TACR2 by any chance ?

So at 62k mine should have have had two fluid changes :oops: Seeing that it hasn't & apparently remains problem free I think I will leave well alone, changing the fluid could disturb any foreign bodies lurking in nooks 'n crannies. I had the same advice when questioning the advisability of a...

Interesting that Real Steel are still around. They used to market a kit to stroke the 3.5 to 4.3; I knew a guy years ago that did this & the thing pulled so hard it proved too much for the ZF :oops:

I think there is some mileage in the phrase 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' when it comes to slush boxes. The fluid in my RRC is unlikely to have been changed since the car was new; I say unlikely because it only had 40K on the clock when I bought it 15 years ago & I've certainly not done it...

Mine worked perfectly during my near 5 years of owning the car (so around 7 years since installation) until 3 months ago when the aforementioned screen problem started, so not a bad service life for a budget item. Looks like a replacement may be on the cards, but ICE is low in priority for me...

My daily E39 was retrofitted with a Xtrons android by a PO back around 2016 & for an old car (1998) it blended in well with the black plastic/wood inserts dash. The only thing I don't like about it is that when reversing at night the screen (reversing camera activated) is so bright as to cause a...

I share your feelings about politicians, but to be fair we can (& consistently do) wax lyrical about how little 'things' cost back in nineteen hundred & frozen-to-death, but we should also bear in mind what we were earning back then. I first owned a car in 1963, can't remember what petrol &...

What I can never understand is that these quotes all come from brokers, not insurers .. so why the huge disparity in prices o_O The client's details, representing either a good or bad risk, remains the same & there are only so many insurance companies out there. Is it that some insurers are...

First there was huge wheels with iron rims. Then the iron band was superseded by solid rubber, followed by the pneumatic tyre, which gave a marginally better ride. Now people want to spend a fortune on huge wheels with miniscule aspect ratios .. what goes around (no pun intended) comes around...

Sorry, misread your post as increasing to £254 from £70 ! Another senior moment :oops:

You are very tolerant, considering your insurers have more than tripled your premium :rolleyes: My RRC renewal is due mid August .. hope I get a better deal than that or there will be some choice comments.

Firmly pressing the bottom corners until each of the latches click is the technique I always use on a standard steel 'gate. Don't think I'd want an alloy example as I've read too many comments about lack of rigidity.

Over-complicated Monty? I'll give you an even better example : Up to the 1987 model year (ie from Oct '86) the cabin fresh air intake flap on the Classic was operated by a simple cable/slide lever system. From that date this perfectly efficient & relatively bullet-proof mechanism was replaced...

As an ex Series owner (5 of them) I would suggest the first question you should ask yourself is 'do I really need a winch?' Sure, we all want one, but that's not the same as needing it :oops: I used to drool over other people's winch equipped LR's when off-roading years ago, that is until I...

Just popped over from the RR forum, but I have owned Series in the distant past .. 5 of 'em ;) If fitting a OD strong enough to use in all the gears don't run away with the idea that you will end up with a multi-speed transmission designed for progressive upshifting like a commercial 'box...

Nice to know I'm not the only cynic on here ;)

As a new member to the forum it's customary to introduce yourself (community section) prior to posting queries.

A gallon? At today's prices o_O

Rust in a Series is nothing new .. but I've never seen a dash like that !

Can you not remove the metal shrouds from inside the car .. confess I've never needed to try. If you can then just pull the rods inwards as suggested by Ratae .. I think they should move W/O needing to release the catch? There have been many instances when badly adjusted catches have disengaged...