One last point of view on what has been an interesting discussion & one close to my heart as a one-time owner of four RRC's, all V8 autos. It's all very well valuing these cars at £10-15K for something decent rising to £30K for a really good one, but you still have to find the right buyer. My...

I would have thought so as a cam change will effect the characteristics of the engine on it's own. Thread carefully as the factory engine would have been to a spec. suited to the model. Remember Newton's third law :rolleyes:

Beware mixing/matching different components, the basic engine design is essentially the same but some of the ancillaries are not. 3.5 distributors can have different part numbers for different model years, not just carb or efi variants. nb. not a fan of PS components or their customer service...

Told my Classic to stop complaining about getting a little more use over the past 3 months (might even cover 1000m this year) & being parked in the open for the past 17 years .. though I did wish it a happy 38th birthday & promised to rectify the non-operational NSF window ;)

They don't eat copper, it's the chemicals in the plastic insulation that the little sods have a taste for. nb. novel tailgate ;)

Just a thought .. AC isn't efficient in a car unless the window are kept closed, so are you going to benefit from it in a rag-top LR ?

Correct. Up to the '86 MY the fresh air flap was controlled by a simple linkage, but then LR 'improved' it by means of a vacuum operated solenoid. When mine failed & a replacement was no longer available I simply closed off the vacuum pipe & left the flap permanently open.

With perm. 4x4 that's going to need some power :eek:

The connection on the plenum is for the vacuum hose mentioned in my post #2 No idea on the other (cut) one. I'll have a look next time I'm around mine, though being a 3.5efi it might be different.

Nearly had me going there .. initially I thought 'what the hell is a 111 LR' :oops:

I wasn't aware that the Classic had such a thing as a vacuum pump, the latest MY I've owned was a '93 & that didn't have one. On my '87 3.5efi the vacuum comes from a small rubber hose connected to the plenum & provides the 'suck' for the fresh air flap (heating) solenoid & would also serve the...

If all else fails you could have the 'screen removed, so that any weapons-grade cleaning procedure(s) won't damage the car's interior & if that fails have the 'screen replaced.

I'm confident you will have a transducer, not a cable.

Any luck ?

Based on my own experience ('87 3.5efi) failure of the odometer is a prelude to the speedo itself developing a very 'wavy' needle, which will result in MOT failure when the time comes. I've attempted to have mine repaired but the specialist was unable to source the parts so they returned the...

I seem to remember that, despite the allegedly high standards of police vehicle maintenance, these cars were usually on their third engine by the time they were cast out of service.

Not always, both the fobs with my old BM have non functioning LED's but still work fine, especially after renewing the rubber cover that incorporates the lock/unlock/boot symbols.

Yes it's a question of knowing where to look. I wanted a mudflap clip for my old 5 series & couldn't find anything after hours trawling the web .. turned out the the same component was used on Jaguars built in the late 'nineties so I bought a couple, expensive for just a metal clip but exactly...

Any reviews about their service ? Seems a large variation in prices between the 2 of them. £250 is not a lot for a competent company's technology & time these days .. I had the alphanumeric ribbon (no instruments) replaced on my old 5 series last year & that cost me £150.

Then kid yourself that you've done an oil change .. must remember to change the filter next time :rolleyes: Presumably the manuf. choose this daft set-up because they know people wont bother/haven't the time to open the bonnet & dip the oil, so what makes JLR think the same owners will...