Rubberknees said:
Get 50% off mine as being classed as disabled. ****es off a lot of the neighbours when I tell them my Range Rover is cheaper to tax than their cars:p:p
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Yeah, it was quite a shock when I saw what some people pay for tax on newer cars. I guess that encourages recycling.
 
Grrrrrr said:
Yeah, it was quite a shock when I saw what some people pay for tax on newer cars. I guess that encourages recycling.
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Range Rovers and other vehicles with big engines bought new here are hit with a tax of up to €20,000 added to the purchase price and while most cars pay no road tax here, they are also hit with an annual pollution tax:eek:
 
Got a pass on the MOT, he just said keep an eye on the back tyres, so I will change them when I get back to work, a friend always does my MOT anyway, so I'm never too worried if it's going to pass or fail, he always tells me if there's something I need doing, and he passes it anyway
 
Pumped up the tyres on the scrapper after entering the EKA and getting it going. EAS is shot. Bags are really bad. Needed water as well which is a tad worrying. It'd definitely need a shed load of work to get it straight.
 
Grrrrrr said:
Pumped up the tyres on the scrapper after entering the EKA and getting it going. EAS is shot. Bags are really bad. Needed water as well which is a tad worrying. It'd definitely need a shed load of work to get it straight.
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My scrapper will never run again, but it did donate yet another spare part in the form of an EAS relay:D
 
Decided enoughs enough with this motor. It overheated again about 1 mile from home suspect head gasket again, so on lookout for a late 2.5 R/R low milage. At 72 I am too old to be buggering about swapping engines,and no one round here is interested . So I will strip all the new parts I have fitted and give the rest to the scrapman..I will let you know what I get ,then I can start again. I have 4 bids on motors so far today.
 
For price of a p38 someone would put another engine in for you? New one is new problems

Grrrrrr said:
Pumped up the tyres on the scrapper after entering the EKA and getting it going. EAS is shot. Bags are really bad. Needed water as well which is a tad worrying. It'd definitely need a shed load of work to get it straight.
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You have to decide is it a scrapper or a fixer upper?
If you take what you need off it there’s no need to keep it around (and have spares + room for a nice 4.0)
 
RangeRoller dt said:
For price of a p38 someone would put another engine in for you? New one is new problems


You have to decide is it a scrapper or a fixer upper?
If you take what you need off it there’s no need to keep it around (and have spares + room for a nice 4.0)
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A nice 4.0 with two heads to fail instead of one and a selection of liners to drop:rolleyes:
 
RangeRoller dt said:
Not for me
but Grrrr does want a V8 so 4.0 is probably safest option with thicker walls and available in manual box
He already got a nice M51 to tow it around with :)
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The 4.0 does not have thicker walls, as far as I recall the 3.5 was bored to make the 4.0 and then stroked to get 4.6.
Retrofitting a 3.5 might be a good idea, with a bit of tuning it ought to equal a 4.0.
 
Datatek said:
The 4.0 does not have thicker walls, as far as I recall the 3.5 was bored to make the 4.0 and then stroked to get 4.6.
Retrofitting a 3.5 might be a good idea, with a bit of tuning it ought to equal a 4.0.
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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.
 
Windy out and that isn't a euphemism. When the missus said there was a good chance of a blow tonight I was hoping for something a bit less meteorological. I even changed my socks.
 
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.
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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 ;)
 
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