Bloody Land Rovers

This site contains affiliate links for which LandyZone may be compensated if you make a purchase.
N

Nige

Guest
Just went to start Monty & it wouldn't bloody start. We have had nothing but rain here for the last few
days/weeks. Off with the distributor cap & in goes old faithful WD40. In fact I gave all the HT lead ends
a good go & hey presto, after a bit of spluttering (wonder if it was a bit flooded too?) vroom!

Nige


 

"Nige" <nigel.inceNO****[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just went to start Monty & it wouldn't bloody start. We have had nothing
but rain here for the last few
> days/weeks. Off with the distributor cap & in goes old faithful WD40. In
fact I gave all the HT lead ends
> a good go & hey presto, after a bit of spluttering (wonder if it was a bit
flooded too?) vroom!



sounds like new cap rotor and leads time


 

"George Spigot" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
> "Nige" <nigel.inceNO****[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Just went to start Monty & it wouldn't bloody start. We have had nothing
> but rain here for the last few
>> days/weeks. Off with the distributor cap & in goes old faithful WD40. In
> fact I gave all the HT lead ends
>> a good go & hey presto, after a bit of spluttering (wonder if it was a bit
> flooded too?) vroom!
>
>
>
> sounds like new cap rotor and leads time
>
>

They are all new mate! It's got a new distributor too!

Gonna sort the rats nest of HT leads tomorrow if I feel up to it!

Nige


 

"Nige" <nigel.inceNO****[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "George Spigot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Nige" <nigel.inceNO****[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> Just went to start Monty & it wouldn't bloody start. We have had
nothing
> > but rain here for the last few
> >> days/weeks. Off with the distributor cap & in goes old faithful WD40.
In
> > fact I gave all the HT lead ends
> >> a good go & hey presto, after a bit of spluttering (wonder if it was a
bit
> > flooded too?) vroom!
> >
> >
> >
> > sounds like new cap rotor and leads time
> >
> >
>
> They are all new mate! It's got a new distributor too!
>
> Gonna sort the rats nest of HT leads tomorrow if I feel up to it!
>
> Nige
>
>
wouldn't have thought damp would affect new leads etc.


 

"George Spigot" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...

> wouldn't have thought damp would affect new leads etc.

Maybe I had flooded it then, but it seemed fine after the WD40. The rain & fog hasn't stopped around
here. Very damp & manky!

Nige


 
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 13:04:29 +0100, "Nige"
<nigel.inceNO****[email protected]> wrote:

>Just went to start Monty & it wouldn't bloody start. We have had nothing but rain here for the last few
>days/weeks. Off with the distributor cap & in goes old faithful WD40. In fact I gave all the HT lead ends
>a good go & hey presto, after a bit of spluttering (wonder if it was a bit flooded too?) vroom!

I'd be happy if the rain only got into the engine bay of my landy!.
Tomorrow, while driving anywhere I shall be wearing my coat and
sitting on a bin bag!

 
On or around Sat, 23 Oct 2004 13:04:29 +0100, "Nige"
<nigel.inceNO****[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Just went to start Monty & it wouldn't bloody start. We have had nothing but rain here for the last few
>days/weeks. Off with the distributor cap & in goes old faithful WD40. In fact I gave all the HT lead ends
>a good go & hey presto, after a bit of spluttering (wonder if it was a bit flooded too?) vroom!
>

and, despite the fact that they cost a lot, Magnecor leads really are the
mutt's coupling gear. don't regret that expensive purchase.

I conclude from the playing in floods in the last few days including hitting
some quite deep "puddles" at speed, that the nice people at Land Rover did a
pretty good job at keeping violently splashed water out of the disco engine
bay. She's not missed a beat yet. OK, I did chicken out of one which was
something between 18" and 2' deep and with a very fast lateral current...
but lesser floods taken slowly and puddles taken fast have had no noticeable
effect.
 

>and, despite the fact that they cost a lot, Magnecor leads really are the
>mutt's coupling gear. don't regret that expensive purchase.
>
>I conclude from the playing in floods in the last few days including hitting
>some quite deep "puddles" at speed, that the nice people at Land Rover did a
>pretty good job at keeping violently splashed water out of the disco engine
>bay. She's not missed a beat yet. OK, I did chicken out of one which was
>something between 18" and 2' deep and with a very fast lateral current...
>but lesser floods taken slowly and puddles taken fast have had no noticeable
>effect.

I'd agree.

I had mine very wet indeed (it became a V7 or worse at Billing) and
despite sounding like it was going to stop at any moment it never did.
That was a totally standard setup, but with decent leads (not
Magnecors, Bosch IIRC).


--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk
Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com
Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com
 
Austin Shackles wrote:

> On or around Sat, 23 Oct 2004 13:04:29 +0100, "Nige"
> <nigel.inceNO****[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Just went to start Monty & it wouldn't bloody start. We have had nothing
>>but rain here for the last few days/weeks. Off with the distributor cap &
>>in goes old faithful WD40. In fact I gave all the HT lead ends a good go &
>>hey presto, after a bit of spluttering (wonder if it was a bit flooded
>>too?) vroom!
>>
>
> and, despite the fact that they cost a lot, Magnecor leads really are the
> mutt's coupling gear. don't regret that expensive purchase.
>

Or, if you want to be a little more careful with the pennies, Lumenition
leads are pretty good for the money, just remember to get the king lead for
your car - the sets come with 8 plugleads and no king lead.

P.
--
If Mind over Matter is a Matter of Course
Does it Matter if Nobody Minds?
 
Tim Hobbs wrote:

> I'd agree.
>
> I had mine very wet indeed (it became a V7 or worse at Billing) and
> despite sounding like it was going to stop at any moment it never did.
> That was a totally standard setup, but with decent leads (not
> Magnecors, Bosch IIRC).

IME the Bosch inductive core leads are every bit the equal of the
Magnecor ones, at a significantly cheaper price (doubly important to me
as I have to buy Magnecor in from the UK, but Bosch is locally available).

--
EMB
 
On or around Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:55:23 +1300, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Tim Hobbs wrote:
>
>> I'd agree.
>>
>> I had mine very wet indeed (it became a V7 or worse at Billing) and
>> despite sounding like it was going to stop at any moment it never did.
>> That was a totally standard setup, but with decent leads (not
>> Magnecors, Bosch IIRC).
>
>IME the Bosch inductive core leads are every bit the equal of the
>Magnecor ones, at a significantly cheaper price (doubly important to me
>as I have to buy Magnecor in from the UK, but Bosch is locally available).

I got put off bosch by buying a set from Halfrauds. Probably not
decent-grade ones, at about 27 quid a set, but they were crap. It might
well be that Bosch also do better ones. These were thin grey ones but the
main problem was that the plug caps were of inferior quality and tended to
pull off the wires, leaving the metal bit attached to the plug. After 2 of
them had done this I binned them.

 
Austin Shackles wrote:
>
> I got put off bosch by buying a set from Halfrauds. Probably not
> decent-grade ones, at about 27 quid a set, but they were crap. It might
> well be that Bosch also do better ones. These were thin grey ones but the
> main problem was that the plug caps were of inferior quality and tended to
> pull off the wires, leaving the metal bit attached to the plug. After 2 of
> them had done this I binned them.

I've not had this problem with either the thick grey, or thick black
ones. The stainless steel ends seem pretty well attached IME, certainly
far better than all others except the really expensive leads on my race car.

--
EMB
 
On or around Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:42:14 +1300, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>>
>> I got put off bosch by buying a set from Halfrauds. Probably not
>> decent-grade ones, at about 27 quid a set, but they were crap. It might
>> well be that Bosch also do better ones. These were thin grey ones but the
>> main problem was that the plug caps were of inferior quality and tended to
>> pull off the wires, leaving the metal bit attached to the plug. After 2 of
>> them had done this I binned them.
>
>I've not had this problem with either the thick grey, or thick black
>ones. The stainless steel ends seem pretty well attached IME, certainly
>far better than all others except the really expensive leads on my race car.

I daresay the cheap ones are crap, like other cheap stuff. But I was
disappointed with bosch stuff being crap - they used to have a good name for
electrics, I guess they've moved into the cheap end of the market. this may
yet prove to be unwise...

 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

300bhp/ton
Driven: New Defender - On & Off Road. Is it a Pretender?
2 3
Replies
50
Views
12K
Squonker
S
19_Hue_95
Cynthia - 300tdi Project
Replies
8
Views
3K
19_Hue_95
19_Hue_95
H
300 tdi not starting, immobilisers and the world most expensive sticker (probably)
Replies
5
Views
2K
Hairymammal
H
TheWoodsmane
Disco 2 Rear Step Removal
Replies
14
Views
7K
TheWoodsmane
TheWoodsmane
Saint.V8
Classic 44 Year old, seized, corroded V8 rebuild thread.....
12 13 14
Replies
268
Views
57K
Henry_b
Henry_b
Back
Top