Roger's RRC: An update
Last night I tried to sort out the radio - it's toast. Checked the wires too and three of them are high-res so it looks like that will be a console-out job. Doesn't matter for now since I have no carpets or trim and I wouldn't be able to hear it anyway. I can't afford a new radio so will not be wasting any more time on it.
Did a ten mile speed session too. No leaks yet (except the crank seal) but when I checked they hubs I noticed something strange, the first three hubs were... Well they were not hot but more than warm if you know what I mean - nothing to worry about I thought. The fourth one though, (front NS) was distinctly cooler. Now I don't know what to think - are three of them adjusted wrong? Or is it just the other front one that I adjusted wrong and the back (which I haven't touched) two were in need of adjustment anyway? Hmmm...
Going to get the tracking done today - I had another go at it last night but I am not convinced that I am getting it right. The steering is better now than it was but is still not as good as the Disco was..
I also found a disbenefit of the side exit exhaust: When I have the window open the fumes are sucked in through the crappy tailgate seals I think I need a 'fume curtain' like the old Series 1..
I have checked all of the gas connections with soapy stuff and there are no leaks that I can see so I will leave the cert for now - as you can imagine this month, having taxed and insured two vehicles I am a little strapped for cash! Also the insurance (£130 TPFT ) haven't (yet) asked for an LPG certificate..
Off to get the tracking done now
Did a ten mile speed session too. No leaks yet (except the crank seal) but when I checked they hubs I noticed something strange, the first three hubs were... Well they were not hot but more than warm if you know what I mean - nothing to worry about I thought. The fourth one though, (front NS) was distinctly cooler. Now I don't know what to think - are three of them adjusted wrong? Or is it just the other front one that I adjusted wrong and the back (which I haven't touched) two were in need of adjustment anyway? Hmmm...
Going to get the tracking done today - I had another go at it last night but I am not convinced that I am getting it right. The steering is better now than it was but is still not as good as the Disco was..
I also found a disbenefit of the side exit exhaust: When I have the window open the fumes are sucked in through the crappy tailgate seals I think I need a 'fume curtain' like the old Series 1..
I have checked all of the gas connections with soapy stuff and there are no leaks that I can see so I will leave the cert for now - as you can imagine this month, having taxed and insured two vehicles I am a little strapped for cash! Also the insurance (£130 TPFT ) haven't (yet) asked for an LPG certificate..
Off to get the tracking done now
New problem tonight: The clutch, which has been perfect until now has (four times on the way home) suddenly gone baggy like it needs bleeding big-time. Once pumped up it works fine for a minute or two...
I am thinking master-cylinder but I have never experienced anything like this. Anybody know this symptom and the probable cause? Since I have a spare clutch master-cylinder I will change that anyway and see what happens.
I am really enjoying driving it around - it's very 'agricultural' with it's whining transmission and howling tyres, and it looks (well IS actually) a wreck, but it's great fun and once more I feel proud of what I am driving
I am thinking master-cylinder but I have never experienced anything like this. Anybody know this symptom and the probable cause? Since I have a spare clutch master-cylinder I will change that anyway and see what happens.
I am really enjoying driving it around - it's very 'agricultural' with it's whining transmission and howling tyres, and it looks (well IS actually) a wreck, but it's great fun and once more I feel proud of what I am driving
TwoSheds wrote:nicks90 wrote:<..> got a gunsens gas wotsit autotune in there too somewhere, not that i need it, as i havent run a petrol motor since my old mini........
I have an old colortune too - great bit of kit if you run carbs - there's not much I can do about mixture on the EFI though
Roger
[humble pie] Of course what I completely forgot is the need to set up the LPG! I seem to have got it pretty close by guess and feel, and one day I will be creating/fitting my mixture sensor, but for the moment*, could I possibly borrow your gunsens gas wotsit autotune before the weekend? [/humble pie]
Cheers
Roger
*I can't find my Colortune and new ones are over £30! Apparently Gunsen was taken over recently by Sparkrite and all prices nearly doubled overnight.
nicks90 wrote:did that gas wotsit work?
if so, super. If not, blame hadyn as its his.
also, if anyone else wants to borrow it and give their silly V8 a quick tune up - it'll be at the trial on sunday if Roger remembers to bring it along.
Downloaded the instructions and it's no wonder it wasn't used much- it took 1/2 an hour to read it all!
I am going to give it a shot on Saturday, but I think it needs doing because - in spite of apparently running well on gas, it is only doing about 2 miles per litre at the moment
I'll bring it along on Sunday.
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nicks90 wrote:did that gas wotsit work?
if so, super. If not, blame hadyn as its his.
also, if anyone else wants to borrow it and give their silly V8 a quick tune up - it'll be at the trial on sunday if Roger remembers to bring it along.
I also have a colour tune purchased in early seventies complete in box with instructions
also have a timing light if anyone wants to make an offer for them or swap??
will also bring sunday
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TwoSheds wrote:Aahh of course - wire it up ans stick it up the pipe!
I keep telling people I am going senile and they think I am joking...
Ideally you want it mounted as far possible as you can, on a V8 the usual place is just after the 4 header pipes all come together (assuming tubular). the temperature tends to be more stable there. It's one of those jobs that normally takes a couple of hours, 1 hour 50 minutes taking the exhaust apart and putting it back together, 10 minutes welding on a boss and fitting the lambda.
If you have a heated lambda then the heater will need wiring up, stick a multimeter on the output and tune it to 0.5 volts, job done
I have a heated one, so I just wired everything up and stuck it up it's chuff - registering rich all the way to start with, no real idea what the two controls do, but I appear to have got it so it occasionally goes lean and on the road-test it's a LOT faster Actually it's faster on gas than petrol at the moment so it shows how bad my petrol map is - think I'll have to try your map again now that I have the rich running problem sorted.
Off to proper work now so no more play until tonight
Off to proper work now so no more play until tonight
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