Morph is in the house!!!!!

I'm sure i saw a tear in Lee's eye........................

Wow!! What a drive, top drawer fun.

I'll post some questions tonight!

Nige

On 07/11/2006 15:23, Nige wrote:
> I'm sure i saw a tear in Lee's eye........................
>
> Wow!! What a drive, top drawer fun.
>
> I'll post some questions tonight!
>
> Nige
>
>

How the **** did you get a 101 though the door?

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"Mark Solesbury" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 07/11/2006 15:23, Nige wrote:
>> I'm sure i saw a tear in Lee's eye........................
>>
>> Wow!! What a drive, top drawer fun.
>>
>> I'll post some questions tonight!
>>
>> Nige
>
> How the **** did you get a 101 though the door?

LOL!!!!

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:29:55 -0000, Mark Solesbury
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On 07/11/2006 15:23, Nige wrote:
>> I'm sure i saw a tear in Lee's eye........................
>> Wow!! What a drive, top drawer fun.
>> I'll post some questions tonight!
>> Nige
>
> How the **** did you get a 101 though the door?

Sneak in behind a Challenger tank?

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Land Rover - 110 V8
Discovery - V8

You're deliberately trying to make me jealous ain't ya..................

Knowing that I have to drive past your place every day to and from work
..............

......................Smurf

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"William Tasso" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:29:55 -0000, Mark Solesbury
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On 07/11/2006 15:23, Nige wrote:
> >> I'm sure i saw a tear in Lee's eye........................
> >> Wow!! What a drive, top drawer fun.
> >> I'll post some questions tonight!
> >> Nige
> >
> > How the **** did you get a 101 though the door?
>
> Sneak in behind a Challenger tank?
>

Dodging the bollards, of course....

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Nige <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:
>> How the **** did you get a 101 though the door?
>
> LOL!!!!

Ah yeahs I meant to mention the brakes! ;-)

My tears were halted by the demented grin on your face as the concept of non
power steering & a pair of stationary 9.00's suddenly dawned. That and the
expression on Janes face when I asked which part of Africa you were all
going to first

He did sound awsome as you disappeared! Not something I ever got to hear
from outside.

Dad's impressed with the 110 , I couldn't get him from underneath when I
went to drop him off, " 'ere it's like a Rangerover under here and them
dampers are new too!". Also being ready dinked saves me the worry and stress
of putting the first dink in him. Mrs D also approves and greenlaning has
being given a thumbs up.

Whilst I'm on the subject of brakes, the adjusters turn clockwise to
tighten.... turning them too far anticlockwise usually snaps them... just
thought it worthy of mention. They are the standard sIII 2.6 type LWB stylie
part though.

Lee D

Nige wrote:
> I'm sure i saw a tear in Lee's eye........................
>
> Wow!! What a drive, top drawer fun.
>
> I'll post some questions tonight!
>
> Nige

The odd thing is on the way home i saw another ambi in Bradford, an X reg, got big waves & smiles from
the driver. Anyone here? Long haired chap!

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Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover 101 GS/Ambi (Morph)
Honda XL650 Transalp (2005)

Smurf wrote:
> You're deliberately trying to make me jealous ain't
> ya..................
> Knowing that I have to drive past your place every day to and from
> work .............
>
> .....................Smurf

Probably will only be here at weekends etc, but you cannot really miss him out front tonight!

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Ta!

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover 101 GS/Ambi (Morph)
Honda XL650 Transalp (2005)

Nige wrote:
> I'm sure i saw a tear in Lee's eye........................
>
> Wow!! What a drive, top drawer fun.

Theres something about driving a 101 isnt there! (perhaps some of it is
due to the funny looks you get )

I'm glad you are enjoying it , its great when people move out of your
way. Does morph still have his siren?.....

I presume Lee has briefed you on the diff lock? (if it wont turn off
then you need to stop and do some reversing and it will go off)
and if you leave him parked up for a couple of weeks expect it to feel
like the tyres are square until you have driven a couple of miles.
and dont forget to turn your lights off. The stupid military switch
always gets me!

Tom Woods wrote:
The stupid military switch
> always gets me!
>

Line straight up.
Thats how I remember it
Steve

steve wrote:
> Tom Woods wrote:
> The stupid military switch
> > always gets me!
> >
>
> Line straight up.
> Thats how I remember it

mine is now in a box in the loft and i have a normal switch for my
lights instead!

Nige wrote:
> I'm sure i saw a tear in Lee's eye........................
>
> Wow!! What a drive, top drawer fun.
>
> I'll post some questions tonight!
>
> Nige

OK, a few questions, please bare in mind I'm a 101 virgin!!

The popping seems to be a load related problem. If i hardlt touch the throttle, the thing is fine, if i
use half throttle it coughs, pops & rattles, if i use full throttle it still does it, but you mask it
with all the racket etc. Anyone got any ideas, it's not any kind of follower or timing chain issue that i
can see as it's intermittant & that would surely be all the time. It only does the parping when you get
the rattle.

What is the knob thingy next to the diff lock, Lee did tell me, but there's a lot of levers!!!

I had a few problems with the starter today too, it felt like it had jammed a couple of times, so i kept
at it & then it barked into life. Then a couple of times it felt like the thing was spinning but not
engaging IYSWIM. Both times it got going so no problem, but would like to find of what causing it.

the one that **** me up good & proper was i had my rather large buch of keys on the ignition key & it
just died on me going over a bumpo, then I realised the weight of the bunch of keys had turned him off!!!

MIRRORS, major panic attack, they are just horrific, anyone got any conzex type mirrors that will fit?
Any ideas as i reversed over me next doors lawn!!

Smiling like a good 'un though, you do get a lot of looks don't you?


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Ta!

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover 101 GS/Ambi (Morph)
Honda XL650 Transalp (2005)

Nige wrote:
> Nige wrote:
>> I'm sure i saw a tear in Lee's eye........................
>>
>> Wow!! What a drive, top drawer fun.
>>
>> I'll post some questions tonight!
>>
>> Nige
>
> OK, a few questions, please bare in mind I'm a 101 virgin!!
>
> The popping seems to be a load related problem. If i hardlt touch
> the throttle, the thing is fine, if i use half throttle it coughs,
> pops & rattles, if i use full throttle it still does it, but you
> mask it with all the racket etc. Anyone got any ideas, it's not any
> kind of follower or timing chain issue that i can see as it's
> intermittant & that would surely be all the time. It only does the
> parping when you get the rattle.
> What is the knob thingy next to the diff lock, Lee did tell me, but
> there's a lot of levers!!!
> I had a few problems with the starter today too, it felt like it
> had jammed a couple of times, so i kept at it & then it barked into
> life. Then a couple of times it felt like the thing was spinning
> but not engaging IYSWIM. Both times it got going so no problem, but
> would like to find of what causing it.
> the one that **** me up good & proper was i had my rather large
> buch of keys on the ignition key & it just died on me going over a
> bumpo, then I realised the weight of the bunch of keys had turned
> him off!!!
> MIRRORS, major panic attack, they are just horrific, anyone got any
> conzex type mirrors that will fit? Any ideas as i reversed over me
> next doors lawn!!
> Smiling like a good 'un though, you do get a lot of looks don't you?

WTF happened to the spelling on that post? I checked it too?

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Ta!

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover 101 GS/Ambi (Morph)
Honda XL650 Transalp (2005)

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 20:22:16 -0000, "Nige"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Nige wrote:
>> I'm sure i saw a tear in Lee's eye........................
>>
>> Wow!! What a drive, top drawer fun.
>>
>> I'll post some questions tonight!
>>
>> Nige
>
>OK, a few questions, please bare in mind I'm a 101 virgin!!
>
>The popping seems to be a load related problem. If i hardlt touch the throttle, the thing is fine, if i
>use half throttle it coughs, pops & rattles, if i use full throttle it still does it, but you mask it
>with all the racket etc. Anyone got any ideas, it's not any kind of follower or timing chain issue that i
>can see as it's intermittant & that would surely be all the time. It only does the parping when you get
>the rattle.
>
>What is the knob thingy next to the diff lock, Lee did tell me, but there's a lot of levers!!!

Which knob?

There is a tap to turn the heaters on, and a pull thingy to move the
heater blower between cab and demist (i think this is beside my diff
lock).
You should then have a hand throttle (which may have a little 'stool'
type rest with it) and a choke (which i presume you have found
already!)

>MIRRORS, major panic attack, they are just horrific, anyone got any conzex type mirrors that will fit?
>Any ideas as i reversed over me next doors lawn!!

They are indeed crap. Im surprised lee has coped with them for so
long!
I replaced mine after the first time i drove mine on a dual
carriageway and had to slip in.
I have a pair of truck mirrors on mine. Cant help with suppliers but a
couple of my mates are truck mechanics and they fell off trucks at
their workplaces (I actually have 2 halves of 2 slightly mismatching
sets where they have replaced one)
If you search through the 101 yahoo list archives people have
discussed them on there.

>Smiling like a good 'un though, you do get a lot of looks don't you?

sometimes old people pull over and get out of your way. made me smile
for days

Nige <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:
> OK, a few questions, please bare in mind I'm a 101 virgin!!
>
> The popping seems to be a load related problem. If i hardlt touch the
> throttle, the thing is fine, if i use half throttle it coughs, pops &
> rattles, if i use full throttle it still does it, but you mask it
> with all the racket etc. Anyone got any ideas, it's not any kind of
> follower or timing chain issue that i can see as it's intermittant &
> that would surely be all the time. It only does the parping when you
> get the rattle.

My money is on the advance retard or distributor... though that said It
could just be the timing needing a tweek. I didn't think it was pinking as
it sounded different on my Rangie V8 when that was pinking.... then again I
wasn't sat on the engine of the rangie so pinking it could be.

Other thing to note is that the mixtures are set using a Gunsons Colour tune
and Gunsons Gas tester with the carbs balanced by ear. The pop seems to be
in the passender side elbow on the carb from my observations. Mixtures were
set at the lowest end of richness, you may need to richen the carbs. They
were proffesionally reconditioned at great cost though so I'm pretty happy
the carbs themselves are fine.

> What is the knob thingy next to the diff lock, Lee did tell me, but
> there's a lot of levers!!!

If it's the one I'm thinking it's the flap for the air vent.


> I had a few problems with the starter today too, it felt like it had
> jammed a couple of times, so i kept at it & then it barked into life.
> Then a couple of times it felt like the thing was spinning but not
> engaging IYSWIM. Both times it got going so no problem, but would
> like to find of what causing it.

If it doesn't fire up it'll be one of two things.

1. Ignition switch - has a wobbley occasionally but a wiggle usually has it
sorted.
2. The trigger wire which runs to the starter solenoid from the relay under
the back of the drivers seat... you'll see a horrid red wire which was on my
list of tu'its just below the drivers side manifold.

If it sticks on which is has done a couple of times in the past it'll be the
ignition switch again. Maybe the buncha-keys upset it as it had been fine
for the last 18 months or so.... I once got out and had the barrel still on
the key!, may be worth bunging another switch on.

> the one that **** me up good & proper was i had my rather large buch
> of keys on the ignition key & it just died on me going over a bumpo,
> then I realised the weight of the bunch of keys had turned him off!!!

:-D hence my 'ickle bunch.... I should have given you the T shirt ;-)


> MIRRORS, major panic attack, they are just horrific, anyone got any
> conzex type mirrors that will fit? Any ideas as i reversed over me
> next doors lawn!!

Yeah, especially the passenger one it's pants for lane changes, I did have a
biggun on that side but bought those two new to have a matching pair and was
bitterly disappointed with them. Look up your local truck suppliers, they
will probably do you just the lenses conver that will slip in the existing
mirror rubbers.

> Smiling like a good 'un though, you do get a lot of looks don't you?

Instant landrover show on parking... just add wannabe rivet counter ;-)

Nige <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:
> WTF happened to the spelling on that post? I checked it too?

It's a Morph thing.... mine is fine now.

lol!

Lee D

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 20:24:13 -0000, "Nige"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>WTF happened to the spelling on that post? I checked it too?

I didnt notice any mistooks!

ps. when are you going to fix your line lengths cos i can never get
your whole post to fit on the screen and its a PITA having to scroll
back and forth

Tom Woods <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:
>> Smiling like a good 'un though, you do get a lot of looks don't you?
>
> sometimes old people pull over and get out of your way. made me smile
> for days

My best one was when the last Fire strike was on. I was sat waiting at a
roundabout and then two cars on the (sunken - Newcaste) roundabout stopped
in their tracks to let me out, must have thought I was in a Green Goddess!
Did chuckle!

Lee D

Tom Woods wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 20:24:13 -0000, "Nige"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> WTF happened to the spelling on that post? I checked it too?
>
> I didnt notice any mistooks!
>
> ps. when are you going to fix your line lengths cos i can never get
> your whole post to fit on the screen and its a PITA having to scroll
> back and forth

I'm using quotefix, I HATE all other newsreaders i have tried, tell me what to do & it will be done!


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Ta!

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover 101 GS/Ambi (Morph)
Honda XL650 Transalp (2005)