What did you do with your Range Rover today

Got offered good money by the previous owner for his one back.
Considering it had had a new front corner on it by him before seemed the most appropriate action.
Heres the new one
Oh yeah it has a beacon still round 3 here we come

And weird plastic on the back window?

Other than that it looks good.

Grrrrrr said:

And weird plastic on the back window?

Other than that it looks good.

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Rear tints bad.
Alternater belt tomorrow morning.
Drive wise cant fault it. Been to the city and back today another 100mile round trip
Its not perfect but its another sub 500quid rangie

Walked round it and thought ...sod it ! fix it another day the lightweight comes first

No fip change today. Told you it would rain

stemac33 said:

No fip change today. Told you it would rain

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Lovely down here.

Hold on. Sun's just gone behind a cloud. Might have to dig out the furs.

New rocker cover gaskets, new hoses throughout the engine bay.
New 13 pin trailer electrics socket fitted with "intelliegent" relay for charging.

Alternater belt done.
Couple more niggles found battery light stayed on this morning unil it got a blip of throttle its charging but a new alternater will be needed soon.
Rear n/s callipar needs freed off it works but not on all the face on the wheel side of the disc.
Injector no4 the plug is corroded as anything so another bit of loom to grab from scrappy.
Rear bottom tail gate catch is sticky.
Rear bumper is bowed.
2bits of paint on the rear arch
I think I need to wash her aswell

Started to pull the heads off the 2000 Vogue we bought this week.

Waterless coolant in it, which is coming straight out, we only use OAT coolant in our V8's.

Manifold heat shields look like they may be an issue, the top three bolts came out but the bottom two are solid rust.

Couple of bodges, but not too bad so far.

Peter

Was going to get her into the sunshine for some piccies of the finished respray but the batteries were flat due to me spending so much time refitting/fettling bits with the doors open DOH. Why didn't I take the interior light bulbs out
So, as it was such a nice morning I decided to paint the insides/ edges of the doors. The colour chosen was satin black which I must say has come out really well as a contrast to the body colour. The doris helped me to mask up and rub down in prep, still took us 3 hours just for 2 rattle cans. Cleaned up the door cards ready for fitting tomorrow, then we can celebrate by taking the neighbours out to a dinner dance in the evening for her 1st trip out since december.
Getting used to the colour now, really liking it. I'll get some piccies up tomorrow, honest.

listerdiesel said:

Started to pull the heads off the 2000 Vogue we bought this week.
Waterless coolant in it, which is coming straight out, we only use OAT coolant in our V8's.
Manifold heat shields look like they may be an issue, the top three bolts came out but the bottom two are solid rust.
Couple of bodges, but not too bad so far.
Peter

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Those heat shield bolts are a total f*cker. You might have to chisel off and wrap.

Also, when taking the steering link thingamajig out you might need someone to rock the steering wheel back and forth to get it loose so it pops off. Make sure you use only 6 point sockets etc. and they're imperial!

Why do the 4.,6's use the heat shields? the 4.0/3.9's don't bother with them.

Peter

You don't need to take the steering link out to pull the head I didn't I also binned my Heat shields and wrapped my manifolds

+1. Binned my heatshields when I did the head gaskets and heat wrapped them. I had to hammer them off with the larger of my two hammers and a cold chisel so there wasn't much left to put back on!

Mite go and adjust my steering box just done the wife's disco oh what to do when you have the day off and a running p38 with no issues lol

So thermal tape wrap is the way to go then?

Have to say that those fasteners can't last long down there, some came out but most broke or spun the threaded inserts in the inner half of the shield.

Peter

Yep heat wrap and stainless cable ties loads on the bay.
Steering box adjusted quarter turn

biketeacherdave said:

Yep heat wrap and stainless cable ties loads on the bay.
Steering box adjusted quarter turn

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Didn't think you were supposed to adjust the Rangie for some reason? Is it tight at the edges?

listerdiesel said:

So thermal tape wrap is the way to go then?

Have to say that those fasteners can't last long down there, some came out but most broke or spun the threaded inserts in the inner half of the shield.

Peter

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Getting the shield and exhaust off is most of the battle. Plain sailing after that.

With the rights tools maybe you don't need to touch the steering but it doesn't take long and we had to.