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Don't open the fill plug while the engine is off or it will pour out. Select each gear, leave it running then open the plug. Don't forget axle stands
What did you do with your Range Rover today
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Well that's not happening today at least not before the rain starts, moved it through the gears and such, went to crack off the fill plug and it wouldn't budge I literally lifted my whole body off the floor hanging off the allan key, will have to try and get my breaker bar and allan bits on it another day.
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Just through high range including R,1,2 ,3,4 will do then leave in park with engine running
Righto, will bear that in mind when I get back on it another day when the heavens decide to stay shut so I can get breaker bar on it. I’m not being dumb it’s not reverse threaded is it? Still should be lefty loosey.
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Standard threads not kegi handed. Should be an allen grub screw so be careful not to round it.. Had mine changed for the old way with a dipstick. It makes the job a lot easier.
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Left loosy.. i have a tendency to under tighten if i don't do click click 
Yeah might look into changing it myself to the dipstick version at some point when I do a filter change. Allan key wise it got a bloody good fit to it as I say I was able to lift my body up with it, which admittedly is still only 7 1/2 stone but it’s still a good weight to have not budged it considering it’s just a fill plug.
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Nipped up is the phrase I useLeft loosy.. i have a tendency to under tighten if i don't do click click
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have 3 shredded wheat then away you goNipped up is the phrase I use
Changing is easy enough. Sump and dipstick from older P38 and swap sumps over.
Do you happen to have a picture of the top of the engine bay where the dipstick comes up? I’ve got a lot of lpg gubbins bolted around mine, so unsure if they would actually end up being in the way of where it would come up.have 3 shredded wheat then away you go
Changing is easy enough. Sump and dipstick from older P38 and swap sumps over.
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Mines a diesel so will look slightly different. Comes up at back passenger side on mine between back of engine and curtain wall. If it stops raining will go out and photo later if it helps
Might be room then from what you say, don’t worry about rushing to get a picture, it’s not something I would be doing for at least 6 months I reckon anyway so no rush whatsoever.
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Oki doki
Cheers for that definitely looks like there should be room then, I’ll add that to the list of jobs that would be nice to have done at some point then along with getting the lpg wiring all connected up.View attachment 286012 View attachment 286013 View attachment 286014
here you go.
Just happen to have 1 sitting on the floor of me garage
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Forgot I’d left the car at wade height when trying to check the level and drove to my parents, she certainly likes to roll and bounce at that height and I thought my freelander was bad for rolling.
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it should warn on the dash if you're driving in extended and go to normal over 35mph.. i think
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unplugged the black box one less battery drain
wonder if i'll get a knock on the door? its still flashing
one less battery drain wonder if i'll get a knock on the door?
its still flashing 
I'm the opposite, which is why I usually torque smaller bolts, to prevent shearing them, all too easy to shear a 10mm bolt withLeft loosy.. i have a tendency to under tighten if i don't do click click
a 1/2 drive ratchet, I don't torque drain plugs though, just a nip, so I can undo it next time.
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Yea, if it's critical, it gets torqued, if it's not important so much then it gets nipped up. I won't have torqued a drain plug and I'd be nervous on the thread hence tenancy to under tighten.I'm the opposite, which is why I usually torque smaller bolts, to prevent shearing them, all too easy to shear a 10mm bolt with
a 1/2 drive ratchet, I don't torque drain plugs though, just a nip, so I can undo it next time.
My dad is the opposite, if in doubt then tighten it some more then curse for a week when the thread strips. Don't get me started on that
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Hi & Lo range has nothing to do with the gearbox, that is a function of the transfer box.
