What did you do with your Range Rover today

1st major job done by myself ( with only minimal help from my personal mechanic aka brother in law ) changed front air bags and shocks on my new L322. 8 days in and £1000 extra spent. £500 for new removeable tow bar, £400 shocks, £100 icarsoft diagnostics.
Oh, but it was a sweet test drive. At the risk of putting the mockers on it, hopefully that will be it for a while. (Datatek, don't you dare say "I told you so, " )

stustrong said:

They not half coloured? I wouldnt want full colour coded bumpers id have knocked half the paint off the front bumper bump strip by now hit the poles at asdas a few times now

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Should have gone to Specsavers.

wammers said:

Think you had better check your charge rate.

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Checked charge rate. 13.8v at idle. So I am guessing the alternator is OK. Interesting that the thing starts much nicer from cold now. No problems with crossing my fingers and hoping, wait for heat cycle and strikes up. Going out on a limb that the old Bosch had **** the bed.

Bix, Charge rate should be checked at 2000rpm lights and everything on, not at idle.

Grrrrrr said:

Should have gone to Specsavers.

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Haha mabye it disspears under the end of the bonnet then do i stop a little more then into park and then donk when it goes into park and rocks

brianp38dse said:

Bix, Charge rate should be checked at 2000rpm lights and everything on, not at idle.

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Bollocks, I thought that was a bit easy. Does it show I am ****e with electrics? I will try and give it a crack before I go up to Scotland tomorrow. But I imagine it won't happen for 2 weeks now.

I didn't know I had to have lights on though, I always thought it was tested with **** turned off.

The alt should be able to put out more power than is being used, or you end up with flat battery simpulls.

13.8V is enough to charge a normal battery. If it is kicking that out at idle it'll be kicking more out at 2000 rpm I'd have thought. Not ideal but I think he's probably all right.

stustrong said:

Haha mabye it disspears under the end of the bonnet then do i stop a little more then into park and then donk when it goes into park and rocks

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I always loved it in Police Squad when he stopped by crashing into the rubbish bins every time.

Grrrrrr said:

13.8V is enough to charge a normal battery. If it is kicking that out at idle it'll be kicking more out at 2000 rpm I'd have thought. Not ideal but I think he's probably all right.

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I have said it many times, 13.8 volts is really not enough to keep a modern sealed battery fully charged, you may get by but the battery will have a short life. 14.2 volts is the minimum for L/C batteries fitted to cars, 14.5 to 14.8 volts is better.
Should be tested at 2K rpm.

brianp38dse said:

Bix, Charge rate should be checked at 2000rpm lights and everything on, not at idle.

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Should be checked at idle just after start. Then at 2000 RPM with lights and heater blowers on, should be same reading as at idle.

wammers said:

Should be checked at idle just after start. Then at 2000 RPM with lights and heater blowers on, should be same reading as at idle.

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Whether you get full voltage at idle will depend on alternator gearing and idle rpm, many do not reach full voltage until engine rpm exceeds 1K rpm

Hitched the trailer, loaded the lawn tractor and went off to mow a mates grass. Had to be the P38 as the Transit struggles to get out of his place without the trailer, no chance with

Finally got some front light grilles off the bay....like i've not spent enough on it this month. lol

martynv8 said:

Finally got some front light grilles off the bay....like i've not spent enough on it this month. lol

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meh, really? I think p38's look a lot better without... especially one as clean as yours.

martynv8 said:

Finally got some front light grilles off the bay....like i've not spent enough on it this month. lol

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domino said:

meh, really? I think p38's look a lot better without... especially one as clean as yours.

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Good for reducing the light output to the road.

Datatek said:

Hitched the trailer, loaded the lawn tractor and went off to mow a mates grass. Had to be the P38 as the Transit struggles to get out of his place without the trailer, no chance with

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was it a meadow.. and did you go by yourself ?

ukadamwest said:

was it a meadow.. and did you go by yourself ?

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There were 10 green bottles standing on the wall

domino said:

meh, really? I think p38's look a lot better without... especially one as clean as yours.

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They are marmite i must admit. I fitted my rear guards with the non drill brackets so can always whip them off if i get bored with them & these front grills also come with the same brackets so couldn't resist.

PS, just been out for a spin, coming up the long steep hill near me put a grin on my face, new engine pulls like a loco without breaking a sweat.

finnally got round to finishing off my head gaskets between work. im pleased to say all seems well been for a few short drives got it up to temp sat in some traffic gave it a boot full.

no dramas only 2 bolts left over buggerd if i can see where they go will wait n see if anything falls off