What did you do with your Range Rover today

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It has the vauxhall/Opel pump on it so it'll be a replacement pump that goes back on to suit the bus..
It's sat in a car in my back garden. The bonus is I used to run it and the only fault was the occasional flash of the injector warning light.. the engines mileage is unknown as the clocks were out of a later car??? That's only uncertainty really.;)
 
After finally rectifying my right knee problem decided to crack on and fix my MOT failure items from April.
Cleaned up the rear brake pipes a treat, light surface rust - emery cloth and a painting of body schutz as suggested by the tester.
However the exhaust leak at the downpipe to centre box joint was more problematic - the joint collar on the downpipe had simply rotted away to nothing. The actual pipe was sound but the flange had nothing to grip against when tightened to its centre box counterpart. the rest of the system is Janspeed.
Anyway, got a pair of pipes off the 'bay, reduced to £114 free carriage, 100 per cent satisfaction apparently - we'll see when they rock up and I try and fit them which looks like a fun day involving a transmission jack and x-member removal not to mention the inevitable seized flange nuts at the hot end.
Meanwhile the old crate sounds like I should be cruisin' up and down the strip with a Lucky Strike behind my left ear.....
 
Removed and dismantled the HEVAC, Cleaned up the tracks and wipers for the rotary fan speed control. Had a look at the display which sometimes looses some segments. Surprised to find the ribbon cable seems glued in place, so not much I could do. Put it all back after replacing 2 dead bulbs and everything works again:D
 
Thinks I got me some stiff calipers. Pulling hard to the left under braking. Feels and sounds like right rear is close to locking and fronts not doing much.
Apart from that, she's done 2000 miles across Europe in the last week and a bit with no scares.
 
! wired in a second battery and fitted new foam for the beds went shopping for travelling food and booked ferry to Dunkirk as we go to Copenhagen in a couple of weeks to catch a plane to greenland and spend a couple of weeks on a ferry and hotels and hope to see nothern lights.
 
Mark Piercy said:
It has the vauxhall/Opel pump on it so it'll be a replacement pump that goes back on to suit the bus..
It's sat in a car in my back garden. The bonus is I used to run it and the only fault was the occasional flash of the injector warning light.. the engines mileage is unknown as the clocks were out of a later car??? That's only uncertainty really.;)
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Occasional flash of injector warning lamp, specially when coming off cruise control, if it's fitted, maybe the start of fuel quantity servo problems.
 
wammers said:
Occasional flash of injector warning lamp, specially when coming off cruise control, if it's fitted, maybe the start of fuel quantity servo problems.
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It's been a few years since the omega ran, not seized but a while standing in the grass. It would flicker before and after the torque lockup. Mind you it's been a few years since I drove it.. gearbox failure was it downfall. Even though it was the V6 box. Ar350? And not the Ar250.. can't really remember now:oops::)
 
Mark Piercy said:
It's been a few years since the omega ran, not seized but a while standing in the grass. It would flicker before and after the torque lockup. Mind you it's been a few years since I drove it.. gearbox failure was it downfall. Even though it was the V6 box. Ar350? And not the Ar250.. can't really remember now:oops::)
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I vaguely remember the diesel had a softer box on the diesel Mig that was ripped apart if you chipped it. You could fit the stronger box from the v6. I had 2 of the v6s and they were lovely motors. Still see a fair number on the roads now. The Polish love them!
 
I upset her. To the point she had a think about whether or not to start first turn of the key :eek:
I had a look at the l405s, even drew one alongside to compare boot height on closing. Won't do that again. Goldie was not impressed.
The new hybrid , lwb, is nice, but very lacking in boot space. Looks like there's a pay off for being 'green' . ;)
 
Well I turned my front propshaft around 180deg. Its now on with the slip joint nearest the transfer case. Vibration now gone. Result :cool:

A result of getting a garage to change my front diff.
 
Started the Red Weasel,and guess what, fecking leak off pipes on number one injector were LEAKING bastard things:mad::mad: luckily i had spare pipe from last time but no heat shrink so I melted the outer braiding as posted by @Datatek, see how long this lasts.:) also removed, cleaned and refitted the crank sensor on the black 4.6,still not starting but will try tomorrow as it was running rich because the temp sensor wire was off the sensor. Need to get it MOTed to transfer the Reg number, trade plates for the trip to the garage to fill up the lpg .
 
Squeaky sound from rear traced to disintegrating brake disc shroud. Piece of rusty steel wedged in behind it. Fixed by yanking the whole bloody thing off.
Another job to add to the list for when it comes home!
 
Removed my centre delete straight threw pipe it was getting loud due to it not sealing properly at the rear. Fitted my spare new centre box iv had sitting in the shed for the last 2 years.

Nice n quiet for now will proberly cut the rear boxes off soon.
 
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