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    Thoughts and musings on the new defender

    in New Defender Forum (2020 onwards)

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    3 hours ago, Bowie69 said:

    Perhaps the 'proper' defender driver wouldn't have been overtaking on the inside of a truck and therefore avoided the incident entirely.

    Very poor driving -the Mazda had no reason to expect there would be a vehicle there travelling at such speed.

    American lane use seems to follow very different rules... ie none.

    Still shouldn't be changing lanes without properly checking the mirrors.

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    EV conversions

    in International Forum

    Posted

    3 hours ago, cackshifter said:

    Most things that are hybrid or electric don't seem to be able to tow as much as the ICE equivalent

    That's why I ordered the GLE hybrid. Tows 3500kg as long as you option the air suspension.

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    DIY Gauge experiments

    in Tools and Fabrication

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    3 hours ago, TSD said:

    Aargh! Now I'm stuck - I tried to make it as simple as possible, no moving parts, so it could survive a few years in a wet landy. On the other hand, I really like that idea, and straight away I start schemeing ways it could be done :rolleyes:

    As it stands now, it does have the option for a couple of external button inputs, but I haven't made any use of them so far.

    There is also a single 'tap the screen here' input option, but I've not even populated the circuit board for that.

    Sorry :ph34r:

    GEMS MAF Translator Development

    in Modified Vehicle Builds & Special Projects

    Posted

    On 5/3/2022 at 11:53 PM, Aragorn said:

    Hi, and thanks! The Bosch units are fairly readily available i believe. They're still manufactured by Bosch and sold directly in the aftermarket, so you can buy a genuine Bosch MAF for £100 or so. Additionally, Bosch tend to use the same internal element across quite a few different cars, so even if the P38 specific bosch unit became unavailable, you'd be able to find something that used the same core and swap it. (for reference the Thor P38 uses F00C2G2029 as its sensor element, used in many BMW's of the era)

    As a result the situation for Thor models is much less of a problem. Unfortunately the GEMS/Lucas 20AM was used on early P38's and some Jags and thats it. The only aftermarket offerings are cheap knockoff units which have a very poor reputation.

    I realise that, mainly meant that it would've been a whole lot easier if the curve had just been in the manual like it is for the Bosch :)

     

    Jez on the rescue to ukraine

    in International Forum

    Posted

    14 minutes ago, Stellaghost said:

    Think we are messing with each other lol

    Give me enough notice when you're in country and I'll knock you one up and post it to wherever your at regards Stephen

    Thanks, vaguely planning on being up your way at some point this year - would love to come by!

    2006 TDV8 3.6 'Unfixable' Transmission Problems

    in Range Rover Forum

    Posted

    14 hours ago, Tdv8-td5- guy said:

    Hey All, thanks for the comments back, ok i'll try and lay out what's happened so far. On Dec 31st, the truck developed a 'transmission' issue. We called the AA who gave us a readout of a P0929 and P0928 (open circuit / rounded circuit)

    The truck went into a local garage, who then asked us to send it to a land rover specialist (someone with land rover software, access to land rover helpline, etc.) We know that other garage, they are sent land rovers from all over the local area because they are the local specialists. There is no question on their competency. 

    The gearbox was bench tested, it was identified with the help of Land Rover, that the Transmission Control Module was at fault. 

    A module was purchased, it was replaced. The truck did 30 miles, and the problem re-emerged. We also replaced the gear selector switch to rule out the selector solenoid.

    Land Rover helpline continued to point to the transmission control module. The garage also called the 6 speed ZF manufacturer (they did tell me name but i forget), who were very surprised that not one, but 2 modules have failed. 

    I sourced a third module, we have replaced it again, all the wiring has been checked and rechecked multiple times, the garages electrician has spent the better part of 2 weeks on and off the checks. 

    I got the car back today, after 35 miles I felt a surge, and yet again a 'transmission issue' - the car goes into limp mode. It happens as I accelerated. 

    I've spent 4 figures trying to fix this problem and cannot believe i'm no further forward.  I was hoping to see if anyone had a similar experience or could at least point us in the right direction, but both land rover and the gearbox people are also a little stumped. 

    I'm very close to giving up at this point.

     

     

     

    Sounds to me like something in the gearbox is causing the modules to burn out maybe?

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