Seeing my landie unexpectedly

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Larry

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• Sep 22, 2004

• #1

In order to collect my landie, I needed to be picked up from the station to
get to the dealers which is out in the wilds.

Imagine my surprise when the scruffiest landie I have ever seen arrives to
pick me up. Then I have a double take, it's mine. The guy who had driven it
out to the station, was quite anxios to move out of the driving seat and
hand it over, as it was not exactly what he was used to driving and
considered it a bit of a handful

Oh well I will enjoy it while I can, it might not be there tommorow morning,
the alarm I ordered has not arrived yet


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes

 

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Mother

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• Sep 22, 2004

• #2

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:57:16 +0100, "Larry" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Oh well I will enjoy it while I can, it might not be there tommorow morning,
>the alarm I ordered has not arrived yet

Take the top off the distributor and remove the rotor arm.

 

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Alex

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• Sep 22, 2004

• #3

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:45:14 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:57:16 +0100, "Larry" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Oh well I will enjoy it while I can, it might not be there tommorow morning,
>>the alarm I ordered has not arrived yet
>
>Take the top off the distributor and remove the rotor arm.

Why? for the last year I've been leaving my IIa recovery parked up
outside, all day, keys in ignition, doors unlocked (they don't lock)
and with the battery cutoff key engaged. Even at work I leave it
unlocked, just without the ignition keys in it. Never has it been so
much as moved, let alone nicked.

The exception being at work, I gave them permission to shove it out of
the way if they need to park buses and I'm doing a late shift - quite
often it's on the end of a row and in thier way when they're putting
the buses to bed.

Alex

 

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[email protected]

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• Sep 22, 2004

• #4

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:45:14 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
made me spill my meths when he wrote:

>>Oh well I will enjoy it while I can, it might not be there tommorow morning,
>>the alarm I ordered has not arrived yet
>
>Take the top off the distributor and remove the rotor arm.

Or even put a doctored rotor arm there in it's place.
--
Wayne Davies - Mobile 07989 556213 - Harrogate, N.Yorks, UK

 

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Larry

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• Sep 23, 2004

• #5

problem is that the tea leaves have recently broken in to mine, so that
having discovered how easy it is they might be back.


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes

"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:45:14 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:57:16 +0100, "Larry" <[email protected]>
>
> Why? for the last year I've been leaving my IIa recovery parked up
> outside, all day, keys in ignition, doors unlocked (they don't lock)
> and with the battery cutoff key engaged. Even at work I leave it
> unlocked, just without the ignition keys in it. Never has it been so
> much as moved, let alone nicked.
>
> The exception being at work, I gave them permission to shove it out of
> the way if they need to park buses and I'm doing a late shift - quite
> often it's on the end of a row and in thier way when they're putting
> the buses to bed.
>
> Alex

 

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Mother

Guest

• Sep 23, 2004

• #6

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:29:17 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
wrote:

>>Take the top off the distributor and remove the rotor arm.
>
>Why?

Because Larry is worried it'll get nicked?
(He mentioned this in the earlier part of the thread).

A few of us are, like you, lucky not to have to worry about such
inconveniences. Larry is not one of the few.

 

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Bob Hobden

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• Sep 23, 2004

• #7

"Mother" > wrote in reply to..
"Larry" >
>>Oh well I will enjoy it while I can, it might not be there tommorow
>>morning,
>>the alarm I ordered has not arrived yet
>
> Take the top off the distributor and remove the rotor arm.
>

And the lead from the Coil to the Distributor.

--
Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

 

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Alex

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• Sep 23, 2004

• #8

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:23:07 +0100, "Bob Hobden" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"Mother" > wrote in reply to..
> "Larry" >
>>>Oh well I will enjoy it while I can, it might not be there tommorow
>>>morning,
>>>the alarm I ordered has not arrived yet
>>
>> Take the top off the distributor and remove the rotor arm.
>>
>
>And the lead from the Coil to the Distributor.

Won't work if you don't take the rotor arm out as well, otherwise you
can just move a lead. A Series 2.25 will run quite happily on 3
cylinders. In fact my rebuild was running on two cylinders when we
first got it running. Apart from a reluctance to idle, it seemed quite
reasonable.

Then I noticed I'd got two of the leads muddled up....

Alex

 

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Larry

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• Sep 23, 2004

• #9

Yes they will run on three cylinders but I wouldn't call the result happy.
at least I was not happy last time that happened due to a knackered plug.


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes


"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:23:07 +0100, "Bob Hobden" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >
>
> Won't work if you don't take the rotor arm out as well, otherwise you
> can just move a lead. A Series 2.25 will run quite happily on 3
> cylinders. In fact my rebuild was running on two cylinders when we
> first got it running. Apart from a reluctance to idle, it seemed quite
> reasonable.
>
> Then I noticed I'd got two of the leads muddled up....
>
> Alex

 

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Alex

Guest

• Sep 23, 2004

• #10

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:06:40 +0100, "Larry" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Yes they will run on three cylinders but I wouldn't call the result happy.
>at least I was not happy last time that happened due to a knackered plug.

Oh I dunno, I drove mine back from St Albans to Luton on 2 cylinders
once, when the head gasket went. Needed low box up a steep hill, but
otherwise manageable.

Alex