Well, after saying I wasn't going to get another project- I have bought another project

I have agreed to take on a 1992 4.2 vogue lse and will be getting it on monday
Done almost 200k miles
Been off the road since 2014
Usual rrc rust
Air suspension on its a*se
No brakes (bust pipe under bonnet)
Electrics are a bit suspect
Engine runs like a bag of knackers
Headlining is almost touching the headrests

And that's what I saw in the 5 minute viewing

Good points-
From 10 ft back it looks OK
1 owner since December 1992 until it came off the road when he died
It's a 4.2 lse
It's got green carpets
The service history is amazing, even has original bookpack, launch brochure and original bill of sale (£42k ) as well as a pile of invoices from the past 30years totalling over £25k

Cant wait
Paul

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did you part with more than a two or three grand ? so difficult to value now. Hard dash clearly should be more that softs but the prices are all over the place.

Look forward to the progress.

I assume the air bags are destined for the bin in favour of coils? 405 AB exec seats Baltic and Cirrus
93 RR Classic efi

Remember it's easier to get forgiveness than permission!

Gone in order:
4.4 TDV8 SE - gone to a good home
93 Classic hard dash Plymouth Blue
03 L322 Oslo Blue
2000 Disco TD5 ES Epsom Green
98 P38 Rioja Red
89 Classic Cairngorm Brown

Cracking project, nice to see an example that being saved, I really like that colour and those wheels.
I bet the pile of invoices will make for an interesting read !!! Hope all goes well with the future work.
As you will have quite a work list to carry out, we will all look forwards to reading updates on the car, when you have time to post them

Sounds like this is going to be a good thread good luck

You can't beat a good Classic...

Good luck....  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-

Lovely cars, real classic, i hope your keeping that green carpet!

Nice I did have to look at the carpet I thought someone had put astroturf in it! MY23 PHEV HSE
MY19 Disco 5 HSE - gone
My16 Disco 4 HSE LUXURY - gone
My12 Disco 4 HSE - gone
MY05 Disco 3 S - gone but not forgotten

Top man, that’s going to be cracking, lots of love for an LSE. Will you keep it as factory as possible?

Good luck with her sir...

Thanks guys, it's going to be an ongoing project in between customers cars. Would like to keep the air suspension if possible but it may end up on coils in the meantime as a temporary thing. Want to get any welding done and get it mot'd asap so i can move it about if necessary and the rest can be done as a rolling project. Should be here on monday so can hopefully do a better assessment of what's needed
Paul Paul

2014 Range Rover vogue se 4.4sdv8 Loire Blue
1992 Range Rover Vogue LSE 4.2 Ardennes green

Well, it's arrived today and already sorted 2 jobs

Replaced blown brake pipe, then high pressure flexi from pump to modulator blew, replaced with a d2 brake hose and bled brakes. Now have brakes. Will be going through complete system eventually but at least I can move it around safely now

Sorted the poor running, cleaned up rotor arm,found and fixed a vacuum leak and disconnected dodgy cruise control linkage. Now ticks over at a sensible speed

Next job is to find out why the air suspension isn't working. Get the uo and down light flashing for approx 30seconds then permanently lit. Compressor not running, but runs fine when powered manually from battery??
Any ideas on this??
Paul Paul

2014 Range Rover vogue se 4.4sdv8 Loire Blue
1992 Range Rover Vogue LSE 4.2 Ardennes green

Do you have an EAS cable (with the old Lucas Rists connector)? If so, download the EAS software from the RSW Solutions site. Otherwise might be easier to find someone with Testbook or similar for reset/fault finding.

No, I am trying to get hold of one but failing at the moment RSW no longer do them. Have found the battery voltage isn't getting above 12.5v so maybe that could have something to do with it if there is a trigger voltage to get it working?? Paul

2014 Range Rover vogue se 4.4sdv8 Loire Blue
1992 Range Rover Vogue LSE 4.2 Ardennes green

Dunno, checked the relay? I can lend you an EAS cable (if you promise not to lose it!)

Thanks for the offer . I may take you up on that but I am going to see about getting all the parts together to make a lead of my own that way I can carry my own diagnostics in the car until I am happy its working as it should
Looking at the RSW website it looks like I will need-

5 way rists connector
Serial port connector
15K ohm resistor
Transistor
4 core cable

oh, and a cheap ebay laptop
Paul Paul

2014 Range Rover vogue se 4.4sdv8 Loire Blue
1992 Range Rover Vogue LSE 4.2 Ardennes green