What did you do with your Range Rover today

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Bix said:
Good news! I found out why my battery died as quickly as it did. I left the vehicle lights on.
Bad news. Turns out without a working drivers door you really can't enter the EKA. It just trips the alarm.
Good news. The battery took charge like a champion and looks perfectly fine, even after being murdered by my stupidity.

Lesson from this debacle? Invest in a good DVM you can get reliable readings from. Be a whole lot easier to fix my door with one. Instead now I have a really expensive lawn ornaments.
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No need to spend a lot on a DVM, a serviceable one can be had for less than £20.
 
Datatek said:
No need to spend a lot on a DVM, a serviceable one can be had for less than £20.
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The one I have now was about £20 and beyond getting a "this wire has some electric in it", it really isn't any good. Even continuity to the probes is inconsistent. So it made it difficult to trust the results.
 
Bix said:
The one I have now was about £20 and beyond getting a "this wire has some electric in it", it really isn't any good. Even continuity to the probes is inconsistent. So it made it difficult to trust the results.
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Velleman DVM890 is what I have been using in the garage for about 10 years, Tenma are also good. Don't get an Auto Ranging meter, they can be a PITA when tracing problems, you need manual ranging.
 
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Looked at Otto's rear brakes, think that will be a calliper and disc replacement soon. They might be salvageable, but only after a good cleaning / soaking / blasting. Discs are worn and marked. With 2 tons to stop and a healthy engine I'd rather have new / good brakes. And a pig of a job so off to the friendly garage soon I think.
Also had a look at the middle silencer blow - patchable, so got some of the stuff to do it and will get round to it in due course. Nice hole on the entry to the middle box does give a lovely burble though.
 
Scotiawhiskers said:
Looked at Otto's rear brakes, think that will be a calliper and disc replacement soon. They might be salvageable, but only after a good cleaning / soaking / blasting. Discs are worn and marked. With 2 tons to stop and a healthy engine I'd rather have new / good brakes. And a pig of a job so off to the friendly garage soon I think.
Also had a look at the middle silencer blow - patchable, so got some of the stuff to do it and will get round to it in due course. Nice hole on the entry to the middle box does give a lovely burble though.
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Exhaust blowing can melt the EAS pipes:eek:
 
Pulled it out to do a bit more tidying of the garage-give it a spin later.
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After £500 and a month of waiting, the Nanocom verdict is.................. No Fault Found.
I have decided to rebuild one of the two compressors Dave kindly gave me and replace the current one in case that is the reason for the now daily EAS faults :oops:
I have also ordered new back boxes as they are leaking, even though they are not that old :(
The MOT is booked for a months time, I hope to have any issues sewn up by then :D
 
My Old Landy said:
After £500 and a month of waiting, the Nanocom verdict is.................. No Fault Found.
I have decided to rebuild one of the two compressors Dave kindly gave me and replace the current one in case that is the reason for the now daily EAS faults :oops:
I have also ordered new back boxes as they are leaking, even though they are not that old :(
The MOT is booked for a months time, I hope to have any issues sewn up by then :D
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Otto's problems were a mixture of compressor and the blue pipe to the valve block having a split so the system couldn't build pressure properly. Make sure that is solid, it was only when I took that off Otto the split was apparent.
 
My Old Landy said:
After £500 and a month of waiting, the Nanocom verdict is.................. No Fault Found.
I have decided to rebuild one of the two compressors Dave kindly gave me and replace the current one in case that is the reason for the now daily EAS faults :oops:
I have also ordered new back boxes as they are leaking, even though they are not that old :(
The MOT is booked for a months time, I hope to have any issues sewn up by then :D
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So it could be the driver pack causing spurious faults.
 
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