Having grown tired of trying to get the Lightweight's ignition system running properly, having replaced the plugs, points condenser and coil, plus overhauling everything else, I bit the bullet and fitted a new 12V ignition system. It's … [Continue reading]
Range Rover Light Washers and Alarm
A little while ago, an annoying glitch occurred on the RRC. When arming and disarming the alarm/immobiliser, it all functioned correctly but the hazard lights no longer flashed (3 short flashes arming and one long flash disarming is normal). The … [Continue reading]
Range Rover Door Issues
I finally found the time to sort a bunch of minor issues with the Range Rovers doors, namely a faulty electric window switch on a rear door, rattling lock mechanisms, a rattling and loose (stripped threads) upper tail gate handle, rattling tail gate … [Continue reading]
RRC Update
Not a lot to report here other than that the overhauled brakes are performing really well with no more ABS or ETC warning lights (the HD front drive flanges are probably partly responsible for that too). The hazard lights stopped flashing on alarm … [Continue reading]
Lightweight Update
We still haven't got the Lightweight running properly yet, though it is much improved. The engine starts easily and now runs smoothly at idle at all speeds, and pulls pretty well - we can now get 60mph out of it - but still misfires on the over-run … [Continue reading]
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