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Offline simon15

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its one thing after another!!!!
« on: March 01, 2007, 18:09:11 »
Right after finally getting myself a range rover again :)

i travelled 200 miles to get it and made it back perfectly fine.


Took it out on a few local lanes and the electrics shorted due to a dodgy engine earth.

so had to buy a new battery as it melted the old one, re-wired all the earths around the engine.

sorted nice quick fix,

Took it to work and the handbrake had decided to stop working, not found out why yet though, its not vital.

now today i replaced the alternator belt as it was a bit worn and slack and now the alternator is siezed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



i have only had it 5 days and its been off the road for 3 of them now.......



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its one thing after another!!!!
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2007, 18:50:40 »
id say 2days running out of 5 is pretty good for a landy. thats 40% excellent! youve got a good one. :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2007, 19:41:42 »
you only got a rangie cos you like to look under the bonnet a lot :lol:  :lol:
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« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2007, 20:22:45 »
Had mine 5 days now, started to misfire on day 2.............
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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2007, 20:55:11 »
at least by the time its sorted it wount break for a while. everything will be like new  :lol:  :lol:


my old V8 never broke in 3 months...
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« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2007, 01:17:34 »
just a simple case of when ya lucks out it's out ..... :(
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« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2007, 19:18:03 »
simon, I have had 3 engines fitted and one of them in and out twice, £1200 in labour alone, I was only planning to spend £1k on her its just for off roading, anyway a further £2.5k and still fixing things. LOL thats part of the love
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« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2007, 19:25:39 »
Ouch.

Let's hope it proves to be worth it, we have a nice summer on it's way again I believe :D

See you out there?
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« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2007, 20:36:53 »
ouch that is an expensive off road project.


i think the main problem with mine is that it has done 2000 miles in 18 months and now im using it everyday and it aint used to it...
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« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2007, 21:29:55 »
Yep, thats it.
If its not one thing, its your Mother.

Sorry misread the topic.  :(biggrin):

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« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2007, 21:08:28 »
Thats nothing, a mate of mine has done over £13k and its just for off roading, but my god that engine has some GRUNT
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« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2007, 16:03:02 »
Took it to work and the handbrake had decided to stop working, not found out why yet though, its not vital.

- After the battery earth, the handbrake cable can be the next best thing and may have melted itself when your battery went south
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« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2007, 16:50:10 »
all the casing has melted so could of been fried too.

looks like a pain to get to and change....
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« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2007, 00:30:33 »
Handbrake cable, yes it's a bit fiddly,  When you come to put the new one on I suggest that whichever end you fit first puit it together as loose as you can, the second end is always a bit of a PITA.
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« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2007, 19:28:35 »
Quote from: "Rainbird"
Took it to work and the handbrake had decided to stop working, not found out why yet though, its not vital.

- After the battery earth, the handbrake cable can be the next best thing and may have melted itself when your battery went south


Very common this. :)
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