Help! I think this diseas is terminal ;-)
CJ
DRAMATICALLY!!!) on Monday so picked up another one via eBay on Wednesday,
with the intention of scavengeing what I can off the old one ... Now that
I've had time to think about it, I'm feeling very sentimental about my old
car and am actually considering paying the 'arm and leg' required to get it
through its MOT!!
Is there no hope for me? Is this the way it starts for all RR/LR owners? Is
the disease terminal? Would I be better off just digging a hole in the
garden, putting all my savings in it, dowsing it with petrol and setting
fire to it???
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards,
Colin
steve Taylor
Would I be better off just digging a hole in the
> garden, putting all my savings in it, dowsing it with petrol and setting
> fire to it???
No, you need to put your title deeds in with the cash too.
Steve
Derek
"CJ" <cj015...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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are dead nosy) please share the gory details of your pain.
Derek
Home , home on the Rangie
this weekend I shall be chiefly lowering the front suspension ( and trying
to buy some front indicators on fleabay )
Lee_D
about:
> We can act as agony uncles better than Oprah and generally thinner (
> plus we are dead nosy) please share the gory details of your pain.
> Derek
> Home , home on the Rangie
>
> this weekend I shall be chiefly lowering the front suspension ( and
> trying to buy some front indicators on fleabay )
Having waved goodbye to one of my fondest money pits today I thought I was
in for some R & R ... went out in the 110 and the friggin fan belt snapped.
Still Halfrauds were on form at least today.
Oh joy!
Lee D
Pete M
CJ <cj015...@blueyonder.co.uk> wittered on forthwith;
I'm afraid there isn't much anyone can do.
I bought by first RRC in 1995 (D117UKB) sold it in early '96 because I was
sick and tired of it breaking down all the time due to silly little faults.
I thought that having owned one that would be the end of the hankering for a
Rangie.
I'm now on my 6th Classic but it's easier to own than the previous ones as
I've done pretty much every awkward bloody job there is to do on one now.
Tomorrow I have to change exhaust gaskets, again.
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squealed on startup each morning after the first week ( yes it is nice and
tight and the steering pump is not stiff or owt ) put a Unipart one on this
time lets see if thats any better.
Derek
Lee_D
>> I was in for some R & R ... went out in the 110 and the friggin fan
>> belt snapped. Still Halfrauds were on form at least today.
>>
>> Oh joy!
>>
>> Lee D
> Just replaced the fan belt on Kato tonite its only been on 3 weeks and
> squealed on startup each morning after the first week ( yes it is
> nice and tight and the steering pump is not stiff or owt ) put a
> Unipart one on this time lets see if thats any better.
> Derek
Kin'el - I wonder if Snowy and Kato are attached via some sort of worm 'ole.
Let me know what your replacing next and I'll get it in in advance ;-)
Lee
Austin Shackles
<del.watts...@ntlworld.com> enlightened us thusly:
>We can act as agony uncles better than Oprah and generally thinner
Oi, you speak for yourself.
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<pete....@bogoffwithzepressedmeatblueyonder.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>In news:%6Cci.12676$aS5....@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk,
>CJ <cj015...@blueyonder.co.uk> wittered on forthwith;
>> Got the bad news from the garage re: my RR Classic's MOT (failed
>> DRAMATICALLY!!!) on Monday so picked up another one via eBay on
>> Wednesday, with the intention of scavengeing what I can off the old
>> one ... Now that I've had time to think about it, I'm feeling very
>> sentimental about my old car and am actually considering paying the
>> 'arm and leg' required to get it through its MOT!!
>>
>> Is there no hope for me? Is this the way it starts for all RR/LR
>> owners? Is the disease terminal? Would I be better off just digging a
>> hole in the garden, putting all my savings in it, dowsing it with
>> petrol and setting fire to it???
>>
>> HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>I'm afraid there isn't much anyone can do.
>
>I bought by first RRC in 1995 (D117UKB) sold it in early '96 because I was
>sick and tired of it breaking down all the time due to silly little faults.
>I thought that having owned one that would be the end of the hankering for a
>Rangie.
>
>I'm now on my 6th Classic but it's easier to own than the previous ones as
>I've done pretty much every awkward bloody job there is to do on one now.
>
>Tomorrow I have to change exhaust gaskets, again.
what, manifold ones?
might be different on the turbo, but the original engine never had 'em.
Steve
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>
> in for some R & R ... went out in the 110 and the friggin fan belt
> snapped.
Wot? No photographic evidence of the failure?!? ;-)
Steve
Pete M
Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHIS...@ddol-las.net> wittered on
forthwith;
This didn't have them but was blowing from the turbo manifold to head.
Fitting gaskets cured that.
>
> might be different on the turbo, but the original engine never had
> 'em.
The one that is causing me grief at the moment is on the turbo link pipe
(pipe from NS bank to turbo - turbo is on OS) the gasket had finally given
up, I went on a mission to change it and I've only bloody stripped the
thread on the stud. Sundays mission is to try and change the stud without
taking the OS manifold off. Removing the OS manifold is a complete nightmare
because of the Turbo, brake servo, and a few other large bits that get in
the way.
CJ
This disease is definitely terminal: I lost reverse today ... and the upper
tailgate lock has gone ... had to drill it out just to get the bloomin'
thing open.
Any suggestions as to why reverse might have left my car's vocabulary? It's
an auto box and there's no problem with any other gear.
Regards,
Colin
Nige
Really, that is odd as it was new, I know this because the belt snapped
when i picked it up last year.
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Lee_D
about:
>> Having waved goodbye to one of my fondest money pits today I thought
>> I was in for some R & R ... went out in the 110 and the friggin fan
>> belt snapped. Still Halfrauds were on form at least today.
>>
>> Oh joy!
>>
>> Lee D
>
> Really, that is odd as it was new, I know this because the belt
> snapped when i picked it up last year.
Yeah I noted that on the AA breakdown report too. I'm wondering why it has a
tendancy to eat fan belts now. I've replaced the Power steering belt already
when I changed the power steering pump. It's defo got wet at KORC as the
engine lid was well splattered so maybe it picked up some crud. I'll get a
spare in anycase before we pootle off on Holiday - Mind it's done getting on
for 3000 miles now :-)
Lee
Lee_D
about:
Not yet anyway.. main reason I'd popped out was to get some piccys :-) of
the "weather" , ended up looking at the weather from on my back via the
engine bay.
At least everything undid as it should.
Lee
Ian Rawlings
> Yeah I noted that on the AA breakdown report too. I'm wondering why it has a
> tendancy to eat fan belts now.
Is yours a serpentine belt or not? If so IIRC one of the pulleys
changed diameter at some point in the production run, only by a few
millimeters, but it means there's two different sizes of serpentine
belt. I know the RAC chaps didn't know this, in fact they turned up
at my breakdown with a V-belt instead of a serpentine ;-)
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> I'm wondering why it has a tendancy to eat fan belts now.
'tis odd never had a belt fail in 30 years of motoring. My dad used to
carry a spare fan belt as routine along with points and plugs...
I'd look *very* closely at all the pulleys for a nick or any other damage
to the running faces and close by in case a slight pully mis-alignment
causes the belt to ride across an edge.
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Tom Woods
<new...@howhill.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:30:35 +0100, Lee_D wrote:
>
>> I'm wondering why it has a tendancy to eat fan belts now.
>
>'tis odd never had a belt fail in 30 years of motoring. My dad used to
>carry a spare fan belt as routine along with points and plugs...
I've had one fail. Loose alternator bracket gave the alternator a bit
of wobble, which over a couple of thousand miles obviously let the
belt wiggle enough to wear the edges down gradully.
I made it through about 100 miles of france, the ferry then up from
dover to the M25 before the last strand of belt went. I stoped for
fuel and looked at it too hard and it went as i pulled off!.
Then got to a halfords just before closing and bought an fitted a new
belt and bought some allen keys to tighten the alternator mount up :)
>
>I'd look *very* closely at all the pulleys for a nick or any other damage
>to the running faces and close by in case a slight pully mis-alignment
>causes the belt to ride across an edge.
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