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[peternap]

My wifes Land Rover has had the air suspension go out for the last time.
I ordered a spring conversion kit and it came a few days ago. I am strapped for time so I put off installing it until today.

First, they said to deactivate the air system bu removing the fuses to it. Great...except the fuses also handle the ABS System and fuel pump.

I called Land Rover...snotty answer and hung up on me when I politely suggested he stuff his attitude up...never mind.
Called the spring manufacturer and after a 20 minute call, they said just leave it hooked up.

OK, jacked it up, got the jack stands under it and the lug nudts wouldn't budge.
Lowered the damn yuppie truck and added a pipe to the lug wrench...and bent the lug wrench.

I took it to the tire company that put tires on it last and politely thanked them for looking after my safety. I wouldn't want a wheel to come off while I was driving, or changing a tire. I may have to go to church this Sunday

They loosened all the lug nuts and put them back on...I assuming remembering that I had an already bent lug wrench in my hand.

Then my daughter called and told me she was sick and had taken the day off from work...and could I bring her dinner and I did.....

So the day is over and the springs are still in my driveway.

[muldoon]

ohh man, I hate days like that. 

hope your daughter is feeling better, there seems to be a bug out right now - alot of people are out from work with it also.   I was home sick yesterday with my son, both of us with a tummy bug.  Were both better now, hopefully she's just got the 24 hour version too. 

the story reminds me of a joke;
why does england not make and export any toasters?
because they have not figured out how to make them leak oil yet.
(perhaps only land rover and maybe old triumph owners will get it)

. . . o O (  those new fords sure are cheap these days.  )

[NM_Shooter]

Hang in there Peter.  

Got an impact wrench?  I love mine.  Glad they didn't twist a lug off when they took the nuts off.

I've got a driveshaft I've got to get off of a 1990 Mustang that won't budge.  Can't get a wrench in there with the car on the ground.  With the thing up in the air the wheels spin when I try to wrench it.  Put the wheels up on wood blocks, still no joy.  Have tried whacking it with a hammer, heating the bolts, you name it.  I can't get it loose.  No angle to get a impact wrench in there.  I'm looking for an impact proof knuckle.  

[NM_Shooter]

the story reminds me of a joke;
why does england not make and export any toasters?
because they have not figured out how to make them leak oil yet.

My boss had a bumper sticker on his Triumph... it said

"The parts falling off of this car are of the highest British quality"

[peternap]

the story reminds me of a joke;
why does england not make and export any toasters?
because they have not figured out how to make them leak oil yet.

My boss had a bumper sticker on his Triumph... it said

"The parts falling off of this car are of the highest British quality"

That's funny!

[rick91351]

Really I don't see the problem.  Actually it is a very logical thing.  By removing the fuse to the air system this will nullify the ABS.  You will find you don't need the ABS because the fuel pump is no longer active.  With the fuel pump no longer active the there is no real need to change from the air bags to springs because the vehicle now is a stationary land observation base.  Now if Zeus decides to bury said vehicle you will have a great subterranean observation deck provided you join the moon roof with the optional flex tube docking kit.  Part number GYP-U 17 TYMS.  If your vehicle does not have the said moon roof option then you will have to purchase part number GYP-U / MOR.

Your friendly Land Rover Parts Dept. 

PS this is not a free service and you will be billed!!!

           

[Redoverfarm]

Peter cannot you just disconnect the compressor for the shocks.  probably just plugs into it.  That will keep the remaining on that circuit operational.

[peternap]

That's what I'm going to do John. I need to cut the sensor wires also. I suspect it will generate an error message and give me a service light, but I may cut that wire too

I can reprogram the computer to ignore the error code. It's just a pain!

[MountainDon]

You could do what I did with the last British made vehicle I owned;never had a problem with it after that.  Fixed the oil on the driveway problem too.



I sold it.

[peternap]

You could do what I did with the last British made vehicle I owned;never had a problem with it after that.  Fixed the oil on the driveway problem too.



I sold it.

It's my wife's.....she'd rather sell me

But it's done....as are the trailer brakes and the truck (I hope).
Now I'm only 6 weeks behind.

[John Raabe]

Great... this should be in the humor section!

There is something endearing about the frustrations of British cars. Somehow I don't think GM and Chrysler quite got that extra level of forgiveness down. American hubris is to blame I expect - although the Brits had plenty of that too.

I've been driving Toyotas for many years now... they are boring but they do start every time and run and run and run. Only once in awhile do I miss having to spend the morning tuning carburetors to adjust to the day's weather.

[MountainDon]

Only once in awhile do I miss having to spend the morning tuning carburetors to adjust to the day's weather.

  good old SU Carburetters!! (British spelling for old tymes sake.  I used to keep the Uni-Sync handy in the door pocket of the Volvo 123 GT.  





For all my bad mouthing of them they were actually elegant air/fuel metering devices. They worked well as long as the air density didn't change much. I always did think that a carburetor that required checking the oil level was a strange device, though.    I used ATF.

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

So, Peter, now that you're all finished up there, you wanna come fix my truck's AC that bit the dust last week, just in time for the first legitimately hot weather of the summer?  It is supposed to be in the high 90s with high humidity all week this week, so I just told the kids that we aren't going anywhere unless it is before dawn or after sundown (excepting violin lessons, which are unavoidable tomorrow in mid-afternoon in 97-degree weather with high humidity.)   For the record, I am really ticked that this thing is messed up this early.  I only have 68K miles on this truck and it is only five years old.  There is no reason it should be having any major work at this point!!  It is actually the clutch to the compressor that is bad, not the compressor itself.  There is one at a salvage yard for around $100, but there is ONLY one available in the OKC area... other than that, we're going to have to pay anywhere from $200 to $400, depending on whether it is a new part or a rebuilt one.  That's just the part.  DH is determined to do the labor himself, but not sure it is a great idea with the AC system... have to admit he did a phenomenal job on the Impala with the cooling system, though, which required a really invasive and time-consuming repair last summer.

[peternap]

I fixed my AC long ago. Bought a shorter belt and took the thing out. One of the great mistakes by carmakers was taking the window vent out of cars.

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

See, Peter, the problem with this one is that the Durango is designed poorly for rolling the windows down.  At speeds over 45 MPH, if the rear windows are rolled down, it is the equivalent of having three helicopters land on your eardrums... it seriously hurts... there is something wrong with the aerodynamics of the thing... it literally sounds like choppers.  My mom had an old Plymouth Valiant when I was a kid, and though it had AC, we hardly ever used it because it was unnecessary.  The floor vents and wing glasses were plenty.  Even my old '71 Cheyenne didn't need AC because it had wing glasses and a good vent (when the fan shorted out, that was another thing entirely though because I missed my vents.)