'Fred' Thread

[wrinklearthur]

Washed 'Fred' and rubbed a little more of the bonnet down, It's good therapy for body and mind.
Looked under the bonnet as well, that was a waste of time as nothing was needed to be done, at least the power steering pump isn't leaking fluid anymore.

Washed underneath and then inspected for any problems caused by a rock last weekend, everything looked fine, no dents and not one oil leak ( don't tell anyone that some Land Rovers do retain their fluids sometimes ).
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[libertyts]

Washed 'Fred' and rubbed a little more of the bonnet down, It's good therapy for body and mind.
Looked under the bonnet as well, that was a waste of time as nothing was needed to be done, at least the power steering pump isn't leaking fluid anymore.

Washed underneath and then inspected for any problems caused by a rock last weekend, everything looked fine, no dents and not one oil leak ( don't tell anyone that some Land Rovers do retain their fluids sometimes ).
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Well, the other explanation is you have just plain run out!

Chris

[wrinklearthur]

That's been done before today, dump all the diff and gearbox oils prior to going in for a rego check.
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[gazby]

Arthur, I like the way you think, I have used that same trick.
I've had lots of "Pommy" machines over the past 48 years, and usually the only time they stop leaking oil is if there is none left in the Sump/diffs/gearbox etc. But ahhhhhh...............they got so much character, ya gotta love 'em.

[wrinklearthur]

Drove 'Fred' down town yesterday and came back missing a tooth.

Had two others fixed and ground into place so they can bite better.



'Fred' as always ---- sometimes ---- almost all the time ----- ran reliably .
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[Judo]

As long as those teeth aren't made from rubber, all is good.

[wrinklearthur]

As long as those teeth aren't made from rubber, all is good.

I was in the Dentist chair when the tooth went missing.

[wrinklearthur]

There is a trip organised by Me for the Land rovers Owners Club of Tasmania for this Sunday coming, it is a visit to the Pinnacle of Mount Dromedary and is open to visitors who are slightly disabled and unable to bushwalk any distance.

My good lady and myself took 'Fred' for a recce today to see what is involved in getting the group to a point about 100 metres below the summit. After poking about on various side tracks we arrived at the desired location, then getting out to check about and stretch our legs.

we didn't try to climb as time was getting on and the sun was about to set, so we decided to head for home and turned the key on 'Fred'. It didn't happen! 'Fred''s starter motor didn't make the slightest sound.

Turned the headlights on to see if it was a recurrence of the battery and alternator not getting on together or was it a crook current part?
The headlights stayed bright while I tried the key so that told me the problem was most likely between the starter solenoid and the key switch, but what and SWMBO was laying the law down, " get this thing going - your got to be joking " and other words to that effect.

I could hear the fuel cutout solenoid on the injector pump working so thought if I could bump start it 'Fred' should run. Lucky me, I had brought along a handful of recovery gear which included a old one ton ratchet hand winch and a length of tie down chain. The gradient wasn't too bad and I soon had 'Fred' in a position to run start him. A burst of black smoke issued from the exhaust and 'Fred' was ready for action.

We heading for home down the track that took a couple of hours to get in on, wasting no time we were driving along in the dark and a hole in the road I couldn't avoid loomed out of the gloom, bang! We hit it rather solidly and straight away the RHS headlight went dark. But! that's not all, we didn't get steak knives, we got Hazard flashers. So I reasoned that I could still see and the engine was running I kept 'Fred' going, down the track to the bitumen road and back to our place, SWMBO was so pleased to be home.

Meanwhile the hazard flashers are still going brightly, so parked in the yard I shut 'Fred's' engine off and the hazard flashers were still working !!! What to do??? maybe should disconnect the battery I thought, but as one does something in the grey matter stirred. Could there be a fault in the inner workings of 'Fred', inside the 'immobilizer' ? I tried the starter and away 'Fred' went and the hazard flashers stopped.

After trying the starter a few more times without any problems, I got out to do something about the headlamp, ---- well here was the headlight unclipped at the top and looking at the ground, a bit of a thump and all was fixed.

The question now is, do I leave well alone or do I pull 'Fred' apart looking for a fault that may not reoccur ?

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[gazby]

Is "Fred" auto or manual trannny? If it's an auto could be the neutral/park switch is out of adjustment, if not it looks like you may have a fault in the immobiliser Arthur, you should be able to bypass that unnecessary bit of technology without too much trouble, fit a "hot wire" starter switch bypass device for such emergencies, just in case you are unable to repair the immobiliser.
This will avoid further possibility of coming under the wrath of "the good lady" on a future occasion and could maybe save your reputation along with that of the "venerable Fred"!
That's why I like my Disco "S", the only concession to electronics is the power windows and Central locking (when it all works!). Gaz

[wrinklearthur]

Is "Fred" auto or manual trannny? If it's an auto could be the neutral/park switch is out of adjustment, if not it looks like you may have a fault in the immobiliser Arthur, you should be able to bypass that unnecessary bit of technology without too much trouble, fit a "hot wire" starter switch bypass device for such emergencies, just in case you are unable to repair the immobiliser.
This will avoid further possibility of coming under the wrath of "the good lady" on a future occasion and could maybe save your reputation along with that of the "venerable Fred"!
That's why I like my Disco "S", the only concession to electronics is the power windows and Central locking (when it all works!). Gaz

Hi Gaz

'Fred' is a manual and hasn't put a foot wrong the whole time since that incident . I would say that you are right and the immobiliser has developed a dry solder joint, it's a bit of a pain to get out but I will be doing that soon.

Spent a bit of time on 'Fred' washing, polishing the pin strips out, then using a bit of tyre black around the tyres, trim and bumpers. It came up pretty nice except for the bonnet that I needed to finish rubbing down, the bonnet really did spoil the look of the car so I did a naughty, grabbed a spray tin of hammertone blue and gave the bonnet a quick coat. 'Fred' looks quite smart now.

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