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    4.6l Engine "recraft" cost???

    Quote for 4.6l "recraft" £2,796 inc vat at Reconditioned Engines. Rebuilt Engines. Remanufactured Engines.. Inc all labour, gaskets, oil, oil filter.........car is a 1998 HSE Limited Edition (i.e. Colour coded bumpers!!) 126k so really is borderline on value for money repair. But having to...
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    Should I buy it: Kalahari 5 door 1.8 on 03 plate??

    Currently have a 1998 Range Rover 4.6 hse with 126k on the clock, AND a blown engine..liner has dropped. Cheapest quote todate £2495 plus VAT and sundries ( inevitably another £500 in parts alone I guess). Car isn't worth more than £2000 I believe and 15 miles to the gallon has been hitting me...
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    Heater blower!!

    A week ago handbook came up on Aircon screen and fan would not blow very hard on full speed setting. Still getting a breeze but no full power blast. Climate control all workin OK on temperature settings, just cannot get the full power blow. Turned onto drive last night and suddenly fan...
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    P38 Vibration..U/V joint..I've given up!!

    Car goes into garage tomorrow for U/V joints on front prop shaft 'cos they got power tools and if necessary oxy acetylene torches!!.. Job is F***in' impossible without removing cross chassis member, and its F***in' impossible to undo the flange nuts and bolts holding it to the chassis...
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    P38 Vibration..U/V joint looks culprit.

    Had a real good furtle around underneath and looks like rear U/V joint on front drive propshaft is on the way out, definite movement/lateral play on the joints when you try to turn propshaft by hand. joints are £14.99 a pair on web from specialist so I hope that cost ain't to great to...
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    P38 Vibration problem: help please!

    4.6HSE auto. 116k miles 1998. Developed vibration/resonance through whole car over last three days and I am mystified as to what it is. Most obvious at 30-40mph when vehicle vibrates enough to rattle body fittings then dies away as speed up. :mad: Vibe feels as though either a shaft is...
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    wanna see wot knackered air springs look like

    Black museum pics These were the rear airsprings removed from my 1998 P38 4.6 HSE after 115k miles. No wonder it couldn't get it up????
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    EAS paranoia..is it just me??

    Having sorted out recurring fault,, overhauled valve block, new pressure switch, renewed airbags, new compressor, checked throughout for leaks etc etc etc ..I am watching height indicator lights every time I start up, and get butterflys if standard height indicator flashes for what seems to me...
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    EAS..hurrah and thank you Landyzone

    Ref: My previous post "EAS problem sorted.. How fix" see subsequent posts and my eventual enlightenment!! i hope this post will be of assistance to any one replacing rear airsprings. I got that it wrong thinking I'd found problem as above.....:( T'was leaking off side rear Air Spring at...
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    P38 EAS again, found a fault, how fix?

    Had recurring EAS fault for some three weeks or so now . Very friendly and patient specialist ( Mark at MID Engineering just outside Wantage Oxfordshire, super guy who knows his onions, top bloke recommend him for any 4x4 landrover work..) dialled out faults on diagnostics for me three times...
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    P38 Disconnecting airlines from EAS valve block

    1998 P38 on its back legs. No suspension. EAS fault on warning display, and down on bumpstops. Suspect pressure switch U/S. I am going to have to take out the EAS valve block and either replace or refurb. How are the airlines secured in the block and how difficult is it to disconnect them safely...
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    Radio security code fix for PU9844-A unit: sort of!!

    :D Clarion PU- 9844A Sorted..............Radio was dead after disconnecting battery and showing _ _ _ _ on the LED after I buggered up re-entering codes about 5 times, no matter how long I left radio on I couldn't get "code in" back up on LED.. Follow the following (!!?) 1. Pull fuses 1 & 8 (...
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    Serpentine belt

    4.6HSE V8 engine with A/C Is it necessary to remove the viscous fan to get new drive belt on, or can it be threaded around the fan to get it onto the pulleys, likewise can the reverse be done withthe old belt or shopuld I just cut it off. Does belt tensioner need any special tool to move it or...
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    Damn radio codes!

    :mad: Disconnected battery to sort out suspension fault (successfully:) )reset alarm codes OK + windows and sunroof all OK, EXCEPT radio/CD. Unit is a Clarion PU-9844A standard RR HSE fitting, and handbook has different unit shown so I think I ballsed up trying to renter codes. Disconnected...
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    Sticking EAS valve

    1998 P38 4.6 HSE. Driving steadily along: 'bleep!' all the height indicators flash and 'EAS fault' comes up on display along with height icon light on dash. Vehicle has stayed up on its suspension ( for now). This happened first two weeks ago, local specialist diagnosed sticking...
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