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    Holes in my spare wheel well - p38

    Hi my 1995 dse is pretty dry apart from the spare wheel well which is quite rusty mostly from some holes in the well there are 4 all about 80mm ish towards the back all of which are pre drilled holes with some form of cover over them but two have rusty so bad that I have taken the cover off and...
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    BMW M51 engine numbers

    Thanks love the quick response you get on this forum! Cool I will do a soapy water job round the bags and air lines tomorro
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    1995 dse

    Hi again thanks for the advice guys been looking into replacing the air springs but could the leaking at teh front be due to the valve block? the reason by i say this is because i have heard the sort of loud poping noise but only when the car is running and I am positive that it came form teh...
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    1995 dse

    That's greats thanks very much I had wondered what this RAVE thing that people talk about was! Any suggestions on the was front? Cheers
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    1995 dse

    just bought myself a 1995 DSE with 165K on the clock and loving it but as you guys will have probs guessed there are a few things here and they not working! So was wondering if any one can suggest a decent workshop manual to buy there seems to be loads over ebay or is good old haynes the best...
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    Range rover classic - scout project

    cheers for that i know everyone says a lot of bad things about the vm but it has only done 101k miles and had a lot of money spent on it not long before it was taken off the road. I want it to be a lot of work after all it is a project for the scouts so they need something to do and the more...
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    Range rover classic - scout project

    Lol cheers that for do you anywhere good that I can get a full set of rubber bushes. Oh and the vm runs sweet comes up to temp sits there no bother and pulls well. Is there any mods required to run on veg oil like a prw heater mods to tank etc cheers
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    Range rover classic - scout project

    Cheers for the advice but most of the issues appear to be metal work and I can get sheet metal either v v cheap or free and plenty of good friends that are good at welding it doesnt have to look that pretty or mega original we dont mind on that front. Was thinking about renewing the bushes for...
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    Range rover classic - scout project

    In case anyone is interested here are a few pics its pretty rotten in places like the sills and floor but we got replacement sills with it starting on sunday with the scouts to strip it so we can get off as much rust as poss genolite or similar it then paint it well the chassis first then ohter...
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    Range rover classic - scout project

    Cheers for the replys sorting out the rust was going to be the first priority and was also going to look into getting a cheap v8. We wanted a v8 in the first place but nothing came anywhere near our initial budget. Also does any one know if the manual box mated to vm diesel is a landy box ie...
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    Range rover classic - scout project

    Hi I posted a while ago looking for a range rover classic as a project for my scouts. Tonight we have more or less bought a G reg diesel for 250 comes with new sills as the old ones along with the rear tailgate/bumper is knackered. Looking for some adivce on what we should we with it,on a...
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    Scout Leader looking for scout project vehicle

    hey guys thanks for the replys was kind of hoping of one with some welding needed as that one of the things I thought we could try to teach the lad. As I said I know it was cheeky asking but thought it might be worth a try. As i said someone did offer me one but was too late in getting back to...
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    Scout Leader looking for scout project vehicle

    Hi My name is michael and I am a explorer scout leader from edinburgh who has for a long time been interested in landrovers. Recently we were offered a 3.9 range rover for free as it needed some welding for MOT. This was ideal for us a we were going to use it as a project teach the scout about...