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    Classic idle

    Appreciate for your reply. The idle revs increased as a result of the slight advancement of the timing, which is what you would expect so I doubt there's any problem with the gap. I'd had the dizzy out & having previously marked the position I turned it a just couple of mm following...
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    Classic idle

    Thank you. Flapper
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    Classic What engine to go for?

    And the chances of a slipped liner .. ask me how I know :rolleyes: I would vote for retaining the durable 3.5efi & going for a top end overhaul with uprated cam. Incidentally it's not just the engine output to consider when it comes to towing with a RRC .. allegedly (that word again) LR...
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    Classic idle

    Hi guys I recently advanced the timing slightly on my 3.5efi which resulted in improved performance (with a small P) but the downside is a corresponding increase in the idle when in N. According to the bible the adjustment screw on the plenum casing should be used to adjust this, but the...
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    Classic 1982 Range Rover 3.5 V8 CHARGING ISSUES

    TACR2 by any chance ?
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    An Honest RR Specialist

    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...
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    Classic rover V8 cylinder head height

    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:
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    An Honest RR Specialist

    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...
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    P38A Should I put a modern touch screen radio in my car?

    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...
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    P38A Should I put a modern touch screen radio in my car?

    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...
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    P38A Insurance prices getting silly

    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 &...
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    P38A Insurance prices getting silly

    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...
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    L322 L322 Wheels - 20” to 22” upgrade?

    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...
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    P38A Insurance prices getting silly

    Sorry, misread your post as increasing to £254 from £70 ! Another senior moment :oops:
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    P38A Insurance prices getting silly

    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.
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