jonwrig

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Hello LandyZone heres my story

I've been using a 2012 Volvo XC70 as an everyday vehicle and as a towing vehicle for my old 1960's wooden Wayfarer dinghy. The boat weighs about 170kg, and with the braked single axle trailer totals about 300kg. This meant I could use just about any car to tow, but an estate would be handy because of all the extra gear I needed to take. The but the last year I upgraded the boat to a larger wooden boat but this weighs 2100kg with the trailer and meant the volvo was right up its towing capacity limit. I've towed it a few times without any issues but once pulling the boat out of the water I got into troupble and found all 4 wheels had lost grip on the slipway. I was rescued eventially by a kind soul with a Ford Ranger.

I decided I needed a bigger towing vehicle. Its a big decision. But really the decision had already been made when I took an a larger craft. So like any project theres a planning phase and an inplementaiton phase.

For the planning phase I listed all the possible options and wresteled with it for 3 months until I reached a shortlist, weighed up all the pros and cons and arrived at a Range Rover l322. Last week I bought one. It was a reasonable price, low mileage, clean mot history, and came with warranty, I was aware it had a few issues but then all cars have issues. And so the second phase begins.

First job - new trres - done.

Second job - figure out why my spare wheel compartment is getting flooded - notided tht the accumulated water a) drips out of ahole and falls on onto a cross member under the car (bad design?) that is now quite rusty and b) accumulated water entirely covers a wiring loom inside the boot (bad design?). Now I am quite used to baling out when water gets into my boat - but it does seema little odd that I have to bale out the car on a regular basis, So I think my second job will be to dismantle the tailgate and seal up the areas to stop the ingress of water.

Third job - get wheels realigned and a full service.
 
Hi there and welcome!
Not a fix, but drilling a hole in a suitable place might help things along
 
It is a tdv6. Seems to start and run ok and pulls well.

The guy at the tyre shop suggested drilling a hole in the lowest point. He suggested first knocking a round cup shape using a peen hammer then drill a small hole in the centre and lining it with grease.

I popped out a couple of grommets for the time being but if like to fix the ingress ideally.
 
Seal on boot is normally it. If left the damp will creep into the electronics in there.

Gearbox is the weak part of those particular ones. Good when not aged.

Plan sounds a good one.
I would make a list ready for the warranty get as much done as possible

Welcome to LandyZone
 
Hello and welcome:)

you will find all the help you need over in the range rover section, there is a few places water gets in:(
 
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