On it's way tomorrow Sam, I've PM'd you to that effect.

My '87 Classic Vogue had been retro-fitted with LR's handling pack STC8046/8047 front & rear prior to my purchase of the car 15 years ago. I still have the fitting instruction booklet (STC534D) published in June 1991 & could mail it to you if that's any help, though obviously I would want it...

Hopefully sorted .. a squirt of releasing fluid, leave to penetrate for a couple of hours & I managed to move the screw, albeit still quite stiff. Got the free idle revs. down to between 850/900 which drops to 500 when Drive selected. Think I'll leave it at that. Appreciate all of your replies.

Appreciate the reply. The procedure you describe is essentially as was followed by old school mechanics on the basis that it set the optimum timing for that particular engine that had covered a good few miles, rather than the factory settings for a brand new engine. I could put the timing light...

Appreciate for your reply. The idle revs increased as a result of the slight advancement of the timing, which is what you would expect so I doubt there's any problem with the gap. I'd had the dizzy out & having previously marked the position I turned it a just couple of mm following...

Thank you. Flapper

And the chances of a slipped liner .. ask me how I know :rolleyes: I would vote for retaining the durable 3.5efi & going for a top end overhaul with uprated cam. Incidentally it's not just the engine output to consider when it comes to towing with a RRC .. allegedly (that word again) LR...

Hi guys I recently advanced the timing slightly on my 3.5efi which resulted in improved performance (with a small P) but the downside is a corresponding increase in the idle when in N. According to the bible the adjustment screw on the plenum casing should be used to adjust this, but the...

TACR2 by any chance ?

So at 62k mine should have have had two fluid changes :oops: Seeing that it hasn't & apparently remains problem free I think I will leave well alone, changing the fluid could disturb any foreign bodies lurking in nooks 'n crannies. I had the same advice when questioning the advisability of a...

Interesting that Real Steel are still around. They used to market a kit to stroke the 3.5 to 4.3; I knew a guy years ago that did this & the thing pulled so hard it proved too much for the ZF :oops:

I think there is some mileage in the phrase 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' when it comes to slush boxes. The fluid in my RRC is unlikely to have been changed since the car was new; I say unlikely because it only had 40K on the clock when I bought it 15 years ago & I've certainly not done it...

Mine worked perfectly during my near 5 years of owning the car (so around 7 years since installation) until 3 months ago when the aforementioned screen problem started, so not a bad service life for a budget item. Looks like a replacement may be on the cards, but ICE is low in priority for me...

My daily E39 was retrofitted with a Xtrons android by a PO back around 2016 & for an old car (1998) it blended in well with the black plastic/wood inserts dash. The only thing I don't like about it is that when reversing at night the screen (reversing camera activated) is so bright as to cause a...

I share your feelings about politicians, but to be fair we can (& consistently do) wax lyrical about how little 'things' cost back in nineteen hundred & frozen-to-death, but we should also bear in mind what we were earning back then. I first owned a car in 1963, can't remember what petrol &...

What I can never understand is that these quotes all come from brokers, not insurers .. so why the huge disparity in prices o_O The client's details, representing either a good or bad risk, remains the same & there are only so many insurance companies out there. Is it that some insurers are...

First there was huge wheels with iron rims. Then the iron band was superseded by solid rubber, followed by the pneumatic tyre, which gave a marginally better ride. Now people want to spend a fortune on huge wheels with miniscule aspect ratios .. what goes around (no pun intended) comes around...

Sorry, misread your post as increasing to £254 from £70 ! Another senior moment :oops:

You are very tolerant, considering your insurers have more than tripled your premium :rolleyes: My RRC renewal is due mid August .. hope I get a better deal than that or there will be some choice comments.

Firmly pressing the bottom corners until each of the latches click is the technique I always use on a standard steel 'gate. Don't think I'd want an alloy example as I've read too many comments about lack of rigidity.