geoffbeaumont

Forums are all much of a muchness of themselves - it's the people on them that make them what they are, and most regular LRErs have made it over here, so I guess not much will change

I gave it a dose of engine flush last time I serviced it - don't know that it made it run any better but it certainly cleaned some muck out the engine, and the oil's stayed nice and clean since. Didn't know you could use derv instead - being a tight-wad already probably put that to the test next time B)

Is a winch required for the black routes or just recommended? If I turn up in my non-winch equipped Rangie (with plenty of chocolate ) and like the look of one or two of them, will I be allowed to have a go?

Well, we're independent now, so the only way this one goes tits up is if none of us can be ****d running it. Oops - ran foul of my own swear filters...maybe I've been a bit draconian...

You can tell it's a V8 from the bottom left hand corner

Umm, I've got a rather embarrasing confession to make The ignition timing was a wee bit out...about 20deg advanced... It's running beautifully now. How the hell did it get that far out?!! Only thing I can think of is that I didn't clamp the distributor properly and it worked round gradually.

Not guilty - I'm not even sure if you can edit the post count.

Notice you're no longer the original proud Canadian, though

Any artistic types want to volunteer? I'm not too good at original artwork.

No - most are still around, just not been seen here yet.

That does the same as View New Posts though - it doesn't take account of whether you've read them or not. As an added bonus, whether there are unread posts in a thread or forum is indicated only by graphics, so they tend to get cached and not changed - text would be much better.

That seems to just show you recent posts as opposed to ones you haven't read yet.

Your call - just think if it gets out in the wild it'll never disappear.

That's already on the would-like list. Please be patient. It'll take us a while to decorate the new place

MJG - get yourself a proper car and we'll stop calling you a newbie

First unread seems to be a bit eccentric - several people have reported that it doesn't work, but unfortunately it works fine for me from everywhere, which makes it kind of difficult to troubleshoot. Can you post details of the browsers and OS you're using - especially if you've got it working on one machine and not another (post both). Might give me a chance of replicating the problem.

Might be better not to use the logo from the top of the page until someone has time to do a proper one - I just butchered the Invision logo as a temporary thing. Fine on here, I guess, as it's part of the default theme, but they might not like us knicking their corporate branding to advertise the forum Plus I did a lousy job of compressing it

Haven't seen Honiton Hobbit on here yet. Or llsteve. Niall and simoncsk were mentioned as absent on the Range Rover forum. Anyone else (past or present) from the old place we might need to try and get in touch with?

Stark raving bonkers, I'm afraid Details? Let's see some piccies then.

It'd better not be...the water pump's only about nine months old. I'll check it anyway, but I don't think it's that. Last time it went there was no rattling until it got really bad - then I found out where the coolant had been pissing out from I'm certain I haven't displaced the belts - been very carefully to mount the trigger wheel in a way that avoids that. Besides, I'm sure it was doing it before the weekend, it's just that it isn't masked by the ignition now. It actually seems to be running pretty well - it's rattly but pulling fairly well. Then again, compared to how it was with the feeble spark I had before anything would seem good.

Fi - even if in future we have to pay for hosting, the package I'm hosting this on (which includes quite a few features that wouldn't be needed for just the forum) costs only $17/month (~£10) if you commit for a two year stretch. On top of that you've got domain name renewals (~£20/year) and possibly a one off charge or subscription for a sofware license (but that could be avoided). So it's more like £12/month, which with our current 160 members works out at 7.5p/month each Bargain!

Surely a pressure based EAS system would have the same tendency to lean as a coiler?

Or fit air suspension, which will automagically level itself.* *When it's not busy automagically raising, lowering or generally capering around.

Cut two one inch thick blocks of wood. Park drivers side wheels on them. Sorted Okay, I'm leaving...

My current theory (based on not a lot of knowledge ) is that my camshaft/tappets are knackered. I think it's only got really obvious because it's not making a racket misfiring now I guess the only way to be sure about that is to take the top off the engine, which isn't going to happen before I go away to the Lake District at the end of this week (supposed to be towing up there too...might pass on that, I think...). I reckon it's already been like it for quite a while though. If I have been driving around with a knackered cam (and dodgy ignition) for some time, what am I likely to have wrecked?