Petrol light, radiator gauge and handbrake light on and beep!

ukadamwest said:

Gearbox oil is easy. Doesn't even need a jack. lie on your back about 2/3rds down the drivers door pull yourself underneath.. the gearbox sump has large has head plug facing forward get a large socket on the hex head, undo it stick your finger in the hole if you can touch fluid it's ok if not put some in.

A filter change is easy undo the sump bolts sickening off the bolts on the cross member as it will be fiddly getting it off.. undo the filter with torx heads (iirc) remove filter. put new o ring on filter bolt new filter up new gasket on the sump put sump back on fill up (cant remember quantity for a sump refill but RAVE will tell you) and then follow process as per RAVE to exercise the shift. job done. light up a cigar.

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That sounds so easy....I’ll follow y0ur instructions and report back
Thank you for your patience:

Sump looks like this.

Oh I didnt say drain it if you are doing a filter change.. But thought that would be obvious.. unless you like a face full of stinky gear oil.

CJMoore said:

That sounds so easy....I’ll follow y0ur instructions and report back
Thank you for your patience:

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Don't forget the cigar!

No problem at all.. I have lots of patience... sometimes.. hence I have Range Rovers

I’d check earths, then battery is topped up - won’t cost anything but few pence in leccy.

If bulbs in message centre are still gone and you’ve checked the dimming switch, there is a fuse (since they don’t normally all go together) but they are 3x 40p bulbs at a motor factors.

You have to remove the battery first...

Then panel under s.wheel, then binnacle surround - be careful with fuel gate button and it’s cables or any Yellow SRS cables. The binnacle will then come out. All this part sounds bit fussy but it’s only really a few screws.

Old bulbs twist out, new ones in.

These are the bulbs -

kds said:

Message centre lit by 3 bulbs did mates couple weeks ago, 1.2 watt 12 volt miniature capless cost me about 35p each from motor factors.

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This guy is handy.
The SRS part shows you how to get to the bulbs

RangeRoller dt said:

This guy is handy.
The SRS part shows you how to get to the bulbs

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Thanks for these post replies. Super helpful. I’d like to think we can do that but I will order some bulbs and try...
You mentioned the dimmer...,it’s definitely a bulb loss as half the display unit is dark and half is bright but how do you access a dimmer please so I know for future.
Thank you

CJMoore said:

Thanks for these post replies. Super helpful. I’d like to think we can do that but I will order some bulbs and try...
You mentioned the dimmer...,it’s definitely a bulb loss as half the display unit is dark and half is bright but how do you access a dimmer please so I know for future.
Thank you

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Dimmer is on the left hand stalk.

Bulbs are easy to replace. Just need to get the binnacle out without snapping any of the plastic tabs. Some hamfisted gorilla must have tried to do mine before I got it.

Grrrrrr said:

Dimmer is on the left hand stalk.

Bulbs are easy to replace. Just need to get the binnacle out without snapping any of the plastic tabs. Some hamfisted gorilla must have tried to do mine before I got it.

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So annoying when people are hamfisted isn’t it. The cover/casing under my passenger seat doesn’t sit properly as someone before me just yanked it out.
Sorry to be blonde....but what’s a left hand stalk?

CJMoore said:

So annoying when people are hamfisted isn’t it. The cover/casing under my passenger seat doesn’t sit properly as someone before me just yanked it out.
Sorry to be blonde....but what’s a left hand stalk?

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You know the stalks with the wipers and indicators and so forth? Try looking for a little lever on top. ;-)

Grrrrrr said:

You know the stalks with the wipers and indicators and so forth? Try looking for a little lever on top. ;-)

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Oh my gosh that’s awesome. It’s not solved the bulb issues but the screen I can see now goes super bright.
Thank you.

ukadamwest said:

Sump looks like this.

Oh I didnt say drain it if you are doing a filter change.. But thought that would be obvious.. unless you like a face full of stinky gear oil.
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So we found it and checked it. It’s is full of fluid so that’s good. The bolt to the sump was sticky but the reservoir was full. We loosened and tightened it again. So...back to the drawing board. Will check earths next I guess. Currently trying to replace dash bulbs following a video sent...:so far so good there.

ukadamwest said:

its a bad earth on the electrics side. does everything cut out briefly ?

as to the fluid leak, possibly.. have you checked the gearbox oil? you need to undo the hex key and pop your finger in if you can touch oil its ok, if not the level has dropped. the gearbox feeds oil to a cooler via a pipe and runs back again. I've just replaced my oil cooler as it sprung a leek.

the occasional gearbox shift being tight is the shift cable from the selector to the gearbox

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Hi, quick update. We took the car out again today and the same thing happened and this time it was very clear to see that yes....you are right. The power failed briefly and the lights came on (oil/handbrake/petrol) and the air con stopped blowing. It all happened very fast and recovered itself. It happened twice on a five minute journey. Any ideas? We have checked the earth as many as we can find. I was so excited it failed as it was what you said .

Have you checked the battery teminals and the fuse box connections.

There is cluster bolted on front chassis leg you can see where I cleaned mine up and painted it to keep it clean with whatever I had in the shed (blue)... zoom in


one underneath thick cable going to gearbox side but I have a manual transmission so may be different to yours?

Rangerovers.net has an electrical troubleshooting guide. Best work through it. Could be loose battery clamp terminal (the earth sometimes is a bit loose) or could be a cable corroded inside or could be fusebox. :O

Give your fusebox a smell (not being weird) - see if it smells of burning. There’s a small earth underneath the box too

CJMoore said:

Hi, quick update. We took the car out again today and the same thing happened and this time it was very clear to see that yes....you are right. The power failed briefly and the lights came on (oil/handbrake/petrol) and the air con stopped blowing. It all happened very fast and recovered itself. It happened twice on a five minute journey. Any ideas? We have checked the earth as many as we can find. I was so excited it failed as it was what you said .

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I thought as much. mine is doing the same thing. last week I used it for 4 hours straight 2 hours one way and 2 hours back.. didn't do it at all, yet if I use to drop the little one at nursery, it always does it as the same point pulling up to a junction that is on an incline and that I 5 minute journey. it has to be a loose earth internally as the engine doesn't miss a beat, but all the electrics inside go out for a second and resume as if nothing happened. no code required for the radio so I think it has to be on the inside or main fuse box (which I replaced oh 5-6 years ago). same symptoms ?

I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, what with the L322 on axle stands awaiting new brake discs and a bush removing kit to do the hub carrier bushes, working away during the week and been away with the family several weekends in a row.

RangeRoller dt said:

There is cluster bolted on front chassis leg you can see where I cleaned mine up and painted it to keep it clean with whatever I had in the shed (blue)... zoom in
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one underneath thick cable going to gearbox side but I have a manual transmission so may be different to yours?

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is that like … an engine ?? where's the rest of it ??

this is what a P38 engine looks like..

brianp38dse said:

Have you checked the battery teminals and the fuse box connections.

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When we did the dash lights we tried to disconnect battery and it was impossible to either tighten or loosen it so we did with it on. Will have another look at battery. Thank you

ukadamwest said:

I thought as much. mine is doing the same thing. last week I used it for 4 hours straight 2 hours one way and 2 hours back.. didn't do it at all, yet if I use to drop the little one at nursery, it always does it as the same point pulling up to a junction that is on an incline and that I 5 minute journey. it has to be a loose earth internally as the engine doesn't miss a beat, but all the electrics inside go out for a second and resume as if nothing happened. no code required for the radio so I think it has to be on the inside or main fuse box (which I replaced oh 5-6 years ago). same symptoms ?

I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, what with the L322 on axle stands awaiting new brake discs and a bush removing kit to do the hub carrier bushes, working away during the week and been away with the family several weekends in a row.

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Thanks for the reply. It’s so annoying isn’t it. We do experience a loss of power too though, the car continues to drive but with no ‘oomph’ at all...its very sluggish. In fact that’s when you know it’s about to happen, car struggles and lights come on briefly moments later.... then it is ok for a little while and then problems. Now happening more and more frequently. Shame as it was doing fine after the last issue!
I’m putting my ancient Porsche 924 on the road at present (awaiting new exhaust so it will pass CT (French MOT) literally just so I have a car that works. The engine in that is so simple I think my 11 year old son could fix it.
Just want to sort the Rangey though, will continue to try ideas tomorrow.

RangeRoller dt said:

Give your fusebox a smell (not being weird) - see if it smells of burning. There’s a small earth underneath the box too

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Thanks. Will look tomorrow morning and report back