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Quick Update....
Rick has an appointment at Jimmy's in Leeds tomorrow.
Summat to do with been told about the transplant.
Hopefully they will have him in soon.
...if you want a laugh ask him about the 'modification' he made to the
'Automatic Put The Cr@p Into You Syringe Thingy'.
When he found he couldn't reprogram the thing he did it
old school with spare bits cut off another syringe.....
PS - Happy Birthday for tomorrow you Old Git!
Rick has an appointment at Jimmy's in Leeds tomorrow.
Summat to do with been told about the transplant.
Hopefully they will have him in soon.
...if you want a laugh ask him about the 'modification' he made to the
'Automatic Put The Cr@p Into You Syringe Thingy'.
When he found he couldn't reprogram the thing he did it
old school with spare bits cut off another syringe.....
PS - Happy Birthday for tomorrow you Old Git!
IAmTheResurrection
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Happy 40th for you (and happy 20th for me as of Saturday...). Hope you had a great day! Hope to hear further good news soon... maybe, as has been said, all that iron in your blood is from every time you've cut yourself on a bit of sharp, rusty Rover
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Thought I'd post a quick update, most of you will have spotted that I've been very active on the forum (some would probably say too active ) recently, and that is due to the fact that I'm locked in a hospital room with nothing else to do.
I'm currently in hospital recovering from my 3rd course of chemo since the relapse, hopefully I'll be home in the next 2 or 3 days, blood counts are recovering now.
Looking back at this thread I noticed I never updated from my visit to St James' to discuss the transplant, it was a very heavy meeting, which boiled down to them giving me a 30%-60% chance of survival bit vague but we'll take the 60% The postive side of that is that if I survive for a couple of years after the transplant, then they say I'm effectively cured, very little chance of it coming back. So that's the target !
So back to the treatment, they've pencilled me in for transplant in October, so hopefully I won't need any further chemo here, which helps to improve my chances.
On the plus side, this course of chemo has been pretty smooth which bodes well for the transplant, my consultant even commented that I was the easiest Leukemia patient he'd ever had ! I did suggest that there must be some mistake and it was just a bit of flu, but he wouldn't have it
So there we go, scarey times ahead, but I'm positive and feeling quite strong, so I'm ready to take it on !
) recently, and that is due to the fact that I'm locked in a hospital room with nothing else to do.I'm currently in hospital recovering from my 3rd course of chemo since the relapse, hopefully I'll be home in the next 2 or 3 days, blood counts are recovering now.
Looking back at this thread I noticed I never updated from my visit to St James' to discuss the transplant, it was a very heavy meeting, which boiled down to them giving me a 30%-60% chance of survival
bit vague but we'll take the 60% The postive side of that is that if I survive for a couple of years after the transplant, then they say I'm effectively cured, very little chance of it coming back. So that's the target !So back to the treatment, they've pencilled me in for transplant in October, so hopefully I won't need any further chemo here, which helps to improve my chances.
On the plus side, this course of chemo has been pretty smooth which bodes well for the transplant, my consultant even commented that I was the easiest Leukemia patient he'd ever had ! I did suggest that there must be some mistake and it was just a bit of flu, but he wouldn't have it
So there we go, scarey times ahead, but I'm positive and feeling quite strong, so I'm ready to take it on !
Really hope it all goes well Richard.!!
Ron.
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Many thanks everybody !
Well, they let me go home on Monday, which is great, so much better at home where I can potter around and do bits and bats.
Consultants were talking about the transplant on Monday before I left, there maybe a delay in Leeds, so I may have to go to Sheffield, or even Bristol !!, another option is for me to have another course of chemo here which allows more time to find a bed nearby, but potentially causes more organ damage, so it's a real balancing act.
Anyway, I'm home now and there's plenty to be doing here for now, so I'm just trying to forget about the transplant for now, the docs will tell me what's going on when they know more.
Currently I'm struggling to get the 75 to run properly, having replaced the MAF sensor it's still gutless, but runs much better with the MAF disconnected, so the problem must be the MAF.... Grrrr !
I'm even hoping to make it to our Saltaire show on Sunday, so if anybody is going I may see you there !
Well, they let me go home on Monday, which is great, so much better at home where I can potter around and do bits and bats.
Consultants were talking about the transplant on Monday before I left, there maybe a delay in Leeds, so I may have to go to Sheffield, or even Bristol !!, another option is for me to have another course of chemo here which allows more time to find a bed nearby, but potentially causes more organ damage, so it's a real balancing act.
Anyway, I'm home now and there's plenty to be doing here for now, so I'm just trying to forget about the transplant for now, the docs will tell me what's going on when they know more.
Currently I'm struggling to get the 75 to run properly, having replaced the MAF sensor it's still gutless, but runs much better with the MAF disconnected, so the problem must be the MAF.... Grrrr !
I'm even hoping to make it to our Saltaire show on Sunday, so if anybody is going I may see you there !
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Well, there's a whole website devoted to them I think, basically you can fit a standard Bosch one, but they only last about 30k miles and cost £160 :shock:
Then you can get the cheap chinese copies off ebay for about £40, but no guarantee they'll even work, or for how long.
Then you can get a Peirburgh replacement from a different vehicle, but then you need a tuning box to make it suitable for the 75, which ends up costing you £150-£200 altogether.
Removing the old one, looks like a cheapo chinese job.
I found an Intermotor branded replacement, for £60, which I figured was expensive enough not to just be chinese junk, and still a considerable saving over the other two solutions. However it doesn't appear to operate correctly.
So, I'm back to the same dilema, but I've bodged a stop-gap for now. They do run quite well without the maf connected, relying on a basic map in the ecu, but the maf also contains the air temp sensor, so the ecu assumes -5 degrees if it's not there, to be save. Anyway what I've done is bodge the old broken one so that the air temp sensor still works, but the maf sensor is disconnected, so we'll see how this goes while I look for a genuine new one cheap enough.
Then you can get the cheap chinese copies off ebay for about £40, but no guarantee they'll even work, or for how long.
Then you can get a Peirburgh replacement from a different vehicle, but then you need a tuning box to make it suitable for the 75, which ends up costing you £150-£200 altogether.
Removing the old one, looks like a cheapo chinese job.
I found an Intermotor branded replacement, for £60, which I figured was expensive enough not to just be chinese junk, and still a considerable saving over the other two solutions. However it doesn't appear to operate correctly.
So, I'm back to the same dilema, but I've bodged a stop-gap for now. They do run quite well without the maf connected, relying on a basic map in the ecu, but the maf also contains the air temp sensor, so the ecu assumes -5 degrees if it's not there, to be save. Anyway what I've done is bodge the old broken one so that the air temp sensor still works, but the maf sensor is disconnected, so we'll see how this goes while I look for a genuine new one cheap enough.
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That's only 5 1/3 pence per mile... hardly earth-shattering! Irritating, I know, but at least it gives you peace of mind and the knowledge that your car will run as its designers intended... What is MAF anyway? Also - no chance of finding a proper working one in a scrapyard, is there?
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MAF is mass air flow, i.e. an airflow sensor. I thought we'd got rid of these years ago when lucas stopped doing hot-wire, and bosch stopped that stupid flapper unit.
Scrap yard ones go for £60+ and you've got no idea how much life is left. I'm just going to have to put my hand in my pocket I guess
Scrap yard ones go for £60+ and you've got no idea how much life is left. I'm just going to have to put my hand in my pocket I guess
That's quite a lot really, considering at say 45mpg and £1.34 a litre, the fuel is only about 14p a mile, that's over 30% increase in running costs straight off the bat ! Actually, that did sound a lot so I quickly checked your maths, it's only 0.533p per mile, that's much better !
so that's .533 for the maf sensor, probably about 2 for the fuel pump, and if you do any town driving you need to include sorting out the emissions when the fluid runs out or the situation when the ecu decides it's not going to burn off the contents of the particulate filter. Reached a conclusion a little while back that i really dont think unless you're doing mega miles a diesel could make financial sense.
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Certainly not a 75 diesel, barely does more mpg than my old 820 (that does 40+mpg at a steady 70), weighs almost as much as the Titanic, has all the performance of an 850 mini (actually it's a lot better with the MAF bypassed but I'm sure it'll cost me in fuel) and of course has all sorts of complicated electrickery that is just waiting to fail at the most inappropriate moment. Not to mention the clutch which when it goes is going to cost the thick end of £900 to replace, due to pointless dual-mass flywheels....
It's a lovely car to look at, and the interior is great too, but it does support what other have said about these modern cars becoming classics, with repair costs like that (and don't forget I do my own repairs, I dread to think what a garage would charge) I can't see many getting past the banger stage which they are rapidly approaching.
It's a lovely car to look at, and the interior is great too, but it does support what other have said about these modern cars becoming classics, with repair costs like that (and don't forget I do my own repairs, I dread to think what a garage would charge) I can't see many getting past the banger stage which they are rapidly approaching.
I sold my 75 2.5 v6 just before it's 120000 mile service, knowing full well that the 60000,120000 services are engine out(!) services to change all the belts....
I did love that car. It was fully loaded in every sense. tv, electric sunblinds all round, and i particularly liked the timed seat heaters for cold mornings....
I'd have the 1.8 turbo version in preference to all the others i think knowing what i know now. Assuming you can get the pre-cheapened body style with that engine...
Rich
I did love that car. It was fully loaded in every sense. tv, electric sunblinds all round, and i particularly liked the timed seat heaters for cold mornings....
I'd have the 1.8 turbo version in preference to all the others i think knowing what i know now. Assuming you can get the pre-cheapened body style with that engine...
Rich