What did you do with your Range Rover today

domino · Jun 15, 2019

RangeRoller dt said:
Now you’ve owned up to him it’s no longer an accusation

https://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/
You could take the beeper speaker out for now. Stops it being annoying and still get messages on dash. Took me ages to find the bastid drove me crazy

Preaching to the choir here, this is far from my first rodeo

RangeRoller dt · Jun 15, 2019

domino said:
Preaching to the choir here, this is far from my first rodeo

How long has the last battery lasted?

tomcat59alan · Jun 16, 2019

RangeRoller dt said:
How long has the last battery lasted?

Till now of course.

RangeRoller dt · Jun 16, 2019

Probably needs changing if it’s the original then

tomcat59alan · Jun 16, 2019

RangeRoller dt said:
Probably needs changing if it’s the original then

Someone else who can't sleep.

23108924 · Jun 16, 2019

23108924 said:
She lives! Now all we've got to do is play the waiting game for a couple of hours to see if my valve block holds firm

She's such a good girl, still standing firm this morning and looking majestic in the morning sun

23108924 · Jun 16, 2019

Today's job is finding out why my 5th cylinder isn't firing. We're pretty sure it's a open fuel injector as the O2 sensor is completely dead

domino · Jun 16, 2019

RangeRoller dt said:
How long has the last battery lasted?

Expected lifetime, considering it has sat plenty of times discharging. It needs replaced, I'm under now illusions however after charging over night, I've had the old girl out a 10 minute run for the first time in a while!

RangeRoller dt · Jun 16, 2019

I had my DT with dead battery. 2 days to charge right up, it would run for a day or two, then dead out of nowhere. Worked through the electrical niggles until it would run for few weeks (if ran everyday) on the 2day charge. Then had new battery and it’s been fine ever since

tomcat59alan · Jun 16, 2019

Just another run to the tip with the trailerfull of bags of rubble. I've had to dig out the kitchen floor where the extention met the original level, the "builder" forgot to put in a propper base and left an open drain. So the floor had dropped and cracked the tiles.

brianp38dse · Jun 16, 2019

tomcat59alan said:
Just another run to the tip with the trailerfull of bags of rubble. I've had to dig out the kitchen floor where the extention met the original level, the "builder" forgot to put in a propper base and left an open drain. So the floor had dropped and cracked the tiles.

Did the tip charge you per bag, they do down here £5 a bag they class it as trade waste even an old fence panel is chargeable

Grrrrrr · Jun 16, 2019

Fixed rear door card where mother-in-law had ripped it off. Rather than take out the thing jamming the door open she just tried slamming it harder and harder. FFS.

Also, got a smell like hot plastic outside the driver's door when getting out. Bit odd. Had a look around and doesn't seem to be the fusebox but might be in that vicinity. Couldn't work out what though. So wait and see, I guess.

Grrrrrr · Jun 16, 2019

23108924 said:
Today's job is finding out why my 5th cylinder isn't firing. We're pretty sure it's a open fuel injector as the O2 sensor is completely dead

Number 5 on a v8? Famous place #5.

Henry_b · Jun 16, 2019

23108924 said:
Today's job is finding out why my 5th cylinder isn't firing. We're pretty sure it's a open fuel injector as the O2 sensor is completely dead

With a failed 02 sensor she'll run open loop which is a rich mixture, however it seldom causes a misfire.

i'd be inclined to look at ignition faults for the misfire.

23108924 · Jun 16, 2019

Henry_b said:
With a failed 02 sensor she'll run open loop which is a rich mixture, however it seldom causes a misfire.

i'd be inclined to look at ignition faults for the misfire.

We were desperately hoping we didn't have to pull out all the plugs but since the LPG isn't firing it either you're most likely right

Don't buy P38s that seem too good to be true folks

tomcat59alan · Jun 16, 2019

brianp38dse said:
Did the tip charge you per bag, they do down here £5 a bag they class it as trade waste even an old fence panel is chargeable

No mate, no charge. The trailer has to be under a certain length, mines 1 inch below the limit.

RangeRoller dt · Jun 16, 2019

Got the remaining injectors out, cleaned up like new and back in. No5 and particularly No6 were in tight, nearly snapped something

the threads were gritted up on 6 all the way down and a lot of crud between the head and copper washer

5 had few tiny tiny metal bits in port when I probed with a magnet. Only just visible but nothing in others. Maybe from threads? Guess last person put injectors in jammed the crud in there with them

Slight tapping from 5/6 on first fire and bit of black smoke on revving, sounds different now - somehow healthier?

frog hopper · Jun 16, 2019

Finished my wheel marathon yesterday by putting them back on, took loads of pics as I know we like them.
Before type shots of scabby old rims.

Fair bit of sanding to do, it was taking me around 4 1/2 hours each rim to hand sand most of the crud out.
Etch primer coat.

After a couple of coats of silver, masking up to spray the center.

Center colour finished. Laquer coated.

Wheel nuts getting the treatment.

And fitted, the finished article.

TA DAAAAAA (drum roll)

Hopefully should last a couple of years at least. And now they are fitted I'm glad I chose black, sets off the rest.

RangeRoller dt · Jun 17, 2019

Wow!

How did you do the rim, taped up the black and sprayed silver?
Edit - I see now, you did it first, with the weights

Grrrrrr · Jun 17, 2019

frog hopper said:
Finished my wheel marathon yesterday by putting them back on, took loads of pics as I know we like them.
Before type shots of scabby old rims.
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View attachment 181598 Fair bit of sanding to do, it was taking me around 4 1/2 hours each rim to hand sand most of the crud out.
Etch primer coat.
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After a couple of coats of silver, masking up to spray the center.
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Center colour finished. Laquer coated.
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Wheel nuts getting the treatment.
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And fitted, the finished article.
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TA DAAAAAA (drum roll)
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Hopefully should last a couple of years at least. And now they are fitted I'm glad I chose black, sets off the rest.

You sprayed over the balancing weights?

Looks great. Much better. Love those wheels on the Classic

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