Recent content by jimmies

I'll let you all know when I have her home ( tues or wed ) and the inevitable happens. It's had new brake discs, pads, front arms and a major service....so I'm 'hoping' I'll be ok for a month or two

I tried to scare myself by looking at dirty pictures of my old td5

I'm just hoping the big things go wrong before the 6 month warranty runs out :D......or I've found the unicorn unbreakable one

Get her early next week Guess the first issue I'll have and you win a prize 4.4l tdv8 autobiography, 140k, fsh,

I've plunged back into the JLR pit after a few years away and this time I've got myself a 4.4l FFRR....I was going between old D3's...slightly newer D4 and ended up with a FFRR

well I'm happy to report that it survived a 230 mile journey south - I had the Nanocom set-up and the coolant temp stayed in the 85 to 86 range the whole way.....so looks like it was successful. Lets hope it lasts now! Need to refill the a/c....can I do this as DIY or is it best left to the...

I also took the starter apart and cleaned it all up and it starts with no problems now. When my repair kit gets here I will change out the contacts though. The starter is quite easy to remove

I did forget the fan....! It's on now, but thankfully it was a cool day so it made no difference to coolant temp.

Took her for a longer journey and all was well. The nanocom was showing coolant temp staying between 84 and 86. When I had the limp mode kick in it went up to 117. I've whipped the starter off and ordered the repair kit so hopefully that will come early next week. Then I had a trip down south...

Well..... Firstly there was a leak around the new thermostat.... I hate those clips! Secondly the starter was just clicking and not turning over.... After a couple of minutes and about 30 turns of the key she came to life.... Spluttering at first and then smoothed out. It looks like I have...

I did remember this and is now on

Right then...day of truth I'm mostley certain that eveything is where is should be and all that is left is to put anti-freeze in, connect the battery and switch her on Wish me luck :eek:

I've installed the rocker shaft and adjusted the pins for the injectors as per the rave manual. manually turned the engine loads and I don't seem to be hitting any valves so it must all still be correctly timed for the crankshaft pin timing hole....I'm assuming that oil will come out if I...