Best smoker barges 1-5 large [vol11]

[Krikkit]

0a said:

ian316 said:

More likely throttle body not a hard job and cheaper than a gearbox ,ps try some cleaner first only a few quid

Edited by ian316 on Thursday 27th April 20:40

Thanks. Recreating the fault it flashes between

Traction control failure

And

Using the traction control off button seems to mean you can't trigger the fault (fingers crossed). Would this make sense?

When I said significant revs earlier, I think it was kickdown on a poor surface.

Same errors reported here, turned out to be dry joints in the ABS module (which would make sense).

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xj-xj8-xjr-x308...

[0a]

Krikkit said:

0a said:

ian316 said:

More likely throttle body not a hard job and cheaper than a gearbox ,ps try some cleaner first only a few quid

Edited by ian316 on Thursday 27th April 20:40

Thanks. Recreating the fault it flashes between

Traction control failure

And

Using the traction control off button seems to mean you can't trigger the fault (fingers crossed). Would this make sense?

When I said significant revs earlier, I think it was kickdown on a poor surface.

Same errors reported here, turned out to be dry joints in the ABS module (which would make sense).

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xj-xj8-xjr-x308...

That's great thanks - my mechanic cleaned the connections on the ABS module to clear the original MOT failure.

I want to take the jag on a big trip this weekend - should I be fine with my solution - turning the traction control off?

[Chromegrill]

May I proudly present one of Honest John's favourite barges (honestly, he rates it very highly even if only two people in the whole country bought one in 2008....)



http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

[bob-lad]

Chromegrill said:

May I proudly present one of Honest John's favourite barges (honestly, he rates it very highly even if only two people in the whole country bought one in 2008....)

Honest John makes me laugh most weekends.
Punter:"I have a Lamborghini Snottmeister II and want something my mother can get in and out of " ...
HJ "Ok, buy a Hyundai i10 Poverty tdi"

Edited by bob-lad on Friday 28th April 08:37

[nobrakes]

flustered said:

josh00mac said:

Mr Flustered, can you give me the deets of the MB garage in Surrey/SW London?

I intend to purchase a benz but always like to scope out a few marque specialists first! I am in Kingston/Surbiton area.

Cheers

Of course. I used Merc Repairs Ltd, Hastings Road, Croydon. They don't seem to have a website but are easy enough to google. As I said, I had a particularly encouraging and cost-effective experience.

However given that, unlike me, you don't live in a part of south London that's usually on fire, it may be a bit far for you.

My initial searches found that the place in SW London was Steve Readfern's eponymous garage in Wimbledon. Googling Steve Readfern Motor Co will undoubtedly find him. I personally cannot comment on his work (quality or price), but the received wisdom of losers past is that he is the dog's danglies with respect to old shoddy Mercs (no offence meant to owners of shoddy old Mercs).

Edited by flustered on Thursday 27th April 12:26

http://www.jamesleighservices.co.uk

Are near South Wimbledon tube. They looked after my W124, and have a very realistic approach about how to maintain an ole Merc (and new ones!).

[ian316]

0a said:

That's great thanks - my mechanic cleaned the connections on the ABS module to clear the original MOT failure.

I want to take the jag on a big trip this weekend - should I be fine with my solution - turning the traction control off?

The ABS module is where i'd start now knowing it's been disturbed good luck

[SpeckledJim]

I've had very good, generous service from Nick Webster in Poynton (near Macclesfield). We haven't used him for much (yet) but he's been excellent so far. He doled out a bit of knowledge for free which turned out to be correct and saved me quite a bit, and actually gave me a couple of moderately expensive parts free.

Fair to say he's in my good books.

Would recommend.

Edited by SpeckledJim on Friday 28th April 09:12

[SpeckledJim]

ian316 said:

0a said:

That's great thanks - my mechanic cleaned the connections on the ABS module to clear the original MOT failure.

I want to take the jag on a big trip this weekend - should I be fine with my solution - turning the traction control off?

The ABS module is where i'd start now knowing it's been disturbed good luck

10 minutes on the code-reader should give you a flying start.

[bob-lad]

Surely this qualifies as a barge. Currently in budget.

7500cc V8 anyone?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1974-FORD-THUNDERBIRD-YE...



Probably makes my V12 seem teetotal by comparison, and the steering wheel's not in the right place, but I'm sure it'll wallow over our rural roads quite nicely.

Edited by bob-lad on Friday 28th April 10:30

[r129sl]

bob-lad said:

Surely this qualifies as a barge. Currently in budget.

7500cc V8 anyone?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1974-FORD-THUNDERBIRD-YE...



Probably makes my V12 seem teetotal by comparison, and the steering wheel's not in the right place, but I'm sure it'll wallow over our rural roads quite nicely.

Edited by bob-lad on Friday 28th April 10:30

There is something admirable about that. Our man Sedgwick (the Barigst's Bargist) was a big fan of yank tanks, running a couple of Lincoln Continentals and Cadillac Eldorados on his Surrey to Mayfair commute and on some of his long distance jaunts but nothing so base as a Ford.

[Krikkit]

For when you absolutely don't want to park at your destination! Look at the size of the thing...

[Lowtimer]

Surely the smart plan is to park it so that one end is at your start point and the other end at your destination, then you can avoid the ruin of actually starting the engine

[olly755]

bob-lad said:

7500cc V8 anyone?

And probably around 130bhp

You can certainly see where the influence for the Mk3 Cortina's interior came from.

[George7]

0a said:

The XJ8 went into restricted performance mode today (very restricted!) and goes there if you use significant revs several times. Annoying as I had been getting on with it very well.

Any ideas? Obviously get it to my mechanic and get the faults read. However I have 2 cars there already and owe him some parts!

Hopefully not the gearbox saying goodbye...

A friend of mine had a recurring 'engine failsafe mode' issue on his 2000 XJ8 which turned out to be a dodgy coil pack. We identified which one it was with a cheap ODBII code reader.

[bob-lad]

olly755 said:

bob-lad said:

7500cc V8 anyone?

And probably around 130bhp

You can certainly see where the influence for the Mk3 Cortina's interior came from.

Apparently, when new, it developed 223hp and drank at a rate of 13.4mpg.

Both those figures are probably smaller now

[Vaud]

bob-lad said:

Apparently, when new, it developed 223hp and drank at a rate of 13.4mpg.

Both those figures are probably smaller now

30hp per litre??? Talk about unstressed...

[em177]

So the mini needs some love and attention. Which has given me a great excuse to be reminded how fabulous a place this is to spend the miles...

[Lowtimer]

bob-lad said:

Apparently, when new, it developed 223hp and drank at a rate of 13.4mpg.

Both those figures are probably smaller now

If that was SAE Gross then it was probably smaller then, never mind now

[93DW]

golfer19 said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1990-G-MERCEDES-190E-2-6...



£3995

That right there is my dream 190e, add in a taxi console and

[anonymous-user]

Lowtimer said:

bob-lad said:

Apparently, when new, it developed 223hp and drank at a rate of 13.4mpg.

Both those figures are probably smaller now

If that was SAE Gross then it was probably smaller then, never mind now

A lot of the pitiful power outputs from what TTAC call "malaise era" US cars were down to immature emissions control equipment. On something imported to the UK you could remove the thermal reactors from the exhaust manifolds or replace them with manifolds from the pre emissions era, get rid of any air injection systems, remove any EGR system, and then make the required changes to the carbs/fuelling and probably restore it to something approaching the power output levels of the pre-emissions era version of the engine. Sort out the fuelling my going to LPG and you can even sort out the thirst.

You can't do anything about the lower compression ratio these donkeys had, not without really putting in some effort, but it would be a lot less shameful than it is now.

Quite why you'd bother I don't know.

Edited by dme123 on Friday 28th April 14:16