Can't stay shiney forever.....

Golan · Mar 11, 2012

Well I know I'm going to get some stick but....

I took my once showroom shine Rangie to a 4X4 day out and had a feckin great time!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't do anything too hardcore but she did me proud!!!

I was the only Range Rover there as well... And yes I did get stuck but only once!!!

Off roading day out - YouTube
Off roading day out (getting stuck!!) - YouTube
Off roading day out - YouTube

Davlyn · Mar 11, 2012

good effort,

StuckAgainSteve · Mar 11, 2012

Wet mud - tricky!

Golan · Mar 11, 2012

StuckAgainSteve said:
Wet mud - tricky!

Your telling me!!!! You should see the inside of my lovely car...... It looks like some let of a milk chocolate grenade!!!!! Trashed

It'll take a few weekends to get her clean....

Good fun though

mcapinha · Mar 11, 2012

Now you need to get some proper tires and ditch those 18''s

MikeV8SE · Mar 12, 2012

How did the inside get filthy?! Haha!

Good effort though, nice to see someone using an RR for what it was designed to do. When it's clean, my Classic looks lovely - but it still gets down and dirty now and then!!

Silverlandy · Mar 12, 2012

:5bdriving:

thumbs up!

Dopey · Mar 12, 2012

Its great going off road and challenging in such a heavy beast, with tyres that aren't right as well, but some advice, if you went into water.... did you put a plug in the gearbox? if not, you have mud and silt in there now, you have to change the gearbox oil asap, or they will grind away to nothing over the next few months

Golan · Mar 12, 2012

Dopey said:
Its great going off road and challenging in such a heavy beast, with tyres that aren't right as well, but some advice, if you went into water.... did you put a plug in the gearbox? if not, you have mud and silt in there now, you have to change the gearbox oil asap, or they will grind away to nothing over the next few months

I know I'm going to hate myself for asking but what plug?

Saint.V8 · Mar 12, 2012

The Gearbox and axles are fitted with breather holes to allow the axles and case to expand contract due to the heating casused through friction etc....

When wading, you have to fit wading plugs to these breather holes, or the sudden cooling action will contract the axle and Gearbox casings drawing water/mud/gunk in and unless emptied will ruin bearings and gears....

For small splashes through minor puddles not to much of an issue, but for wading through extended large puddles, it would be advisable to fit these plugs.

MikeV8SE · Mar 12, 2012

Do the cars actually come with the plugs somewhere, or do you have to buy them?

Golan · Mar 12, 2012

Thanks for that info... I think I'll be ok as the water wasn't really that deep. As for the mud on the inside, I had to get when I got myself stuck and couldn't open my door... Have you ever tried to climb across with muddy size 13 boots on? :-/

Saint.V8 · Mar 12, 2012

My Current and 4 previous Rangies never had them supplied, but then again, I am not rich enough to buy a new Range Rover, so couldn't comment if they come supplied with car or not!!!

You should be able to get them through the usual parts sources, if you don't have a set....

Just thought to add, the axle breathers usualy are connected to pipes running into the engine bay, so shouldn't be to much of an issue, but not sure about the Gearbox breather.

Golan · Mar 12, 2012

MikeV8SE said:
Do the cars actually come with the plugs somewhere, or do you have to buy them?

Good question!

Steve_R1979 · Mar 12, 2012

Saint.V8 said:
The Gearbox and axles are fitted with breather holes to allow the axles and case to expand contract due to the heating casused through friction etc....

When wading, you have to fit wading plugs to these breather holes, or the sudden cooling action will contract the axle and Gearbox casings drawing water/mud/gunk in and unless emptied will ruin bearings and gears....

For small splashes through minor puddles not to much of an issue, but for wading through extended large puddles, it would be advisable to fit these plugs.

The Gearboxes and axles don't have plugs, you are supposed to extend the breathers up somewhere high, mine extend higher in the engine bay then up the snorkel.

The wading plugs fit the bell housing and the timing cover, and I was under the impression that the timing cover plug only applies to the diesel engines and I certainly don't see a hole for on on the bell housing of my auto box.

If you have a V8 and an auto, I'm sure you don't need them.

I am of course happy to be corrected.

Saint.V8 · Mar 12, 2012

Steve_R1979 said:
The Gearboxes and axles don't have plugs, you are supposed to extend the breathers up somewhere high, mine extend higher in the engine bay then up the snorkel.

The wading plugs fit the bell housing and the timing cover, and I was under the impression that the timing cover plug only applies to the diesel engines and I certainly don't see a hole for on on the bell housing of my auto box.

If you have a V8 and an auto, I'm sure you don't need them.

I am of course happy to be corrected.

I am just going on memory too, so I stand ready to be corrected also....

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