glasgowkiss
Active Member
Hi guys
I love landy's. I've a '51 plate disco which was my first, love, but now the "mistress" a 1972 series 3 has taken that place.
All is well, she performed well on a recent RTV with the club, but today she went on fire: electrical, and from behind the dashboard. I took the facia off and discovered that the red and black power outlet points were to blame, as one wasn't secured. so, several inches of duct tape later, the power problem was gone.
On my way home from today's jaunt, she stuttered once, and then 10 miles later, died on me. It was like I just turned the ignition key off; no power, no stuttering, just a slow and painful grind to a halt.
The ONLY things I did today were fill her up with unleaded and then added the fuel additive to make the unleaded to leaded thing go ok.
Also, I added a tube from the cap on top of the rocker cover to the air intake, as I noticed that was missing.
And, of course, I bled the clutch, as that was the concern regarding Bessie's health this week.
Having towed her home with my Disco II TD5, and pushed Bessie back into a parking space, I was regailing my neighbour with the events of today, and then reached into the cab through the drivers window in order to show Lee, what/why she wouldn'tn restart; onl to find that Bessie did start!
I bought the car on the 13th April, and for the past 3/4 years, it did 12 miles per week. 6 on a Monday, and then 6 back home on a Friday.
I've done 500 miles in her and all has been well until now.
So, any ideas as to what I should be doing?
Ciao4now
K
I love landy's. I've a '51 plate disco which was my first, love, but now the "mistress" a 1972 series 3 has taken that place.
All is well, she performed well on a recent RTV with the club, but today she went on fire: electrical, and from behind the dashboard. I took the facia off and discovered that the red and black power outlet points were to blame, as one wasn't secured. so, several inches of duct tape later, the power problem was gone.
On my way home from today's jaunt, she stuttered once, and then 10 miles later, died on me. It was like I just turned the ignition key off; no power, no stuttering, just a slow and painful grind to a halt.
The ONLY things I did today were fill her up with unleaded and then added the fuel additive to make the unleaded to leaded thing go ok.
Also, I added a tube from the cap on top of the rocker cover to the air intake, as I noticed that was missing.
And, of course, I bled the clutch, as that was the concern regarding Bessie's health this week.
Having towed her home with my Disco II TD5, and pushed Bessie back into a parking space, I was regailing my neighbour with the events of today, and then reached into the cab through the drivers window in order to show Lee, what/why she wouldn'tn restart; onl to find that Bessie did start!
I bought the car on the 13th April, and for the past 3/4 years, it did 12 miles per week. 6 on a Monday, and then 6 back home on a Friday.
I've done 500 miles in her and all has been well until now.
So, any ideas as to what I should be doing?
Ciao4now
K