Has it kicked back into life now everything has cooled down or do you still have a hard fault on it causing it to stay dead?
I work in IT by day and can fit and balance tyres with no trouble at all.
Balancing a wheel is easy, you spin it and it tells you where to put the weight. I’d hazard a guess at the machine being miles out of calibration rather then the operator being clueless. I calibrate mine annually with the calibration weight we’ve got for it and I’ve never had an issue with it or a reason to doubt it.
Just glad I’ve got the ability to deal with it rather then having to take it all the way back to them again.
David.
New tyres went on today.
After the whole fiasco with the balancing (See “What did you do today thread”) I sealed them up with a ceramic coating and refitted them to the car.
I then fitted my new (to me) steering wheel.
And finally for tonight I refitted the missing bung that goes in from the underside of the body above the rear exhaust silencer.
Tomorrow nights job is the tailgate seal and the car is then finished for a while! Well, until I get a chance to give the seats a “proper” going over although I’m tempted to get a local leather specialist to do the leather on both of our Vogue SE’s.
David.
New tyre day today!
I took them to ATS in the boot of the other Vogue SE and when taking them out tonight the weights fell off the first wheel I took out of the boot.
I balanced that wheel and noticed that it took half of what they’d put on it so I checked the weights on the next 2 that came out of the boot and found them hanging off too.
The last wheel had the weights stuck well so I decided I’d check the balance on it. With the weights that ATS had fitted the balance was a mile out!
I removed all the weights from ATS and then spun it on the balancer again. It needed less weight to balance them from scratch then it did to “fix” the balance from ATS.
David.
The take off for an LPG boiler is at the top as it comes off as a gas. To fill the car you need a liquid take off from the bottom of the tank and a pump.
You'd likely need to find another tank as I can't imagine anybody would fancy fitting a take off to a tank that's had gas in it before.
David.
No. L322 seats are a totally different shape. Well, they are from the top anyway.
David.
I did 50% of it’s last annual mileage going to Newcastle and back with the trailer on Saturday. It does get used when I need it.
Mine did 700 miles in the last 12 months... can’t see that happening any time soon!
Wow. Both of mine are barely run in at 116k!
Well, seeing as the interior has been done, the exterior has been done, it seemed sensible to spend tonight decontaminating the wheels before the new tyres go on tomorrow. Once they’re dried I’ll seal them up with some G-Tecniq Wheel Ceramic Coating. They’re not perfect but for the original finish they’re not bad at all IMO.
Normally I buy tyres online and fit and balance them myself but there’s a deal on at the moment that meant my Michelin Cross Climates were only 30 odd quid dearer to have them fully fitted and balanced which saves me then having to get rid of the old tyres too.
Once the new tyres are on, the car can come back into the daylight tomorrow and I’ll get some finished pictures of the car. I can’t wait to see it in the sun now.
David.
If I press hard on the bumper I can get it back into shape it just springs back when I let go.
I spent a good 4-5 hours cleaning the exterior of one of our VSE’s after doing it’s interior last weekend.
It’s such a shame that the bumper on this car is damaged as the shine on it is perfect otherwise. I need to sort it out as I do everything I can not to use the lower tailgate due to it rubbing. The previous owner says it happened when his wife nudged something with the back bumper.
I’ll get some pictures of the whole car when its outside again after it’s had the tyres done on Tuesday.
David.
I had a look at this today.
My brother sat in the car whilst it was on the ramp. He rocked the steering wheel whilst I grabbed the intermediate shaft, I then managed to grab the shaft where it goes into the steering box with a shifting spanner and held it tight whilst he rocked the steering wheel. There was no movement at all whilst I held it tight.
I then raised the ramp up and had him do the same thing whilst I held the pitman arm. There was no movement on the pitman arm as he was rocking the steering wheel so the movement is definitely inside the steering box.
I slackened the adjuster and put a fraction of a turn on the screw and it feels much better on the ramp. I’ve not tried it on the road again yet as I’ve taken all the wheels off it and put them in the boot of the other VSE. I didn’t fancy having it lifted on a 2 post ramp having just got the EAS sorted so I’m only taking them wheels rather then a whole car to put the tyres on.
Fingers crossed with it’s new tyres and slightly nipped steering box it might feel OK on Tuesday evening.
David.
Thanks Richard,
I’ll get another look at it tomorrow. I’ll grab it as close to the steering box as I can with a spanner and wiggle the steering wheel whilst someone is holding the spanner tight and see if there’s any movement.
The shaft I fitted was a Britpart one from Island 4x4m that cost £100. I bought that over the Eurospares one which was half that price as I thought the Eurospares one was too cheap.
David.
It’s getting 4 new tyres on Tuesday which I’m expecting to make a difference, however surely the tyres won’t be causing free play in the steering?
I can be sitting at 60 and rock the steering wheel between 5 to 12 and 5 past 12 with absolutely no effect on the direction of the car.
Towing the trailer you’re having to move the steering between that same range to keep the car straight.
We’ll see on Tuesday though I guess.
David.
Which one is the intermediate shaft? Is that the one that goes onto the steering box? The silver one in this picture?
If so, that’s been replaced already with the new one in that picture. The replacement steering box was perfectly centred when that and the shaft were fitted. They’ve kept it perfectly centred when tracking it too. Tyre pressure I’m religious at keeping at 28 front and 38 rear.
David.
Right, I’m starting to get hacked off with this P38 now...
After it was tracked the other day it’s driving in a perfectly straight line. It’s had all of the bushes under the car replaced with genuine Land Rover bushes. It’s had a new steering input shaft, a 75k mile steering box, a new drag link, steering damper and a new track rod yet there is still free play in the steering wheel. You can move the steering wheel between 5 to and 5 past with no effect on the front wheels.
I’ve just driven to Newcastle tonight towing a livestock trailer and the car is driving perfectly, it’s running beautifully and I’m really pleased with it, I just really REALLY want to get rid of that free play as it feels like you’re having to correct it. One minute it’s going nice but then it’s off to one side and you need to steer into it again.
Here’s a video of it without the trailer on Thursday.
I’d be interested to see what everyone else’s thoughts are as the only thing that’s not been changed yet is tyres but I wouldn’t have thought they’d cause free play like that. They’re getting changed on Tuesday though so I’ll know for sure shortly.
Thanks guys,
David.
I haven’t a clue I’m afraid.
I bought an L322 with Grabbers on it and found them to be very noisy.
My P38 is 99.9% road use with the occasional bit of moving a trailer in the field. It’s done 700 miles in 12 months, most of which have been winter miles so the Cross Climate’s should be just the ticket for my usage hopefully.
Cross Climate +'s ordered and paid for.
Car is going in to get them fitted next week.
David.