I think the dash speaker was an option on the Vogue SE so not all of them would have had it. Interior looks reasonable in the pictures but it doesn't have the leather/wood steering wheel either.

Looks very similar to my old LSE which was Sherwood green if I remember correctly.

That one I towed was an Ifor Williams BV126 7' so the biggest they do. Even though the front isn't flat, a headwind all the way down the Rhone valley meant I was down to about 50 mph and 12 mpg. Internally it was 13 feet long, about 6 feet wide and 7 feet high and was used for my mate to move house in France and then for me to move house over here. Had to get it up the side of a mountain to my mates house which wasn't too bad but it was a bit different when we'd loaded it up to around 4 tonnes and then had to get it down again. Tried to get a video of it (as I did it with no passengers just in case it ran away with me and shoved me off the side of the mountain) but the phone battery chose that exact moment to go flat.

I would but only if the 1 was removed from the front of the price and it came with the bits that have been taken off (like wheels, bumper, etc).

This is the closest I've come to a caravan and it was hard work! I've found it's aerodynamics rather than weight that make the most difference and that thing was like towing a warehouse. Even worse when it was fully loaded and weighing about 4 tonnes......

If there's no brakes at all, the hydraulic circuit has air in it so is doing nothing until the power circuit is up to pressure. Hydraulic on their own are a bit pants but will stop the car, eventually, if you use both feet on the pedal..... I had the ABS pump burn itself out a few years ago so had to get home on hydraulic only. Think conventional brakes but with the servo not working.

Morat wrote:

You filthy filthy Shed Draggers!! :)

But at least they are dragging with something with some grunt. When I covered Norfolk for work I used to avoid going on a Monday or Friday when the roads were clogged with people dragging a small 3 bedroom detached house behind a 1 litre car. I had a boss who was into towing his house around behind him at weekends but would never own anything with an engine of less than 4.0 litres. His argument was that he got as pee'd off being stuck behind a caravan as everyone else so would always make sure he could stay with the traffic.

If it is of any help, I've got fully manual seats in mine, not even the electric up and down movement just the lever, and I also have a high line BeCM. I've never seen a dangling plug under the seats to power electric ones but equally I don't recall ever having seen a blank socket on the BeCM where a loom would be plugged in either. I do have a warning on the dash every time I turn the ignition on that says Fuse 20 Blown which is odd as Fuse 20 isn't blown and feeds the passenger electric seat I don't have. One day I'll get around to pulling the power board out of the BeCM and replacing the resistor that causes false blown fuse messages and I'll probably think something is wrong as I won't get a beep from the dash every time I switch it on.....

For the largest version, 3750 lbs in your money

https://www.swiftgroup.co.uk/caravans/swift-challenger/technical

I know they were an option but it's the first time I've seen a P38 on the Classic style wheels. Maybe another variant only on EU spec?

it's always worth doing the pump anyway, especially if it has been made to overwork for any reason.

dave3d wrote:

To make it clear, I know you own the site. (I did however think previously that it was jointly owned by you and Richard.)
I have absolutely no interest in owning, buying or interfering in this site, so why the lecture?

No, Gordon set it up after a drunken conversation between the two of us when the comment of, "so how difficult would it be to set up a forum as an alternative to RR.net?" and Gordon took it from there. It didn't come over as a lecture and I don't think it was aimed at you, more a bit of background for the new members in case they thought it was another commercially operated site.

This one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RANGE-ROVER-P38-EAS-AIR-COMPRESSOR-SEAL-LINER-VALVE-BLOCK-O-RING-DIAPHRAGM-KIT/321451243072 gives you everything, including the seal and liner for the pump. Or this one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RANGE-ROVER-P38-EAS-AIR-SUSPENSION-VALVE-BLOCK-O-RING-DIAPHRAGM-REPAIR-FIX-KIT/321451232414 if you know your pump is good.

8mm. At least that's what my hex head socket says on it.

No, it's a globe with a diaphragm with Nitrogen under pressure on one side and brake fluid on the other. The pump builds up the pressure and the accumulator, as it's name suggests, stores it until needed. The brake pedal just opens a valve to let the high pressure fluid through.

Couldn't tell you exactly how long my pump runs for but probably around the 30-40 second mark and that is with an accumulator that was replaced about 4 years ago. All I know is the lights go out by the time I reach the bus stop down the road if I start the car first thing in the morning, reverse out onto the road and drive off. Pump cuts in after every 4 uses of the brake pedal.

Get a set of O rings for the valve block and spend an afternoon fitting them, an ideal job for when it's raining and you can do it indoors. Not difficult at all, just be methodical. make sure the kit you get includes the diaphragm valve rubber too.

Sit the air spring in as far as you can, connect the air line, start the engine then put the pin in when the weight of the car has shoved the air spring into place.

That's right, it relies on you having a conscience and self isolating. Rumour has it that one or two people have had a phone call asking if they are staying at home but I don't want to take the piss and say I didn't stop but did. the actual wording on the Government is that you must quarantine if you get out of the car, mix with other people and get back in again. I wasn't sure if filling with fuel and going into the filling station to pay for it would be mixing with other people but I suppose it would depend on how many people are in there and how close you get to them. However, if I don't stop at all, then there's no argument and if anyone wanted proof that I didn't stop I would ask them to prove I did.....

Anyway, now up to a total of 1538 miles since leaving home and am currently being supplied with large quantities of alcohol by my partner's father......

Bung it up in here then https://rangerovers.pub/topic/1372-handy-downloads

Next episode, set off from home about 16:30 yesterday, down to Dover, topped up the LPG tank so that was full as well as about 60 litres of Tesco best unleaded and got on the ferry. 1082 miles later, arrived in Warsaw about 2 hours ago. Cruised at 75-80 all the way and only one tiny problem. Looked at the HEVAC to see what the outside temperature was and had a blank screen looking at me. Figured the bulb behind the display had blown so ignored it but then, in a moment of optimism, tapped it and it came back. Not a blown bulb, just the bulb holder needs cleaning.

As France, Belgium and Holland are not on the Covid safe list, if I stopped in any of them, got out of the car and mixed with other people, then I would have to quarantine for 14 days when I get back. If I didn't stop at all, I wouldn't need to so figured not stopping was the best plan. Google maps told me it was 214 miles from the Calais ferry terminal to the first LPG station in Germany but Google maps tells fibs, it was actually 228 and I only managed 227 miles on my full LPG tank so had to run on petrol for that last mile. Maybe if I'd driven slightly slower I would have made it (but if I'd driven slightly slower I doubt my bladder would have done, I was busting by the time I got to that filling station).

Got another 480 miles to do tomorrow before I reach my destination followed a 300 mile round trip on Saturday......