Range Rover advice

safrane

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Maybe he liked the receptionist or the coffee/drive down to the garage... but why not get all that work done in one visit?
 
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zagatoes30

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If its got the steering wheel set to move away from you when you turn off the ignition go into settings and disable it. Then mechanism is a nylon cog on a metal screw needless to say they wear and a new steering column is £4k
 
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philw696 said:
Fairplay that's commitment for you ;)
Love regular customers.
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It was on the Isle of skye , there might not have been many options

zagatoes30 said:
If its got the steering wheel set to move away from you when you turn off the ignition go into settings and disable it. Then mechanism is a nylon cog on a metal screw needless to say they wear and a new steering column is £4k
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There won't be any 4k going on , not on a 2.5k car. I'll either get it tested , running right and flip it , it's got to be worth more once it's returned to civilisation , or drive it until something expensive goes pop and sell it for parts

That 02 one I had is still going , the guy I sold it to sold it to a mate , that was 4-5 years ago , it's thrown up no big bills
 
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Is this generation of range rover diy friendly?, am drawn to bargain 4x4s. Got rid of a caynne turbo as electrical gremlins that local mechanic couldnt sort and local porsche specialist basically said dont bother as the bill might be close to value of car by time we sort it. I did buy that thinkdiag thing, but it scanned very little on a cayenne. Seems better on a maserati. So is it easy to work on? Or does it need specialist software/tools alot?
 
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drellis said:
Is this generation of range rover diy friendly?, am drawn to bargain 4x4s. Got rid of a caynne turbo as electrical gremlins that local mechanic couldnt sort and local porsche specialist basically said dont bother as the bill might be close to value of car by time we sort it. I did buy that thinkdiag thing, but it scanned very little on a cayenne. Seems better on a maserati. So is it easy to work on? Or does it need specialist software/tools alot?
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The 4.2SC uses a jaguar engine so parts should be easily available , the L322 has been around 20 years so secondhand parts are plentiful

The early L322 uses a BMW 3.0 Diesel , same engine as the 330D which is widely regarded as being very good

I've got an autel scanner that scans up to 2016 cars , lent it to a mate, it got far enough into various settings on his xtrail for him to bottle it so when I get it I'll let you know if it identifies the hdc sensor fault

There is a supposedly dealer level diagnostics but it's not cheap

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zagatoes30

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They're pretty simple things bar the electrics but most of the issues there tend to be dampness in connectors, a particular week spot for this is in the nearside rear wing where all the infotainment sits dampness here seems to cause lots of seemingly unrelated issues. The guy who use to look after ours use to always start by removing and cleaning the connectors in this area when trying to chase down an electrical gremlin and often he didn't need to go any further.

These are common, most faults have been understood and the internet is a wealth of info, not always good, and parts supply is good although if you need an LR dealer part they can be pricey.
 
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Thanks for info, ill pass as dont like damp eletrics. Will go for old petrol ml500, had one before and zero hassle
 
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zagatoes30 said:
They're pretty simple things bar the electrics but most of the issues there tend to be dampness in connectors, a particular week spot for this is in the nearside rear wing where all the infotainment sits dampness here seems to cause lots of seemingly unrelated issues. The guy who use to look after ours use to always start by removing and cleaning the connectors in this area when trying to chase down an electrical gremlin and often he didn't need to go any further.

These are common, most faults have been understood and the internet is a wealth of info, not always good, and parts supply is good although if you need an LR dealer part they can be pricey.
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They had a service bulletin for that, which was basically a plastic sheet clipped over the infotainment modules to direct any drips away. Mine was fitted free.
 
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Congratulations, I'd say that's somewhat of a bargain. This time last year the only SC under 3k I could find was a spares or repairs project. It's probably got the rusty rear arch thing going on, but you see that on much later cars too at nearer 10k.
I had the HDC inactive warning on my old TD6 not long after I bought it, turned out to be the corroded abs ring touching the sensor. I popped a spacer washer under the sensor as a quick fix, been good for 6 months now.
 
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It is crusty round the arches but not as bad as the last one I had, if it's just surface and hidden ill have a go at that with a grinder & rattlecans
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That looks pretty good compared to my 2004.
I think a lot must depend on where they spent most of their lives. I viewed an 05 that had been on a pig farm from new, although having an mot and a brand new genuine gearbox fitted it had no inner sills whatsoever!
 
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Paul C said:
That looks pretty good compared to my 2004.
I think a lot must depend on where they spent most of their lives. I viewed an 05 that had been on a pig farm from new, although having an mot and a brand new genuine gearbox fitted it had no inner sills whatsoever!
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I'll only be the 4th owner

I bought a defender from a farmer ,it was cheap , certainly by today's prices, one owner low mileage is out of the window when it belongs to a farmer , up to its axles in cow **** and used for pulling tree stumps out

I drove it from Cambridge to Warrington, it was the most terrifying drive of my life, winter, wet and dark in a vehicle that needed half a turn of the steering wheel before anything happened at the wheels, candles for headlights and comedy wipers, I managed one junction of the M6 before ******** myself and coming back on A roads, it took forever, when you let the clutch out it was clunk whirr clunk and after what seemed like forever it moved

One sleep to go

GR Yaris collected today by a Toyota dealer for £600 more than they sold it to me for which seems odd, I've already had the kick in the nuts though , smart car has been great for 2 years, not 2 hours after the yaris went it stopped with a clunk and now won't go into neutral so I can't start it or even push it home, it's only at the bottom of the road and looks like it was parked on purpose so not too bad

FFS
 
philw696

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Looking forward to seeing your proper appraisal on the RR SC when you've tried it properly mate.
Good Luck with the Smart car something I know little about apart not for me.
 
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philw696 said:
Looking forward to seeing your proper appraisal on the RR SC when you've tried it properly mate.
Good Luck with the Smart car something I know little about apart not for me.
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He's not been driving it much due to illness so I'm wondering if a 4 hour drive home and a battery reset might work
This is what i get on the smart
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