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Ever since this car was finished it’s had a very feint vibration through the drivetrain at certain speeds.

I ordered a new (to me, was used off eBay) front OS half shaft for the Range Rover as I hate changing CV gators. It's such a messy job.

Gators looked good upon initial inspection but when fitting it I noticed a blob of dirty grease on my finger. Upon closer inspection there was a pinhole in the new gator as well right under the edge of the clip.

Anyway, £73 later and I had a GKN inner and outer CV gator delivered from Advanced Factors. Ordered at 12:12 yesterday, dispatched at 13:16 and delivered here at 10:38 this morning. Genuinely can't fault service like that!

I cleaned out the CV joints tonight and put new gators on both ends of the shaft and then refitted it to the car without any dramas thankfully. To make fitting the shaft easier I removed the whole hub so the car was put back on its wheels and the arms were tightened at standard ride height. That bloody hub nut doesn't half go tight though! 420Nm! The shock absorber to hub ones are quite meaty too at 250Nm. Both dealt with nicely with my Snap On digital torque wrench though thankfully

I then moved onto the rear of the car and fitted a new rear wiper blade and I remembered that months ago I'd ordered a new one way valve for the rear screen washer as I had a suspicion it was knackered due to not being able to get fluid onto the back screen. Thankfully I was right and upon stripping it down I found the one way valve was passing in both directions allowing the screen wash to syphon back to the tank. The replacement was fitted and normal service of the rear screen washer was resumed.

Private plates also removed but I didn't have any double sided tape in the workshop so that's tomorrow evenings job before MOT on Thursday or Friday hopefully

She's then ready for the new owner to come and fetch her

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2007 Range Rover Supercharged in Java Black with Ivory 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

Can you point me in the right direction for a new one way valve for the rear wiper please?

I just dont seem to be able to find one

I ordered this one from Halfords:

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/tools/fu...27230.html

I believe there is an LR part number for it, I’ll try and dig it out later.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2007 Range Rover Supercharged in Java Black with Ivory 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

And the MOT is passed without so much as an advisory!

The engine work I did last year is obviously paying dividends as the car barely registered on the scale for the emissions test…

Fast Idle Test:

CO
Limit: 0.20
Actual: 0.00

HC
Limit: 200
Actual: 2

Lambda
Limits 0.970 - 1.030
Actual - 1.001

Natural Idle Test:

CO
Limit: 0.30
Actual: 0.00

Pretty happy with those results!

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2007 Range Rover Supercharged in Java Black with Ivory 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

Those are really good figures.

Mine was MOT'd yesterday and my figures I thought were good.
Mileage 113000

CO 0.04
HC 30
Lambda 1.0

Natural idle
CO 0.15

David Range Rover 4.2 Supercharged 2006
Ford Focus EcoBoost 1.5 2017
MG TF 2003

Previous Cars of note
Land Rover Discovery 2
Jaguar Mk2 3.8 - Company car
MG Midget 1974 - Concours

3 years after it all started, this adventure draws to a close!

The car was collected by the new owner this morning and driven back to the Midlands.