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Brian S

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  1. Did it improve the fuel consumption?
  2. TFR, a brush, Snow foam and a jetwash. Then finished off with some engine laquer for the shine and hopefully future protection from the mud.
  3. I decided to steam clean the engine to prepare it for sale.
  4. I am thinking of selling my Disco since it does not get used any more. I there anybody that does summer green laning?
  5. A few pics from Bures yesterday It was very dry and the ground was like concrete (Literally in parts eh dan.. ) so I kept getting stuck with my standard wheels and suspension, where normaly in the mud I would slide through.
  6. That would leave to 2 rods welded to the bonnet and surely that would be worse.
  7. Have you got a 3.9 EFI Disco 1? Where is this one way valve? I dont seem to have one.
  8. How bad is the missfire? Just a long shot but my 3.9 EFI run rough until someone told me the leads 5 and 7 (Rear on passenger side) should not be touching. It made a noticable difference.
  9. Why does Megasquirt not get effeted by water? I did a google search and read a bit but its just another form of ECU isn't it? I cant get my head around it. Does it remove the dizzy or something? If not it will still be effected by water surely.
  10. They are there only for light recovery, for when I fall into a ditch maybe, or the engine dies in a puddle. I try to avoid the deep mud and difficult stuff. The steering guard has a very strong welded hole for those shackles but the bullbar covers them unfortunately. I may look at a way of cutting away the bullbar metal and drilling through to make a very strong hole.
  11. Sounds like it gonna be nice and noisy. What do you need to do before the 3rd then?
  12. When are you fitting the headers? It would be good to hear yours then I can convince myself I need a set. As for the roar, I'd just rather leave them in our dust.... Bures is open on May 3rd, Whos coming?
  13. Time for an update. I've not been out for ages now, the timing is always wrong for Bures and my mates seem to have given up on the Laning. But I've done a few bits to the wagon. I brought a replacement door after picking up some damage and its been in my garage for months so today I decided to fit it since I am trying to clear out the garage. The old door. New door on There is a lot of nuts and bolts in a Landy door And done. I've spent some time cleaning her up and following round the rust with rust cure. I also fitted some 8" 100w driving lamps and will be wiring them up tomorrow. Finally a picture to explain my cleaning obsession. My other toys.... Comments always welcome.
  14. I had the same problem and it was solved with a new switch.
  15. So the bit on the side of the Dizzy is replaceable, Great, thats all I needed to know.. Cheers I'll see if that makes a diference.
  16. If you know Drizz then this would come as no supprise.... He's sent so many (Usually good) car shells to the scrappy that China had to write to him to ask him to send no more as they have a stockpile of steel now.
  17. Have you tried the Vacuum test as above? Would be great to hear if yours is ok?
  18. There is a black plate that says do not remove and within that the part the Rotor arm sits on. I've sucked as hard as I can and nothing moves. I moved the centre part with a screwdriver so I can see where the movement should be I think. Would this explain the real sluggishnes when cold, it will barely move in reverse without wanting to stall? The pipe goes to an attachment on the side of the dizzy and there is another tube coming from that part that is blanked off. Cheers for any help you can give.
  19. Cheers, I'll give that a go in a bit and let you know how I got on. If I want to check the timing is it a matter of twisting the dizzy a bit going for a drive, stopping moving it some more and contnueing until I am happy or is there a better way?
  20. I am always interested in these posts. I have a 3.9 V8 Auto and feel much the same about the power. If I stomp the loud pedal into the carpet it goes ok, but I'll be lucky to get 150 mles out of my tank that way. I've looked throught the Haynes manual about the timing but it mention's nothing. This is the first I have heard about the Vacuum on the Distributor, What does it do? How do I test its working? I have new spark plugs which helped a little. I have a small leak in my exhaust (Manifold to downpipe) which makes a ticking noise, it is similar to pinking and it worries me it is hiding other noises like pinking or tappets. I have had several attempts to cure the leak without sucess. Is the a link to how to set up the timing on this engine? Cheers Brian
  21. Thats the next thing (Other than diff guards). There are 2 holes on the bar for some nice high power lights. I decided the nice new looking bars looked out of place so I took it out last night : Much better
  22. Do you mean It does not look like that anymore? It certainly dont, I'll get some pics in the morning if it dont rain.
  23. Time for a small update. The bullbar and the Steering guard would not fit together. When the Bullbar was on one of the brackets was welded in the wrong possition so it was attaching at an angle. Also there was some other welding needed on it and the plastic coating was well past its best. So I had the bracket removed and re-welded in the correct place, the bottom bits that hang down were cut short and the light protector bars on the passenger side was welded back on as all the welds had split all ound where it fits in the A Bar. It has obviously done its job in the past judging by the dent on the corner of the bar. Then it went off for blasting and powder coating. The bar had a lot of corrosoin so its not exactly pretty but at least its 100 times better now. Then today just 1/2 hour to fit it all on Comments welcome
  24. I thought John had done his? or is he looking for the front ones? The guy near me will be completly breaking his 2 discos over the next week or so.
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