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
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 f*ck did you get a 101 though the door?
LOL!!!!
Sneak in behind a Challenger tank?
Dodging the bollards, of course....
Richard
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
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!
Probably will only be here at weekends etc, but you cannot really miss him out front tonight!
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
Line straight up. Thats how I remember it Steve
mine is now in a box in the loft and i have a normal switch for my lights instead!
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 shit 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?
the thing is fine, if i
does it, but you mask it
timing chain issue that i
the parping when you get
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 that will fit?
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.
sometimes old people pull over and get out of your way. made me smile for days :)
Nige uttered summat worrerz funny about:
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.
If it's the one I'm thinking it's the flap for the air vent.
If it doesn't fire up it'll be one of two things.
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.
:-D hence my 'ickle bunch.... I should have given you the T shirt ;-)
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.
Instant landrover show on parking... just add wannabe rivet counter ;-)
Nige uttered summat worrerz funny about:
It's a Morph thing.... mine is fine now.
lol!
Lee D
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 uttered summat worrerz funny about:
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
I'm using quotefix, I HATE all other newsreaders i have tried, tell me what to do & it will be done!
Reads fine here but I'm using quotefix too...... Hows mine to everyone else as in if you keep reading now are you going off the page or have you got a
42" monitor in which case I'm highly jealous and you can suffer ;-)Lee D
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