From Elder: Been away a while, might not be back for a little longer.

Bulldog screwed up my ADSL. They have tried to give me back a static
IP and screwed the connection for nearly a week, so no home internet.

Update is, there is still an ignition problem with the rangie so it is
being sold once I get it running.

The replacement has been bought so at least I'm still mobile. I'll
keep you all waiting for what over excessive piece of thirsty tat I've
bought now. But I like this one, and so does the missus and not just
for the massage seats.

Won't be posting much from work as I hate google groups and personal
internet access is restricted lunch break.

See you all soon.

On 17 May, 12:51, carl.rob... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

The replacement has been bought so at least I'm still mobile. I'll
keep you all waiting for what over excessive piece of thirsty tat I've
bought now. But I like this one, and so does the missus and not just
for the massage seats.

2CV? (Or a LS400 maybe?)

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On 17 May, 12:51, carl.rob... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

The replacement has been bought so at least I'm still mobile. I'll
keep you all waiting for what over excessive piece of thirsty tat
I've bought now. But I like this one, and so does the missus and not
just for the massage seats.

2CV? (Or a LS400 maybe?)

WTF can you buy for Carl money with massage seats?

I do hope he hasn't bought an LS400... this could get expensively funny.


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Golf GTi Mk2 2.0 8v
Wood and Pickett Range Rover V8 Turbo
Golf GTi Mk1 (For Sale)
OMF#9

Currently listening to The White Stripes

Mike P wrote:

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On 17 May, 12:51, carl.rob... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:


The replacement has been bought so at least I'm still mobile. I'll
keep you all waiting for what over excessive piece of thirsty tat
I've bought now. But I like this one, and so does the missus and not
just for the massage seats.

2CV? (Or a LS400 maybe?)

WTF can you buy for Carl money with massage seats?

I do hope he hasn't bought an LS400... this could get expensively funny.




I know what he's bought :-) I've been in contact with him about buying the
Rangie and he's let slip what he's bought. I'll leave it to him to tell you
though :-)

I vote for this as smuggest post of the year so far.

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Douglas

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On 17 May, 12:51, carl.rob... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

The replacement has been bought so at least I'm still mobile. I'll
keep you all waiting for what over excessive piece of thirsty tat
I've bought now. But I like this one, and so does the missus and not
just for the massage seats.

2CV? (Or a LS400 maybe?)

WTF can you buy for Carl money with massage seats?

I do hope he hasn't bought an LS400... this could get expensively funny.

I know what he's bought :-) I've been in contact with him about buying the
Rangie and he's let slip what he's bought. I'll leave it to him to tell you
though :-)

Mike P

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On 17 May, 12:51, carl.rob... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

The replacement has been bought so at least I'm still mobile. I'll
keep you all waiting for what over excessive piece of thirsty tat
I've bought now. But I like this one, and so does the missus and
not just for the massage seats.

2CV? (Or a LS400 maybe?)

WTF can you buy for Carl money with massage seats?

I do hope he hasn't bought an LS400... this could get expensively
funny.

I know what he's bought :-) I've been in contact with him about
buying the Rangie and he's let slip what he's bought. I'll leave it
to him to tell you though :-)

Mike P

That Rangie he's got is ok y'know. I think it's just the ignition module on
the dizzy (Dizzy is a 35LM8 I think), solid as it needs to be, expensive
suspension, body is a bit scruffy but it's a good ol' think. Could probably
do with a cam and / or followers and definately needs a waterpump but it's
not a shed by any means.

I think he's mental getting shut of it, if I didn't have the turbo one I'd
be interested in it, put it that way.

Easy to fix, an hour would have it running really sweetly, I have a Rangie I
can pinch bits off if you need anything for it. (I'm not stripping the
engine though).

I also know where there's a nice 3.9 engine in a scrapyard..




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Golf GTi Mk2 2.0 8v
Wood and Pickett Range Rover V8 Turbo
Golf GTi Mk1 (For Sale)
OMF#9

Currently listening to The White Stripes

In article <f2ij8h$fsk$1 (AT) registered (DOT) motzarella.org>,
Pete M <pete.murray (AT) bogoffwithzepressedmeatblueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

That Rangie he's got is ok y'know. I think it's just the ignition module
on the dizzy (Dizzy is a 35LM8 I think),

35 DML8 if it's the same as the Vitesse, etc.

Ask for a Lucas DAB 118 as a replacement amp. It's meant to be a better
design - and I've certainly found mine reliable to date. It looks near
enough the same and fits straight on, but has a three pin plug (only two
used) rather than the two of the original and they supply a plug with it.
I made up a new loom from coil to distributor (only the two wires) and
kept the old one with plug just in case. The colours are white and
white/black, so some Maplin 2.5mm speaker wire does the job for pennies
and looks the part.

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*I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce

Dave Plowman dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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Pete M <pete.murray (AT) bogoffwithzepressedmeatblueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
That Rangie he's got is ok y'know. I think it's just the ignition
module on the dizzy (Dizzy is a 35LM8 I think),

35 DML8 if it's the same as the Vitesse, etc.

That'll be the one.

Ask for a Lucas DAB 118 as a replacement amp. It's meant to be a
better design - and I've certainly found mine reliable to date. It
looks near enough the same and fits straight on, but has a three pin
plug (only two used) rather than the two of the original and they
supply a plug with it. I made up a new loom from coil to distributor
(only the two wires) and kept the old one with plug just in case. The
colours are white and white/black, so some Maplin 2.5mm speaker wire
does the job for pennies and looks the part.

The Plowman, he speaketh sense.


--
Pete M - Using the Scouse Side of the Force -
Golf GTi Mk2 2.0 8v
Wood and Pickett Range Rover V8 Turbo
Golf GTi Mk1 (For Sale)
OMF#9

Currently listening to The White Stripes

On May 18, 1:37 am, "Pete M"
<pete.mur... (AT) bogoffwithzepressedmeatblueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

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In article <f2ij8h$fs... (AT) registered (DOT) motzarella.org>,
Pete M <pete.mur... (AT) bogoffwithzepressedmeatblueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
That Rangie he's got is ok y'know. I think it's just the ignition
module on the dizzy (Dizzy is a 35LM8 I think),

35 DML8 if it's the same as the Vitesse, etc.

That'll be the one.



Ask for a Lucas DAB 118 as a replacement amp. It's meant to be a
better design - and I've certainly found mine reliable to date. It
looks near enough the same and fits straight on, but has a three pin
plug (only two used) rather than the two of the original and they
supply a plug with it. I made up a new loom from coil to distributor
(only the two wires) and kept the old one with plug just in case. The
colours are white and white/black, so some Maplin 2.5mm speaker wire
does the job for pennies and looks the part.

The Plowman, he speaketh sense.

I do like driving it, but compared the replacement, it is fun but

slow.
The replacement is smooth, fast, almost mint, and while no service
history, condition shows it has been looked after, that and the fact
that it was once a diplomatic car. And nobody wants the ambassador to
break down and embarrass their country,

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Pete M <pete.murray (AT) bogoffwithzepressedmeatblueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
That Rangie he's got is ok y'know. I think it's just the ignition module
on the dizzy (Dizzy is a 35LM8 I think),

35 DML8 if it's the same as the Vitesse, etc.

Did the Vittesse not have a different drive to the oil pump ?

I've got what I think is a Vitesse lump in my Bowler project and the
35DML8 to go in has a the usual "male" drive where the out going
distributor has the "female" drive you would find in the oil pump, if
that makes sense !

http://anoraks.uk.net/gallery/album04/DSC06034

Bottom one is the distributor that came out, I hope it's just a simple
matter of swapping the oil pump.

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Cheers, Geoff.
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