Druim
Well-Known Member
Like the X5 I had, light check dance on every start up, but defo needs the height sensors to work with different loads
Like the X5 I had, light check dance on every start up, but defo needs the height sensors to work with different loads
Druim
Well-Known Member
My previous P38 was on coils, okay ride
kooky_guy
Well-Known Member
Surely the removal of the EAS will stop it being a 'bloody good tow truck' now that it won't be able to self level.
Does trade insurance really allow you to modify your vehicle to a potentially dangerous degree without declaring it? Wow.
autogas
New Member
dangerous mods would make it a defective unsafe vehicle and under the construction and design regs it would be unusable , it would have to be able to pass a current MOT .
motor trade insurance allows the holder to drive anything up to a set value comprehensive and under a set weight mine is £30000 per vehicle and less than 7.5 tonnes.
the vehicle does not have to be insured by a n other in order for myself and named drivers to utilise it . unlike private policies where the car has to be insured for my cover to be in force . everything i drive is comprehensive but valued at trade values .
removing the eas wont affect it as the trailer is nose weight neutral plus 100lbs just like a caravan should be loaded . so a great tow truck .
, mind you its a nice tow truck .
Seriously i bought it cause i am a poser with a caravan and a car transporter and the maverick i use to tow the transporter will only pull 2700kg legally so the rangie takes over the weightier stuff up to the maximum 3500kg the trailer allows .
eg if i need to recover or move a rangie then only the rangie is capible enough to do it .
motor trade insurance allows the holder to drive anything up to a set value comprehensive and under a set weight mine is £30000 per vehicle and less than 7.5 tonnes.
the vehicle does not have to be insured by a n other in order for myself and named drivers to utilise it . unlike private policies where the car has to be insured for my cover to be in force . everything i drive is comprehensive but valued at trade values .
removing the eas wont affect it as the trailer is nose weight neutral plus 100lbs just like a caravan should be loaded . so a great tow truck .
, mind you its a nice tow truck . Seriously i bought it cause i am a poser with a caravan and a car transporter and the maverick i use to tow the transporter will only pull 2700kg legally so the rangie takes over the weightier stuff up to the maximum 3500kg the trailer allows .
eg if i need to recover or move a rangie then only the rangie is capible enough to do it .
autogas
New Member
simple answer Yes of course it can . otherwise P38's could not have been done
autogas
New Member
lets see how long the gearbox lasts when pulling these "loads" of yours !
lol
thanks hippo . cheers and all like . :jaw::jaw::jaw:
perhaps i should have second thoughts about recovering landys then .
, if its f88ks it so what its just a old one . it will mend
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2.0_hippo
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thanks hippo . cheers and all like . :jaw::jaw::jaw:
perhaps i should have second thoughts about recovering landys then .
Aha, sorry mate
Only kidding. You've got the ZF box which isn't too bad. Well not as bad as the GM diesel box as fitted to mine.
Im not going to drive around worrying if it's going to break or not. It's pulled 2.5 tonne of horse and trailer and it towed it brilliantly
autogas
New Member
its ok hippo i already worked out that this is a brill place for having the P ripped out of yourself but the help is great its sorted a problem that it may have taken me weeks to get to or i may have given up and scrapped it for parts .
I hope i can bring as much to the forum with my know how on the gas systems .
I hope i can bring as much to the forum with my know how on the gas systems .
Datatek
Well-Known Member
If the proposed new EU MOT regs are ever implemented and enforced, spring conversions will fail.
tomcat59alan
Well-Known Member
Pity you didn't persevere with the compressed air system if you know so much about gas.
Sorry I said I wouldn't speak to you after you coiled it.
autogas
New Member
verdict is in .
after extensive testing on springs .
Good bits:
Reliable
Cost effective
Reliable
bad bits:
a little harder ride .
no self level if high loads in boot .
the bits that make no real difference
handling is fine
headlight aim is good
possible pit falls
modified so insurance may be higher .
no extended ride hight for the muck , ( but its a Chelsea tractor so this wont matter )
after extensive testing on springs .
Good bits:
Reliable
Cost effective
Reliable
bad bits:
a little harder ride .
no self level if high loads in boot .
the bits that make no real difference
handling is fine
headlight aim is good
possible pit falls
modified so insurance may be higher .
no extended ride hight for the muck , ( but its a Chelsea tractor so this wont matter )
tomcat59alan
Well-Known Member
It's your Range Rover, you can do with it what you please....just not my cup of tea.
In my eyes a Range Rover was designed to ride on air since the later Classics - but I am a purist RR Geek head!
Your car, your choice - if you sell it, I'm not gonna buy it, simples!
these cars take so much more preventative maintenance than anything else I know. why? Because they are very complex and not put together robustly.
As long as you appreciate the limitations of the car which it sounds you do, enjoy.
Keep an eye on the MOT and keep all the bits you have taken off, just in case you need to revert back when time to sell or MOT needs.
cheers.
As long as you appreciate the limitations of the car which it sounds you do, enjoy.
Keep an eye on the MOT and keep all the bits you have taken off, just in case you need to revert back when time to sell or MOT needs.
cheers.
