dave3d wrote:
Lack of a level sensor on the coolant expansion tank is obviously one. The main reason for more cracked heads with the petrol V8 and the BMW diesel engines when they are used in the p38 compared to other models with those engines?
Oh I don't know, the straight 6 petrol engines of the same era are notorious for cracked heads following an overheat so I can't see why the diesel should be any different. The V8 doesn't crack heads, it may warp them so the gasket blows, or following a really serious overheat, can pull the threads out of the block or cause a liner to shift but that same will happen on any all alloy engine if you get it hot enough.
Looks like it......
James should send him a bill for the copyright.
That's it, the bumpstops are on the underside of the chassis so you jack the car up, poke them into place (hence 30mm diameter so they sit in there nicely) and drop the jacks so it is sitting on the blocks, read the heights for each corner and write them into the ECU. Then jack it up, pull those blocks out and fit the next size down and do the same. With a jack at both ends it shouldn't take more than about half an hour.
No, it's a separate reluctor ring on the back of the flywheel/flex plate assembly. It has multiple teeth with a gap so the crank position sensor knows the crank position (oddly enough). It is the gap that the ECU looks for.
No need to be metal, Nylon is fine. On my Access Height blocks, I've drilled and tapped an M6 hole in one end, makes pulling them out of the bumpstop a lot easier.
Make yourself a set of blocks from 30mm Nylon, Delrin or even wooden dowel, https://www.rangerovers.net/threads/eas-calibration-blocks.73321/
This https://howmanymade.co.uk/2016/10/31/range-rover-linley/ appears to be about the most detailed info.
I've got one that needs to go back to Marty but he cleared off to NZ before I could post it back to him. All works except if you open the sunroof or LH rear window, you can only close them with Nanocom. Hence getting a rebuilt one from Marty to fit to the Vogue so this one is spare until he is back if you want to try it.
Huh? RAVE isn't on Imgur.com. You open RAVE by opening the RAVE.exe file. That will open Acrobat, either the version you have installed or, if you are running the full version, the embedded V4 of Acrobat.
What RAVE are you trying to run and what file?
I thought the shorting link was inside the plug or socket so it puts a short on when the plug is disconnected rather than leaving it open circuit? With both ends disconnected it's a simple enough job to check continuity through the coupler. Just don't stick your meter on with anything connected to it. Does the horn work?
That one is only suitable for the non-EGR diesel as it doesn't have the additional spigot on the underside front.
6 were made, 5 RHD and 1 LHD which is owned by James (JMCLuimni). One of the 5 RHD cars was stolen years ago but the other 4 still remain with 1 in the Dunsfold collection and the others in private ownership. Can't help with where they are though.
RAVE, irrespective of which version you are using, is a PDF file. Or, if you have the full version, multiple PDF files. It is indexed but not for pages but for specific jobs as long as you have Acrobat set to display Bookmarks and not Thumbnails in the left hand pane. So replacing the seat heater pad you go to Seats - Repair - Heating element. Like this:
I remember those words from Sloth when we were trying to get the old Poly bushes out of my radius arms back at the last summer camp. At some point in the past, my car had been fitted with Orange poly bushes which had survived pretty well I must admit. They put up a real fight trying to get them out of the radius arms, we couldn't press them out, cut them out or drill through them hence Sloth asking if there was a blowlamp in the workshop so we could burn them out. As it happened there wasn't so we had to continue with brute force and ignorance. When they were eventually out, we found that moisture had got between the bush and radius arm so the hole in the arm that we intended pressing a new, OE rubber, bush into, was covered in rust scale. I spent ages with a hammer and punch knocking the scale out to clean up the hole for the new bushes.
Although it hadn't felt bad before it felt much better with the correct bushes in, so a good job done. Just recently I noticed that the rear panhard rod also had orange poly bushes in it and they weren't looking too good. I'd also noticed the odd random clunk from the back end at times too so decided to do those.
The end that attaches to the chassis was badly worn with a good 5mm of side to side slop in the centre steel bush. That fell out and the poly bit eventually came out after lots of prising with a big screwdriver. Inside was, again, well rusted so needed a lot of work to clean it up enough for it to be possible to push the new rubber bush in. However, the axle end hadn't really worn at all. Tried pressing the steel centre out and it didn't want to know. The poly is so flexible that it just springs back to how it was when pressure is taken off. Tried cutting the outer lip off so the whole thing could be pushed out. Same problem and it was at this point I remembered Sloth's words and picked up a blowlamp. He was right, it can't fight back when it's a liquid but even that wasn't simple. Heat the poly up and it goes black, bubbles a bit but doesn't quite reach the liquid stage and had to be dug out a bit at a time with a screwdriver. Once out, I had to spend even longer cleaning up the hole as it now had melted poly in it as well as rust scale. Pressed the new bushed in and fitted it back to the car.
What surprised me was how much difference two seemingly insignificant bushes make. With the sort of mileages I do I want my car to feel 'tight', no slop or play in anything and it had, but now it feels even better. So yet another reason why poly bushes are a bad idea.
Pierre3 wrote:
But I could still be driving my old Ford Anglia 105E into which I fitted an early Lotus 1600cc twin cam engine.
You can relive your youth, if you have the money......
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/auctions/1966-ford-anglia-1200-super-pg22vg
I had a 375 too. But wouldn't want to go back to one.
Depending on which one it will be for 94-97, 98 or 99 onwards, all different and not interchangeable.
Symes wrote:
Talking about tyres I'm glad that now tyres 10year old (manufacturing date) are illegal 🤗 why anyone would use/trust tyres that old amazes me
But people still complain when 20 year old air springs start to leak and they are made of exactly the same stuff.......
I don't rotate them although I did swap front to rear a while ago after the fronts were starting to wear more on the inside edge so put them on the back and replaced the worn track rod end that had caused it. Spare is an 8 year old Maxxis on a steel wheel that has done about 40 miles from new, when a Michelin I had on previously decided to disintegrate, as I use it the same as I use petrol, something for emergency use only. My driving style is 75-85 mph cruising and don't slow down for roundabouts (even with a V8 up front, once you get up to speed you don't want to slow down as it takes too long to get 2+ tonnes back up to cruising speed again). Most of my long distance driving is done with a 3 tonne trailer on the back too.
I must admit I expected the Vredesteins to wear quite quickly as they are a soft compound tyre so they meet the 3 peaks requirements. Grip in the wet is superb and they are pretty good on snow too. I had to drive up to Estonia to find some to try them out when I'd first fitted them though. In the snow a couple of weeks ago I expected them to be a bit poor as they are now well worn but they still stuck well. I'll be getting another set shortly. If travel restrictions are lifted before April I'll need to have a minimum of 4mm of tread to drive in some European countries.
No, diesel is different to V8 but still different ones for different years.
Probably not entirely down to previous bodgery but the original design fusebox was weak and was redesigned after a couple of years. Original part number was AMR3375 which was superseded by AMR6405 which was backward compatible. There were quite a number of differences for the 97 MY, most of which are minor but seem to be to correct things that had been found to be weak.