Everyone's Griff must be going well....
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) Very well thank you.....24 years old this month, all original and running like the proverbial dream.
Dug it out of the barn this weekend after a busy two months with other toys and it fired up first time...will I ever tire of that sound? Epic drive out to Rutland....fantastic roads, fantastic weather, fantastic car....
Nothing more to report!
Dug it out of the barn this weekend after a busy two months with other toys and it fired up first time...will I ever tire of that sound? Epic drive out to Rutland....fantastic roads, fantastic weather, fantastic car....
Nothing more to report!
and even more so after a spot of fettling by Joolz 
Mine died on the drive last Wed morning as I was getting ready to take it down for an MOT.
I shoved it into the garage and haven't bothered with it since.
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k it, I've got a Land Rover I'm enjoying tinkering with right now so if it doesn't want to go it can just ruddy wait until I'm ready
I shoved it into the garage and haven't bothered with it since.
f
k it, I've got a Land Rover I'm enjoying tinkering with right now so if it doesn't want to go it can just ruddy wait until I'm ready
Yep,
Perfect running griff, although I was really very lucky :
After a long trip to the Ardennen in Belgium I discovered some oil leakage at my garage floor, more than just a drop. Normally it doesn't leak a drop.
After inspection I found the engine all dry, only a drop at the sump plug and damage to the sump just near the plug and a light scratched plug. The plug was three turns loose ! So almost lost it and pooring the oil out.
Cause : I remembered the scraping of what I thought was the exhaust against a very, very convex road. The road just touched the sump and plug and loosened it. Pfeeeew....very lucky I did not loose the plug during my trip.
Ronald
Perfect running griff, although I was really very lucky :
After a long trip to the Ardennen in Belgium I discovered some oil leakage at my garage floor, more than just a drop. Normally it doesn't leak a drop.
After inspection I found the engine all dry, only a drop at the sump plug and damage to the sump just near the plug and a light scratched plug. The plug was three turns loose ! So almost lost it and pooring the oil out.
Cause : I remembered the scraping of what I thought was the exhaust against a very, very convex road. The road just touched the sump and plug and loosened it. Pfeeeew....very lucky I did not loose the plug during my trip.
Ronald
Mines running fine after a couple of weeks at Bespoke Performance ( thanks Martin ) for a fair bit of work/re-commissioning , its be sleeping in garage for 3 years..... nice to have it back on the road again.
Also just changed the oil pressure sender as it was reading low and was saying -15 psi at 1200rpm, all good now 20psi tickover and 40psi running with engine hot.
Also just changed the oil pressure sender as it was reading low and was saying -15 psi at 1200rpm, all good now 20psi tickover and 40psi running with engine hot.
ronspeedsix said:
Yep,
Perfect running griff, although I was really very lucky :
After a long trip to the Ardennen in Belgium I discovered some oil leakage at my garage floor, more than just a drop. Normally it doesn't leak a drop.
After inspection I found the engine all dry, only a drop at the sump plug and damage to the sump just near the plug and a light scratched plug. The plug was three turns loose ! So almost lost it and pooring the oil out.
Cause : I remembered the scraping of what I thought was the exhaust against a very, very convex road. The road just touched the sump and plug and loosened it. Pfeeeew....very lucky I did not loose the plug during my trip.
Ronald
You need a round sump plug...Perfect running griff, although I was really very lucky :
After a long trip to the Ardennen in Belgium I discovered some oil leakage at my garage floor, more than just a drop. Normally it doesn't leak a drop.
After inspection I found the engine all dry, only a drop at the sump plug and damage to the sump just near the plug and a light scratched plug. The plug was three turns loose ! So almost lost it and pooring the oil out.
Cause : I remembered the scraping of what I thought was the exhaust against a very, very convex road. The road just touched the sump and plug and loosened it. Pfeeeew....very lucky I did not loose the plug during my trip.
Ronald
Barreti said:
Mine died on the drive last Wed morning as I was getting ready to take it down for an MOT.
I shoved it into the garage and haven't bothered with it since.
fk it, I've got a Land Rover I'm enjoying tinkering with right now so if it doesn't want to go it can just ruddy wait until I'm ready
Ian, have you sorted the Griff yet? Also, what Land Rover are your tinkering with? I am also a Landy person, have a 26 year old Defender (one of the first), in excellent condition (though did replace chassis with galvanised type a few years back), have had it about 10 years! Regards, PeteI shoved it into the garage and haven't bothered with it since.
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