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If you lock the car you immobilise it. If you unlock it but don't put the key in the ignition within how ever many seconds it immobilises itself unlock you press the fob - that's the passive immobilisation that is disbaled by the setting in the...

To be fair the battery must be nearly ten years old by now. Platinum battery - excellent.

Hope it's not cooking the battery 🤯 more likely it's just not charging enough/at all

My CDL is fine but the right key switch isn't. So it doesn't know the key is turning. Oddly, the original key #2 started working again after fiddling the BECM settings and then clearing RF memory. Key #4, a replacement, is having none of it. No...

Today's fault on turning the key: ALTERNATOR FAULT! FFS. Will check battery voltage when I get home. If that is OK, maybe I can get away with just replacing the gubbins in the top of the alternator?

Nice, you've done something that 99% of those models and their drivers have never done 👍

I don't know if you can see it sort of hanging down from my tailgate in the middle, below and between the E and R? Screen still has the pkastic protector on but gives an idea of quality.

Rimmer Bros sell the cam bolt. If you search my recent posts on coolant pressure I think I put the part number somewhere.

I think this is where I got my camera but frankly I don't think they are worth the money. https://www.reversingcamerasuk.com/flush-bumper-bullet-reversing-cameras.html

Ah, I misunderstood - so if the camera goes kaput - it still works as an ordinary reflective mirror?

I begin to suspect autocorrect. I sure as hell didn't mention crankshaft holding tool as there isn't one in the timing tool kit!

They don't turn faster, the mapping doesn't accept the engine has started until a slightly higher rpm.

Not the crank bolt, the cam bolt. Could have sworn I typed cam. I'll edit it.

To be fair I do have hot start fitted. You reset the static timing on the FIP as per RAVE but also you need to reset the cam bolt (need to use a new one as it is a stretch bolt) using a shim under the camshaft holding tool. A decent battery and...

I imagine that the software is contained in the logic board, otherwise it would have been sufficient to replace the power board with subsequent software respecting the low/highline of the BECM. it would be too easy and everyone would do it🤣

Yeah, the ones I got (put a forward facing one in the front bumper at wading depth) were supposed to be waterproof but conked out in the first river crossing. They did come back online when they dried out but a few more dunkings and the front one...

I'd have to try and find the paperwork. It was years ago and prices are way cheaper now. Pretty sure it was a Sony bullet cam of sone sort. It was good quality for the time but tines have moved on.

Most people do!

I mounted the camera in the tailgate light section above the two-bar. Very useful for towing. I have a standalone screen on the dash but have to fold it flat for the MoT test. Possibly the sat-nav unit might be repurposed if you have one. I...

That sounds about right. Must have been using up stock. Mine was built May 1995 iirc.

mine was registered in March 1995 but the Becm production date was December 1994. In previous messages I was referring to the fact that in an old discussion Rick the Pick advised not to disable the EKA (perhaps he was referring to the previous...

AA were the same with me. Now with Auto Aid but never had to use them.

My chains are original at nearly 180000 miles, let alone kilometres, and they show no signs of wear still. Had a look when I had the cylinder head off a few weeks back.

Spare parts are starting to arrive, I immediately compared the new chains with the old ones: here is the situation 30 years and 186,000 km later. I actually suspect it was changed because it has little stretch and there was putty in some places...

maybe it just needs an italian tune-up to clear out the cats.. and the system in general

I've got a syringe with a bit of tube over the end and the needle fitted in the other end of that tube. Great for sucking diesel out of the injector Wells.

Mine's a '95 and my version is 36, I think. Marty and I went through a stack of BECMs once and came to the conclusion that only early 1994 models have the earlier software.

You are correct that on pre V36 EKA cannot be entered via Nanocom. However as far as I know, if the Immobiliser function is set to off, EKA should never be needed because as I said, mobilisation becomes an automatic function. In the unlikely...

Replaced the b*st*rd leak off pipe to #1. Seems cutting the end off lasted about a day. Those leak off pipes appear to be single use and harden in the heat. Once fitted you can't disturb them without having to replace them. Cleaned the engine...

Poor and happy like me. Little traffic where I am, no VED on my 4 vehicles, low council tax, lots of space around me, better weather, what's not to like?