So having a niggling prob with my offroad toy. She is an 87 classic 3.5 v8 Auto. I have fitted her with SU carbs which were stipped, cleaned and fitted with new floats and needles before being fitted. Fuelling is via a redtop facet with a fuel regulator up front. Starts fine with full choke so...

Hi wammers, thanks for the reply. Ok Ill give that a whirl tomorrow and report back! I really dont want to have to take that arm off as looks like an arse. That and I hate using my anglegrinder lying on my back as always seem to burn my head lol. So hope it can be resolved jut by tightening it...

sorry my bad, its a Range Rover Classic , thanks

So finally got my truck running ok the other day, and drove it up the hill (first time on the road) to the village and back to sort out the pinking. Coming back down the hill, only doing about 50mph it did a mental speed wobble and frightened the begeezers out of me. So took a look...

Hi guys, took my bobtailed rangy out for a test drive today after getting it up and running. However there is clicky noise from up front. Its not there all the time, but if i kick down (auto) there is a clicking noise. It almost sounds like a knocking crank, but if I rev the engine in neutral...

sorry should say LIFT not LIFE

So I fitted some su's (HIF's)on my 3.5 V8. They ran fine but where peeing fuel out the overflows at idle. Had them appart, checked floats for holes etc etc put back togeather, fitted a sytec fuel pressure reg and set to 2 psi, and replaced the needles but then it wouldnt start. Had them...

btw its a 3.5 v8 (auto although dont think it makes a difference)

as title says, does anyone know where I can get just a starter solenoid rather than havin to buy the whole motor??? I traced a non starting fault to a loose bolt where all the wires connected to the solenoid. Some total muppet had used a steel nut with the wrong type of thread on the copper...

ok robrennie, thanks for the input. Its interesting to know that it can be run and will change gear ok without it. I know what you mean as sometimes when autos kick down they tend to rev the guts off the engine, way more than I would if I was driving it if it was a manual. I'll try it both...

ok, thats what i wanted to hear, sounds simple enough. Thanks for the info!!! :D

Hi guys, I'm changing my v8 bobtail back to carbs. Was efi but only part of the sysytem was there as I bought it as a project, so more economical & less hassle for me to change back to carbs. I like carbs and plus i just like mechanical systems. Anyway on the throttle linkage there's the...

right, so spent all afternoon fiddling and it still wont go, really starting to annoy me now! Bought 2 new relays, for fuel pumps and they areclicking away fine. Checked the trigger wire, thats fine, cleaned all the ternminals where that goes into relay, swapped that relay for a new...

ok so put the fuel pump wire back how it should be (not bodged witha consatnt live) and now the fuel pump is dead. Where i'm at so far is the 2 relays by the ecu are clicking fine. i checked the trigger wire you talk of, cleaned it up, looks ok. On my car it goes into another relay which is...

ah i have seen those 2 relays you are talking about! ill give them a test! The fuel rail is my next port of call a s the fuel pump and post filter are all good, so will have a look at that later, i got frustrated last night and went to the pub instead !lol thanks for the help!

truck is a range rover (freg) bobtail pickup so as its been modified it seems the location of quite a few electrical bits n bobs are in different places. engine is hotwire btw she'll start/run momenterily on easystart but wont run. I've just put a new fuel pump on but the live was dead so...

Hi guys , just picked up my bobtail rangie pickup project yesterday. She's a 3.5 efi. Its bright blue and you cant miss it so if you where held up yesterday late afternoon by a very slow moving merc estate with this on the back in the bournemouth/salisbury/warminster area i appologise!lol...

Hi guys, basically borrowed the dizzy off my 3.9 classic for another project, put it on and the engine ran straight away. Then... went and put the dizzy back on my rangy and now it wont start. Just fires intermittently. I marked the body in relation to the engine but not the position of the...

Hi guys, need to replace the high pressure braided hose that goes from the abs pump to the accumulator on my 1990 3.9efi classic, as its leaking quite badly. The new one should be here tomorrow so is it: A) a simple case of unbolt the old and stick the new one on and the system will re...

yea that was my thoughts about the pressure. I did look and it was all pretty wet under there, it was just that hose looked to be weeping, and the underside of the bonnet had a patch of fluid on it like it had been spraying upwards. Are the blocks prone to going? what would I be looking for...