disco engine in 101 ambi

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Mother wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 18:48:05 +0100, Austin Shackles
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > actually, the ZF is a wonderful thing in a land rover. I'd
> > recommend it to anyone.
>
> I lost count of how many times I said exactly the same over the last 4
> days...

You said it to me about 42 times!

Nice to meet you by the way - (I was the beardy with the fierce wife!).

--
Simes.
 
On or around Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:29:33 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:53:42 +0100, Austin Shackles
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I'm rather tempted for the current disco in fact
>
>Nooooooo.....
>
>Do it in a 101, Austin ;-)

"real men do it in a 101"?

I'd love to, but at the moment, I've got to survive the next 3 months or so
without going down the tubes. and even then, there's not gonna be the sort
of pennies I'd need for 101-games, much though I like the idea of a 101
minibus.

 
On 13 Sep 2004 20:46:16 GMT, "Simon Atkinson" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I lost count of how many times I said exactly the same over the last 4
>> days...
>
>You said it to me about 42 times!

I'm getting predictable!

>Nice to meet you by the way - (I was the beardy with the fierce wife!).

Yep, another quite fine woman she was too. I must remember to take
you two shopping with me next time I go hunting for bits, by the way!

Thinking about it, I met more a.f.l'ers during this show than almost
any other. Tis always nice to put a face to a 'name' - even a couple
of 'lurkers' came to say hello, which was very nice actually (stop
lurking) as they were nice to talk to, very human, albeit totally
failling to offer me a beer...

Show Season this year has been 'mixed' for us, what with Grumble not
liking my indecision and prompting me to go auto. The best for us
were the Marque Day/LRM Show, Driffield (TOP SHOW) and Peterborough.
Billing was totally soul-less, Stoneleigh I had bad hayfever and was
shagged out before going, and Eastnor (apart from meeting some new
faces and old) was a cock-up (as usual) in layout and not too good
weather. The ARC National was alright actually, come to think about
it, bad weather, but that goes hand-in-hand with 'The National'!

Odd as it seems, and frustrated as I get answering the same 'How many
miles does it do to the gallon?' and 'why it it purple?' and 'where
did you get the wheels?' questions, the best part of any show (for me)
is actually meeting new people and meeting up with old 'already known'
people. The Landies are fine and interesting, but it's the people you
meet that make a good show.


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Mother wrote:

> On 13 Sep 2004 20:46:16 GMT, "Simon Atkinson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> I lost count of how many times I said exactly the same over the
> last 4 >> days...
> >
> > You said it to me about 42 times!
>
> I'm getting predictable!

Which is nice... in an ever changing world...

> > Nice to meet you by the way - (I was the beardy with the fierce
> > wife!).
>
> Yep, another quite fine woman she was too. I must remember to take
> you two shopping with me next time I go hunting for bits, by the way!

I reckon we did OK in the end. Brand new Bearmach dog guard for the
RRC 20 quid, full set of front seats and frames for the SIII 8 quid,
Pair of RRC electric/heated mirrors for 10 quid and a set of ABS relays
(3 off) for 2 quid.

Burger and a bottle of water for a fiver wasn't so much of a bargain
though :-(

> Show Season this year has been 'mixed' for us, what with Grumble not
> liking my indecision and prompting me to go auto. The best for us
> were the Marque Day/LRM Show, Driffield (TOP SHOW) and Peterborough.
> Billing was totally soul-less,

I stopped going to Billing in 98 - 97 was OK but I thought 98 was dull
and haven't been back. Shame really as it's only 15 miles from here.

I thought Peterborough was good - nice mix of bits and bobs and the
weather was about right.

> The Landies are fine and interesting, but it's the people you
> meet that make a good show.

Definitely.
 
Austin Shackles wrote:

>
> "real men do it in a 101"?
>
So do real women.....

So I have been told.

Steve
 

> Since I am getting pretty close to getting the ambi (Wendy...) to run,
> the reservoirs are on the top of my list. I may even try and have a go
> at one next week.
>
> Steve

Jon (yellow elephant 101) has got a 3 pot resevoir from a merc 4x4 truck in
his 101 and it works well - waiting for reply from parts dealer on price of
these to see if its a good idea

Rich


 
Rich Clafton wrote:
> Jon (yellow elephant 101) has got a 3 pot resevoir from a merc 4x4 truck in
> his 101 and it works well - waiting for reply from parts dealer on price of
> these to see if its a good idea
but will they have black and orange stripes ?
 
"Mother" <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> My left leg hates them. Thinks it's been made redundant...

You still got that series III?

Lee D


 
"Rich Clafton" <rclafton at lineone.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>> Since I am getting pretty close to getting the ambi (Wendy...) to run,
>> the reservoirs are on the top of my list. I may even try and have a go
>> at one next week.
>>
>> Steve
>
> Jon (yellow elephant 101) has got a 3 pot resevoir from a merc 4x4 truck
> in
> his 101 and it works well - waiting for reply from parts dealer on price
> of
> these to see if its a good idea
>
> Rich

Rich ... please keep me posted on this.... It's looking V.desperate at the
mo and with the Rangie off the road the 101 may be being used more than
normal.

Lee D


 
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:05:04 +0100, Steve Taylor
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>
>>
>> "real men do it in a 101"?
>>
>So do real women.....
>
>So I have been told.

My dog wouldn't been seen in anything else.

Well, apart from one of our Discos, actually _any_ Disco
(Max _really_ likes Discos!)


--
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from: http://links.solis.co.uk/Geek/X4_Land_Rover/
I also have a little Land Rover site biased toward
my beloved 101 "Grumble", at: http://www.101fc.net


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On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:57:18 GMT, "Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> My left leg hates them. Thinks it's been made redundant...
>
>You still got that series III?

Oh yes - I'm thinking of selling it, but may have to keep it as
therapy for my left leg... ;-)


--
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from: http://links.solis.co.uk/Geek/X4_Land_Rover/
I also have a little Land Rover site biased toward
my beloved 101 "Grumble", at: http://www.101fc.net


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On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:58:43 GMT, "Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Rich ... please keep me posted on this.... It's looking V.desperate at the
>mo and with the Rangie off the road the 101 may be being used more than
>normal.

I've been looking at other options too. Essentially there's a lot of
choice. Many are better sized to fit en-situ and have more than
adequate capacity. If you're desperate for the originals I have a few
kicking around somewhere, though.


--
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from: http://links.solis.co.uk/Geek/X4_Land_Rover/
I also have a little Land Rover site biased toward
my beloved 101 "Grumble", at: http://www.101fc.net


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On or around Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:30:06 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>Odd as it seems, and frustrated as I get answering the same 'How many
>miles does it do to the gallon?' and 'why it it purple?' and 'where
>did you get the wheels?' questions

You could always put the answers to the really obvious stuff on a notice and
hang it on the front somewhere.


'ere, speaking of how many miles to the gallon...

you got any befopre-and-after figures for the auto conversion yet?

I've never actually done a direct comparison on the same vehicle, and would
be interested to know if you've gained, lost or neither on the MPG front.


 
On or around 13 Sep 2004 21:35:07 GMT, "Simon Atkinson" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>
>Burger and a bottle of water for a fiver wasn't so much of a bargain
>though :-(
>

I really get ****ed off with this. OK, I know they all make a cut from the
bloke in the burger van to the wholesaler, including the organisers, but
nonetheless it goes against the grain to pay extortionate money for an
indifferent small burger which I know I could get for about 59p in the
supermarket, in a box of 10 or something.

There's a bloke has a burger van in the supermarket car park in Lampeter, he
sells nice proper-sized 1/4-lb burgers, and for less than you pay at most
"events", and he has to pay site rent too. Either the blokes in the vans
are taking the **** or the organisers are, or more likely both. The
organisers could well do with looking at how much they charge caterers, you
only have to look at the queues for extortionate burgers at big events to
realise that it's a relevant part of the attraction. Ditto the van-men, if
they charged less they'd probably sell and make more.

 
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 09:38:40 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>You could always put the answers to the really obvious stuff on a notice and
>hang it on the front somewhere.

It's there - on two big signs in the windows - an colour pics an
all...

Do the beggars read them...?

>'ere, speaking of how many miles to the gallon...
>
>you got any befopre-and-after figures for the auto conversion yet?

Shell Island (Norf Wales) - av 13.7mpg - lots of little roads
Stoneleigh and back - av 14.5mpg - mixed roads
Peterborough and back - av 15.8mpg - mainly A1

I'm kin amazed!

>I've never actually done a direct comparison on the same vehicle, and would
>be interested to know if you've gained, lost or neither on the MPG front.

Gained by around 1.5mpg

The real gain came when I put the 4.6 in. Not working it too hard
y'see.


--
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from: http://links.solis.co.uk/Geek/X4_Land_Rover/
I also have a little Land Rover site biased toward
my beloved 101 "Grumble", at: http://www.101fc.net


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On or around Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:05:36 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 09:38:40 +0100, Austin Shackles
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>'ere, speaking of how many miles to the gallon...
>>
>>you got any befopre-and-after figures for the auto conversion yet?
>
>Shell Island (Norf Wales) - av 13.7mpg - lots of little roads
>Stoneleigh and back - av 14.5mpg - mixed roads
>Peterborough and back - av 15.8mpg - mainly A1
>
>I'm kin amazed!
>

boodly hell, so am I. I only get about 13 from the disco.

what gas system are you running? mine's a fairly basic open loop, could be
it'd benefit from going closed loop.

mind, probably would. She does about 17-18 or a bit more on a run, on
petrol.

 
>boodly hell, so am I. I only get about 13 from the disco.
>
>what gas system are you running? mine's a fairly basic open loop, could be
>it'd benefit from going closed loop.
>
>mind, probably would. She does about 17-18 or a bit more on a run, on
>petrol.

Last longish steady run I did in the Rangie (Leeds to Glasgow)
it bettered 22 mpg on Stromberg carbs.

Nick
 
"Nicknelsonleeds" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >boodly hell, so am I. I only get about 13 from the disco.
>>
>>what gas system are you running? mine's a fairly basic open loop, could
>>be
>>it'd benefit from going closed loop.
>>
>>mind, probably would. She does about 17-18 or a bit more on a run, on
>>petrol.
>
> Last longish steady run I did in the Rangie (Leeds to Glasgow)
> it bettered 22 mpg on Stromberg carbs.
>
> Nick

Our 3.9 ES Disco pulling 1300kg's of caravan was averaging 18 to 20 mpg in
france on the Autoroutes. This is with a Bigas LPG system fitted so I'm sure
any one who works out the maths can recock it's easily equivelent toaround
40 mpg's on petrol prices and all the burble to.

Oh and it's also auto.

Lee D


 
"Mother" <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> I'm kin amazed!

Just to recap some old ground as I was on Holiday and google won't find it
.....

The ratios you used in grumbles transfer box.. are these the 1.192 as per
the spreadsheet? and if so are they standard in the ZF box or did yer have
ter gerrum somewhere special? Cos's I'm running out of things to do and have
to much money... I wish.

:)

Lee D


 
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:05:04 +0100, Steve Taylor
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>
>>
>> "real men do it in a 101"?
>>
>So do real women.....
>
>So I have been told.
>
>Steve

Yep, but you need a skinny girlfriend to be comfy on the ambulance
stretchers...

Daniel

www.strangerover.net
 
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