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[Lazydocker]

There's these people, http://www.cotswoldtrailers.com/hire.asp Although they seem a bit pricey to me. There must be others... Or perhaps they can do a deal for a short rental i.e. overnight or half day?

[bertiecbx550]

drive it 10-20 miles james and then call the rac/aa out,trust me they will tow you home just pile it on when you ring em i.e. on my way home from friends,at work early 2mora need to get it home so local mechanic friend can look at it..i did this with the mondeo ghia x i bought last year to repair/replce engine i just told em the cam belt had gone and i wanted towing home so i could get it repaired no probs mr lovatt we`ll do that for you....1hr30 mins later the mondeo was on the drive job done... naughty i know but hell we pay enough don`t we???

[Martin_1962]

Take a few 25l containers with you

Don't go too slow - time is critical as well - air con will turn on the two front fans.

I'd go for as gentle around 70 as possible - keep revs down, and stop after 10 miles to see how quickly it is going

[VXL V6]

When the core of the rad on my old SD1 let go I discovered that if I filled it up and drove at a constant 80 there was a enough airflow to keep the gauge below the red, however, come to a halt and it'd dump all the coolant.... of course this was back when you could drive at a constant 80 without seeing a speed camera.

I guess a HG failure would complicate matters a little though....

[phil her up]

I think you have a good chance of making it, just cruise along at 60 mph, turn on the heater blower, keep an eye on the temp guage. I once drove a ford fiesta 70 miles with no water pump or fan belt, after the water pump shaft sheared off, I made it though with the lights dimming as it got dark. In life you gotta take chances & think positive, good luck  

[Kevin Wood]

Not sure if fans will do much more than natural airflow at motorway speeds. Just keep it topped up and see how it goes. Try it with the cap off if it appears to stop the leak. With rapid coolant flow through the engine at motorway RPM due to the water pump running at an efficient speed it'll probably be OK, but will boil over when you stop.

Have the heater on too. If it starts blowing cold you'll know it's time to stop ASAP. Gauge might tell lies if the coolant drops and leaves the sensor dry.

Take some K-seal as a precaution. If the engine's coming apart anyway there's little to lose by using it, especially if it'll need a flush to remove the sludge.

Good luck!

Kevin

[JamesV6CDX]

As soon as the head is skimmed and rebuilt and running nicely again, I suspect I will do some bartering with Jeremy on an SGI LPG kit for it. We plan to do a LOT of touring this year, eg several thousand miles, and I CANNOT afford to do all that at 15mpg! So the Disco will stay on the Driveway!

[bertiecbx550]

so we`ve lured you back to the dark side young james???....(starwars imperial march in background)...

[ians]

What's all this then... go away for a few days, come back and find that Mr JamesV6 is not only back, but a Lord already

Anyway welcome back mate

[Martin_1962]

As soon as the head is skimmed and rebuilt and running nicely again, I suspect I will do some bartering with Jeremy on an SGI LPG kit for it. We plan to do a LOT of touring this year, eg several thousand miles, and I CANNOT afford to do all that at 15mpg! So the Disco will stay on the Driveway!

Skimming - most useful for LPG

[Martin_1962]

What's all this then... go away for a few days, come back and find that Mr JamesV6 is not only back, but a Lord already

Anyway welcome back mate

Same account - deletion is not a permanent delete, more a out of use flag

[Kevin Wood]

As soon as the head is skimmed and rebuilt and running nicely again, I suspect I will do some bartering with Jeremy on an SGI LPG kit for it. We plan to do a LOT of touring this year, eg several thousand miles, and I CANNOT afford to do all that at 15mpg! So the Disco will stay on the Driveway!

Oh, Lordy! Another LPG project. Not tempted to gas the Exxon Valdese then? I'm sure there's potential for that to be more economical, but a bit more work required I think.

Kevin

[supermop]

I'll give it a go - there's no danger as such if the motorway is dead and I'm tootling down lane one at 65mph...

You'll be surprised how far you can go with a blown HG, I drove a rover 214 all the way from bristol with NO water, and it did about 75 miles with the temp gauge on the red before it finally went BANG

If I had a trailer, I'd pull it with the landie

I drove my old Rover 214 for weeks with a f**ked HG. Had to refill the water every day though.

I think it's still going somewhere as a banger racer... sold it for £25.

[Marks DTM Calib]

As soon as the head is skimmed and rebuilt and running nicely again, I suspect I will do some bartering with Jeremy on an SGI LPG kit for it. We plan to do a LOT of touring this year, eg several thousand miles, and I CANNOT afford to do all that at 15mpg! So the Disco will stay on the Driveway!

Oh, Lordy! Another LPG project. Not tempted to gas the Exxon Valdese then? I'm sure there's potential for that to be more economical, but a bit more work required I think.

Kevin

But not much.....there not the finest of engine design!

[Kevin Wood]

As soon as the head is skimmed and rebuilt and running nicely again, I suspect I will do some bartering with Jeremy on an SGI LPG kit for it. We plan to do a LOT of touring this year, eg several thousand miles, and I CANNOT afford to do all that at 15mpg! So the Disco will stay on the Driveway!

Oh, Lordy! Another LPG project. Not tempted to gas the Exxon Valdese then? I'm sure there's potential for that to be more economical, but a bit more work required I think.

Kevin

But not much.....there not the finest of engine design!

True, and with a sub-post office to haul along it's never going to be frugal.  

Megasquirting them seems to be popular with 4x4'ers. A mate of mine has sold lots of them to off-roaders and it apparently works a lot better than a tired standard injection system.

Did you ever find out where the mystery breather hose goes, James?

Kevin