Recent content by ali86

i have a 04 vogue having a issue with battery drain tried a few things eventually got to the bottom of it by unplugging the heater control pannel cant seem to find the relay harness anywhere ?

Yeah carbs have been off and cleaned it's electronic ignition new coil leads plugs cap rotor arm and pickup, fairly confident it's fueling as plugs are dry if it was a spark issue the plugs would be wet?

It has a new fuel pump in it if it was that would it not just fire back up once it stalled? the pump is still working as it's situated right beside the passenger seat and I can see/ hear it and fuel is still returning to the tank. it runns perfect for about 15/20 minutes and that's it, after...

Yeah I thought it might be that too, they were bad for it weren't they? No solution for it either is there? Not sure about the needle il have a look,

Iv been building a bobtail rrc v8 think it's stormberg carbs on it got it up and running runs perfect when it's cold/warm but once it's hot it cuts out and won't start for 5-10 minutes then will only run for a few minutes any thoughts ? Thanks

Thanks for your In put yeah iv googled it turned nothing up either think il try source a injection system for the v8 chuck the carbs hopefully be a bit more reliable

Iv got a old vw lt35 sitting with a straight 6 turbo diesel no engine management in it, not sure what to do about the gearbox wondering if someone on here would know

I have been building a bobtail Range Rover it has a 3.9 in it just now runs rubbish ! Was thinking of putting in a vw 6 cylinder turbo diesel in it just wondering if anyone had done it ? (Just because I have one sitting) Cheers.

Ok thanks

Hi the hg has gone on my disco just wondered what gasket thickness to get I've not got the head off yet some places just say they just fit the 3 hole ones ? Thanks alister

Looks like head gasket just drove about 10 miles with no issue heaters workin fine and temp as it should be then all of a sudden heaters go cold and temp gauge shoots to the top and blows the water out??

And when I pour water in the thermostat housing plug it runs back to the expansion tank

Hi having a problem with overheating bit of a strange one it will be fine for a while I could drive it for a few hours then all of a sudden it will blow the water out the cap or I could drive it for 10 minutes switch it off and when I start it there is no heaters I've replaced the thermostat and...

think im goin to get the Terrafirma light load shocks and springs thanks for your help

aye ballater will do goin to take a while