Does this look about right?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0m8vyrzf3u1wfwx/PartsList.PNG?dl=0
Sorry for the crappy dropbox link, I had to reinstall this machine and don't have my FTP password to hand.
The prices could be worse I guess. Obviously I've avoided Britpart and I've had good experiences with Lemforder in the past. I hope they live up to expectations. I was pricing up the LR originals out of curiosity. It wasn't too bad until I got to the Rear Hub Assembly at £500! ouch. I've got an Allmakes hub on the front left which has been on for 20k miles now, I don't know of anyone round here who is happy to press out the bearings on these things.
In light of discussions on the other thread I've gone with drag link and track rod complete instead of bearings, hoping to save on labour. I couldn't find a RHD panhard rod - is it worth looking harder or are the bushes OK to replace on them?
I'm hoping this will all be reasonably straight forward - at least until it's time for the balljoints. I guess that's down to luck and experience!
Thanks Gilbert! I'd never have got Panhard rod from that description.
I'm taking this as good news. I'd rather have a diagnosis to go at so I can get the parts in. The Duchess has been wobbling around far too much!
Goldrush!! It's not the guys restoring the cars that make the money but the ones supplying the bits. Rather like Gold Miners vs Shovel Sellers and Whorehouses.
or something.
hmm, time for coffee :)
Thanks Chris, I appreciate it. It would be nice to eliminate the disk before trying to trace wires.
Although it's probably the wrong speed for rears, you might want to get the rear wheels balanced too (or swap them over to test). I had had a similar issue with a car once and went nuts looking at the front end which turned out to be fine.
Yep, they managed fine :)
New rear disks/pads - the pads were totally soaked in fluid and the disks were pretty well shot anyway.
I've also got a new list! Plenty of advisories which I suspect just might have a bearing on the handling issues... just maybe ;)
So, err yeah. I'm not totally pleased by the drag link as that was replaced within the last year or so but I guess the rest will have to be done. There's a Land Rover specialist called Blackpaw4x4 who aren't too far away so I think I'll give them a try. I'm not as heroic as you guys!
I've got a bit of an issue with the Sat Nav. It's hardly crucial but it's a bit annoying. The location keeps resetting to London, and it takes about 45 minutes to an hour for the system to pick up the location. Once it's on, it's perfect - but then the system loses the location when you switch off. I'm running the latest disk that OB sent me, and stupidly I threw out the old one so I can't test but the problem only started a few weeks after I swapped disks.
Has anyone else had something like this before?
Rear left caliper is leaking past the seals.. .oops!
Couple of rear brake pipes while they're at it.
Let's see how they do with the bleeding!
That was fun, until it wasn't...
She had a new track rod and ends for the last MOT a year ago. I'll definitely check out the wheel bearings. The front passenger side was done soon after we bought it after failing silently so maybe it's time for the other one.
Sunny Scunny the top honeymoon destination? lol
We cry and tow/trailer the thing to a garage!
Don't want to tempt fate but she's been sitting level and behaving herself. I still don't have anywhere really flat to test overnight but... we're going on a 3 hour trip tomorrow so lets see how it works out :)
Just need to get to the bottom of the wayward steering now, wife refuses to drive it anymore so she's stolen my Jeep :(
A Neighbour of mine also had his drive to the rear axle fail, which was a bit embarrassing when he had to be towed around in the snow one year. That's all I know about them apart from when a mate of mine bought one of the earliest ones brand new and had no end of quality issues - but I think those were sorted out later.
At the other end of the scale:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LAND-ROVER-RANGE-ROVER-4-0-V8-AUTO-HSE-2001/262523275091?hash=item3d1f9b4753:g:wqUAAOSwju9ajZmm
Who is going to pay £8k for that?
That's much nicer :)
The DSP stereo sounds like it's on the way out and the leather needs some TLC. Coil converted :(
But quite tidy looking.
No, I'm sorry. There's not a single modification on that car that shows any taste whatsoever. The paint might be a decent job but it's the wrong colour for pretty much anything and the two tone bonnet is hideous. You might just get away with the sort of thing on a Mustang. In Vegas.
The rest of it is just stick on tat. The wheels are horrific, the vents are pure wannabe L322 and the rash of badges on the bootlid makes me thing of a pebble dashed toilet the morning after.
I'm out!
Cleanse it with fire!
Well I certainly wasn't getting anywhere by trying to push the bumpstop up at arms length while lying by the front wheel :)
I guess my sidesteps are OK for another couple of years!
