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Should I say Oh Er Yes please! or would that be giving too much away?

Oh bugger........................................ Yes thats the feeling.. Ba Humbug etc....

I'm posting this in the hope it might help someone else in the future. The scenario was as follows: "P" reg (300 shape) 5 door disco with 3.9 V8, manual box and sequential LPG injection. Symptoms: Died one day, occassionally starting but not for long, problem diagnosed as no sparks to the plugs but power getting to the coil. The coil and module were replaced to no avail. power straight from the battery to the +ve on the coil and engine fired up. After a lot of searching on Rave, the immobiliser controls 3 ccts. power from fuel pump relay to fuel pump power from the ignition switch, in the start position, to the starter and power from the ignition to the coil The immob. module is screwed on top of the heater, below the radio in the centre of the dash and is a right pig to get to. A replacement one is £140 retail ish and I'm a Scotsman so the old one was dismantled and inspected. These things are connected with 9 wires and they're all Black so be carefull! The problem was traced to a dry solder joint on the printed cct board on the coil side of the relay. This is why it sometime would and then again maybe not.. Cleaned, resoldered, reassembled, swore (several times) and tested even more times and things are looking good. I'll post a photo of the stripped module but as I was working outside the house last night in -1oC I've no shots of the dash stripdown. I'll try to answer any questions.

OK, taking this wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy off topic, Who would you like sitting in your passenger seat???????? And why???????

Please Sir, Can I have the one with Vicky Butler Henderson in it plse????????

And if they're from a 5 door, I'm interested as the drivers seat in mine is "flat". Bob

Bazza, Where's the best place to get heater plugs from? Mine have died with the demise of the relay.... Bob

That was a while ago!! But hey ho, got some new toys 4.6 P38 damaged with no engine, 3.9 Disco with gas but non runner and an 8x8 GlenAlmond Just what a chap needs incase he ever gets bored. Bob

Not yet, been busy scrapping my old Disco so now got more "junk" on the workshop floor. Its hard to imagine that I used to be able to get 6 L/R's in there...... Bob

Ah somebody else as sad as me... They are not the most civilised engines are they? Mine's fine on the open road but about town its a pig, poor acceleration and turbo lag but once its wound up, it'll cruise at 70 ('ish) downhill on the flat 'till it sees a hill. Might get round to a Tdi conversion, when I finish the rest of the projects....Ha Ha Bob

Will, Put me down for 2 at 24v please. PM sent Bob

Thanks for this. I think you mean "Relay G" (I hope!) Now all I've got to do is get the cover off.... Thanks again Bob

The inverness co. is Highland galvansers and they have a place in Cumbernauld now. The problem with galv. a replacement xmember is that it will be a bitch to weld due to the fumes.

Not been near the engine for a while, too busy doing other bits. Roof is optional at the moment, I need to find a set of 90/110 hood sticks as I'ld like to soft top it but I do have the remains of a 110 CSW roof (yellow) to shorten to match the rear body. Time will tell. Did you seen my post about xmembers? Bob

Adrian, Its a while away from flying the coop yet... Bob

Adrian, Its a while away from flying the coop yet... Bob

That would be great. Thanks in anticipation...

OK the story is that I have a classic R/R fitted as std with the VM 2.5 diesel engine. I know, I know noisey, sluggish, prone to overheating to name but a few known comments about this engine. I don't care, it starts OK, does not overhead and will do 80 (private road officer) given enough time to get there. The problem is that I think the heater plug relay has died, there's permanent power to the heater plus which has, I suspect, burnt them out. I'm damed if I can find the offending relay, can anyone provide any info please? Bob

Callum, Why not make a new xmember (I take it its the one just below the gearbox you're on about) and then get it galvanised.. Give me a bell if you want any more info. Bob

If you look at the end of the air filter ,the bit stuck in the back of the rad, there might be the remains of a trumpet. When I snorkled mine, I cut the flared bit of the trumpet off which left a lovely section of pipe for the snorkel flexi to connect to. The rest, as they say, was as easy as falling off a log into a deep river with alligators bightinbg your a$%e..... If I remember, I'll take post a photo tomorrow night. Bob

Well just to prove it does move: Its been a productive weekend, with thoughts of things to come: This shows the mods to the read wheel arches to recentralise the rear wheel: Started work on the radiator panel, stripped off the O/S headlamp plate as it's fck'd! Here's the old one, with its sucessor marked out on the sheet to be plasma cut Also managed to fit the O/S/F brake caliper (110 with vented disks), which was a pig as the R/R axle is an early one with imperial mountings and the new caliper is metric! Out with the taps and retap the swivel housing to M12 x 1.75 Also got the brake servo in and the pipes connected to the rear cct. together with the O/S/F and started on the N/S How come all the simple things take the time??

Go to the scrappies and "collect" the twin fan setup from a Mondeo. Its almost the exact size for the L/W rad and if you use the fan temp switch made by the guys at X-eng (SimonR is the username on this forum I think) the jobs a piece of p1ss. Which dissy do you have on there? Is it the one with the small black module on the side? Bob

So whats wrong with it? Feel free to give me a bell to chuck ideas (or teddies) about.... Bob

I run a mod'd 727 in the hillrally car. Reverse pattern, manual shift on a ratchet shifter with the 4 pin centre diff mod in the LT230 and no problems. This box runs a seperate cooler at the front with its own fan to ensure it does not get too hot and, touch wood, all's been OK so far! This setup has been run with a supercharged 3.9 and now just a "built" 3.9...... Bob

No photo's yet, but the Pheonix lives and drives. Maiden test flight yesterday, out of the garage (well I was on my own and needed to turn her around!) and back in. Interesting driving with NO brakes (not even the pedal!) and having to pull the end of the Isuzu throttle cable by hand.... No strange noises (yet) and sounds quite fruity with only the front pipe on, might be tempted not to bother with a silencer at all... Bob