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.

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.