Especially if it's JLR stock :rolleyes:

Late to the party I know, but if you are going the LPG route stick to the 3.5

A very merry Christmas & a happy New Year to all contributors :) May 2025 bring you motoring enjoyment devoid of stress & expense. Ho, Ho, Ho :rolleyes:

Unless the design of these carriers have changed over the intervening years since I had one; bear in mind the rear door cannot be opened from the inside when the carrier is in the travel position. In the event of an accident rear seat passengers will be unable to escape unaided. Just a thought

Effectively a Rover P4 100 engine. Lovely smooth unit with excellent torque at low revs. but inherently unsuited to a working LR. Had a '79 12 seater variant decades ago & retrofitted a Rover P5 three litre engine .. world of difference in performance with little or no increase in fuel consumption.

Hi again guys Having just got my RRC hazard switch working again, as a result of a small piece of the red square warning bulb cover breaking off & preventing the switch from functioning, I want to replace the cover as aged plastic was probably the cause of the breakage. There are complete...

At last a good outcome on this. After removing the red bulb cover & putting on my 'specs. I detected what looked like a small piece of red down the side of the bulb holder. A little bit of poking with a jeweller's screwdriver followed by debris removal with a pair of long tweezers & the hazards...

As a nipper in the 1950's I well remember my father asking the pump attendant for x number of gallons & the same of 'shots' I also remember Dad preferred the National Benzol brand of petrol. 'Oh yes & a year's road tax was around £12.

I also put supermarket E5 in my 3.5efi because, apart from keeping the ethanol percentage as low as possible, the pump price is only a few pence higher than the E10 from BP/Shell/Esso used in our old BM. Both cars had a dose of cleaner earlier this year, difficult to tell if the engines saw any...

I'll get back to you guys on this one.

Has a what? I've owned three 3.5efi's & never heard of a pooter o_O What have I been missing?

I must be losing it Henry, could have sworn that when checking out a 3.9 for a friend years ago I advised him to walk away because of the black appearance visible, plus it had a f..k. VCU. Next time I'm at my 3.5efi I'll take a peek down the 'ole, just to check on my mental status!

Didn't think classics had OBD facilities, but I bow to those more knowledgeable :oops:

Unless the cover is different on the 3.9 (as opposed to the 3.5efi) with the filler cap removed enough of the rockers are visible to form an opinion as to the frequency of oil changes ;)

Bit late now I guess, but if ever I looked at a Rover V8 for sale I always took a pencil beam flashlight (not an ordinary torch) Insisted on viewing the car with a cold engine. Filler cap off, pencil beam down the 'ole onto the valve gear .. golden colour/light brown = well maintained, dark...

The lack of an old light on Classics can be caused not only by a failure of the oil pressure switch but also dry joints on the printed circuit board. Assuming the 3.9 is the same as the 3.5efi, un-clip the back of the instrument binnacle & try to ascertain if the 'lugs' of the bulb (they just...

I know this isn't going to help you, but auto-boxes are funny things. We had a Mk 3 Mondeo 2.0L auto with a Jatco 'box generally considered to be good for 80k miles in that particular model .. it was still going strong when we sold the car at 170k :rolleyes:

Thanks for that suggestion, I'll bear it in mind when the sh.. hits the fan next Spring.

We are both retired & reside in a rural area. 'Ere indoors indoors used the car most as she is involved with the local community.

Around 5K miles. Thanks for the reply.