There's a guy on here (now) who did a complete nut and bolt resoration on the only LHD Range Rover Linley ever made. There was only ever 6 Linley's made anyway so on the rarity stakes it has to be the most unique P38 on the planet. Unfortunately, the owner is an Irishman living in the US so has a sense of humour. That got him banned from RR.net......
No idea what the trails in Ohio are like but have a look at some of the videos in this thread posted by David (Rutland Rover even though he no longer lives in Rutland) https://rangerovers.pub/topic/1428-went-off-roading-today. A P38 is capable of far more than the driver in most cases, use low range, 3rd going uphill, 1st going down, Drive the rest of the time, be gentle on the throttle and use the brakes as little as possible. I did an off road course at Land Rover at Solihul a few years ago (must have been around 2005?) in a manual, TD5, Discovery 2 and was astounded at what they can do even on road tyres. I asked what was the best for off road, expecting to be told the Defender, but accordng to the instructor a Range Rover on EAS will go anywhere most others can't.
Get lots of photos or video and post up on here.
For a short time after Gilbertd initially got banned, I was on there as Imonlyaguest (being slightly tongue in cheek) but when I forgot the password I discovered I'd used an email address that had since been turned off so couldn't use the, I forgot my password option, as it sent the reset info to an account I no longer had. I only registered that to see if I could as RRToadhall told me that my IP address had been logged so I wouldn't be able to register a different name. Knowing that all my IP address would tell him was that I was registering from a BT Internet account somewhere in the East of England, I let him think I had gone. After I lost Imonlyaguest, I registered as Richard_G instead and have been using that ever since on there but Gilbertd everywhere else. Oddly, I received PM's from a number of people that realised it was the same person, I mean, there aren't that many people in the East of England with an ex-police P38 who regularly drives it across Europe and writes in my, slightly sarcastic, style. If RRTH ever worked it out for himself, he never said anything (but he's probably too thick). The names come from being Richard but known as Dick at work, to the extent that our IT department gave me Gilbertd as my log in on our internal system.
This is part of the reason I'm having constant digs at them at the moment. I honestly don't care if RR.net folds even if losing the content generated by John Brabyn and others will be a great loss (although we do have it still courtesy of Wayback), but I'm really hoping they adopt my suggested wording for the site introduction. It'll be amusing to know they are using wording suggested by someone they banned for life......
At the end of the day, there aren't many jobs on a P38 I haven't had to do at some time or another so they, or at least some of the members, need me and my knowledge based on experience more than I need them.
As it was the RH head you had off I assumed you hadn't touched the connector behind the LH head. That one is often forgotten about but it's pretty damned important.
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Aww, come on.
The dead giveaway was the "Recently cleaned cloth interior"
Yeah, but I put that about a year and 22,000 miles ago, I suppose it's about time I should do it again.....
Less of the Richard_G please, I only ever used that on RR.net as they banned Gilbertd for life.....
I suppose they are hobby cars in a way, you ideally need to be able to work on them yourself and keep on top of things. Then they become less of a hobby and more of a car you can use. I certainly use mine, everyday car (just got back from doing the weekly food shop) and it's been to Latvia and the south of France and back in the last couple of months too. My MoT (the annual safety test we have in the UK) is due at the end of the month so I had a good look around it last weekend. I've got a rear axle oil seal to replace but that was all I could find. Not bad for a 4.0 litre with 380,800 miles on the clock.
He's never posted though and there was some discussion if it really was him or just somebody using his name. But for a while it did seem pretty obvious he was keeping an eye on what was being said here.
Quite a number of people realised that Richard_G and Gilbertd were the same person. I mean, how many people can there be that live in the east of England, run an ex-police P38, does all his own maintenance and regularly drive around Europe in it?
Dunno, ask Chris, he managed to put some smiley faces into a post so I'm sure he can do thumbs up too. Surprising really as he uses an iPad and it took him a week to work out how to post pictures.....
Glad you got my invite, join the exodus. See this thread here https://rangerovers.pub/topic/1470-welcome-to-the-refugees-from-rr-net
Yes, it takes 2.4 litres from completely empty and 2 litres if it's been drained. It's probably very close to full but I bet you spilt some, I have every time I've tried to fill it.
That's an interesting one. All the washer pipework is on the underside of the bonnet. If it was getting in through the screw holes in the plenum, another common place for a water leak, it would be nearer the edges and would also come in when it rains.
Not on here, over there...... Adblocker shows how many ads it has blocked on each page, none at all on here but at least 10 on every page on RR.net.
If you think about how the suspension and steering is configured its obvious. As the suspension changes height the panhard rod pushes the axle from side to side but the steering box is on the chassis so doesn't move with the axle. It's the same thing that makes the rear squirm to one side if you go over a speed hump too fast.
Only very, very slightly. Mine is straight in normal height and only out by a fraction in motorway. Road camber and crosswinds make more of a difference one way or another.
That's the one thing I haven't complained about as I don't see them. Adblocker for Firefox is a wonderful thing, blocks 10 or 11 ads per page......
On a P38 Gearbox Fault will come up on the dash if the battery is a bit low. If the voltage drops below 10V while cranking the engine, the gearbox ECU flags it as a fault. So probably nothing to worry about if it has been standing around not being used.
They claim that they are working on it and the 'wiki' will be re-introduced when it has been configured for the new format. So whether that will happen or what they will do to it is anyone's guess. However, if you have a look at post #40 here https://rangerovers.pub/topic/1453?page=2
Absolutely everything except for the forum and even that is currently unsearchable. So all the stuff John Brabyn created and all of the subsequent common issues how to guides have gone. It would be a very long list......