Grrrrrr
Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd
Bizarrely the v8 rad is cheaper!
Higher turnover
Datatek
Well-Known Member
Because it's simpler, no baffle?
ovalandrover
Well-Known Member
I arrived back in the UK today so will start to get the RR sorted and up for sale or at least one of them.
Flew from Brisbane to Bankock with Singapore Airlines and then flew up to Chang Ria the next day with Air Asia and spent a couple of day arond Chang Ria sightseeing The Bull temple and the white temple and the golden triangle.
flew back to Bankock and then on to Heathrow with Thi Air .
Flew from Brisbane to Bankock with Singapore Airlines and then flew up to Chang Ria the next day with Air Asia and spent a couple of day arond Chang Ria sightseeing The Bull temple and the white temple and the golden triangle.
flew back to Bankock and then on to Heathrow with Thi Air .
I got bored and fed up. Reset gearbox adaptions. All the clunks and hard shifts have gone. It's like a new car!
Obviously when i paid the garage to do it and asked "have you done it" the dude obviously lied because it was no better.
If you want something doing properly, do it yourself.
Obviously when i paid the garage to do it and asked "have you done it" the dude obviously lied because it was no better.
If you want something doing properly, do it yourself.
Grrrrrr
Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd
Started taking the rad out of the scrapper then realised it was original and being an automatic had no fittings for the manual cooler. Reassembled, bled etc. and lost an hour.
Went for the red one and took the rad out. Swapped both it and the viscous fan over. Bled etc etc and it seems to work although the fan doesn't seem to roar much. Didn't get hot on the test-drive though so should be ok to get to work and back.
Went for the red one and took the rad out. Swapped both it and the viscous fan over. Bled etc etc and it seems to work although the fan doesn't seem to roar much. Didn't get hot on the test-drive though so should be ok to get to work and back.
RangeRoller dt
Well-Sprung Member
If the VC us a bit weak you will notice heat creep hitting traffic or lights after a run
On Saturday I changed the discs, pads and parking brake shoes as well as flushing the brake fluid. I also repainted the calipers while there ahead of the long awaited wheel refurb that it so desperately needs.
On Sunday morning I decided to change the diff oils and the transfer box oil. Raised it to full height and as a precaution threw the axle stands under there. Changed the transfer box oil which was nice and easy to do and then I decided to reward myself with coffee and a biscuit, walked out of the front door to be confronted with:
Bugger!
Good job I'd put the stands there but glad I wasn't under it at the time!
Decided to wait until the new air spring arrives and then I'll do the diffs. The rear is easy but I can't see the fill plug on the front unless I get the car a bit higher. Oddly, the fill plug on the front diff is not the level (says so in LR workshop manual too). so it won't matter if the car isn't exactly level for that one as you only fill 750ml if doing an oil change.
Pleased with the brakes, perhaps not to everybody's taste but I wanted something that wasn't silver and quite understated. It's bronze metallic.
Only other issue I've come up against is getting the parking brake into Service Mode, it just won't go in. I did it fine on 3.6 and I've checked the instructions for this over and over but cannot see what I'm doing wrong or why it's being moody with me.
Brake press 3x and hold
Parking brake switch upwards 4x and down 3x
but Noooo! Ungrateful prick!
On Sunday morning I decided to change the diff oils and the transfer box oil. Raised it to full height and as a precaution threw the axle stands under there. Changed the transfer box oil which was nice and easy to do and then I decided to reward myself with coffee and a biscuit, walked out of the front door to be confronted with:
Bugger!
Good job I'd put the stands there but glad I wasn't under it at the time!
Decided to wait until the new air spring arrives and then I'll do the diffs. The rear is easy but I can't see the fill plug on the front unless I get the car a bit higher. Oddly, the fill plug on the front diff is not the level (says so in LR workshop manual too). so it won't matter if the car isn't exactly level for that one as you only fill 750ml if doing an oil change.
Pleased with the brakes, perhaps not to everybody's taste but I wanted something that wasn't silver and quite understated. It's bronze metallic.
Only other issue I've come up against is getting the parking brake into Service Mode, it just won't go in. I did it fine on 3.6 and I've checked the instructions for this over and over but cannot see what I'm doing wrong or why it's being moody with me.
Brake press 3x and hold
Parking brake switch upwards 4x and down 3x
but Noooo! Ungrateful prick!
Datatek
Well-Known Member
Air springs should be changed in axle pairs. If one has failed the other will not be far behind.
I did the NSF one a few weeks ago and I did say at the time the other one's bound to go soon. So on that point I have to agree with you!
I'm not totally convinced that they need to be changed in pairs really, manufacturers will always say they should and I would do that with the shocks too (in fact, I did fit new rear shocks this weekend).
I'd expect coil springs to be replaced in pairs but air springs? Other than age/fatigue, why? The height sensor dictates the pressure internally so they should in theory perform the same throughout their lifecycle shouldn't they? When a rear one goes I'll fit a pair, it saves getting the tools out twice! I might actually just replace the rear bags soon and then it's done isn't it? That said, my wallet needs a rest after this week so I'll probably wait a little while.
Datatek
Well-Known Member
As you have found, if one goes, the rest will not be far behind. The design life of an air spring in the case of the P38 is 8 years/80K miles, they are in effect a service item unlike a coil spring. As the material hardens, it will also to some extent affect the spring rate so affecting handling to some degree if only one is changed. And then there is the the insurance aspect, it could be said that if an accident occurs when the second one fails after changing only one, negligence is involved. Insurers love a get out.
I did 20 years in insurance, the type accident you are talking about would be investigating mechanical failure by a police forensic investigation team in the absence of any other reasonable explanation and even if one old air spring failed catastrophically it couldn't be argued that changing the opposing one caused it to fail. Sorry mate, we can't agree on that one.
Datatek
Well-Known Member
I did not say changing one would cause the other to fail, only that a reasonable person might expect the other to fail.
After running a fleet of 35 cars, I know enough about the liking of insurance companies for a get out. Changing one is, IMO negligent.
that puts it into bedding in mode, if thats what you mean?
Only for handbrake shoe-de cars like the sprit and d3/4's
Fixed that a little for youI'm not totally convinced that they need to be changed in pairs really but I am now
The height sensor dictates the height so the pressure is irrelevant..
Appreciate it but I don't think it needed fixing; height sensor gives data, pressure adjusts according to requirement. More pressure=more height.Fixed that a little for you
That's what I'm trying to achieve yes. Not that it's urgent right now as I can't drive it until I fit the new air spring.
gold rover
Well-Known Member
Where did you hide the little tourist in the last photo?
