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| Merchy Member Since: 14 Feb 2021 Location: North Wales Posts: 1231   
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Nice one |
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24th Feb 2022 8:50pm |
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I would not describe you as mental, just suffering from a bad case of Rangeroveritis. Hope all goes well. 
| Wk52RR Member Since: 29 Dec 2020 Location: Devon Posts: 54  
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Gearbox is on the cards for tomorrow. So let’s see where we are with that. |
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24th Feb 2022 9:09pm |
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| Wk52RR Member Since: 29 Dec 2020 Location: Devon Posts: 54
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Gearbox oil change done and it was pretty black.
Nice clean sump and magnet
New filter
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25th Feb 2022 11:42am |
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| Fox889 Member Since: 04 Jun 2019 Location: Bury St Edmunds. Suffolk Posts: 696 
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Nice job of the gearbox service! 2012 Orkney Grey Westminster 4.4TDV8 with Ivory interior.........nice!
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26th Feb 2022 8:40am |
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| Slow progress Member Since: 30 Jun 2020 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 453
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If there’s a fix for the HDC I’d be interested as I get a similar message on start up |
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26th Feb 2022 3:24pm |
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| Wk52RR Member Since: 29 Dec 2020 Location: Devon Posts: 54
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Few jobs managed over the weekend.
Next was check coolant error, when I bought the Range Rover the previous owner supplied a brand new coolant sensor and expansion tank and so I thought why not replace the lot.
Then removal of the isolator switch a previous owner fitted as it was an eye sore and potential for failure
I was glad to find that the wiring hadn’t been cut or shortened so returning the battery wiring to factory was easy. Last job for the weekend was to change the air filter and I didn’t expect it to be as bad as it was. The car had a relatively new fuel filter, I’d say within the last 6 months, it also had a vortex oil breather fitted at some point which was on my to do list. But here is the old filter and new filter 
Then found this so need to replace all the vacuum lines
Gave the engine cover a slight spruce up
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28th Feb 2022 8:57am |
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| Wk52RR Member Since: 29 Dec 2020 Location: Devon Posts: 54
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Todays jobs put the 18 inch wheels on that I picked up last Friday. These have about half tread left on them and a matching set of general grabber GT’s on them. All four for £150 is a bargain. Some may wonder why switch from a 20 inch wheel to an 18. Firstly I don’t like aftermarket wheels on an l322 they still look up market and I feel the wheels that came with mine were bad taste for such a vehicle. Also not knowing what brand the wheels were or the quality or the load rating I thought it’s best to go to a standard Land Rover wheel. Also this was bought as a replacement for a defender so I want lots of wheel choices and sidewall for off-road work. Plus I really like the pre facelift with the smaller wheel size.
Next job was doing the vacuum lines which meant taking off the inlet manifold and fitting the egr delete. Over 200,000 miles with the egr and the manifold is pretty badly blocked.
And every vacuum line is completely rotten, they’ve all gone very brittle and just crumbled when trying to remove them. Hopefully after doing the vacuum lines and I let cleaning there should be quite a noticeable improvement. |
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1st Mar 2022 11:26am |
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| Wk52RR Member Since: 29 Dec 2020 Location: Devon Posts: 54
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Cleaning has commenced on the intake. It’s not perfect but certainly improved and with the egr delete fitted it won’t get that bad again. After cleaning 2 ports on the engine itself.
Much cleaner
Nice new vacuum lines
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1st Mar 2022 9:15pm |
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| Wk52RR Member Since: 29 Dec 2020 Location: Devon Posts: 54
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Just a few small jobs today. Fitted the egr delete when I did the inlet manifold so today was getting rid of the egr cooler. Most wouldn’t bother with this but after having quite a few m57 powered cars I’ve had the egr cooler fail allowing coolant in the engine where it shouldn’t be, it also allows far better access to the front of the engine especially with the viscous fan permanently removed as well.
I will also be fitting a Renault 5 thermostat when it arrives. |
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4th Mar 2022 11:31am |
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| Wk52RR Member Since: 29 Dec 2020 Location: Devon Posts: 54
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Haven’t posted on this for a while but not much to update. Was made redundant at the end of March and as the Range Rover is a second car it hasn’t been used much. However first real task called for a tow vehicle.
One light aircraft loaded up From Usk in Wales and brought back to Devon. The Range Rover performed faultlessly and although it was a very long day as the aircraft needed to be disassembled, it was a perfect tow car and cemented it’s reputation. |
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23rd May 2022 11:15pm |
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| will308f Member Since: 19 Apr 2022 Location: plymouth Posts: 490 
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very nice mate .....keep it up |
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24th May 2022 10:29pm |
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