What did I do with my Range Rover yesterday? An evening out with my partner to Margate, car running ok, no noticeable lack of performance, got home after e nifty run along the 20/M20, got home and as I walked past the back of the car noticed the offside rear brake was rather warm", not glowing...

No, something else will go wrong even when it's parked up.

Heaters in 1960s cars? You having a laugh?? My 1948 P3 hd one come to think of it and a curtain that dropped down inside the back window. My Rover 2000 had a heater as well, all mod-cons. I'll look on youtube, cheers. Otherwise Ranco valves on 1960s buses.

So many variants, presumably i'll have to order by VIN number? My car is the "facelift" version on a 60 plate.

Thanks, do I have to remove the engine cover to try to find it? By right hand side, I presume you mean under the passenger side on a RHD car?

Any clue as to where it hides on the car? all i see under the bonnet is a mass of pipes, totally lost with modern vehicles!

Having recently had the oil cooler and thermostat and housing changed, I now find the passenger side heating works as it should; the driver's side heating is hit and miss. I initially mentioned this in another post as just the driver's side footwell heater not working, but this is an...

I took the easier but dearer way out and let a local garage do the job. They also replaced the thermostat and housing. The other isse was an O ring inside one of the plastic adaptors in the "octopus" pipes, not available separatelt, the whole assembly was in excess of £500. I found a right size...

Yesterday took the 60 reg Vogue with the super duper TDV8 4.4 for a spin to Margate. going along the A20 down into Dover sudden rushing sound. WTF.. Possibly an air leak? Burst tyre? Road noise? Pulled over in dover and found what I thought was a road sign at the back of the car, pick it up and...

Vacuum gauges start at zero and go downwards. they usually go anti-clockwise as well. some of the old stuff I work on have vacuum brakes, vacuum measured in inches of mercury.

Yes, you're right, it's just that some gauges I have aren't set a zero ATM! I know 1 bar is about 16, so near enough fr a guess. One of the posts above says water pressure is 16 psi, that's quite high for a car engine. Some modern buses run at that pressure.

Depends on your gauge, 0=1 bar; 0 psi actual is a vacuum. So your water pressure is maybe 4 psi + 16 psi. Sounds daft but i know what I mean! An oil gauge on one of my buses sits at 16 psi when disconnected as it's reading atmospheric pressure.

Maybe disconnect the car battery if you can get inside to open the bonnet. Leave it to reset and try again. Or call home recovery service if you have one.

Re the gearbox, you may well find the problem improves with an oil and filter change. there's always a bit of s h1te in an auto box as the parts naturally wear. The internal valves work to very fine tolerances.

Took the car back to the garage yesterday as it told me there was too much oil. the garage man took about half a litre our, problem solved, and topped up the anti-freeze. The temperature works as it ought to, up to half-way/nromal in a short space of time. Money well spent methinks. Next big job...

Yep, that's the stuff, excellent on a wet brush. I use it when I'm fitting windows in old buses as well.

Use tyre paste when refitting airbags, like other rubber lubrication products, it helps things slide in easier. :)

Slush fund now spent, Mr.Barclay complaining... oil cooler not leaking thermostat and housing changd, see other threads for detils, thanks for all your collective advice. Now back on rebuilding bus engine, the crank grinders have omitted a locating lug for a vital thrust washer...

Thanks.

The problem I notice now is there seems to be restricted air flow to the footwell from the heater matrix. It's good to the face-level outlets and the screen, but my feet need to get warm! Presumably there's a flap somewhere that will need some attention? Any ideas?