The Range Rover Classic thread

[DonkeyApple]

Certainly worth considering damp in the electrics such as the dizzy if it's been sitting for 7 months. Or just something silly like loose leads or dizzy cap etc.

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Huntsman said:

Woody.GT said:

Hi. Any tips on where to get a headlining for an '87 with a sunroof or anyone near Surrey who fits them?

I need to do a headlining in my 82, I think Famous Four do them.

Yup. Someone makes them to order for them. Not sure if they come trimmed or not.

By far the simplest solution is to post the car to Trevor at Nationwide for trim and fit.

Something that I'd recommend if you ever remove a headlining is to glue some acoustic material to the underside of the roof before it goes back in. It makes a real difference to cabin noise and the tinny sound when it's raining disappears.

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Woody.GT said:

Great, thanks

The cheap heat guard matting used under bonnets works a treat and I suspect also kicks back a little bit of the summer sun which would help when cruising around in a green house.

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RicksAlfas said:

Dynamat Dynaliner is good for roofs, but not cheap at £60 a roll.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285848381038

Money well spent for anyone who removes the headlining. Pretty much any such material makes a noticeable improvement even that cheap stuff that we used to stick to the bonnets of Leyland's finest.

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Souleman said:

I am trying to remove the dashboard binnacle on my 1982, 2 door, RR. I am replacing the speedo cable and need to access the end attached to the speedometer. My Haynes manual says that I need to squeeze the bottom of the back of the binnacle to unhinge it.

This hasn’t worked. I think I am missing something in terms of exactly what I am trying to unclip/unhinge. I am getting close to cracking the plastic with the force I am putting on it.

Can anyone give any guidance or point me to a helpful YouTube video etc?My car has been fighty over the years (see my posts when I upgraded the door locking mechanism) but on this it has surpassed itself. All help gratefully received.

It's just the rear plastic that you remove in order to get to the gubbins. It's basically a shroud that clips in to the front fascia. The front fascia is screwed to the metal plate that in turn is screwed to the dash.

To be honest, the rear shrouds usually come off just by taking a speed bump at a jaunty angle so I'm wondering where you're applying pressure and which bits you're hoping will come away?

I'm trying to remember exactly but I'm sure you just gently prise it away from the top, near one side with a credit card or similar bit of plastic.

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Souleman said:

Thanks for the reply. Yes it is the rear shroud that I am trying to remove. My Haynes manual says to apply pressure to the rear to release the cover from two clips. I can see the clips (at the bottom of the shroud) but don’t know exactly what I am trying to release. I will upload a picture of the wise words from Haynes in case I am not summarising it properly.

I'm on a tidy up of parts at the moment and have two later binnacles but don't think I've an earlier one to double check and the one in the car that I have here has Montiverdi covers so is different.

Might be worth doing a Google image search to find a picture so you can see the nature of the clips but I'm sure they're just little hook extrusions that are part of the moulding and just clip off when prised.

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DonkeyApple said:

Souleman said:

Thanks for the reply. Yes it is the rear shroud that I am trying to remove. My Haynes manual says to apply pressure to the rear to release the cover from two clips. I can see the clips (at the bottom of the shroud) but don’t know exactly what I am trying to release. I will upload a picture of the wise words from Haynes in case I am not summarising it properly.

I'm on a tidy up of parts at the moment and have two later binnacles but don't think I've an earlier one to double check and the one in the car that I have here has Montiverdi covers so is different.

Might be worth doing a Google image search to find a picture so you can see the nature of the clips but I'm sure they're just little hook extrusions that are part of the moulding and just clip off when prised.

Found a shroud in amongst all the left over parts from various restorations:







From what I can see there are just those two connection points along the top edge of the shroud. I suspect they locate onto some fitting that's part of the front section.

[DonkeyApple]

Disco 2 pump and manifolds should do the trick.

ECU is usually stored under the driver's seat.

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Huntsman said:

DonkeyApple said:

Disco 2 pump and manifolds should do the trick.

ECU is usually stored under the driver's seat.

Disco 2 pump is an in tank jobbie which my tank won't facilitate.

Since my tank is a new one I'd rather like to stick with it, I see a TVR pump which fits inline, I wonder if I could use my electric lift pump to supply the TVR pump.

I'm trying to cast my mind back but I seem to recall when I replaced my tank it was also of the older style and I'm pretty sure the fuel pump is sitting along one of the chassis rails under the car. I don't think it's anything special but was specced to deal with the demand of a 5L or SC 4.

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The important thing is to not find blue paint dobs as TVR had a habit of buying the seconds when LR had a batch.

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Huntsman said:

Cibie Super Oscars or KC HiLites?

I ended up with a set of LED lamps that I hid behind the grille. They light up the road ahead superbly like a visual claymore with no regard for direction.

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A.J.M said:

How unusual is a light/mint green K or L reg model?

There’s on that’s in my town and hasn’t moved in a few years, parked up on the driveway.

Wouldn’t mind owning it in a few years.

70s K or 90s k?

In the 70s there were 6 colours, one of which was green.

Masai Red, Davos White, Sahara Dust, Bahama Gold, Lincoln Green and the blue I can never recall the name of.

In the 90s there were a vast array of shades of every colour. I don't immediately recall a mint green but there may well have been one.

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TarquinMX5 said:

The blue was Tuscan Blue.

There were several green colours and I don't recall a mint one either. The only BL colour that comes to mind was called something like Opaline green, but that mainly 80s IIRC.

That's the one. Thanks. For some reason I can never remember it. 'Tuscan' is so obvious as well.

I'm wondering if I vaguely recall a 90s RR colour that was similar to the TVR ocean haze? By the early 90s they did have quite a vast range of greens on offer. Clearly not everyone had the strength of character to choose Epsom Green.

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Were they available in the pastel or heritage green that defenders could be had in?

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NomduJour said:

^ that looks like Aegean Blue.

I wondered that but it's probably just the photo. This was one I had.

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Looks superb.

Take a hammer to one of the headlamps for the completed homage?

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TarquinMX5 said:

Agreed, not green and likely Aegean. The picture's blurred but it looks to have the covered fuel cap but I can't see whether it's the lower or higher version, so '87 or later?

Door mirrors are where the quarter lights used to be so definitely post C/D reg '85?. if it is Aegean Blue then I don't think that was an option until the next slight change to the final hard dash interior which was 88/89 E/F reg.

Such a shame that website never came back. A serious loss of base knowledge.

I wonder if any of it could be salvaged via 'wayback' or similar?

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Huntsman said:

I bought a scruffy old Jaguar 240 for exactly that reason.

Genius. Only yesterday I was leaving the North Circular at Brent Cross and can never not hear 'Get in the back of the van!' at that point.

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Harleyboy said:

DonkeyApple said:

NomduJour said:

^ that looks like Aegean Blue.

I wondered that but it's probably just the photo. This was one I had.

Is this not Alaskan Blue? Had it on an 89 3.5 standard car. Only in production for a short time apparently

You are right I think. I've got the two mixed up. My F reg was Alaskan Blue.

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squirdan said:

Did that job last weekend. The annual pilgrimage with the children in the back holding on to the tree.