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I am getting the oil and filter changed right now and this is how the pan looks.. The oil is very very dirty, but no signs of the metal shavings at all

I meant small chance that it was the transfer box! I am taking the car with me. He said that if after taking the gb down, the torque converter needs refurbishing, he will send it to a company in Bristol that refurbish them for an extra £250. And if after refurbishing the GB the car still gives...

Hi guys, i am here at JB transmissions and the guy plugged his machine on it and it says "Gear monitoring 5" he says that its very likely that the transmission is on its way out, and very little change it could be the transfer box/transfer motor. So he is offering a full rebuilt. £1000 fitted...

The guy from JB-transmissions in Leyton has offered to have a look with diagnostics machine and also to do the GB service for £30 (me providing the oil and filter obviously) to see what he finds in the gb pan. I think that, that is my best option for the time being.

Thank you Saint. A bit of an update. The Mrs took the RR to the Isle of Wight today (I still haven't done the GB service) and the ding with the message "Trans Failsafe Prog" popped up about 3-4 times on her nearly 2 hour journey. She mentioned that it started when she got stucked in heavy...

Well at least it wasnt the stop engine one!! I will see if i have time to play with it tomorrow. I also found that it has a working phone in the armrest. I knew it had the phone, but no idea it was working. No, I don't have the list of the hidden menu options yet. I am more worried about...

Thanks for the pictures holidaychicken! Finally managed to sort out the OBCs pixels and what the Stop message actually says is: "STOPW 0.0 SEC" any ideas? Is that like Stop watch for the trip computer or something?

So a garden hose will fit? I thought i needed a smaller size hose. Do you think that I can use a compressor to pressure flush it and fill it? Today the plan is to fit one of those tapes to try and fix the dashboard pixels to know what the actual messages are. Then I will move onto the gearbox...

Thank you Saint.V8. I did notice that you have the V8 petrol, but did think that the job was very similar. Holidaychicken... I did get the fence sprayer, I think its exactly the same one that Saint used. £6.99 from B&M :) i just need to source the hose to attach to it. I am downloading the...

Thank you very much! I have taken your advice and decided to do the gearbox fluid and filter myself. I have found Saint's gearbox service how to and was actually just finishing reading it. I am buying the railway sleepers tomorrow and just trying to find out if my RR has the GM 5L40 gearbox, so...

Thanks again for the info provided. I have contacted the seller, but he says that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the car and specially the gearbox or ralated. So, to be honest, I dont think that he will even make a small refund, let alone take the car back. I have told the guy that I...

I have removed the gearbox oil cooler, I found the front part of it to be full of dirt, leaves etc. I took it out, cleaned it and tested it with an air compressor, it seems to be fine and not blocked at all. Also the radiator fluit is fine. I found a garage that deals mainly with range rovers...

Hi Saint.V8, thank you for sharing your knowledge. The gears did go down but not up, if i slowed down enough, i could feel it ahifting down, but the problem was when trying to go over 40-50mph it would just not shift up. I drove it from Preston to London making only one short stop and had no...

I bought it privately i am afraid! :(

Oh no! Really? Shoot! Is it worth even changing the oil cooler? Looking at the invoice, it says Gearbox, T/converter, gearbox oil, oil cooler, Replace oil cooler, re-stud exhaust manifold.

I did walk away form that one, but unfortunately I just went up to Scotland and bought myself a 2003 RR Vogue 3.0 td6 with 160k mikes on the clock, but full service history up to around 145k and a massive pile of receipts from the main dealer from when it was new up until about a year ago. The...

Many thanks for your replies. Saint.V8... the light does come on, but nothing happens and I think that you are right about buying a RR with soo much work to be done, specially for a first RR. Bitnix... I think you that too are absolutely right about the gearbox. I think the previous owner might...

Hi all, My name is Carlos I live in London and I am looking to adquire a Range Rover Vogue td6 or a Sports HSE in the next few weeks. I found a Vogue td6 that sounde like a bit of a bargain, but thanks to some advise from some of the forum members, I think I will pass on that one. So, thanks...

Hi all, I need a bit of help and advise please. I am looking to buy my first RR and went to see this 2004 Range Rover Vogue TD6 with 140k on the clock. It was advertised for £5400 with an intermitent indicator light fault, indicators not coming on all the time and some times right indicator...