Hi Kev, I agree. I cursed somewhat when all those panels became available after I’d taken so long to repair it all.. still, if I get it going and keep the car ( I’m that fed up with it) it will make it easier next time around after all it WILL rust away again especially as It does get wet and...

Thanks for your input guys. The leads on the car now are new lucas ones, I admit I may not have routed them perfectly as I just threw them on to try them but I’ve checked In the dark and theres no cross sparking on them and the exact same misfire exists with either those or the Magnecor leads...

Hey Kev, All I can say is OUCH! to the leg injuries. Sounds truly nasty and I seriously hope your mobility improves. The lse sounds like so many.. When I bought mine 13 yrs ago on eBay the guy said it had a years mot and only one rust hole. What he didn’t say was that the hole extended the...

I have absolute respect for your ingenuity on the crank holding tool Kev! I’ll have to take a look and see if I can mark a tool up but sadly my welder is currently unavailable as it’s locked away in my workshop in what has become ex mrs no.2s garden.. Funny thing is one of the overriding...

Kev, I meant to ask. How did you make your crank holding tool?? I’ve welded one up for my diesel van that I was very proud of and that is torqued at 350nm iirc.. but I hadn’t considered one for the v8. Sounds like a much better idea than crow bar in ring gear! Do tell

Thanks again Kev! The most important mantra I try to work by in such situations is methodical testing and be sure of results before moving on and eventually the problem will be found. I seem to have gone round in circles this time and found nothing particularly wrong or a cure to the problem and...

I excitedly grabbed the rangie keys the moment I got home from work to check the fuel pressure as I wanted to be sure it’s correct and well, it isn’t quite.. I tested it at the weekend and I’d bet my right arm it sat at 35psi primed but not running but I forgot to check it running with and...

Thanks Kev, I’ll reply in full later after I’ve been and sworn at the car some more. The mystery misfire turned out to be the beginnings of the first cracked block shortly followed by hydraulic lock.. as the engine was an incorrect early 3.9 but l/r rebuilt unit that had done 100k I put the car...

Thanks again Kev, You are as always clued up on the ways of the v8! I looked everywhere online and couldn’t find a single reference to expected or tested vacuum measurements! Frustrating when so many online sages say things like ‘check your vacuum’ or use a thermometer to see which pot/s are not...

Hey Kev, Long time away from Lz for me but it’s good to see you are still around! Thanks for your suggestions. I nearly drove myself potty thinking I might have been silly and got the firing order wrong too but it’s definately correct. The coincidence of it being those two adjacent firing...

Hey chaps, I’m pretty much at the point of total confusion with my poor old lse rangie and wondered if anyone might know something i don’t or have missed.. Story so far- my engine suffered a cracked block, it was very long in the tooth anyhow so I found a good running replacement 4.2, did a...

As they title suggests I am in need of a new heater blower motor for my 93’ lse which is really annoying as I’ve just fitted a spare from my stash due to mice nesting in my dash and eating my loom only to discover that it’s seized up while sat in storage.. so I wondered if anyone else had done...

Thanks Peter, I haven't plucked up the courage to phone turners for a price as yet.. Obviously it would be great if a cheap job could be done but in aware of the pitfalls and with an engine swap being a pain job to do especially with not even a driveway to work on I'll be spitting feathers if a...

After ten years and 100k on a lr exchange engine poor old rusty has finally died.. I can't even be bothered to look too deeply into the engine as its got water in the oil, missing and puffing steam and we all know what that means!.. So.. I have in the workshop a tired but rebuildable spare 4.2...

it was nice to have an easy result this time.. To be fair in the decade I've had the car it's rarely run badly and other than one coil, lots of plugs and a pair of lambdas it's needed nowt in the running dept. it's usually rubbish bushes or transmission bits that fail! The full system was a...

Thanks guys, took me a while to find the time to fiddle with the old girl. I'm not entirely sure what fixed it but it's running sweetly again now.. I checked the timing which was a couple of degrees out, guess that tired old timing chain is getting longer.. Checked base idle roughly and fitted...

Ok weird one but I've just stuck a stainless system & fanny moulds on the old girl (lse) and I assure you I touched nowt else and despite knowing she's due an engine rebuild that I've not finished yet the car always ran and idled fine but now it's doing the start up rev malarkey and the idle is...

Thanks 300, I don't doubt you as you seem to know your onions regarding v8's. I've done a lot of development work on race bikes and seen massive gains from properly developed systems, even on stock engines. we once worked out a link pipe for a stock race class 1000cc twin which gave an extra 25%...

Ok, I confess I haven't done a search through old threads in this one but wondered what opinions were on what works best, if there's any appreciable difference at all in exhaust manifolds?? I'm mid build on a refreshed 4.2 for my lse, nothing crazy but I have fitted over size valves and done...

Thanks wammers, I had considered that as a precaution and also in the hope but might kinda double up as an additional lube :D