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GRR's back!
Got him back yesterday afternoon, so after a few tip runs to get rid of the backlog of garden rubbish, I took him for a run up our local green lane.
He drives better than ever and we finally seem to have sorted his pulling under braking out.
The only final minor repairs I need to do following the fateful pay and play day are flush and re-fill the rad, as he seems to be running a little warmer than normal (although, that may be because I've not taken his winter rad muff off, only opened it) and repair an indicator, which I think flooded when we were wading.
No more stupid pay and play days for me. He's going to be 30 next year, so needs to be treated a little more gently!!!!!
Got him back yesterday afternoon, so after a few tip runs to get rid of the backlog of garden rubbish, I took him for a run up our local green lane.
He drives better than ever and we finally seem to have sorted his pulling under braking out.
The only final minor repairs I need to do following the fateful pay and play day are flush and re-fill the rad, as he seems to be running a little warmer than normal (although, that may be because I've not taken his winter rad muff off, only opened it) and repair an indicator, which I think flooded when we were wading.
No more stupid pay and play days for me. He's going to be 30 next year, so needs to be treated a little more gently!!!!!
vjj said:
Quikcurl said:
Well, I have just joined the club, so here goes...
Not done much yet, other than clean the straw and mud out of the back... It may as well start half-clean!
superb - don't touch it - make sure it is spot on mechanically - very cool as it is!Not done much yet, other than clean the straw and mud out of the back... It may as well start half-clean!
I have replaced the side steps though, as they were completed rusted through underneath the rubber!
schmalex said:
Sadly, yes. I always joke that it costs me £20 to go there and £200 to fix everything afterwards. This time, it appears I was right 
You're doing something wrong if that's the case.I did a 3500 mile expedition to Morocco, fully laden, over stuff you simply couldn't replicate in a P&P site.
No bills when I got back.
Crossflow Kid said:
schmalex said:
Sadly, yes. I always joke that it costs me £20 to go there and £200 to fix everything afterwards. This time, it appears I was right
You're doing something wrong if that's the case.I did a 3500 mile expedition to Morocco, fully laden, over stuff you simply couldn't replicate in a P&P site.
No bills when I got back.
IroningMan said:
Crossflow Kid said:
schmalex said:
Sadly, yes. I always joke that it costs me £20 to go there and £200 to fix everything afterwards. This time, it appears I was right
You're doing something wrong if that's the case.I did a 3500 mile expedition to Morocco, fully laden, over stuff you simply couldn't replicate in a P&P site.
No bills when I got back.
Maybe I'm just lucky in that I don't seem to break my wagon through simply using it as intended.
Sorry if that upsets you.
Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 12th August 22:30
bakerstreet said:
Out of interest, what was wrong with it?
Initially it started to stall at low speed after running for between an hour to an hour an a half, it would hunt for a bit and as soon as i applied load it would try and stall. Sometimes it stalled and sometimes it surged back into life. If you left it for a day or so to cool down you could drive for another hour without problems. Had it into two specialists and the dealers 5 times in total and having replaced the fuel pump it seems to have cured it.The dealers were useless and just cleaned the injectors and fuel lines at first and one of the specialists said it wasn't the fuel pump. So touch-wood it appears to be working and i had it out for a good three hour run on Friday without problems.
In that picture i had stalled out and at the scene of an accident, it was 44 degrees and i couldnt run the a/c or drink water in public because it was ramadan. It was a long two hours waiting for a tow truck.
KieronGSi said:
bakerstreet said:
Out of interest, what was wrong with it?
Initially it started to stall at low speed after running for between an hour to an hour an a half, it would hunt for a bit and as soon as i applied load it would try and stall. Sometimes it stalled and sometimes it surged back into life. If you left it for a day or so to cool down you could drive for another hour without problems. Had it into two specialists and the dealers 5 times in total and having replaced the fuel pump it seems to have cured it.The dealers were useless and just cleaned the injectors and fuel lines at first and one of the specialists said it wasn't the fuel pump. So touch-wood it appears to be working and i had it out for a good three hour run on Friday without problems.
In that picture i had stalled out and at the scene of an accident, it was 44 degrees and i couldnt run the a/c or drink water in public because it was ramadan. It was a long two hours waiting for a tow truck.
They can be intermittent and can cause power loss, depending on whether they fail open or closed.
This is the only photo that I have access to at the moment. I will add some more at a later date.
This was taken during the last week whilst I was doing the final repairs for the MOT.
Its a 1983 Series 3 88 with standard steel wheels running Insa Turbo Dakar 2 tyres. Its a diesel, so its a bit smokey and slow, but it does have an overdrive and a solid chassis.
Next to it is a a complete tub, which I am planning to dissmantle so I can have the rear wings and transplan onto my Landy. I also have new front wings, front panel and bonnet to put on later in the year too
Hoping to take it off road soon
This was taken during the last week whilst I was doing the final repairs for the MOT.
Its a 1983 Series 3 88 with standard steel wheels running Insa Turbo Dakar 2 tyres. Its a diesel, so its a bit smokey and slow, but it does have an overdrive and a solid chassis.
Next to it is a a complete tub, which I am planning to dissmantle so I can have the rear wings and transplan onto my Landy. I also have new front wings, front panel and bonnet to put on later in the year too
Hoping to take it off road soon
Digga said:
Might be way off the bmakr, but have the (commonly troublesome on Discos) EGR valves been eliminated from the search for a cause/solution?
They can be intermittent and can cause power loss, depending on whether they fail open or closed.
Is that a Diesel only fault? Mines a petrol. They can be intermittent and can cause power loss, depending on whether they fail open or closed.
KieronGSi said:
Digga said:
Might be way off the bmakr, but have the (commonly troublesome on Discos) EGR valves been eliminated from the search for a cause/solution?
They can be intermittent and can cause power loss, depending on whether they fail open or closed.
Is that a Diesel only fault? Mines a petrol. They can be intermittent and can cause power loss, depending on whether they fail open or closed.
Forgot you were in the gulf - and that the rest of the world, ebyond the UK govt's tax regime, still shuns diesel.
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