Another case of “They all do that, Sir”

I was quite chuffed that was the only fault stored to be honest. Just need to find time to get it in for an MOT now!

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

David, the tow bar receiver did you pop the cap off the top before having it shot blasted? if so was it easy to get off?
my tow ball is stuck ib solid was thinking of popping the cap off and giving a good dowsing with a releasing agent to see if it will come out  2012 Vogue 4.4 TDV8 - Current
2014 Navara V6 - Gone
2004 Vogue TD6 - Gone
Grand Cherokee - Gone
Discovery V8 (LPG) - Gone
Discovery TD5 - Gone

I did, my tow bar wasn't in the receiver so I popped it out with a long 1/2" extension.

With the tow bar stuck in you might be able to prize it off with a small screwdriver.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

Few more jobs done today...

The reversing camera was intermittent and had a black line scrolling up and down it so I ordered a replacement from PowerfulUK.

Before

Looking good.

Can you hear the noisy supercharger bearings from inside the car when driving?

Excellent refresh Dave. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
KIA E-Niro 4+
2021 Discovery 5 D300 MHEV commercial

KurtVerbose wrote:

Looking good.

Can you hear the noisy supercharger bearings from inside the car when driving?

I moved the SC to give it a wash today and noticed that the rear window was steamed up.

There was a small amount of water on the left hand side of the spare wheel well, a few drops at most. I also noticed that all of the electrics in on the left hand side of the boot we damp.

The old Bluetooth module was destroyed with water when i got the car. It had been bypassed though and there is a water shedder fitted so I was hoping the leak had been cured but I might be wrong.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

How’s the boot seal look? There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
KIA E-Niro 4+
2021 Discovery 5 D300 MHEV commercial

I had a good feel around it and it felt ok but seeing as the car hasn’t been driven, there’s not a lot else it can be as far as I can think of. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

Had it’s first bath today. Was a bit OTT with it and did a 5 stage wash.

Needs some trim restorer on the mudflaps, the side vents need changing for the others I’ve bought when I can finally go and get them, and the wheels definitely need to go back to silver. Other then that, it’s a good looking car

As for 13 pin towing electrics, after buying my FFRR, went to tow a new horse box, found it was 13 pin, found a conversion connector, plugs into my electrics, then plug 13 pin from trailer into that, worked perfectly. Best bit was it was about £7, cheap like me!
Might be a bit 'Teaching granny to suck eggs' bit, but as for bearings in pulley wheels, chuck them into the freezer the night before and warm the pulley wheels, bearings will simply 'fall into place'
As for taking a punt on the unsighted fatty - major to you Sir.

Thanks.

The 13 pin socket is handy for the caravan as it’ll charge the leisure battery. I’m also in the process of rewiring our tilt bed trailer so the car will charge the winch battery. It’s also handy to be able to charge the battery through the 13 pin socket.

Interesting point about putting the bearings in the freezer. I’d not considered that. Tbh, they didn’t take a lot of force in the vice. Quite a satisfying job to do as the results are great with a lovely quiet engine and a cheap fix without throwing stuff away.

I’ve been quite lucky compared to what I could’ve been!

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

I work on vlcc's deep sea, so we always have loads of bearings, for inside fitting, we always freeze them to minus 20/22,and for fitting bearings on shafts etc,we heat the bearings, usually by induction ( and / or freeze the shafts ), at home only way to heat is in oven or place in poly bag and heat in hot water, with sealed bearings, general rule of thumb is only heat up to 85 to 90 degree max
Mind you, at sea we have freezer rooms to use. Have fun, will keep reading to see how you get on, thanks for the posts, have already picked up some tips about the fatty.

Rob

Was thinking of going black for my Wheels now i have seen yours i think i will stick with Silver
Cracking write up  2012 Vogue 4.4 TDV8 - Current
2014 Navara V6 - Gone
2004 Vogue TD6 - Gone
Grand Cherokee - Gone
Discovery V8 (LPG) - Gone
Discovery TD5 - Gone