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dhallworth

Member Since: 10 Oct 2011
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 3113

2012 Range Rover Autobiography TDV8 Baltic Blue

Quick clean up with the hoover, a small handheld wire brush and a micro fibre cloth this evening left me with this:

Much better then I was expecting having seen last nights picture.

Everything was then given a coating of Bilt Hamber Hydrate 80 and left for the evening looking like this:

Need to order the Epoxy Mastic from Bilt Hamber tomorrow so that I can get it painted at the weekend.

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

28th Jun 2022 6:04pm

dhallworth

Member Since: 10 Oct 2011
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 3113

Decided at 16.30 this afternoon I was going to drive to Wales this evening to get the valve clearances set on the Range Rover cylinder heads.

Last minute annual leave submitted and approved at work, few jobs done, cylinder heads loaded into the boot of the C6, bite to eat and we set off at 21:30. Roads were absolutely dead, definitely the perfect time to travel.

Night in a hotel before dropping them off in the morning. They’re being dropped off in Queensferry on the North Wales border but I think we’re going to head to Pentrefoelas to visit family whilst we’re down before heading for home tomorrow evening

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

1st Jul 2022 12:32am

Haylands

Member Since: 04 Mar 2014
Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 8289

2014 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

Have a safe and productive trip... Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

1st Jul 2022 9:34am

dhallworth

Member Since: 10 Oct 2011
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 3113

Thanks Pete.

Thursday night saw us drive from Glasgow to Chester.

Heads were dropped off in Queensferry just after 9am this morning and we ventured over to Pentrefoelas in North Wales to see my Aunt and Uncle. After a day there we’ve stopped with family in Newton-Le-Willows for dinner this evening and heading back to Glasgow tomorrow morning.

Gutted the RR is off the road as it’d have been a lovely run in it but I’m hoping now we’re just a few weeks away from having her consuming V-Power like it’s going out of fashion 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

1st Jul 2022 10:57pm

alanm_3

Member Since: 19 Feb 2011
Location: my House, unless I’m not at home, in which case I’m somewhere else.
Posts: 6734

2017 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

You’re fair getting into the nitty gritty of this car David, I can’t wait to see it when it’s all done.
Talking of filling up, I did mine yesterday, almost empty, £180 Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

2nd Jul 2022 9:00am

Merchy

Member Since: 14 Feb 2021
Location: North Wales
Posts: 1196

2006 Range Rover Vogue Td6 Zermatt Silver

Sorting out the heads and a mini holiday seeing family, all in one, job sorted

Most times when I have driven to / from Glasgow I usually start out the drive in the evening, traffic is a lot lighter then and drive quite pleasant. Hope you have / had a brilliant weekend

PS - I just had a new look at V-power prices, the drive in the C6 must have saved you a fortune

2nd Jul 2022 11:36am

dhallworth

Member Since: 10 Oct 2011
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 3113

It did indeed.

The 3.0 HDI in the C6 averaged 41mpg over just shy of 700 miles

It’s a nice and comfy way to travel too. Good stereo, double glazing and hydraulic suspension make it a very enjoyable place to munch miles in a cost effective manner. 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

2nd Jul 2022 4:29pm

Sandyt

Member Since: 07 Nov 2013
Location: Wraysbury Windsor
Posts: 2266

2007 Range Rover Supercharged 4.2 SC V8 Buckingham Blue

Brilliant I was up in Fife a week ago did it from door to door in 6 hrs but didnt get anywhere near 20 let alone plus 40 mpg still it was a pleasant journey up and back down.
Won't be long now David until the v power sales in your neck of the woods go through the roof

2nd Jul 2022 9:36pm

dhallworth

Member Since: 10 Oct 2011
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 3113

On Thursday last week I found someone locally breaking an L322. Thankfully they had no objection to me attacking it with an angle grinder

I cut the boot floor out and cut a few other bits and piece out to put my car back together properly.

First up was the bracket that secures the jack at the back of the spare wheel well.

The one on my car had been cut to allow the tank to fit properly under the boot floor.

Tonight I drilled the spot welds off the one I removed from the other car to leave me with just the plate.

Tomorrow I’ll do the same to the one on the car to remove that. I don’t fancy welding inside the car, especially into a channel that’s hidden with no access from the rear so I’m thinking of either using pop rivets or rivnuts with bolts to resecure it to the car. Possibly with some panel bond or similar behind it to stop any possible vibrations causing it to work loose.

I also got an unused jack and wheel brace to go with it.

I also managed to get the webbing that lifts the spare wheel out of the well and the bracket that stops the tailgate closing.

One of the reasons I cut the boot floor out was to get the bars that are mounted to the floor to mount the compressor to. You can see them in the picture above and can see that they’re missing from my car.

Tonight I’ve removed them from the donor floor and mounted the compressor to them to get the spacing correct and have then put the compressor in the spare wheel well to mark out the correct locations to mount the compressor back to the floor.

I’m going to tidy up the floor and then weld some brackets to the runners so that I can mount them back to the boot floor without welding again. Thinking of rivets and panel bond to secure these back to the boot floor as well as they were only spot welded at the front and the rear.

I also managed to get the little storage cubby that secures to the floor that holds the wheel chocks in place.

Been checking my email repeatedly today waiting for the email telling me the heads are ready to collect.

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

4th Jul 2022 7:52pm

Sandyt

Member Since: 07 Nov 2013
Location: Wraysbury Windsor
Posts: 2266

Glad to see you are keeping yourself busy

4th Jul 2022 8:02pm

dhallworth

Member Since: 10 Oct 2011
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 3113

Might as well put it back to standard properly

Got a proper Supercharged spare wheel with a good tyre off Gumtree locally a few months ago too 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

4th Jul 2022 8:04pm

kevinp

Member Since: 28 Sep 2019
Location: Telford
Posts: 1222

2011 Range Rover Autobiography TDV8 Santorini Black

Have you ever thought about getting a job on ' CAR SOS' ? Amazing detail restoration going on there.

4th Jul 2022 8:22pm

Sandyt

Member Since: 07 Nov 2013
Location: Wraysbury Windsor
Posts: 2266

dhallworth wrote:
Might as well put it back to standard properly

Got a proper Supercharged spare wheel with a good tyre off Gumtree locally a few months ago too

4th Jul 2022 8:33pm

dhallworth

Member Since: 10 Oct 2011
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 3113

Thanks Kevin Doing it on my own car is more then enough for me! 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

4th Jul 2022 9:26pm

dhallworth

Member Since: 10 Oct 2011
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 3113

Had another delivery from Duckworths today.

Previously the LPG switch was mounted at the bottom of the centre console. When I removed the kit I removed the trim piece as the old one had a hole in it.

A new one was only £7 so that gets that bit back together

Someone has definitely had my car apart before. The short bolt at the top is the one I removed from the exhaust manifold. The correct one is at the bottom. It should also have the metal spacer on them too.

I also got a new relay for the EAS compressor as they recommend replacing that when fitting a new compressor. This new compressor is less then 2 years old and was originally supplied with a new relay so for 12 quid that’s being changed.

I also needed the bolt to secure the spare wheel to the new compressor casing. Following picture stolen from eBay.

On eBay people are asking for 15-18 quid for these. From Duckworths they were £8.

So it was basically a bag of nuts and bolts from Duckworths with a price tag of £100.

I’ll be glad when I get this finished now as the engine work has cost a fortune:

Timing Chains, Guides & Tensioners - £750
Head Gaskets, Inlet Gaskets & Seals - £700
Cylinder Heads - £700
Camshafts - £465
Setting Valve Clearances - £400
Valve Cover Gaskets & Seals - £130
New Spark Plugs - £85
Oil & Genuine Filter - £70

And then an awful lot of time.

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

7th Jul 2022 8:11pm

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