1995 Range Rover Classic 4.2l V8

Does anyone know of a way to bypass the driver side power seat ecu to regain the seat movement. I dont really care about the power mirrors as im aware you have to have the ecu to use the mirrors, but as for the seat I need it to work and dont feel like coughing up 500 dollars for a new one. As for some background I bought my rangie 1 1/2 years ago and the driver side power seat has never worked. It also had alot of other issues with electrical gremlins, and now that ive fixed all the other ones it come down to this which I have just started researching a week ago. I should have known they would be expensive but the better mind set me thought "hey maybe it wont be to bad." Well anyways I decided to finally take the ecu out and bugger me its pretty bad. First off the previous owner i like to call him "dick", decided it would be a great idea to instead of buying a replacement battery just hook up 3 AAA 1.2v batterys together to replace it. Although I have heard about this working on another forum he was unfortunately not smart enough to sequence the batteries together correctly and his soldering sucks. Anyways I would like to replace the ecu one day but money is tight from repairing all other things and I really need the seat to work without having to spend all that money right now. My gf and me both drive the car on and off and it gets tiring to go out and connect a power probe to it to move the seat everytime she drives it or I have to drive it. I will leave a picture of the ecu below its not the worst ive seen from looking around but its not the best either. Let me know if you think it could even be repaired. Thanks guys

Was there a 4.2 Classic?
Heard of a 4.0 and 4.6

myfirstl322 said:

Was there a 4.2 Classic?

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Not sure mine is a County LWB which is the US version of the classic. I just put Classic bc its easier lol

Well, County yourself lucky you don't have a Ford Escort Mexico in the current climate.

Message for GCHQ if your listening, Trump will die.......in a 19th hole.....on a Saturday, maybe Sunday, undecided at mo.

Yes of course!

Off......of course

Anyway, back to your Buick boat engine, of which I know nothing other you've enlarged it by 700cc, or 200cc, or decreased it by 400cc, sorry don't know what that is in Cubes?

Ah havent you heard boat engines are the new thing!!

myfirstl322 said:

Anyway, back to your Buick boat engine, of which I know nothing other you've enlarged it by 700cc, or 200cc, or decreased it by 400cc, sorry don't know what that is in Cubes?

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But I have alway wondered what a good 600hp would be like in a rangie lol. sounds like a death trap and money pit to me!

Some rain drenched counties in Englandshire may well benefit from a Johnson nailed to the rear bumper...

Come again?

You guys put plenty of good engines into **** heaps so one more won't hurt

Johnson,,,,the rudely named outboard, maybe you know it as Evinrude? Was Evin rude?

Your quite the troll huh? i like

Well I'm taken aback, a troll is someone who waits under a bridge and jumps out at unsuspecting travellers and brandishes their d .......oh wait, you've got me to a tee
you won't get anybody else at this unholy hour, hopefully I gave you a tickle whilst you wait. g'nite Johnboy.

I love it your great! I thought thats what I was talking about you seem to fit the appearance of a troll as well.

myfirstl322 said:

Well I'm taken aback, a troll is someone who waits under a bridge and jumps out at unsuspecting travellers and brandishes their d .......oh wait, you've got me to a tee
you won't get anybody else at this unholy hour, hopefully I gave you a tickle whilst you wait. g'nite Johnboy.

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night to you as well thank you for the laugh

myfirstl322 said:

Was there a 4.2 Classic?
Heard of a 4.0 and 4.6

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yes a 4.2 was standard in a lse

myfirstl322 said:

Well I'm taken aback, a troll is someone who waits under a bridge and jumps out at unsuspecting travellers and brandishes their d .......oh wait, you've got me to a tee
you won't get anybody else at this unholy hour, hopefully I gave you a tickle whilst you wait. g'nite Johnboy.

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Jaded from owning and maintaining an l322 I see.

surplus said:

Not sure mine is a County LWB which is the US version of the classic. I just put Classic bc its easier lol

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Known here as an LSE or classic. Probably the one making the most money of the 4 door classics here.
My suggestion was to attach a drill to the worm drive and buy the wife some platform shoes. There are plenty of options for swapping them. I had a pair of manually operated Saab seats in the front of one of mine mounted on box section or steel channel.
They also had height control for the seat base.

Glad to see a return to the OP after so much off-topic

The 4.2 LSE was only produced for a couple of years & was effectively a test bed for the forthcoming P38, particularly the longer stroke engine that became the 4.6 & the air suspension. Quite a rare beast now & I suppose attractive to those who have a use for the extra eight inches of rear legroom, but I'm not sure about today's availability of parts that are specific to the model.