Clearing slow 35mph max fault on coil springs

Sporticus said:

ermmmm....

so its pin 7 to pin 18then?

Wish I hadnt asked now,lol.

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Dont worry mate made me :hysterically_laughi:hysterically_laughi
Hope you get sorted.

Bix said:

I read these comments and all I can think is none of you know how to drive.
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if you're concerned about rolling, you're driving too fast for a public road anyway.

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What about emergency evasive manoeuvres such as the infamous Elk test? (Which flipped a Defender - only the 3rd ever car to fail.)

Correct, you are more likely to roll the car doing an high speed evasive maneuver on a motorway with a Rangie on coils than with one on air. That is why the EAS has the motorway setting built into it.

wammers said:

Would have to be a bloody long bend.

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Maybe so, but the EAS will try to level the vehicle as soon a height sensor moves...outer will try to raise/ inner will try to lower...

Bix said:

I read these comments and all I can think is none of you know how to drive.

I take my Range Rover on coils around corners faster than most normal road cars and so far I'm yet to have a single wheel lift off of the ground, it feels like the doorhandles will scrape soon but never had a wheel up. The only exception being when I clipped the raised mud apex which had me on 2 wheels for a few seconds, but would in any car.

If doing 60 round a tight bend isn't enough to roll it then rolling isn't a concern, you'll never come across a bend fast enough to roll it. Yes, I'd rather I had air over coils, but honestly, if you're concerned about rolling, you're driving too fast for a public road anyway.

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I've personally seen a couple 90/110's and 3 RRC's on their sides over the years.

zzr1200 said:

Maybe so, but the EAS will try to level the vehicle as soon a height sensor moves...outer will try to raise/ inner will try to lower...





I've personally seen a couple 90/110's and 3 RRC's on their sides over the years.

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No it won't, do you seriously think the EAS levels the suspension over every bump in the road and on every corner. It just does not happen.

I suggest getting a 25mph speed limiter as well as big air cushions surrounding the vehicle just so there's no possible way you can drive badly and hurt yourself. while we're on the subject of safety you're no longer allowed mud terrain tyres, they reduce road performance. is that an unauthorised air freshener attached to your rear view mirror? that's got to go, it could distract you. I've just decided that all vehicles now have to be the same highviz colour so that they can be seen at a distance, and they'll be fitted with a siren so no one can miss them.

wammers said:

No it won't, do you seriously think the EAS levels the suspension over every bump in the road and on every corner. It just does not happen.

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He's on about active roll mitigation from later land rovers and rangies.

Aint that ACE?

tombardier said:

He's on about active roll mitigation from later land rovers and rangies.

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That's as maybe, but we are talking P38s here not pimp mobiles.

tombardier said:

I suggest getting a 25mph speed limiter as well as big air cushions surrounding the vehicle just so there's no possible way you can drive badly and hurt yourself. while we're on the subject of safety you're no longer allowed mud terrain tyres, they reduce road performance. is that an unauthorised air freshener attached to your rear view mirror? that's got to go, it could distract you. I've just decided that all vehicles now have to be the same highviz colour so that they can be seen at a distance, and they'll be fitted with a siren so no one can miss them.

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Only emergency vehicles can have sirens. But i suppose if you are in a rush to get home from the pub after a good session that may count as an emergency.

The pimp mobiles of today are the p38's with endless eas problems of tomorrow

StuckAgainSteve said:

What about emergency evasive manoeuvres such as the infamous Elk test? (Which flipped a Defender - only the 3rd ever car to fail.)

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I've had to carry out two to date, one at ~60 and the other doing motorway speeds. Both on the same day.

The latter was coming up the A1M when a woman in the outside lane hit some water after braking hard (it was one of those days) the stability control made her drift into my lane, not wishing to trade paint samples I escaped from the middle lane into the inside lane then had to pull back into middle lane quickly so I didn't see if my airbags would deploy after being imprinted in the back of a HGV. Very close but no problems.

To be fair the need for that would've been averted if everyone does 70 on the motorway. I was probably doing 74ish and the car coming along side me was clearly touching a ton when she realised the car in front of her was only doing ~80. The closing speeds were so high she had to brake so hard I imagine poo came out.


The former experince at it was on the same day, I was almost home after completing my trip to London and back, I only had 4 to go until I could taste the coffee when a van pulled out of a hidden drive way straight into my path, he stopped but too late to prevent his front tyres landing on the road. As I was too close for brakes I get to have a second pop and carrying out the ET. I didn't end in a ditch on fire then either. Although the owner of said drive way has since trimmed his hedges and placed some makeshift signs warning that it is there, which is nice.

So there you go, two examples of a P38 on coils carrying out an Elk Test without ending up on the door handles.

That all said, you should always drive within the capabilities of yourself and your vehicle, I wouldn't dream of doing that with one of the team Defenders because they have such a high CoG you'd end up dead twice.

Just the one twitchy bum moment for me on coils, probably 20 yrs ago, rrc 2 door, uprated coils and Koni shocks, on motorway 75 outside lane, had to stamp hard on middle pedal, went into some weird harmonic pitching motion, with the occasional yaw in there just to make it interesting. Bucking bronko! Well, that's what I think I said.

Other than that, no worries. Although fitting roller skates on the door handles did help.