pinkys no longer poorly

hmmmm

not having a fantastic week with pinky this week,
there was a rubbing noise all the way home from abingdon, assumed it was the hand brake,
hand brake was stuck on on wednesday so i couldnt go to mud-club
and today, theres a serious short out some where as the battery is so dead theres not enough power to even turn on the radio
im assuming the alternator but i cant see why as i changed it for the off-road course so it didnt break
i think im gunna need more tools

ITS ALL GOOD FUN

kieran

kieran wrote:

and today, theres a serious short out some where as the battery is so dead theres not enough power to even turn on the radio

When I last saw Pinky, there was a radio that was turned on all the time, plus a bunch of stuff plugged into the accessory sockets ... and the battery was already flat. That took a day to happen. Are you sure it's not just junk overload and time causing this?
If it was a short, there would be smoke.... and those circuit breakers I fitted would have tripped. :rabbit:

re the electrics... Id be guessing that youve got a standard lead-acid starter battery and all your lights, and "lite" electrical equipment will have killed the battery.

Thats why there are starter, leisure and dual role batteries!

But the I could be wrong and you could have another small fire!

Yes, Jon, it's a single standard battery. Was slowly run down to nothing at the weekend, so probably has furry plates now.

I had a furry plate once, but that's another story!

My money's on another fire.

furry plates?

as it turned out ive now been rescued by a nissan micra, brrought some jump leads aswell

i left the heater on as when i did the bulkhead the heater was rewired but not through the ignition so when its on level 1 its so quiet you cant hear it,

im glad its sorted

no more fires in pinky, i have a health and safety sign now so that proves i cant have any more fires :suspect:

well i guess the hard way i found out the oil pressure problem,
if you can remember back in 2007 there was a mystery oil pressure prblem with the breathers that went away after a while but then came back early last year and then again at random points in the last 6 months,
i finally took the head off, and it isnt going back on !
to get that 200tdi working again it would need a full rebore of the cylinders and new pistons, aswell as the new headgaskets and seals it would come close on £400 which is what ive just paid for a new engine aswell as £50 for a recon disk braked rear axle, need to also rebuild properly both front hubs

when all is done it will sort all the issues out,

anyone know of a series 2a ambulance thats on the road? i need one to convert to a camper so i can stay in some sort of comfort in wales for the summer

cheers kieran

Hi Kieran, you don't want much. Not only do you want a Series IIa but an ambulance to the bargin. A 2 1/4 petrol Series IIa is my dream LR I think they really look the part. Headlights in the center and a radiator grill that doubles up as a barbie grill. Canvas hood, dream machine.

Of course it would not replace my Disco just an addition to the LT fleet,
do some quiet green laning and show a few people what a standard old LR is capable of. I'm getting quite moist just thinking about it

stick a yellow bull bar on it and it'll look the part

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I'm getting quite moist just thinking about it

Damn ... you just curdled me Horlicks!

Well the signs are looking a bit more positive.

The bath, kitchen sink and towels are all covered in oily finger prints again .
And when someone suggested its time to lift the engine, there was suddenly a downpour !!

so looks like things are going according to plan

Still no noise yet from the service bay too soon you say - no electrics fitted yet !! And not much smoke yet either .

More progress tomorrow maybe ??

Received a text from Kieran in the early hours:-

"The engine is swapped. Just need to connect it up then I can start on the axles - bloody hard day!"

What, compared to lazing around at Uni?

Yeh Tom he got up before I went out to work two days running !

He'll never last til the end of the week

Sylvia Johnson wrote:

Still no noise yet from the service bay too soon you say - no electrics fitted yet !! And not much smoke yet either .

we did have a small welding session when putting the new engine in with the battery still attached

need sleep

axles wont get done this week, its been royal pain in the*****
apparently a discos bonnet area is shoeter than a 90's area,

i am planning to at least make it to buxton

been living on take outs

ill report later

Crazy~Johno wrote:

we did have a small welding session when putting the new engine in with the battery still attached

I was a little surprised to get a message at 7am asking how to connect the starter motor... is that because the old woring caught fire?

Unfortunately the drive where Pinky currently resides is very close to Marc's and our bedroom windows and Kieran was up again at 6am banging around on the drive !

So not surprising you had a message early this morning !

Johnson's all got to work early today !!

i never made it to wales let alone away from the drive, clutch didnt work so we had to take off the gearbox maybe ill make it to buxton tomorrow,

the wiring was there but not connected and i couldnt remember how to connect it up

Well Kieran finally made it to Buxton on Saturday evening at about midnight.
With only a few minor problems
And now the service bay is empty - I bet the neighbours are relieved

imade it there and back, no alternator though,

im sure pinky will rn on fine for a long time now, she most likly wont be at landy rally or many of the shows this year, biggerfish to fry im affraid,

Hi there, good to hear you have Pinkie up and running again." Bigger fish to fry" :!: :!: :!: Don't you go neglecting Pinkie now, you will hurt her feelings

Cheers

bigger fish only in the way that its about twice the size pinky will still be loved for

500 miles complete, mission complete i think

When we collected it the guy did say it was a good engine, even to the extent of saying he wish he had kept it for his Landy! Must be good.

As you say, looks as if you've cracked it mate. Wey hey, we had better have a drink at the weekend to celebrate then. Any excuse eh?