Thread: RRC 93 electrics :(

Originally Posted by milld

out everywhere from cylinder. To say that this is a project car is an understatement

I don't mind project cars ... Sounds as tho at least your up for a entertaining weekend of head gasket changing .... No big deal ... All ABC (for now)

Did you buy this for your daily runner ...or your weekend toy / restorer



If you were in Perth ... I'ld be asking about things like, has it got a sunroof? ...

Cheers
Mike

yeah, but it may be a slipped liner I suppose the only way to tell is by pulling the heads off. has sunroof but doesn't work lol.

Originally Posted by milld

yeah, but it may be a slipped liner

Not a good time for the negatives .....

It's a 3.9V8 .... They are fairly robust compared to the others (4.0 & 4.6) ... I'm voting gasket


Sunroof no worky? .... send it to me

Mike

Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

Not a good time for the negatives .....

It's a 3.9V8 .... They are fairly robust compared to the others (4.0 & 4.6) ... I'm voting gasket


Sunroof no worky? .... send it to me

Mike

Your sun roof playing up Mike.
I'd be thinking a head gasket as well. Unless you surface grind it all flat again I wouldn't use the tin gaskets either.

Tony

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Your sun roof playing up Mike.

Well, ..... potentially - Yes ...


milld .... There ya go .... Buy a manual and read this link ...

Rebuilding a Rover V8

and you'l be back on the road in no-time

thanks for the info Tony and Mike,

I suppose I should use new head bolts too. I'll pull heads off first before I buy the composite gaskets, just incase it's the liner. I heard that it's rare to get blown gasket and water going in on the first cylinder to the left when viewing front on because of the water jacket location. But yeah this Rangie is meant for a weekend machine/camping. Not a daily driver Also thinking of ripping out air suspension and put coils. But I'll see how reliable the air sysem is first. It seems a lot firmer than coils from what I remember, very soft on rough terrain but firm on road.

cheers

Steve

Dang ... There goes the roof ...

Originally Posted by milld

Also thinking of ripping out air suspension and put coils. But I'll see how reliable the air system is first.

My opinion only ... If your gonna play in mud and water .... Cut to the chase and go the coils

Originally Posted by milld

just incase it's the liner.

I have only just seen this "other thread" .... I had not realised it was a fresh motor ....
There are photos of slipped liners on this site + other areas where they can fail in the liner .... have a search

Pull it down and go from there .... If it comes down to the wire, Disco motors are fairly cheap to buy ...

Mike

I've been doing some testing and I have no voltage going to my light toggle switch. I've looked at fuse on front fascia and looks alright. I've put a cable tracer locator on the red and black and I can trace it going back to where that fusible link must be next to battery and then nothing. I guess this must be where the issue is perhaps. No instrument lights and no parking/driving lights, no tail lights except brake/indicator.