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Dec 17, 2014 11:09:37 GMT
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Bummer, frustrating indeed! Will you be able to recoup much cost through the sale of the donor? Unfortunately, the donor vehicle belongs to someone else who just fancied trying coils. He say's he hasn't got the patience to rebuild the valve block, which is the problem, so wants to swop. To be fair, given what I'm saving on bags, compressors and so on, I can't complain. Just a shame that the UK supplier, despite having year and VIN for the vehicle sent me stuff for a later car. Still never mind, they've never cocked up before. Vehicle still down in Alabang and I'm waiting to hear the prognosis for its return.  |
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Dec 17, 2014 13:00:57 GMT
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As said before George, love this write up. And your bit about Tondo was fascinating.
Best of luck with the air.
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'03 Porsche 996 C2 3.6 - Sort of Retro
'84 Porsche 924 - Definitely Retro!
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Dec 17, 2014 14:11:34 GMT
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Just a shame that the UK supplier, despite having year and VIN for the vehicle sent me stuff for a later car. Still never mind, they've never cocked up before. Might not be the suppliers fault - a few years ago (nearly 10 years ago god where has the time gone  ) I had an interesting time replacing an alternator on a 24v Granada as 3 different motor factors supplied the wrong part, turned out it was wrong in the parts catalogues. I am very much enjoying the write up  |
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I will get round to finishing it at some point
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Whoo hoo. My baby's back safe and sound! Off to a meeting soon so I'll get some pics up later, but she flies up and down like a good 'un! "Appy boy.  |
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Okay so me meeting's been put back to 2pm, so I'll stick some pics up now.
The shop is over in a place called Las Piñas (pronounced Pinias - stop tittering at the back) near Alabang on a small industrial site. I stayed over on Tuesday night which was fortuitous as one of my clients lives over that way and asked me to meet him for a beer that night which resulted in a nice chunk of work. That's the conversion paid for!
So first up was a herd of dead Chevy Suburbans...
Anyone’s guess as to what they were doing all the way out there.
And, as always, there’ll be an Irish Bar
The protagonists await…
First bag goes on…
Can't believe how simple this all is. Two clips, push in the airline and the job's jobbed. Have no problem doing them myself in the future. The axle is only dropped down that far to remove the coils, normally you can leave the shockers attached.
Calls for a bit of a celebration – somewhat early as it transpired, but if all garages had this sort of hospitality, who cares about delays?
Compressor installed…
Ed, the top Land Rover guy gets to grips with the electrickery bits
And the results? Access height...
Standard height…
And extended...
Gonna get a nose bleed up there
This is the arch gap at extended…
Probably not going to get any rubbing there then.
Basically, the donor gave up its bags, compressor, some wiring and a relay as I'd forgotten to take a new one along. Had the height sensor problem not hit us, she'd have been ready Wednesday morning.
Top props goes to all the guys at Eurospec Motors of Alabang who did a sterling job and who will be getting a couple of crates of beer delivered on Saturday morning, as thanks, for their Christmas party!
Oh, and the valve block was amazingly put back together correctly. So I'll have a beer for me later as well.
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Nice work! You ought to go and buy a lottery ticket.... What were the chances you'd find another P38 owner out there that wanted to swap coils for bags?
Any appreciable difference to the ride quality?
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Are the suburbans left over's from a US airbase? Congestions on the conversion working though.
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Dec 18, 2014 10:52:50 GMT
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Cool! Nice one!
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www.Auto-tat.co.uk'96 Range Rover P38 DSE (daily driver) '71 Reliant Scimitar SE5 GTE 3.0ltr Jag V6 Conversion '79 Reliant Scimitar SE6A 3.0ltr 24valve Omega Conversion '85 Escort Cabrio 2.0 Zetec - Sold '91 BMW 525i - Sold '82 Cortina 2.9i Ghia Cosworth - Sold '72 VW Campervan - Sold '65 LandRover 88" - Sold
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Dec 18, 2014 10:55:25 GMT
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Glad to see you got the air install sorted! |
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Dec 18, 2014 11:00:04 GMT
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Sweet! Glad it all went well!
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Dec 18, 2014 12:43:57 GMT
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Cheers guys. I'm still smiling. Nice work! You ought to go and buy a lottery ticket.... What were the chances you'd find another P38 owner out there that wanted to swap coils for bags? Any appreciable difference to the ride quality? Chances? Somewhere between zero and one I guess. I was lucky to find the one! Especially that there can't be that many still on air here anyway. They make a big deal in the adverts pointing out they've been converted. There should be a right load of spares out there somewhere. As to the ride, my meeting today took me up that gentle meandering boulevard that is EDSA, possibly the busiest road on the planet with a surface like a ploughed field. It was like driving across a very smooth millpond on a calm day. Bloody lovely. It's also lost some body roll as well. Are the suburbans left over's from a US airbase? Congestions on the conversion working though. Dunno mate. They're all different colours which makes me think they were privately owned though. All the official US ones I see are black or grey. Mind, over the years there's been lots of people who've suddenly gained a lot of cash through government connections, bought expensive stuff, only to be ostracized, bankrupt and having to do one following an administration change. So lots of strange tackle dotted around. The garage owner hasn't had this unit long so doesn't know the history. Aye, she's been fine today, but it's early yet. Let's see if she stays that way. My thoughts exactly! Glad to see you got the air install sorted! Cheers Adam. Feels like it's been a long time coming! Sweet! Glad it all went well!
You and me both!
Just as a play, I deliberately induced a fault and then hooked up the Nanocom to clear and reset. Did what it said on the tin, so I'm a lot more confident if there are any issues. Really, with 3 month old bags, newly rebuilt valve block and a less than twelve month old reconditioned compressor, there's only really the ECU or valve servo driver that can realistically go wrong. And I know a certain red Range Rover with spares...
Couldn't resist it tonight as I knew I was meeting Madam and the girls for a bite to eat and they'd be riding home in the RR, so I set the height to extended when I parked up and then watched them trying to get in. Juvenile? Without doubt, but it made me smile. Just the once you understand.
The only downside is that because the ramps were full of dead BMWs I didn't get the chance to do any of the other jobs planned. Ah well, better borrow the ramp and my local "we changee oil" place for a morning.
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Dec 18, 2014 15:35:50 GMT
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Question: have I left RR along long enough for GeorgeB update? Answer: Yes. Awesome  Congrats on the smooth runnings. |
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Dec 18, 2014 20:18:54 GMT
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Good work old boy - delighted for you! Cheers Matt |
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Question: have I left RR along long enough for GeorgeB update? Answer: Yes. Awesome Congrats on the smooth runnings. Good work old boy - delighted for you! Cheers Matt
Cheers Guys
This thread needs some balance to it. You can't get away with just the lurid descriptions of the Toyota any more. We've seen the Hello Kitty workshop lamp..... We need photos of the new rims. Remember, 'pics, or it didn't happen'. Okay, you asked for it! These are delayed because the car took longer to fix than anticipated due to the need to order up some trim clips. In the end, she had 3 cousins on 12-hour shifts doing the guarding. Shame really, it'd look far better in pieces! So...  God they're awful  Nope, no better  Could be worse I suppose, they could be Hello Kitty pink! Oh, and whilst I'm at it... Have one of these  With a dead one of these  Plus some other expensive bits. Can't believe they've only got tiny single pot rear calipers!  Breakfast in the hotel  How often is "often"? And for those that enjoyed the "Tondo Tale" I may get around to uploading one I did last year on the lifecycle of the Filipina. Needless to say, it's a tad more lighthearted and, as it's the Spending Season, very topical. Leave it with me. |
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Get it posted George, sounds interesting! I share your opinion on those wheels as well...
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Dec 20, 2014 12:03:04 GMT
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Hmmm, where to start?
Headed off to Alabang this morning to drop the garage guys a right load of boozy stuff for their Christmas party tonight to say, "Ta ever so" for their graft this week.
On the RR with EAS, after driving for over 80kph for more than 30 seconds, the suspension should drop down to "highway height" from standard which means that instead of having the aerodynamics of a brick, you now have them of a lower brick. Cool.
Anyway, hit 80, continued to accelerate and BLAAAART, BLAAAART, FLASHING LIGHTS, altitude dropping fast, followed by a rather interesting graunging noise as the back tyres start to eat through the arch liners. A quick look in the mirror confirms that all is not well due to smoke. Hmm, hard shoulder around a yard wide but hey, no alternative. Yup, we’re on the bump stops or, strictly speaking, the bodywork.
Pull over, attach Nanocom (I think I'm going to start sleeping with this) and its showing a "Front left sensor out of calibration". Can’t clear fault so out, jack up front, re-set fault and whew, sorted. In the meantime the highway patrol had pulled up behind with all the lights going, placed a load of cones and had wandered over to see what was happening.
“Hey guys, thanks, but I think we’re good to go now.” Nonchalant. Put jack away, jump back in and wave the brave boys goodbye. “We follow you.” Sensible.
Bloody good job they did, as 30 seconds after reaching 80 again – see paragraph 4, above. Can’t do any less as there’s a stiff fine for being below minimum speed, which happens to be…80.
Jack, pump, reset, all happy. Say to guys, “Sorry, I’ll get off Skyway and use the old roads.” Sheepishly. They seemed (very) happy with this and again we waved goodbye as the next slip road was only 500 yards or so away.
Get to garage, with no further problems but all low speed stuff. “Hey guys, got you some booze for tonight.”
“Party cancelled”
“Why?”
“Ramon have heart attack last night, so in hospital.”
“Ah right, sorry to hear that but I’ll just stick all the bottles in the office anyway and you can have a late party. And whilst we’re at it, here’s my tale of woe…”
Five hours later, I hit the northbound Skyway without a hitch. Seems that the guy was trying to compensate for the larger tyres with the ECU settings and instead of just gently dropping an inch or so, the electronics threw a double six and gave up the ghost. Thus rendering me immobile. Just the newness wearing off, as my old boss used to say. Anyway, it’s now been reset so I have total manual override of the heights and it can’t do its own thing.
I’ve also decided to get a new compressor as well, then I know the status of all the kit and I’ll rebuild the existing as a spare. That way I know it’s to my standards rather than the slightly rattle-y current ones. Got a rebuild kit anyway and the one fitted was free, so why not?
Off to Rimmers website to stick an order in and remember they sent me a mail the other day with 50 quid off stuff if the order is over 275GBP. Brilliant!
No it’s not. The 275 is before shipping, etc, and if I hit that, then with courier charges, I breach the magical US$500 import into Philippines barrier.
So, got a compressor, a Crank Position Sensor as a spare and new rear view mirror (manual, not automatic) and just creep in under the USD import limit but also just under the discount. ARRRRGH.
Going back to the booze though – remember this is all local stuff in litres – 5 bottles of brandy, 2 rum, 2 gin, 2 tequila and 2 something else I can’t quite remember and the total? Twelve pounds fifty three pence. I questioned this in the shop and they were really apologetic, saying that they hadn’t rung anything in twice. I had to explain that I was asking about how cheap, not expensive
No wonder it’s more fun in the Philippines!
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Dec 20, 2014 12:24:56 GMT
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I share your opinion on those wheels as well... Glad it's not just me! |
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Dec 20, 2014 12:31:22 GMT
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Oh, and the two forgotten ones were vodka. Unlikely to have ever seen Northern Europe though.
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Dec 20, 2014 14:01:06 GMT
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Could you ask Rimmers to send it in two separate boxes to evade customs |
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Could you ask Rimmers to send it in two separate boxes to evade customs Well I could, although I rather use the term 'circumvent' as opposed to 'evade'. It sounds vaguely more respectable somehow. Problem is they'd need to be two completely separate orders which probably a) wouldn't be accepted by Rimmers on-line ordering, b) would lead to another set of courier charges and c) more to the point, allow the Philippine Bureau of Customs two hearty bites at my single cherry. Think that would happily wipe out any potential savings. If the limit had been 250 as opposed to 275, I'd have been quids in, so I reckon there's a conspiracy at work here. It appeals to my latent paranoia. |
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) I had an interesting time replacing an alternator on a 24v Granada as 3 different motor factors supplied the wrong part, turned out it was wrong in the parts catalogues.
