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Gearbox flush = AJ Land Rover nr Bentley now have a Megaflush machine. Not used them but Archie knows his beans. Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
2025MY Defender D350 90 in Silicon Silver on coils
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many, many other Landies over the years
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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Thanks Dr. Rob, that's well worth knowing.

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2009 4.2 SC Buckingham Blue
2021 Hilux 2.4

The Ultimate FF accessory!

Great pictures. L322 3.6 TDV8 Vogue. 07MY
ML 320 7 Seat full leather etc. (The Black Pearl)

Had my gearbox flushed today (ZF 6HP26) at Keith Gott Landrover near Alton. This is at 90,560 miles, I think it's the first time the gearbox oil's been changed and it was well due to be done, picture of sample drained from the box prior to flushing:

Found time today to give the old girl an oil service:

Following on from the recent gearbox rebuild carried out by Stephens Engineering in Ware (500 miles on the rebuilt gearbox so far and it's working perfectly), it's time to carry out an oil service and a few other maintenance items that are overdue. For planning maintenance I found it useful to put all the normal tasks on a summary sheet, so I can keep a track of what's due when. Here is the latest version of this:

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Time for a bit more maintenance on the Rangie, aside from the regular items. First up, back in January, was replacement of the front strut/airbag assemblies with new BWI items from Advanced Factors. My 4.2SC has the damping masses screwed to the top of the struts which were a right sod to remove, being attached with decent threadlocker. I had to cut the bag off to mount the strut in the vice, and grind an old stilson wrench down to obtain the purchase to break them free:

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The next job was replacement of the main coolant radiator, which had been dripping coolant on the garage floor for a while and required coolant top-ups. I bought a pattern radiator from Advanced Factors (Euro Spares version), which seemed ok quality when it arrived. The OEM radiator on the car is BEHR.

Stripping off the covers etc to gain access:

Excellent progress and write up. Have you squirted waxoyl inside the tailgate?

Mine (MY 2008)was starting to show signs of rust when I got it 4 years ago. Used waxoyl liberally, cleared the drainholes and corrosion appears to be suspended. 2007 3.6 TDV8
1979 Mini Special
1988 Yamaha FJ1200
!952 BSA Gold Flash

Thanks! My tailgate seems fine, and the car lives in a dry garage which helps a lot, but you're right I should shoot some cavity wax in there. The only small areas of corrosion just starting are on the flat section of the profile below the bottom of the glass. That whole section of the tailgate (with the RANGE ROVER lettering on it) needs repainting anyway due to some deep scratches when the previous owner had a broken rear window, so it's on the list to have done at some point.

The underneath of the car gets a good going over once a year, including rear wheel arch liners and sill trims off to check/fix any surface corrosion. One job on the list for later this year is to remove the air suspension receiver tank to strip and paint it.

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2009 4.2 SC Buckingham Blue
2021 Hilux 2.4

Back from a superb French holiday in the Auvergne, the Rangie performed flawlessly including cruising at 130kph for hours on empty motorways. The last night was a stay at the amazing Chateau de la Tour in Rivarennes, just south of the Brenne region. I cannot recommend this place highly enough, they opened a few weeks ago and were great hosts. The Rangie did look at home:

Over the past few weeks I had noticed a coolant leak on my tiled garage floor (Ecotile PVC tiles, very good product), which seemed to be getting worse. Having run for a bit by topping the coolant up, the time came for a proper investigation. I thought it likely that the new radiator I fitted earlier this year may be leaking, perhaps from one of the o-rings on the hoses which I hadn't replaced when I changed the radiator, but everything was dry at the front of the coolant system. Closer inspection revealed dripping coolant from the auxillary coolant pump on the left side of the engine bay, down near the left bank exhaust manifold. This small pump is tucked away behind a foil heat shield, together with two solenoid coolant valves:

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I also changed the front and rear differential oils whilst the Rangie was in the garage. This was done at 21,800 miles since the last diff oil change, slightly longer than my planned 20,000 mile intervals. The oil drained from both diffs was dark but still 'oily' and no significant chips were present on the sump plug magnets. I refilled with the correct grade oils and fitted new sump plugs. Hopefully good for another 20,000 miles.