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when i finally get it driving reliably, i might swap over the wheels from the wreck and see what a difference it makes. i do like the look of the late wheels, but more interested in how it drives.

so yesterday it was one step forwards and two steps back. i pulled the cover off the compressor which didn't compress to find a broken rod and seized bearing. thats that, i presume. the thermal switch was ok, so i swapped the whole brush assembly over to the compressor which lifted the car the day before.

as luck would have it, that compressor no longer compresses either, so its time to get a kit for it and the valve block. at least it'll be over and done with.

thanks for the offer of the shocks Gilbert, if I were in the UK i'd make you an offer (i'm in australia).

I figured the konis would be ok as the other car on coils has them and it rides nicely. i presumed with eas the heir would be at least as good with its big wheels. if the wheels do make that much of a difference, i'm going to have go to early ones from the wreck. the tyres are probably cheaper, too.

no nano or anything like that, though i will make myself a cable and download the software. i was expecting to have to do that to get the car to lift at all. has anyone used an icarsoft code reader? i have one for mercedes and it is great, but not sure whether the LR one can do eas and hvac.

yesterday i had a very sweaty day fitting bags and konis from a wreck into the heir apparent 99 HSE.

over the last two years and 20,000km, i have had a fantastic time driving a 96 on coils and konis, which was purchased quite by accident and sowed a now inextricable seed... but i always hankered after an update car, which came to me by way of a very tidy 99 with the heads off.

having made the late car run again, i was astonished by how jarring the ride was, and wasn't sure whether this related to the bilstien HD shocks, the coils used, or the fact of there being less rubber on the bigger wheels. when a complete running wreck came to me with konis and working EAS, it seemed a good opportunity to explore.

so i transferred the bags and shocks over, making sure the konis were set to the softest setting. today i spent the day trying to get it out of EAS manual. i found that someone had cut the wires at the ecu plug so close to the ecu as to make them unusable, but had another plug to hand to cannibalise for the four wires required. whats with these people asking $250 for a loom to accomplish what a few bridged wires can???

i fitted the compressor from the old daily driver, which as it happens, developed no pressure.

i fitted the compressor from the wreck to find the 99s valve block was blowing out the exhaust, clearly a weak diaphragm.

i fitted the valve block from the wreck and the car pumped up, with the relay bypassed.

the compressor won't run unless the relay is bridged. it occurs to me now i have forgotten to check the timer relay, though i know it is physically there.

anyway, pumped it up manually using the ecu plug pin outs, then connected the ecu back up, and it seems to level itself, though the compressor needs to be engaged manually at this stage.

the rear tyres are particularly old and hard but nonetheless i must say the result isn't what i was expecting in terms of ride, and i find myself pining for my old friend Rupie, the accidental one...

herein lies the problem with old british cars - the best ones to live with, which become friends, are often the worst ones so far as a normal understanding of used cars go. and the sharpest seem to become more a frustration, than a comfy pair of slippers ... sigh.

years ago i was quite active on a predominantly american jaguar forum (run by a european) and it always struck me how ridiculous it was that the yanks tried to make it all about themselves at the exclusion of others from elsewhere, including the motherland. similar personalities to the turd faced cock gobbler, too - and it is pointless having notions of taking them on, etc... my partner at the time and i were in our very early 20's with much time to spare, and we had quite an entertaining time baiting them, but all these years later, i see life is too short, and their ears are sealed shut, anyway.

it is interesting how the americans try to own what isn't theirs. the English language is a prime example. but that's another topic entirely.

hi guys,

i happened upon this website while googling a certain turd faced cock gobbler, after an altercation over on rangerovers.net

i'm glad i'm not the only one !

yesterday i removed the coils from my 99 and refitted bags and different shocks. today i get to see whether it all works... fingers crossed.