After joining the forum 3 wks ago we've now got our late 2006 FF RR TDV8 with 123,000 miles & started working on it's various faults.
Cleaned up, it looks OK - although there are a few bits of damaged paint to sort at some point.

Good one enjoy it

Looks well does that and yes they certainly are a project.

I keep meaning to make a list of all the faults on mine so I can work my way through it but doubt I'd have enough ink in my pen!

Nice looking car there Paul. Welcome to the club! __
2018 L405 3.0 TDV6 Vogue SE Fuji White
2000 4.6 V8 HSE Oxford Blue
1994 3.9 V8 Vogue Ardennes Green - resto project

Land Rover History:
2010 3.6 TDV8 Autobiography Stornoway Grey
2001 Discovery 2 TD5 GS
1999 Discovery 2 V8i XS
1994 Discovery 300Tdi
1993 Discovery 200Tdi
1989 Range Rover Vogue SE 3.5EFi
1976 Series 3 2.25
1977 Range Rover 2 door 3.5 Carb

Really nice looking example you've picked up there. Cairns Blue (and that gorgeous interior!) was one of the colours I wanted myself when looking for one to buy. I can eak 33MPG out of my own 3.6 '58 TDV8 on a run down to London (running exclusively on Shell FuelSaver Diesel) so your estimates of 30 are probably right on the money.

Is that a Discovery 2 I can see parked behind it?

Thanks for the welcome!
Paulus1978, yes, we're pleased with it - especially since we've got rid of the horrible air "freshener" smell that we were worried was hiding something worse. Fortunately not though!
Yes, that's our well used TD5 D2 in the background - not as comfy as the RR, but very good off-road. Paul,
2001 Discovery 2 TD5, 211,000 miles & climbing
2006 FFRR TDV8 Vogue 145,000 miles & climbing
Member of Midland (Land) Rover Owners Club, www.mroc.co.uk

My steering wheel kept doing that, then had a flat battery if left for 2-3 days.
Turns out the bluetooth and TMC module was causing a 1.2amp drain, once that was sorted and the battery up to full charge the steering wheel started working properly again. Porsche 911 (996)
2015 BMW 5 Series Touring
Not got a LR of any kind at the mo, and got itchy feet.

gizze, interesting comment!
2 of the other problems, I've not mentioned are a battery that goes flat every 2 or 3 days & a Bluetooth module that appears to have a mind of it's own - lol.
Looks like there maybe a link worth investigating. I'll start by measuring the current drain if I can & then disconnect the Bluetooth module & re- check. Paul,
2001 Discovery 2 TD5, 211,000 miles & climbing
2006 FFRR TDV8 Vogue 145,000 miles & climbing
Member of Midland (Land) Rover Owners Club, www.mroc.co.uk

For now just unplug it, and then take the optical cables out of the block and put them together to keep the MOST ring as a ring, otherwise you will get no nav etc.

You can use some small rubber hose or just tape the ends together.

The TMC modules can go a bit funny too causing a drain, as TMC is useless I would unplug that too, and do the same with the MOST cable on that. Porsche 911 (996)
2015 BMW 5 Series Touring
Not got a LR of any kind at the mo, and got itchy feet.

gizze, thanks for the tips.

I hadn't realised you could bypass the MOST modules so easily & still maintain the circuit. Paul,
2001 Discovery 2 TD5, 211,000 miles & climbing
2006 FFRR TDV8 Vogue 145,000 miles & climbing
Member of Midland (Land) Rover Owners Club, www.mroc.co.uk

Finally got round to to replacing the front upper suspension arms yesterday.
The bushes at the chassis end had looked well worn for a few months and I was fairly certain they were likely to be the cause of the knock noise I was getting while putting full steering lock on at very low speed.
Changing them was easy enough - apart from the time wasted trying to remove 1 of the ball-joints which was worn enough to need replacing while I was doing the arms.
I thought I'd just be able to knock it out from above after removing the torx screws - but it wouldn't budge. I ended up using a slotting disc in the angle grinder & cutting the ball joint to pieces before the remains could be knocked out.

Anyway, all back together & no more knock noise & the suspension doesn't thump as much when going over speed bumps or pot holes - Great result

While in the wheel arches I took out both wheel arch liners & removed a few kilos of small stones & mud that had got past the edge of the liners at the back of the wheel arches..
Surprisingly & very positively , there was no sign of rust anywhere - despite no obvious underseal on top of the paint  Paul,
2001 Discovery 2 TD5, 211,000 miles & climbing
2006 FFRR TDV8 Vogue 145,000 miles & climbing
Member of Midland (Land) Rover Owners Club, www.mroc.co.uk

Thought I recognised the name.

Are you another d2bc refugee? Remember:- amateurs built the ark
Proffesionals built the titanic

lol - yes.
I'd almost got all of the issues with the Disco 2 under control (might regret saying that!), so I decided I'd have another Land Rover project to keep me occupied!

I see there's quite a few on here who's forum names I recognise from the d2bc forum.
All of us gluttons for punishment or slow learners do you think? Paul,
2001 Discovery 2 TD5, 211,000 miles & climbing
2006 FFRR TDV8 Vogue 145,000 miles & climbing
Member of Midland (Land) Rover Owners Club, www.mroc.co.uk

I'm a total gluten for punishment then.

D2 to d3 to ffrr

You know you never get them fully sorted, just reduce the list  Remember:- amateurs built the ark
Proffesionals built the titanic

I decided to remove the OE phone cradle connector on our 2006 TDV8 as I got fed up of not being able to use the top part of the cubby box for storing a phone. With the cradle in place, the space is too narrow for even a standard Samsung Galaxy mobile. The connector by all accounts only permits very limited functionality if you can find the relevant 2G ( ! ) phone & cradle from 2006 or 2007.

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