What did you do with your Range Rover today

Drove back to London, after a couple of days at home. Passed a Range Rover , which had assumed the position, and thought please let me stay away from getting a lift, just a little longer.
Probably jinxed it now

gold rover said:

Drove back to London, after a couple of days at home. Passed a Range Rover , which had assumed the position, and thought please let me stay away from getting a lift, just a little longer.
Probably jinxed it now
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Na she'll be fine

Henry_b said:

Na she'll be fine

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Got to hope so mate. She is desperately needed at the moment. I don't fancy hiring a car to run between the two places, for the foreseeable futute.

gold rover said:

Got to hope so mate. She is desperately needed at the moment. I don't fancy hiring a car to run between the two places, for the foreseeable futute.

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Nah she won't let you down..

I could guarantee it but.. Well they do have tantrums

brianp38dse said:

I change the oil cooler and pipes, had to get a new cooler in the end trying to split the nuts did not end well, it was worth a try,

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Yes, I buggered mine too!

brianp38dse said:

I change the oil cooler and pipes, had to get a new cooler in the end trying to split the nuts did not end well, it was worth a try,

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Dont feel too bad. Mine was the same way for both oil coolers; 100% completely seized. Ended up replacing all the lines and both coolers at once.

I was half expecting it, but if it worked would of saved £105 so worth the gamble, its not as if dealing with a bit of pipe work is an issue for me .

brianp38dse said:

I was half expecting it, but if it worked would of saved £105 so worth the gamble, its not as if dealing with a bit of pipe work is an issue for me .

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You can fit new rubber pipes to the metal tubes if they are not too rusty.

gold rover said:

Drove back to London, after a couple of days at home. Passed a Range Rover , which had assumed the position, and thought please let me stay away from getting a lift, just a little longer.
Probably jinxed it now
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That trailer does not look happy

Just did more work on the ole' P38

Just got to wait for my IMGUR account to accept the pictures - it thinks i'm a spammer lol 67+ pictures

Henry_b said:

Just did more work on the ole' P38

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Hope you did get grease/oil on your cast
The Nurses won’t be happy

J

marjon said:

Hope you did get grease/oil on your cast
The Nurses won’t be happy

J

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Its ok My Brother has already written on it lol

Little known fact is I drove this thing for 1200mi after i bought it!!

LPG did help

Anyway this Pic is the day I bought her home I took my also car Mad Brother and Nephew with me on the journey only 7 and 3 at the time lol

they like the thing as much as me!!



Amazing to think she used to work!!

Henry_b said:

Amazing to think she used to work!!

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She will work again, I can see you getting the itch again

J

I've been dreaming of getting the RR back and running, I'm back home from work next week so I'll be off to scrapyards to see if there are any good engines. Once the RR is running, I can then get my garage destroyed and rebuild it in a steel frame building

Henry_b said:

Little known fact is I drove this thing for 1200mi after i bought it!!

LPG did help

Anyway this Pic is the day I bought her home I took my also car Mad Brother and Nephew with me on the journey only 7 and 3 at the time lol

they like the thing as much as me!!

Amazing to think she used to work!!

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If that is you taking the photo you appear to be wearing a dress. Is there something you are keeping from us?

wammers said:

If that is you taking the photo you appear to be wearing a dress. Is there something you are keeping from us?

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The Cheek of it!!

No It was Winter so I tend to wear long coats



Not totally mental yet

Mind you if i do decide to get a dress i'll sure post a pic for you all to admire

RangeRoller dt said:

That trailer does not look happy

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The BMW X5 pulling it seemed lacking a bit of punch too
Did wonder if it was one of ours

Some Pics from when I bought her.

Brother and Nephew in tow.

Pulled into the sellers drive.. Looked over it.
Was in ok condition - not great..

Ran ok right up until i bought it..

Spun it around in his drive tried to leave and........

"cough" "splutter" dead!!


Turns out the battery neg cable had came off lol he hadn't tightened it down!!

That should of been warning number 1..

At home Day 1




Warning number 2 was the Rear brake pad, literally falling out at a Esso pez station



So i drove it home with 3 working brakes

Warning number 3 was the XYZ switch giving me grief in a Morrisons car park!! Wouldn't engage Reverse to back into a space!

Bastard..

Did after vigorous Lever movement!


So as you can tell it was Love at first sight for me and hatred on her behalf!

But in all seriousness it is one of the very few cars I drove and was like "this is the one" after driving it 20ft..

did 2500mi is 3 months according to the diary not 1200 'twas amazing,

Got it durdy too!! would you believe it!



Drove it up a dual carriageway every day to work(s) and was amazed at its road manners and the MPG 25mpg I got from it mind you that was a steady GPS 56mph

Around town I got 17 so not too bad

Anyway anyone who has driven a Post 1999 P38 will know how good the handling is for such a barge - locked in M-way mode and corners are a dream..

Anywhoo on a dual carriageway approaching a roundabout , going right so i indicate so..
Nissan Pathfinder pulls up in the left lane, I assume he's going left or straight on
How wrong I was He was going right too cut right infront of me the **** anchored up just shy of hitting the bastard.

Go back round the 2nd time and think eh I'll catch the ****. - round I go and just before the exit, I throttle it, amazing the front lft wheel starts to spin but TC kicked in and it lept off

think the MPG dropped off trying to catch the bastard.

never found him but was good fun trying that V8 though and handling Hmm

Anyway rambling over!!


Oh look an interior!!


All together and a tad dirty

New waterpumps in the 4.2