There's no way the new owner spec'ed those god awful gold trinkets on the inside of the doors. They are hideous...

Ok, i'm first to take the bait, how do you know rasheed? Please tell...

I'm keen to know why, i haven't had any issues yet, but only had to inform them last saturday about the accident. But no damage to my car so i don't expect to hear from them again

Well i was paying 380 with sureterm direct on a limited milage (8000 miles, hardly limited). They are brokers for equity red star. I'm only 28 but had 3 years no claims til last week when my wife decided to take the side out of a parked clio! Now i'm getting quotes for 826 when i lose my no...

I'll agree with hamster. I did mine in february. Check out my posts from around then cause i think i covered all issues! It's an easier job than you think. You said you are methodical, thats what you need! Oh and a 16mm impact socket (read the posts it'll all become clear) Good luck, keep us posted

Thanks guys. Sorry, haven't been able to get on, broke the computer. Worked perfectly, just hold the button. Thing is, this just proves that when i asked the wife, did she know anything about the lights not working, she was lying - the damn message centre would have told her! I'll have to...

good advice my friend

see the trouble you women cause!!! but i suppose its all down to if we all drove land rovers/range rovers then there wouldn't be other cars on the road cause everyone would fall in love with them... more to the point, anyone know how to sort the courtesy light?

:D:Dlesson to be learnt, don't lend the range rover to your wife. she's off on maternity, and i thought, ok it'll be easier transporting two kids around with it. Trouble is, she's falling in love with it and won't give it back!!! on the upside, she hated it before cause all it did was break...

Ever since i let my wife drive the rangie on a regular basis, my courtesy light has never come on when you open the door. It comes on if i push the button, but stays on. Any trick to getting it to come on when the door is opened and go off with it closed? Pain in the a.. more than anything...

I had to cut down a spanner, then only get about 1/16th of a turn on it each go. Loads of cursing and hand cramp. Took ages! Good work so far though!

A week is more than enough when all goes well. I got down to the heads in a day, then lost two days trying to get 5 head bolts to shift before buying an impact socket. Then a day put everything back together and fired up no problem. 1200miles later and running great, not even losing water. I'll...

Most of them you don't need. Just replace what you take off and bag the rest. Get a good 16mm impact socket for taking off the head bolts. Read my posts cause i asked every daft question there is! But got there in the end. And like i say, its easier than i thought. Was amazed that 5 different...

I hate to be the one to tell you, but its head gasket. Blowing compression out the side of the block. My guess its drivers side, 2nd cylinder from front. Sounds like pffft, pffft,.. Etc. Check out my posts from february. Happened to me then. Thought it was a cracked manifold. Good news is the...

Good man yerself! Good news and well done. Nothing like that moment when you turn the key and the v8 roars again...

Good times indeed!! Nothing like that moment when the head comes off and the problem reveals itself clear as crystal... Makes it all worth it!! Your heads came off easier than mine them, although a better dtocked garage would have been better!! Good luck with the rest and happy times turning it...

I'm not sure if it's exactly the same, mine's a 2000, but i can't see it being much different. it'll be in RAVE. download it if you haven't already, its great. other than that, it'll be a piece of **** if you are used to v8's. Just get a good impact socket, 16mm, for the head bolts and it'll...

Thats the exact video/noise, no change in perf. Just noise. Its compression leakage from head gasket blowing directly out side of block/head. read my recent posts, gaskets aren't too bad to do, i'm amazed garages won't take them on. If you eere in n.irelanf i'd offer a hand!!

Does it sound like pfft pfft pfft pfft... Etc... Thats exactly what i had only four weeks ago. turned out to be a half inch hole in thr drivers side head gasket. i thought it was cracked manifold originally, then searched online and found a video which sounded identical, then knew it was hg...

hi willos, definitely worth the tools, and a torque wrench if you haven't got one. great piece of mind knowing everything is as tight as it should be! my heads cost me £30 each, plus the same again to get the sheared spark plug out. £40 is grand i reckon. i didn't have it on ramps, just...