to top up with fuel, as I was pumping in the LPG the tank clicked off at £15 turned out the forecourts tank was bloody empty!
With the cars petrol tank on the wrong side of the red I managed to fire her up on GAS and drive a few miles to an ESSO and put in £60 of super plus, which gave me just over 1/2 a tank...
Not too bad.
My Aunt had a Saab 9-3 cabrio and you could only pull the key out of that if it was locked in reverse..
Weird car that.
Just finished an EAS rebuild on my mates DHSE and while waiting for the Compressor to prime the system I noticed like always it got quite warm..
Not "HOT" but up past 65 degrees.
My V8 is the same even though there are no leaks, being that the Mosfets are rated at 175c and the transistors at 85c in the Drive pack, I was thinking whether it would be prudent to drill some vent holes in the side or the top of the EAS lid to help expel excess heat..
Anyone done this?
H
I had a similar issue with the EAS being allergic to water, it turned out to be an iffy height sensor.
I thought the Ascot was used by your Daughter?
Anyway, it always is nice to have a spare!!
sarfarm wrote:
It is strange that people are so in love with a vehicle that started life I think in 1948 and has not really changed much {Noisy,Rattly,Uncomfortable,unreliable,overpriced)
I started driving on the farm in a series 1 and at the tender age of 14 it was a great vehicle (1956) after that I have had just about every type of LR and several Range Rovers
and there is no comparison,the RR will go anywhere the LR will and looking back to the start of the RR,they used it to conquer the Darian Gap in S.America,dont remember them trying it with a LR.Go to France and see them using the P38 off road,then you realise it has something to do with macho man and his image.
I spent several years in Africa and LR were very few,only the Toyota Landcruiser could stand the pace.I bought one from a mine auction which had done 200000miles and driven by anybody on the mine.I had it for 3 years and never once replaced anything,thats why the freedom fighters like them they dont break.
During the 1970s I owned a garage and we rebuilt ex MOD LRs but never used one myself,the old Rangie was for me.
Paul
The RRC was actually crap at crossing the Darian Gap, the man in charge Major J. N. Blashford-Snell,noted that the Range Rover was useless, they were far too heavy to cope with the saturated ground, and the big v8 just dug them deeper into the ground..
They also went through 12 differential centre sections, he noted it as "useless" and had a Runner dispatched to Panama to pick up an old Series II for $100 it was delivered by helicopter to the middle of the Darian Gap and nicknamed "the pathfinder" without electrics and weight it performed effortlessly...
They would never let that out into the public though....
Nor would they mention the 100 or so Rapists and Murderers Blashers exchanged for a case of Whisky to help with the expedition... lol
Hiya Richard.
I have the Cam and followers to fit...
Just gotta find the time!
'Tis before.
There is a faint rattle lol
Gone now after lucas!
I'm not usually one to endorse the ramblings of these additive companies...
However after using both their PAS additive and Transmission stop slip, both of which worked really quite well I decided to try their oil additive.
My Old V8 recently started a nice Cam follower tick on cold start and when Hot, i'm assuming because the oil thinned out and that tappet lost prime..
At idle it was irritating the hell out of me so, whats to lose with the Lucas?
https://i.imgur.com/EWSWbBLl.jpg
Consistency wise it is very sticky, it leaves greasy strings like hot glue, so be wary of that!!
I drained out some of the 10w60 to make room..
New stuff took an age to pour in, in hindsight I should of warmed the bottle up..
Filled up
A good hard drive ensued, and upon returning home the TICK was no longer present, even with my ear in the arch which is where it was really prevalent..
I've since Started it from cold too, and the tap has disappeared there too...
So it sum up..
It does work in some cases....
Here is the Cold start rattle...
after being sat for 2 weeks
Symes wrote:
Hi Paul welcome I got td5 commercials at work --- yep don't like them But got a discovery 1 300 TDI 7 seater and I love it's simplicity no ECUs to mess up electric stuff is lights wipers horn ----- classic insurance too But my vogue is better yet worth less ,!? Wired that
Have to be a dab hand with the Mig though ;)
4.6 Thor V8
It seems more eager to rev and seems slightly quicker, if she had a healthier cam in her i'd expect a much better performance gain..
She's no TVR though the perfomance gains on Tornados website seem quite tame,
Fuel economy is around 20 which is around 2 mpg better than stock on petrol that is.
I'd agree, mine handled like a boat on the original shocks so I replaced them with some Terrafirma units, and while they're stiffer the ride is still twice as good as my Disco 2 and it handles really well, how long they last is another story, I like a moron fitted the +2 shocks instead of the stock length ones, that'll be a lesson of not to order on your phone!!
They'll be swapped out in new year to some better suited ones, maybe a set of Koni's
I had mine Tornado chipped around a week ago, she does go differently since the map, much like everything these days it is tuned from factory for emissions etc.
With the chip it does go better.
Spent today towing equipment back to the yard in preparation for lockdown, quite a few tractors and farm equipment that needs repairs, it seems to have flooded in like nobodies business!
Probably due to the lockdown that is coming
Anyhoo the EAS seems to be dialled, it is performing faultlessly, hopefully i'll be able to depend on her this winter!
As a treat I put £80 of Shell super unleaded in her, Next weeks battle will be the LPG if I get any time to work on her!
I bought mine off of Hamazon..
Quite quick delivery too, X8R
129,000 miles today, only done around 4500 since the MOT!
Need to grow a pair of bollix and give her a proper run, always fancied going to the Europe..
Maybe............................................
in other news i came out of work to find one of my colleagues had written this on me wheel!
Nice chap..
I spied a 1990 Ford F250 in Texas that had such a rotten cab when you sat inside the seat would sink through the non existent floor, it was a deathtrap on wheels and he used it as a daily!!
Brake lines were thinner than a lepers pubes too
I'd love to know how many car accidents in America are caused by lack lustre safety regulations...
some areas of America are more reasonable lol
Any more progress to share David?
It definitely does!