What did you do with your Range Rover today

Henry_b · Feb 9, 2020

Pulled bits off of mine today..

Had to get creative with the carrier bolts!!

And this is the reason why, the useless dust shields had rotted out and were annoying the disk..

gone!!

and back together..

Grrrrrr · Feb 9, 2020

Henry_b said:
The oddity of the RV8 is human error, poor casting on certain blocks
However i can change a set of headgaskets on a V8 in 3hrs, or less depending, i'd like to see someone do that on an M51 he he Data

So much practice makes perfect. Takes me a weekend.

Grrrrrr · Feb 9, 2020

Henry_b said:
Pulled bits off of mine today..

Had to get creative with the carrier bolts!!

And this is the reason why, the useless dust shields had rotted out and were annoying the disk..

gone!!

and back together..

That'll be the salt on the roads up there.

Jon Dor · Feb 9, 2020

Grrrrrr said:
That'll be the salt on the roads up there.

What... "up there"... in Buckinghamshire? That's WAAAAAY "dahn sahf". They don't know what salt on roads is "up there" in the tropics...

Henry_b · Feb 9, 2020

Grrrrrr said:
That'll be the salt on the roads up there.

It used to be a Swansea and pembroke car so yes

Grrrrrr · Feb 9, 2020

Jon Dor said:
What... "up there"... in Buckinghamshire? That's WAAAAAY "dahn sahf". They don't know what salt on roads is "up there" in the tropics...

Henry is somewhat further north.

I think they have gritted the roads twice this winter and I think that was because they wanted the overtime more than anything else. We've had a few frosty mornings and that is it. Once saw some sleet.

Grrrrrr · Feb 9, 2020

Henry_b said:
It used to be a Swansea and pembroke car so yes

Sea air!

Jon Dor · Feb 9, 2020

Grrrrrr said:
Henry is somewhat further north.

I think they have gritted the roads twice this winter and I think that was because they wanted the overtime more than anything else. We've had a few frosty mornings and that is it. Once saw some sleet.

Sleet...as in "blink and you've missed it" sleet? I followed a couple of gritters a couple of of nights ago and it didn't even drop below 2°C! They must've been after the overtime bonus too! That was on the Yorkshire Wolds. I remembered the days when we used to have PROPER, cold and long winters in this country and not that long ago really.

Dopey · Feb 9, 2020

Very windy out today... wife won't stop farting

RangeRoller dt · Feb 9, 2020

Grrrrrr said:
Correct.

There was a rumour going around that the 4.6s were better blocks as they picked the best ones out because most were heading for American market and they knew they had to dissipate more heat.

They did send half arsed versions for the North American market I have read
Like test subjects

Dopey · Feb 9, 2020

RangeRoller dt said:
They did send half arsed versions for the North American market I have read
Like test subjects

Americans for some reason make crap transmissions, don't know why that is, and seems they make thin panels as well, and don't tend to treat them for rust, same as break pipes

tomcat59alan · Feb 9, 2020

RangeRoller dt said:
They did send half arsed versions for the North American market I have read
Like test subjects

Your not talking about @Dopey 's missus are you?

Dopey · Feb 9, 2020

No.... she has no passport

Tenebreaux · Feb 9, 2020

Dopey said:
Americans for some reason make crap transmissions, don't know why that is, and seems they make thin panels as well, and don't tend to treat them for rust, same as break pipes

Yanks use steel brake pipes. I'm guessing because the US steel lobby bought enough politicians.

RangeRoller dt · Feb 9, 2020

tomcat59alan said:
Your not talking about @Dopey 's missus are you?

No she’s lovely and well built

Jon Dor · Feb 9, 2020

Dopey said:
Very windy out today... wife won't stop farting

Can feel it here ten miles north of Hull Dopey. She's a "keeper"...

Datatek · Feb 9, 2020

Dopey said:
Americans for some reason make crap transmissions, don't know why that is, and seems they make thin panels as well, and don't tend to treat them for rust, same as break pipes

It's called "planned obsolescence" to encourage the purchase of a new car every 3 years

Another Yank invention we could do without.

Datatek · Feb 9, 2020

Tenebreaux said:
Yanks use steel brake pipes. I'm guessing because the US steel lobby bought enough politicians.

Land Rover use steel brake pipe too, it's 1 cent per metre cheaper than cupro nickel.

Tenebreaux · Feb 9, 2020

Datatek said:
It's called "planned obsolescence" to encourage the purchase of a new car every 3 years Another Yank invention we could do without.

Thought the Japanese came up with that bit of ****tery?

Datatek said:
Land Rover use steel brake pipe too, it's 1 cent per metre cheaper than cupro nickel.

FFS. I haven't scraped the crap off mine to see.

Datatek · Feb 9, 2020

Tenebreaux said:
Thought the Japanese came up with that bit of ****tery?

FFS. I haven't scraped the crap off mine to see.

No, it was the yanks, there was a very interesting TV program about it some time ago
Do not whatever you do scrape the crap off your brake pipes, that will be all that is stopping them leaking

My mate had a brake pipe let go on the MOT when they did the brake test on his L322 and I had the one that goes across the back axle on my P38 let go when I did an emergency stop

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