Simon_CSK

No she's my Ex because she is a narcissistic b**ch who thought I needed her more than she needed me. Have had a ball since the divorce even thought she left me penniless. Definitely loved the car more than I loved her. Does have some memories. I used it for three years before it was parked up. It was very nice at one stage now it is dissolving slowly. There is just something about it I truly love, black two door classic with chrome bumpers. If I can get a new shell then it would be done reasonably quickly or maybe a 5 year project but would give me something to tinker with. As an investment it would have increased over £1000 in value for every year I have had it. My oldest son is now 20 and I got it before he was born. Do I need the money? Don't get me wrong who couldn't use that kind of money but it isn't high on my list of priorities and I know I will be able to sell it later once it is finished, but I will not.

I have never ever thought about selling it. Even my Ex wife and her mother tried to get me to sell it to people who asked "how much for your jeep mate!" I would then have to change my name here too. It seems just part of me but I would admit the money would be nice.

I have just been offered serious money for my CSK. I have owned it for over 20 years and tbh it is in a very sorry state. The offer was unseen but seemed genuine and would release a lot of cash. The problem is I would just end up with more cars and in reality have enough projects on the go. Thoughts please.

That was my thinking. What about the interior? Subtle changes in there?

I have been asked by a company that provides vehicles for films if I know anybody with vehicles. Primarily was a 1974 Police Range Rover but is also looking for military vehicles including Land Rovers up to 1974. Going from memory there were very little changes to Range Rovers from 74 to about 1980 am I correct.

Garry I got a local vehicle locksmith to the pick the lock which made a key to fit. He then took the BCU and put a new "resistor" in it before returning the key and the BCU to me stating that the key should now start the car. It doesn't and he says the EML is not coming on so there is an electrical supply issue to the ECU.

Why do things the easy way, I have to entertain myself somehow. The autolocksmith has done the key and he is the one saying that there is no power to the ECU

I have bought a Disco 3 without keys. I have had a new key made to allow me to turn on the ignition however I have no engine management light illuminating and the car will not crank. How do I sort this, where do I start problem solving and is there a temporary work around.

Wrap an old seatbelt around it and around a 1/2in or 3/8in extension and you get the same thing. Ratchet strap works too.

What is the model year of the car and have the lights been replaced at any time. The light units should have a date marking somewhere.

Priviat (Hello) And welcome to the forum. Can you check if the headlights are original fitment or replacements.

V8's are available in the D3 but they are quite rare.

Me too and that is definitely my next car only I want the 5.0 as they sound awesome. The 3.6's are rapid but really really want a 5.0 as it has nearly double the power. Oh and it's been too wet to crawl under the car so it is sitting there while I fix my D3's wishbone after the car has been sitting for nearly 12 months.

Did some research last night. Unfortunately it is the black part holds the electronic data. Fortunately is is only a locator that has snapped off so I an going to fix it back on with some ultraviolet glue that I bought a while ago.

The gearbox is going into my L322 when I change the torque converter as I know the gearbox works. I did some measurements earlier and recon I needed 30mm of clearance to remove the sump. When I did lift the engine the pipe snapped off as I was a little rough with it. That tells me I need to lift both sides of the engine and cannot leave one side bolted. I then removed the gearbox ECU and have managed to damage a small brown plastic fitting attached to the black electrical connections so my next question is where are the brains of the operation? I suspect they are part of the big metal silver box and the black part is just for the electrical connections.

Garry Thanks for the reply. Having thought about it overnight I have just been out and looked at the engine mount nut and with some puffing and panting managed to remove it. Access was a complete nightmare but that is the way of the Sport. With the nut removed on the off side I am hopeful that I can jack/lift the engine just enough to get access. If need be I will take the nearside engine mount bolt off as well. As this is the donor car I am not putting it back together and the engine is coming out soon anyway. I am going to try and remove it from the front to see if it is possible. I have another Sport waiting in the wings for a Turbo transplant and think it will be better to remove the engine but as I don't have facilities for the body lift it will need to come out of the front. Will let you know how this goes.

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Ok I give up!! I need to remove the sump from my Range Rover Sport TDV8's gearbox to change the ECU. I have got it dropped but cannot get it out because the tube doesn't doesn't drop low enough is there something I should know about taking it out?

Ok I give up!! I need to remove the sump from my Range Rover Sport TDV8's gearbox to change the ECU. I have got it dropped but cannot get it out because the tube doesn't doesn't drop low enough is there something I should know about taking it out?

New Year and the latest update. Was under the donor vehicle today with the intention of removing the gearbox ECU and this was a complete drama. The first thing I needed to do was remove a heat shield and support frame from the underside. You would think this is easy but you need to remove the selector cable to get to one of the support frame bolts. Then I went to remove the torxs bolts around the perimeter of the filter the five to the front and four to the rear are directly under cross members the rear four requiring the removal of the gearbox support cross member to get access, two of the front bolts relatively east to get to but three middle ones needed removing by ESP because they were so difficult to get to. At this point I was hoping the sump could be manoeuvred out not a chance!! So I think then that I can remove the CAT that is sitting directly under the back of the sump. I got access to and was able to remove one outside bolt the other two I just could not get purchase on. Eventually gave up so tomorrow the intention is to try and get the CATS off and the sump removed so that I can get the ECU out. Then I will need to go through this H*LL again to get the sump off the project to change over the ECU.

I too did the maths on this as I was considering buying a container myself. I have two 3.5 tonne trailers and a TDV8 Range Rover Sport to tow with and the numbers worked on paper so I too agree the set up was legal assuming the lights worked, extending mirrors in place and the 90 could tow 3.5t

.....not forgetting sunburn and welding splash on your skin......

Where do I start........... Replace the gearbox in my L322 and get it MOT'd Finish the FIre Damaged Sport and get it MOT'd Get my D3 SE running Finish my D3 HSE and get it MOT'd Get my P38 running and MOT'd Break my D2 finish breaking my two Sports and get them away while keep looking for a donor car for my CSK to replace the body shell. Hopefully get planning permission for the site I bought at the start of lockdown 2020 and start building houses.

Battery in today and dash lights up but I have a big F on the display and will not crank but there are two things on the immobiliser I have not done. 1. the key innards have not been changes so was holding the transponder to the side of the ignition key 2. The antenna on the ignition switch has not been changed. I will go and investigate the fault codes to see what is coming up.