Project 89 Blown away

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Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Had the Rangie out to day on a mates property and hit a rather immovable object in long grass at 60 kmh:eek: It was bad, The rangie bounced up and went side ways. we hit the roof and my tool box cleared the rear seat.:eek: I wont mention what happened to the beers:(
Now has clunk clunk noise in the front. About to take some measurements as concerned the chassis may be bent. The gaps look OK so I may be lucky. Stuffed an alloy rim:(


It was an out of use 6" steel cased water bore. Moved it 3" or more:eek: I wish people would mark hazards out sometimes:( The diff housing appears to be straight and tail shafts seem OK:confused:

I'm now bloody sore so it hit hard.

I'll put it up on stands tomorrow and have a good look wile in motion.

Tony:(

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I'd forgotten about this.:angel:

When I fitted to new diff and checked the alignment, it was found the diff housing was bent over 12mm.:o
No way the Maxidrive locker would work like this so we had to use a 20ton jack and chain to stress it enough to straighten as my porta power didn't have the guts to do it alone. (No pics as could have been a OH&S issue with the stress on that little chain.) Pressed the housing over 20mm to get close. Now has a diff truss so shouldn't bend again. In hind sight, I probably should have welded an internal sleeve inside the short side as Ben did to his county, very good idea that.:cool:

Digging up the dead,

We see vehicles come and go around here, but the Rangie just seems to soldier on and slowly improve over the years.:cool:

This one still helps run our property and often has heavy trailers in tow.
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I still can't kill the bloody gutless 3.5 and at a tad over 400,000ks, is milestone for any abused engine.:angel:

Does not use oil, not use coolant, is down on power as cam is shot but starts, runs and works well.

We have a fresh 3.9 here ready to drop in with the blower etc but I'm now considering fitting the blower on this old 3.5 with a new EFI cam as I believe these engines are much more robust. They have to be as we have overheated this thing several times with hoses blowing out and it still seems fine.:confused:

Many 3.9's and 4.6's in our area have had massive issues due to minor overheating as liners shift etc.:(

The duel lockers and its standard appearance has surprised many when we play in the harder stuff. We still have a very low center of gravity as not lifted yet and I can drive crazy lines with out falling over.:angel: Had many offer to buy it as so surprised with the agility but like my series Land rovers, shes not for sale.