What did you do with your Range Rover today

kermit_rr said:

not my engine but shows what I mean

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One more plus point for diesel I had a news notification on my phone this morning about an article in the Telegraph only saw the headline which said keeping a diesel is better than buying an EV. Well we all know that when you take into account the pollution involved in the manufacture.

Voguetrader said:

Hi I think I may have been misquoted, what I meant to say is that I would post links to my eBay to give you guys first option to view and not actually sell on this forum

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Thus advertising them as for sale. Which is not allowed for private sellers under 50 posts and not allowed at all for businesses. Best chat with Admin if you want to advertise.

Grrrrrr said:

Each switch has its own bulb.

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Just for clarification, I wasn't suggesting I didn't know if each switch has its own bulb as I am aware they all do. I was stating that I wasn't sure if there was actually a bulb in there at all. As in someone had removed it when the dash was out a few years back and forgotten to reinstall it. It's something I've been meaning to check for a while now and I had the perfect opportunity to check and forgot.

Voguetrader said:

Hi I think I may have been misquoted, what I meant to say is that I would post links to my eBay to give you guys first option to view and not actually sell on this forum

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Hi mate I may have wrong idea yes. However putting a link to a sale on here is technically advertising, and although I appreciate the sentiment the owners here may not. Can get messy when the adults get involved.
We are all enthusiasts that help each other fix our RRs, anything put up is usually subject to scrutiny/laughing and pointing before they get help.

tomcat59alan said:

One more plus point for diesel I had a news notification on my phone this morning about an article in the Telegraph only saw the headline which said keeping a diesel is better than buying an EV. Well we all know that when you take into account the pollution involved in the manufacture.

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I suspect it also depends on the mix of electrical generation the grid uses and the miles you do each year. For most people I am sure with low miles it is better to run an old diesel like ours using parts off eBay whenever possible. That's the problem with governments: they try to reduce everything to yes / no answers and that is almost never possible.

MacMan6107 said:

Just for clarification, I wasn't suggesting I didn't know if each switch has its own bulb as I am aware they all do. I was stating that I wasn't sure if there was actually a bulb in there at all. As in someone had removed it when the dash was out a few years back and forgotten to reinstall it. It's something I've been meaning to check for a while now and I had the perfect opportunity to check and forgot.

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They do blow. I had a few spares but gave them away to someone on here.

Spoke too soon, the tap is back and it sounded properly like a tappet this time.. i think..

How do you know it’s not a new tap just sounds like the old one?
Perhaps it’s two and they take it in shifts !

Can other people (real people) hear it too or just when you close your eyes ??

Took it in for tracking and both track rod ends were seized so todays job was to replace the track rods and ends both sides.







Hopefully tomorrow will see tracking done and these fitted

Nothing done today on Otto as was having bits wrenched off / broken / allegedly improved by the chiropractor his morning. Maybe use tomorrows hopefully dry weather to get the middle steering link out for access to stuff.

Scotiawhiskers said:

Nothing done today on Otto as was having bits wrenched off / broken / allegedly improved by the chiropractor his morning. Maybe use tomorrows hopefully dry weather to get the middle steering link out for access to stuff.

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I've been going to a chiropractor for years. Never 'quite' felt much difference after each session, but willing to believe in magic beans to ease the issues.
Started going to an osteopath during restrictions. What a difference. Hurts at the time, hurts afterwards , and have to do exercises between visits, but I feel the improvement.
I might visit the chirpractor now and then , from now on, but the osteopath is now on the monthly list.

gold rover said:

I've been going to a chiropractor for years. Never 'quite' felt much difference after each session, but willing to believe in magic beans to ease the issues.
Started going to an osteopath during restrictions. What a difference. Hurts at the time, hurts afterwards , and have to do exercises between visits, but I feel the improvement.
I might visit the chirpractor now and then , from now on, but the osteopath is now on the monthly list.

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And they say there isn't justice in the world @myfirstl322

Scotiawhiskers said:

Nothing done today on Otto as was having bits wrenched off / broken / allegedly improved by the chiropractor his morning. Maybe use tomorrows hopefully dry weather to get the middle steering link out for access to stuff.

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Good of your chiropractor to help on Otto. Good with Land Rovers is he?

Grrrrrr said:

Good of your chiropractor to help on Otto. Good with Land Rovers is he?

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Stop it! I had just taken a drink of coffee that time

Not so much good on them, but effective at dealing with the side effects of maintaining them.

Here's a good thing that happened last night. Went for a drive to pick our daughter up from the train station and we noticed the gear display was working and illuminating as it should. That hadn't been working since these troubles began. So that's a little win. What happened to make it work; I have no idea. When the weather is at least sunny again we'll go out and stare at the car sternly. Maybe that's all it needs.

MacMan6107 said:

Here's a good thing that happened last night. Went for a drive to pick our daughter up from the train station and we noticed the gear display was working and illuminating as it should. That hadn't been working since these troubles began. So that's a little win. What happened to make it work; I have no idea. When the weather is at least sunny again we'll go out and stare at the car sternly. Maybe that's all it needs.

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They are indeed magical beasts. Perhaps they are what some unicorns evolved into

MacMan6107 said:

Here's a good thing that happened last night. Went for a drive to pick our daughter up from the train station and we noticed the gear display was working and illuminating as it should. That hadn't been working since these troubles began. So that's a little win. What happened to make it work; I have no idea.

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Years ago I had the loan of a z550 Kawasaki that had been slightly chopped about. It had the habit of occasionally popping the main fuse, for no apparent reason. After many investigations, with all wires appearing fine and everything OK in garage but then failing out on the road, it was traced to one wire which was slightly misrouted so the non standard seat would just pinch it momentarily over a bump pothole or unusually heavy or rearward seated rider. But of course with the seat, etc open in the garage the fault couldn't be replicated.

Maybe you have something which is just pinched / pulled loose / shorted / etc when everything is together but all checks out otherwise?

Really daft thought is, seeing as you obviously have getting the dash in and out down to a fine art, clip / solder in some wires to the right points, with tails down to a convenient but hidden niche, and keep a 9v battery for connecting direct across the light circuit on the dash? If only to get it past the MOT OK.

Scotiawhiskers said:

Really daft thought is, seeing as you obviously have getting the dash in and out down to a fine art, clip / solder in some wires to the right points, with tails down to a convenient but hidden niche, and keep a 9v battery for connecting direct across the light circuit on the dash? If only to get it past the MOT OK.

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Should be able to hook in something like that for the IC. I have until Feb to sort it so thankfully plenty of time. But then, with these things "What next?" seems to be an oft mumbled phrase.

Today I mainly finished the welding on the n/s of the red Bastid. Was worse than first thought when I removed the sill finisher had to do the inner sill, the inner bottom of the wheel arch and a bit of the outer sill. At least seam sealer and underseal were adequate as it's all hidden by the finisher and wheel arch liner. No time for photos @Mark Piercy because it started to rain and I had to clear my tools away. This is one I took before work commenced. I blame the side steps and finishers collecting mud, sheep sh1t and moisture. The o/s may be the same so more photo opportunities