Recent content by Ratae

As they don't like spending money I doubt they would have bothered if it wasn't necessary & I'm inclined to think it was probably showing up in numbers on vehicles during the warranty period.

The extension was due to changes to the rolling 40 year exemption for vehicle excise duty. An unintended consequence of the change was black & silver plates being able to be displayed on post 1/1/73 vehicles. The latest change stops other than approved reflective plates being displayed on...

Double post.

Check the drive cable from the transfer box to the transducer & the drive cable from the transducer to the speedo drive on the back of the speedometer inside the binnacle. Check that the inner cables (square ends) aren't broken - I suspect that's what happened.

Earlier (LT230 transfer box) like my '86 3.5EFi auto have a two piece speedo cable. Long one comes out of the drive unit on the transfer box & up into the car by the transmission tunnel side of the driver's side footwell. The shorter upper cable attaches to this end of the cable then up through...

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Just remembered. It blew the fuse on the petrol/LPG changeover - manually switched - as well & that's a 7.5 amp blade fuse. Default position of the relay is petrol & I can't remember which fuel I was on at the probable time it went so it wouldn't have stopped the car. If I had been on LPG the...

Blew the fuses for the aftermarket immobiliser & the aftermarket radio/cd player. I've since replaced both items - nothing to do with this issue - & can't remember what fuses they had in. Thoroughly cooked the battery, it swelled up a bit too - had to replace it. Nothing else damaged & none of...

Mine's on LPG & that does work better well advanced BUT I don't have any fancy gizmos to alter it so I've set it as far advanced as I can get on unleaded without pinking. Manual says TDC +/- 1 deg & I'm a little over 6 BTDC. Around 600 rpm in 'D' is where I'm at but I'm around a little over 800...

Sorry for not getting back to you before. Presumably the gap between the butterfly & the bore of the plenum chamber is correct - max 0.05mm (0.0002 in) measured at the bottom - & the area is clean? If the gap is too big then effectively you've a partially open throttle If it's OK then, as you...

Flapper or Hotwire?

If you have a groove worn into the flange then you'll struggle to get a good leak free seal. Cure is either a new flange - which I did on my '86 - or the appropriate size speedisleeve.

Revs dropping as the load on the alternator increases is entirely normal. If the revs drop too far then the ignition light may well illuminate or flicker. If you increase the revs it should go out. The later Classic Range Rover was fitted with a stepper motor & a more sophisticated ECU which...

Used the Elring composites on mine (1986 3.5EFi Classic). Heads had had a small amount skimmed, can't remember the amount but it was single figures. Reassembled using the Elrings & the covered valley gasket. No issues & didn't need to shim the rocker towers. Haven't noticed any reduction in...

Ashcroft's take on it: "I have a 4 speed ZF Auto and it sticks in first gear in the morning or when cold and is reluctant to change up from 1st gear. Once the gearbox has warmed up it shifts normally. Why? The governor valve is sticking, which can be caused by contamination. i.e. clutch plates...