Finally got one

[whitakerb]

Gday,

Finally bought myself a rangie after driving a laser for three years
$4500 got me a 92 classic with 340 odd thousand kays on the clock with a recon engine and auto gearbox in it only done 9000kays

body is pretty straight other than the bull bar is bent and the bonnet sits a bit high from a dodgy panel beating job. easy fix

Interior is pretty spot on, just the centre console has been taken to with a hack saw, and other than that is pretty straight.

Just a couple of questions to you rrc gurus

it has a k&n pod filter; good idea or not
and are the sidelights supposed to come on when the key is at acc? i suspect a wiring fault.

and belive it or not... no oil leaks! :D

any info would be appreciated
cheers

[BigJon]

Just a couple of questions to you rrc gurus

it has a k&n pod filter; good idea or not
and are the sidelights supposed to come on when the key is at acc? i suspect a wiring fault.



1: Bad idea, plenty of info here if you search.
2: Nope. I suspect something is wrong there.

[pomonastik]

and are the sidelights supposed to come on when the key is at acc? i suspect a wiring fault.

if lighting switch is the same as an '88 (paddle switch on left of steering column pod ?) then suspect this. it is a common fail item. mine was not ignition dependent though so your problem may be different. cheap fix if it is though..........

[whitakerb]

in regards to the air filter, could someone pm me if they know the wearabouts of a rrc 3.9 air filter box somwhere near perth as mine was removed to fit the k&n pod.

the wiring i suspect is a fault because it you leave the side lights on, and then remove the key, the stereo remains on until the lights are switched off.

ill rip the dash apart this weekend and hopefully just a simple earth faullt.

any other hints or tips this is my first real 4wd (i had a brain fart and drove a lada for 6 months) would be greatly appreciated

cheers

[Grumbles]

Whitakerb. Nothing wrong with owning a Lada Niva- be proud. The car far exceeded its poor reputation - amazing where they would go and how rugged they were. A good idea let down by poor factory quality control, poor back up/marketing and a very poor [biased] slant against them by the motoring media in Oz. And like sheep every body canned them without knowing what they were really like. I quite liked them but then I'm a sucker for quirky cars. Old Saabs, old Jags, old Volvos, they all tick boxes for me. And I've got a great condition but quirky LSE RRC - had it for ages actually. And like yours mine doesn't shed a single drop of its body fluids. The concrete stays dry and dusty.

Got my eye on an old 2 door RRC at the moment. It's not for sale but is sitting in a carport unused [ and has been for several years now] with old foam matresses stored on it. It might be the buy of the century as it is absolutley pristine. That is if they want to sell it. One day I moght catch up with the owners as it's a holiday house and they are not there very often.

Enjoy your RRC and welcome to quirkiness and addiction.

[dungarover]

Good model the 92's, does it have ABS or are you one of the lucky ones to miss out (prefer no ABS, makes it cheaper to fix). Chasing up one as a replacement but I am starting to get attached to my 88 pov pack Rangie that was a bargain buy but see what happens.

K&N filter, throw it in the bin, they're crap. Stick to the good old paper ones for $20 you can't go wrong. I had a K&N and I get of cleaning it after every bloody trip. A air cannister should be easy to get, the early pre-94 Discos will fit too since they're the same thing :D

Have fun.

Trav

[willem]

92s are a good model - except when the ABS sulks! :( IIRC early 90s XJ6 Jags had the same aircleaner/ box setup. You might be able to pick one up from a Jag wrecker.

Willem


Good model the 92's, does it have ABS or are you one of the lucky ones to miss out (prefer no ABS, makes it cheaper to fix). Chasing up one as a replacement but I am starting to get attached to my 88 pov pack Rangie that was a bargain buy but see what happens.

K&N filter, throw it in the bin, they're crap. Stick to the good old paper ones for $20 you can't go wrong. I had a K&N and I get of cleaning it after every bloody trip. A air cannister should be easy to get, the early pre-94 Discos will fit too since they're the same thing :D

Have fun.

Trav

[whitakerb]

the air filter is going to have to wait.
i sorted out the electrical problem. THe previos owner connected the radio to the acc and the sidelight live so whenever the acc was on it powered the sidelights. easy fix.

unfortunatly it does have abs, but when it fails, ill probobly just shout at it untill i can replace it. when did abs get installed, because i have a jan 1992 base model and it has it fitted

I shouldnt have said no leaks, i think the car heard me it has had a wobbly and (possibly) done a head gasket :(

oh well always wanted to rebuild a v8

[350RRC]

If it has no oil leaks you'd better put some oil in everything! Oil leaks were LR's way of letting you know everything had at least some oil in it.

cheers, DL

[pomonastik]

it has had a wobbly and (possibly) done a head gasket

this all sounds rather unfortunate. what are your symptoms and/or what bled out of where ? a problem shared etc.......

we feel for you brother, we've all been there in the nadir of despair just days after the elation of aquisition.

[maxfacta]

Oh, the pain!

You've just brought back some fond memories of... last October for me. Bought a shmick '95 Classic (see Member's Rides), Alternator died on the way home. A couple of weeks later found out the hard way that the radiator was 80% blocked when after driving up a six Km hill she boiled and spat a head gasket! But wait, there's more... Blowing a head gasket wasn't enough, was it? Cracked the block and dropped a sleeve:o Got a second hand short motor (my heads were OK) and she ran beautifully over the Christmas break. The night before a short trip last week I went to move it in to the garage and all of a sudden wouldn't run properly:mad: Of course I hadn't performed that very important and not at all easy to overlook maintenance item, checking the screws that hold the vacuum unit onto the dizzy! Yes, that old chestnut. Luckily it was just a matter of finding a new screw and refitting it (no cost at all)

On the bright side, it doesn't mark its territory and the garage floor is clean and dusty. It's my third RRC and it's the first one that I've been able to park in other people's driveways without fear of soiling them.

Am I upset by all of these problems? yes. Has it turned me off owning RRC's? No way! I flat out refuse to buy anything else - I hope the ministry of finance will let me buy another one if this one dies;)

So, when you rebuild your RRC make sure you check the radiator, I've also heard from a friend - who had i happen in his Disco on a Simpson crossing - that the fans can sometimes let you down, possibly with the same end result if you don't have one eye stuck on the gauge.

I hope this all makes you feel better about your car:D

[whitakerb]

Heres the thread to my head gasket problems.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical-chatter/70756-3-9-v8-cooling-issues.html

Fortunatly my dad has a hydraulic workshop with an infinate amout of tools, so it'll be there tomorrow, and to top that off the local mechanic is next door so i should be allright.

The good thing is though, i saved up $10000 to buy a $4500 car so it will be on the road again asap.