1. chris_mack

    road trip around australia

    Hi guys Just put an advert on gumtree for two fellow travellers for my trip Iv got planned. 6 - 8 week trip Melb - Perth, up the West Coast - Darwin & back! - Melbourne travel partners - Gumtree Melbourne Free Classifieds Went a bit overboard with details of the car but never mind! Im open to...
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    1990 3.9 - one step forward and two steps back

    Hi all, This afternoon I fitted a secondary battery to my Classic. Well I bought it and put it in, opp where the main battery lives. This involved moving some little round vacuum resevoir thing (not sure what this is for?), taking the "trumpet" of the front of the air filter, so it is just...
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    Is this true ?????????

    bowler wildcat was designed and built FOR the dakar.
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    Insurance for young driver

    when i was 18 i paid 1450 for my 1987 90 with admiral. when i was 19 with a years no claims it was 500 with adrian flux. both of these were TPFT. footman james was no good for me as they would only insure me on a classic cars policy, and so i wouldnt be building up a no claims bonus. i bought...
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    RRC front door speakers

    haha sure will. that and kevin bloody wilson!
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    RRC front door speakers

    do you have two speakers in each door then? my front doors only have one speaker each ...
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    RRC front door speakers

    dusnt matter, i manged to force them in in the end!
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    RRC front door speakers

    come on, can anyone help? this is really bugging me!
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    is this like a separate forum

    200 miles a week isnt much! in fact i think it is probably under the national average!
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    is this like a separate forum

    i have two defenders, a rangie, and have previously owned 3 discoverys. and im only 21. and my mum currently owns a disco 3, and my dads mrs has a disco 2. I could be like a peace ambassador between diff landy groups :D
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    Daft to the rescue!

    or came out with one of those crappy one liner jokes like the little silhouette dudes on the halfrauds adverts on DAVE .
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    TG - New Series

    god that bloke sounds like an absolute spastic!
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    RRC front door speakers

    Hi, as some of you may have seen I bought a classic a month or so ago. it had four inch speakers in the front doors, and also in the headlining above the boot. All of which were blown! The rear speakers were an easy fix, I bought some replacement ( I think 6.5 inch) speakers, cut the hole a...
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    Which Tires

    yer but they only work if u put air in them
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    1990 Range Rover teething problems

    cheers derek, il get onto it then. i have just changed the sender unit as the old one died last week, so no worries there!
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    1990 Range Rover teething problems

    another question... the temp gauge seems to sit around 1/4-1/3 .... do you think it is running too cool? the heater still blows hot, but i would of expected the engine to run hotter..nearer the 1/2 way mark. i though maybe the stat is jammed open? then again, it is quite cool here at the...
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    Morocco 2010 - Booger's Report

    wow what an amazing read and great pics as well. Im planning a trip across Australia in my 1990 RR Classic... from Melbourne to Adelaide, to Perth up the West Coast, Broome, across to Darwin then down the Stuart Highway through Alice Springs to Adelaide and back to Melbourne. The Rangie is...
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    What is better Rope or Straps??

    hey where did u get this from? was it online?
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    1990 Range Rover teething problems

    well i went to a couple of local 4x4 specialists, one quoted $1480 for OME 2inch lift springs, shocks and castor correction bushes, and $1860 fitted. The other was $1200 f0r parts or $1400 fitted, so Iv orderd it and going to get them to fit it, for the sake of $200! So this time next...
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    Can I go slitty?

    well i went for a rangie in the end! see photos in my other thread!