02-06-2010, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by nero
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I split apart the ECU and saw 3 dry solder joints on the circuit board . . . 3 dabs with the soldering iron did the trick apparently . . she ran great last night . . .
I'm glad Barbie is up and running again and with a new coat of paint I bet she looks wonderful.
07-06-2010, 07:53 AM
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Been putting her through her paces since the soldering repair . . she's going great . . had the top down last week with the dogs in the back, chained to the rear roll bar of course . . I'm the talk of the town
. . the dogs love it in the hot weather. 
Spent the last week in the scrap yard removing various parts off a Jeep the same as mine . . . after a hard day under a scorching sun last Friday I stood looking at the Jeep in the scrap yard and thought I'd be better buying the whole thing . . . I've removed all the steering linkage and various other parts including the fuel pump the last two weeks. . anyways, I spoke to the guy and asked how much he wanted for the whole motor . . we came to a price and he said he would move the Jeep inside his massive warehouse . . this means I can go any time I wish and remove all I wish without having to pay for everything at each visit . . . the only thing I cannot have is the complete body shell, DVLC have been notified the motor's been scrapped . . . so it'll be head down and arse up for me in that warehouse for the rest of this year methinks.
The engine in the scrap one has only done 60,000 miles . . . Barbie has done over 100,000 miles so it's a real bargain eh . . . the guy will deliver the complete engine and transmission for me when I get it out . . . this will be the last project for me . . I'm 68 next month and I need to make way for a younger man methinks.
09-06-2010, 05:34 PM
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Re: The Jeep I restored last year
Originally Posted by nero
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I spoke to the guy and asked how much he wanted for the whole motor . . we came to a price and he said he would move the Jeep inside his massive warehouse . . this means I can go any time I wish and remove all I wish without having to pay for everything at each visit . . . the only thing I cannot have is the complete body shell, DVLC have been notified the motor's been scrapped . . . so it'll be head down and arse up for me in that warehouse for the rest of this year methinks. .................................................. .................................................. .... this will be the last project for me . . I'm 68 next month and I need to make way for a younger man methinks.
Also I would not contemplate doing some of the jobs you've done even at 48 when I was restoring a Scimitar GTE and I only did the 'top' half of the engine, electrics, and interior, I left all the mucky underneath bits to others
17-08-2011, 04:29 PM
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She passed her MOT this morning and the emission figures were outstanding for a motor that's 20 years old and done 120,000 miles . . . the hydrocarbon figures were 14 . . .she's allowed 1200 before a failure . . . the hydrocarbon figures indicate the amount of oil an engine uses, if the engine's badly worn these figures are high, we've all seen smokey exhausts eh.The CO figures were well within a pass too, so all in all she's got a bit of life yet doncha think.
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