Looking At Georgia's Bottom....

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So finally, after waiting a heap of weeks, I got George onto the four poster :rolleyes: and got a good look at her bottom...

There is the dreaded brown flakey stuff, but not so much as it will need extensive restoration.

New brake pipes are a must, they look original and as if they have been placed on the General Belgrano since the early 80's.

The airbags look to be a heap of fun to do :confused:

The other thing is the LPG pipework, the flexi looks as flexi as Steven Hawking, so a replacement required there too.

Other than that, Georgia is looking good for tomorrow as long as Kenny is up for working on Fathers day :eek:

Anyone replaced an A/C condenser that was removed when Adam was a boy? Any do's or don'ts? I'm worried the compressor may be slightly "ill" after being more or less open to the elements.
 
Right you dirty buggers, here is a side view of Georgia's underneath bits :p

Actually, before that, I took a monochrome shot and immediately thought "Sweeny" Anyone see why?





So, started with the worst leaking bag, man it was gubbed!




After a bit of a faff, I eventually teased out the air line and fed it through this handy aperture :D




The "R" pins were a right Richard to remove, but once out I gained access to the top of the bag and "persuaded" it to move with help of a pry bar...




Taa Daah.... No old bag here...she was home :rolleyes:o_O:eek::p:D




And here she is, the old bag... I meant old airbag, windbag...errmm, suspension unit :D




I didn't photograph the new ones being inserted, too much effort and sweary words. But they're in and functioning at the back, so today, I am off to tackle the front ones and I may take some photo's if you can be bothered.

After that, it's a case of replacing all those rotten brake pipes that were carefully stored on RMS Titanic for all these years :rolleyes:
 
Whaaaat?

Didn't leave the....

Ahh, that's where I went wrong! :eek:




NOT :D

Actually, that very airbag had to come off today. It was NOT a happy baggy.

It somehow went all sideways and when I fired her up after doing the fronts, it started leaking :(

I removed it and found it had managed to slip over the lip at the bottom.

Tomorrow, I am mostly taking it to the local dealer to see if one of the lads can fix it for 20 quid.

I tried to fold it back over itself so it goes down like a forth skin kind of thing as opposed to bending sideways and exploding.

Funny, the rest are perfect in every way o_O
 
K chaps, I have a conundrum... Well, more of an arse of a problem that makes me want to slap this car on it's full metal jacket o_O

That problematic airbag is annoying, but would be fixable IF the ba5tard!ng "R" clips would do their effen job :mad:

The passenger side rear (no idea about NS or OS, always has confused the absolute pish out of me) airbag keeps unclipping itself and dropping as soon as I drop the rear axle in order to get the recalcitrant bag to inflate and fold over itself (it's doing my box in).

So, in other words, the "R" clip is only going in through the bag and then in under the plate the top of the bag rests against. So, when I drop the rear axle, that bag then falls out of the top plate, unclips the airline and sits there like a mong :mad::mad::mad:

I ended up sticking a couple of blocks of wood under the bump stops so she wouldn't sit all the way down and perhaps damage the pair of utter arseholes that pass themselves off as suspension :(

The ONLY way through this is if I use a power sander to rub off 1mm of plastic off the top section of these damn airbags so they will sit further into the resting plates and I can get the pin through.....

They are Dunlops, not some cheap copy.

Anyone have any other idea's?

Right now, I actually hate George and her stupid designers :rolleyes:

I mean, really?

The Asians make them compact and long lasting
The Germans make them hard wearing & easy to repair
The Italians make them beautiful & sound like a thousand cannons firing
Land Rover "That'll Do!" o_O
 
That was the first thing I checked, but they are clean and rust free. It's almost as if the new airbags plastic tops are a smidgen too thick.

I thought on running a sanding disc over the tops of them, but thought I would ask first.

The fronts were super easy, driver side I removed the plastic liner, but it was a faff. Passenger side I simply leaned in, removed the MAF & air intake pipe and gained access that way. But the rear bags are a right royal pain in the ass :mad:

I even put a slight bend at the end of the "R" pin so it would come through pointing up so as to miss the plate, but still no joy.

I am going to get it to a mate with a ramp I can actually use so I am not lying on my arse or crushing my knee's on the rough stuff.

I shall keep you all appraised of Georgia's gregarious arse end lifting devices....
 
Well, turns out the airbag turrets needed some "tweaking" in order to ensure "R" pin fitting with ease!

Somehow, the top of the turret (made from cheese to quote Clarkson) had deformed upward, so the pin was going through, then down under the plate.

Fixed that with some brute force and arrogance :p

Also, found the best way to fit the rear bags are attach at the top, fit the air line then lower the body back down so the bottom of each bag can be helped into place and the "R" pins fitted.

It took an hour in total to fix, fit and inflate.

Big lever...



You can see the end of the lever where I managed to force the top of the turret down...



Fitted bag at top, hanging down waiting to be located at the bottom...



Raised and looking level...





If you look at the top of the ramp towers, she looks level



All I need to do now is learn how it all works without flashing all those lamps at me :rolleyes:o_O:eek::oops::p:D
 
The uppermost setting is Extended mode - this raises the rangie to it maximum* ride height for offroading/wading duties.
The middle one is the normal ride height, normal city driving.
The one below that is the motorway cruising height. When you reach 50/55mph for about 30secs the car drops the ride height for improved economy (as much as that can be done considering its a 2.5t tank with the aerodynamics of a house brick) and better handling. Works surprisingly well tbh. When you get onto normal 30/40mph roads the EAS will automatically raise it back to normal ride height. This can also be selected by pressing the inhibit switch (immediate right of the EAS toggle) then selecting motorway height.
The last (bottom) one is access mode. This lowers the rangie to its lowest height to aid getting in/out. I think this can be selected upto 30secs before by pressing the inhibit switch then access, as soon as you park it should then drop.
All doors and the tailgate need to be closed for the system to work otherwise it 'freezes' the EAS (handy if your working underneath and don't want it to self level). I believe it's every 6hrs the EAS checks all the heights and lowers the car to the lowest height.

If all four lights are on then its a hard fault and needs a nanocom/testbook diagnostics session but it's normally the compressor knackered or the airbags are past their best.

Sorry for the wall of text but hope this answers a few questions :)

Mike

*There is a super extended mode but this is not selectable. If the EAS detects the car is grounded (all wheels spinning) it will inflate the bags more until traction is regained.
 
Thank you for all your efforts Mike, I appreciate the time it took to explain it.

Here is the latest pic, funnily enough, of Georgia's bottom :D



I like this car, especially in Sport mode. Foot down and she's off like a scalded rat, beats the sh!te out of the boy racers in their Fiesta's...like the blue one last night as I was coming home from work. We both came round the roundabout, him behind me and I came off in the left lane, him in the right as we entered the A9 dual carriageway.

Lets just say I trumped him by a mile :p
 
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