snowleopard

Yes we were shaken, not stirred lol! Unfortunately the Sloop meal was the worst we have ever had there so the bad luck continued beyond the crunch!!

Me and the Mrs went for a cheapo carvery last Saturday teatime. We took the Range Rover as the Z has a power steering leak. Wow, didn't think the Z having a power steering leak would potentially save injury or even life! We stopped, signalled and with brake lights on, waited for oncoming traffic to clear and a lady to exit the car park in her car. Must of been at least 10 seconds when I heard an almighty squealing of tyres, looked into the rear view mirror and watched an open top double decker bus smash into the back of us at what must of been 25 to 30mph! What a noise! As my foot was already on the brake our Rangie barely moved forward!! I pulled a few yards forward into a bus stop layby and the bus followed. I dreaded going round the back to see the damage, but when I did, frankly I was shocked, at the lack of visible damage. Now, I don't know yet if there is any damage to underneath, chassis etc but above, the damage was, nearside quarter panel creased at the back by the tailgate (caused by the nearside bus wiper), a similar dent in the tailgate upper half, (the other wiper caused that), a small ding in the bumper and a small ding in the lower tailgate, plus the nearside rear lamp cluster lens is broken. That appears to be it!! The bus however, because we have a tow bar, had the front ripped apart and the radiator torn apart. It had to be towed in. We had our carvery and drove home. How did it happen? Well it appears the driver was not paying attention, suddenly saw us and stamped on the brakes. It had been raining. He locked up all four wheels and totally lost control of the bus (luckily no one else was aboard the bus). The back end smashed into a bridge pillar knocking the two foot six square pillar top onto the ground beyond it and then, bounced back straight and into the back of us! I am so pleased we were in the Rangie, as hopefully it will be repairable, but the Z would have been a total write off I'm sure off that! Anyway waiting now for the assessor to view the Rangie. Full liability has been admitted by the bus company and I await the repairs!!

Takes me to work and back every day :)

I've had this happen too a few times. It has registered 0 mph and the power steering seems to go heavy then when it recovers so does the speedo..... Also had it go to full scale too a couple of tomes.....

Lambo doors look good on some motors....Z's ain't one of them....

Plenum great, dog great! Is that a Malamute?

Ahhhhh but don't forget we get the longest suinshine hours down here pretty much every month :)

Well it rained pretty much all day here and the rain for long periods was extremely heavy causing lots of road flooding and water run off the fields etc, but despite all this my Z didn't let in a single drop through the targa tops. She's good, she's dry whoop whoop!

Yep good feeling. Thanks again matey for setting her up. Running much better now. Passed emissions test beautifully too

Yay, Mot'd today. Went through after two new tyres fitted whoop whoop!

Cheers matey will do

Yes she could use a tweak I reckon so if you do have a moment to spare maybe next week one evening maybe? Yes, I'll be ordering them there bushes too..... Your help is much appreciated :thumbup1:

Update...................................... Many thanks to Graham for diagnosing the fault with my Z. Would appear the MAF sensor had gone faulty but not sufficiently to show on ECU check or Datascan. However after trying things out the sensor failed and the motor went to safe mode. New MAF ordered and now fitted. Problem has gone away. Needs a tweak or two for 100% running but at least it has solved the issue. Very pleased. Thanks again Graham :)

Bargain!

Excellent cheers matey I'll see ya there at 11.00. Many thanks :)

Brilliant offer thanks Graham. I've actually got Thursday and Friday off this week so could drop it to you and walk back home as it's my missus' birthday.

So, my AAC gasket arrives and I fit the AAC AND FICD (many thanks Groover). But now I can't set the baseline rpm (was also a problem with the old stuff on). Turning the idle screw seems to make no difference. At least with the old stuff on it idled. Now with the donated stuff on it won't idle. Any more clues anyone? This is driving me mad so shortly it's gonna have to go to a garage if I can't suss it......ps the missus is already pushing me to get rid of it!!

That'll be Blackgang........

Haven't seen Jamo since Vestas closed down (we both worked there). Fairly certain he doesn't have his Z anymore. Think someone told me it had gone to Jersey........?

I'm on the Island and have the following recommendations: For a good backdrop of trees, Parkhurst forest is a good bet. For a backdrop of the sea with high elevation then Culver Down near Bembridge is good as is Alum Bay. Compton for a more rugged sea backdrop. For chocolate box type backdrop Winkle Street, Godshill, Brighstone, fair well. Bembridge Harbour or Yarmouth harbour make for good shots too as would Cowes seafront or even Shalfleet.

Yep mines an N/A

Will do, text later. Cheers matey.

That would be brillianr Graham. Can you do next Monday evening?

Ah, no I didn't reset the base idle. Should this be done with the engine warmed up?

Well, I removed the IAA unit cleaned it all up, cleaned the connections, tweaked the connector end crimps so they hug the terminals even more tightly and lo and behold...... No difference...gutted!