roythebus · Friday at 15:43

After more hours hanging on the phone to the UK breakdown people, we've all tried various LR garages in the area. Most have closed down for the summer holidays, they won't re-open for another 2 weeks! There's an offer to repatriate the car in about 3 weeks time! My idea is to get the car back here, then I can assess the situation regarding the fault code and have found someone local who has a fault finder. Give it a couple of short test drives, see what happens. The insurance need to see a certificate from the recovery garage to say the car is fit to drive in limp mode. Sounds like the only sensible option. The other cunning plan is to ger my partner over with her disco and a trailer.

There's no other quick option.

roythebus · Saturday at 23:31

Having wasted more time on the phone today, a friend from Luxembourg called in at the recovery truck place at Houffalize. Haad a lengthy chat with matey there who explained that the fan belt had lost about a third of its width at one point and was likely to fail and potentially cause a lot of expensive damage.My friend showed me a couple pics to prove the point. Recovery man said he wouldn't want to tackle to belt change on the Rangey, he'd never done one before.

On the way to somewhere else with him I noticed a local garage who reckon they can do all mkaes, I'll give them a try on Monday morning. They also do a courtesy car for €30 a day, their labour charges are a reasonable €60 an hour.

roythebus · 2025-08-11T11:53:14+0100

The local garage can't do anything or at least 2 weeks! But, I contacted a LR specialist near Malmedy who ISTR using about 14 years ago when a previous car blew up its torque converter. They can look at the car tomorrow and do the belt, thy've got them in stock! But it also depends on what other faults they find, it may be a drive home in limp mode jobby. Thanks to someone above for sening the pic, it makes explaining the problem a lot easier. I note it says on there to inspect the belts regularly. Obviously the previous owners didn't, it was a shopping car! Fingers crossed it'll be back on the road, but somehow, knowing the RR, I doubt it.

norseman · 2025-08-11T16:23:19+0100

roythebus said:
Obviously the previous owners didn't, it was a shopping car! Fingers crossed it'll be back on the road, but somehow, knowing the RR, I doubt it.

How the other 'arf live, having a RR as a shopping car

Our set of wheels is shared with others & called a bus .. but at least it's free, plus no parking charges.

marjon · 2025-08-11T16:34:04+0100

roythebus said:
The local garage can't do anything or at least 2 weeks! But, I contacted a LR specialist near Malmedy who ISTR using about 14 years ago when a previous car blew up its torque converter. They can look at the car tomorrow and do the belt, thy've got them in stock! But it also depends on what other faults they find, it may be a drive home in limp mode jobby. Thanks to someone above for sening the pic, it makes explaining the problem a lot easier. I note it says on there to inspect the belts regularly. Obviously the previous owners didn't, it was a shopping car! Fingers crossed it'll be back on the road, but somehow, knowing the RR, I doubt it.

Heres a better pic of routing the belt for you, just in case.
Sounds like you might be in luck, hopefully the fault can be cleared or doesnt reapper. I only drove in "limp mode" for a short while and it was absolutly not what I would have done for a long distance. Towing a 3t trailer with a moped springs to mind

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J

roythebus · 2025-08-11T18:34:00+0100

Thanks, it may be of help to them, but as they are an approved dealer they "ought" to know, but every little bit helps. It seems you have to take off the fan belt to change the main one.

The next delay will be the European recovery agent dragging their feet! Mind you, it's quite nice here at the moment, I'm getting on with restoring my 40-odd year old chalet caravan.

marjon · 2025-08-11T20:38:32+0100

roythebus said:
Thanks, it may be of help to them, but as they are an approved dealer they "ought" to know, but every little bit helps. It seems you have to take off the fan belt to change the main one.

The next delay will be the European recovery agent dragging their feet! Mind you, it's quite nice here at the moment, I'm getting on with restoring my 40-odd year old chalet caravan.

Yes as said earlier the little belt needs to be cut off before you can change the “annaconda”

As long as you have something to keep you busy

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J

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