Virtualgaz
29th October 2014, 12:15 AM
G'day Team! I'm a new member, fresh out of the box with my newly registered 98 Oxford Blue P38. 4.0 GEMS SE with 256,000km which has been serviced by the LR dealer every 10,000 without fail until 240,000! Never owned one before but have driven many LR products. I like it a lot - the comfort of the airsus, the elevated driving position and room for my gut - as I look down on the Jeep owners, the way I can now say "..we'll take the Range Rover.." (to Coles) and the way it has introduced me already to so many different staff at so many servo's. In fact I like it so much I'm considering taking up cigar smoking, buying a Drizabone and getting a dog called 'Fenton'.
The car has a couple of tasks to pay me back after just spending 3 months getting it roadworthy - namely, light occasional w/e 4x4 work (unsealed roads and beach etc.) and keeping the wife out of my ear as it becomes her daily driver over the pathetic Rav4 she had. Can you believe we sold that 2000MY Rav for the same coin the RR cost. The world has gone mad!
Anyhow, very much a DIY man, I am now a semi-pro on the following:
% ball joint removal & replacement in situ in the front yard with bindies
% how to break plastic trims when removing the headliner
% how to bodgy up broken trim after refitting retrimmed headliner
% welding the LHR quarter without setting fire to the car much
% how to use 4kg of fibreglass kit on a rear bumper bar
% repainting the bonnet twice due to temperature problems
% paying Beaurepaires' wage bill for a week with the purchase of 2 tyres
% fighting the new HT leads into submission behind the engine
% and getting the spark plug socket stuck in the head!
It hasn't been all pain though - great clearance to do the fuel filter, oil checks and changes, run the spanners around anything not caked in mud and get to the exhaust for repairing. Pollen filters etc easy accessible and so on.
OK, so now you guys know that *I* know what I've let myself in for - I can take the hurt, it's OK, it's the way of life of the RR owner, right? Here come my top 4 issues for the week...
#1) Drives OK (returning a true 18L/100km), not using water or oil, new ignition parts but has a misfire across the board on light throttle - I've sprayed the WD40 around to try and detect an intake leak or vacuum leak - no change in the idle so my guess is the famous flattening of the camshaft - has it become a broomhandle?
#2) My god, that alternator looks like the original! Anyone modified a cheaper alternative instead of the $400+ I'm seeing to replace it? Can't be that spesh?
#3) Coilpacks? Fair dinkum, that can't be the right price for new ones can it??? Please tell me there's a work-around!
#4) Getting a spare key (original lost) cut could be a challenge with all those hieroglyphics on the blade, even though the module/remote no longer syncs to the car (disabled)... any experience there?
Cheers guys, I did a fair bit of research into the car and the spares and support groups and forums and this one seemed by far the friendliest and most knowledgeable. Hopefully I'll to be able to be of some use to the group in the future!
Cheers, Virtualgaz
The car has a couple of tasks to pay me back after just spending 3 months getting it roadworthy - namely, light occasional w/e 4x4 work (unsealed roads and beach etc.) and keeping the wife out of my ear as it becomes her daily driver over the pathetic Rav4 she had. Can you believe we sold that 2000MY Rav for the same coin the RR cost. The world has gone mad!
Anyhow, very much a DIY man, I am now a semi-pro on the following:
% ball joint removal & replacement in situ in the front yard with bindies
% how to break plastic trims when removing the headliner
% how to bodgy up broken trim after refitting retrimmed headliner
% welding the LHR quarter without setting fire to the car much
% how to use 4kg of fibreglass kit on a rear bumper bar
% repainting the bonnet twice due to temperature problems
% paying Beaurepaires' wage bill for a week with the purchase of 2 tyres
% fighting the new HT leads into submission behind the engine
% and getting the spark plug socket stuck in the head!
It hasn't been all pain though - great clearance to do the fuel filter, oil checks and changes, run the spanners around anything not caked in mud and get to the exhaust for repairing. Pollen filters etc easy accessible and so on.
OK, so now you guys know that *I* know what I've let myself in for - I can take the hurt, it's OK, it's the way of life of the RR owner, right? Here come my top 4 issues for the week...
#1) Drives OK (returning a true 18L/100km), not using water or oil, new ignition parts but has a misfire across the board on light throttle - I've sprayed the WD40 around to try and detect an intake leak or vacuum leak - no change in the idle so my guess is the famous flattening of the camshaft - has it become a broomhandle?
#2) My god, that alternator looks like the original! Anyone modified a cheaper alternative instead of the $400+ I'm seeing to replace it? Can't be that spesh?
#3) Coilpacks? Fair dinkum, that can't be the right price for new ones can it??? Please tell me there's a work-around!
#4) Getting a spare key (original lost) cut could be a challenge with all those hieroglyphics on the blade, even though the module/remote no longer syncs to the car (disabled)... any experience there?
Cheers guys, I did a fair bit of research into the car and the spares and support groups and forums and this one seemed by far the friendliest and most knowledgeable. Hopefully I'll to be able to be of some use to the group in the future!
Cheers, Virtualgaz