Bowie69

You may need to yes, but you may also be within tolerance anyways.... check the preload once you have the heads and rockers torqued down, you will probably find the pre-load WAAAAY too much, especially as you have skimmed the heads. For example when I built mine (4.0l) recently I had 15 thou skimmed off the heads, nothing off the block, when checking the pre-load it was somewhere in the ballpark of 150 thou(!). I used shims to correct to between 40-60 thou and all good. If the pre-load is too high you run the risk of the followers pumping up prematurely and the valves never shutting properly -you can probably guess the rest...

Locks have been fine here, but I have had the entire mechanism freeze up inside the door so turning the key just served to attempt to bend stuff! Eventually took the panel off the door, de-iced, WD-40'd and then white grease everywhere, this morning was no problem

Classic sticky stepper symptoms...

Personally I would be checking the state of suspension bushes before shelling out on corrected radius arms, these are only normally required on 3"+ lifts. On a 2" lift you will of course lose some centering ability, but shouldn't make it undrivable by any stretch of the imagination. If your bushes are worn it is more likely to handle badly after lifting it... time to go looking at condition before spending more money on unnecessary bits

Had an inch already, expecting a lot more in Zummerzet (6-10"), planning some night driving tonight in the Range while it's coming down -with a mate of course!

How ironic The edit button disappears after a set amount of time, (I think it's about 10-15mins) to stop people editing posts when replies have already been made, but if you ask a mod nicely I am sure they can help

It helps the turning..... a LOT, much more relevant to turning circle than as a traction aid.

No, I understand that, I'm sure I had seen an almost identical setup to the RRC on a Disco and *if* they were the same setup I was just trying to caution the OP about puling fuses out of the system and finding no brakes Hope confusion has all gone now

The brake booster pump/accumulator (aka bomb) setup *DOES* replace the servo on Wabco setup. This is the pump: http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=50897 This is the bomb: http://www.rangerovers.net/repairdetails/braketc/accumulator.html This is the part I would be worried about accidentally disabling should you pull *a* fuse, especially as it will give you maybe 4-5 pedal presses with assistance to lull you into a false sense of security, then you head off down a hill and find you can't stop the 2-ton truck even with the handbrake. If there are two fuses, one for ABS ECU and one for the pump, FGS just make sure you get the right one!

Bish is correct with his description of where the wiring goes ^^^^ One other thing to note is the pin switch at the top of the tailgate inhibits the wiper action, IIRC, to stop it shoving the arm through the glass... I know one of my cars had this, I think it was the Rangie

The brake booster/accumulator setup? i.e. to replace the servo.

Why not drop the gearbox and do the timing belt in situ? Sounds easier to me....

Hmm, well if you pull the ABS fuse on an RRC you stop running the assistance pump, and I know this same system (Wabco) was used on Discos...

The cowling is too deep really, plus, how would you mount the fan? I have an RRC like yourself, and have a twin cooling fan setup from a V6 mondeo with aircon, this shifts huge amounts of air and not let me down yet, cos me £20 IIRC and to fit I just had to trim a few bits off the cowling and squeezed it gently (bend and shove) into the slot running along the bottom edge of the rad, and the similar slot at the top. I added one flat bracket to it to hold an edge of the cowling off the fins and job done. A mate of mine even thought is was factory, only tell tale bit was the home made crimps on the connectors and the fact if was about 3" short in the horizontal. Can take some pics if you like

Wouldn't that disable the assistance as well?

You have the bulb in the wrong way round -it can be forced in sometimes if the bulb holder is in bad shape. Remove the bulb, turn 180 and re-insert, hopefully should sort it.

If I understand the description correctly, it's brake pads or fluid level...

50092 looks like it would sort you out nicely TBH.... if retaining it in the top hose

That's it, Charles He has a 200TDi Camel Disco, and a 90 (that I saw), plus I think there are a few of his offspring running about in zukes, but doubt he would be getting you into those... I don't think there were many modifications to the trucks, nor that many others, however this instructional side of it is news to me, not sure how long he has been doing it... If you're not far, a trip down might be worth it. Albeit playdays, there are a few videos on Youtube:

Yep, been there twice for camping holidays (5 days each), if you are after things that are not too extreme you will find plenty of tracks, ascents, descents (not too big) and a nice wooded area to have a play about in, there is something for all levels TBH, but newbies won't have a problem finding stuff to do even in standard vehicles with muds/all terrains.... There's a couple of mud runs, one easy, one rather silly, see-saw (no I didn't try it). It's relatively small IMHO, with most of the off-road bits on the edges of the working farm, but with some guidance you could keep people entertained for ages. There is ample chance to get stuck however, the ground is heavy but sandy clay outside of the woodland and sticks like nothing else... wooded area is better in this respect with more of a mulchy ground (if that's a word!) and even some areas with rubble put down to repair the surface. A good number of the tracks are a quite hidden away behind trees, so get the owner (I forget his name) to give you a tour before taking the rest of them out A couple of pics.... In the woodland: In one of the sticker bomb holes: If you are thinking about going camping, then ask to use the top field, if you get stuck in the bottom field then you are a long way from the portakabin loo, and the outside shower (AKA hosepipe -was lovely this summer but doubt you would want to do it this time of year!) If it has been raining, expect it to be very wet, the site is in a valley with a river running down the bottom of the woodland. Hope that helps somewhat Anything else you need to know? Bowie.

I loved it, every minute, the best entertainment TV for the whole of Christmas -I even said to my better half 'Right, Christmas is over now' -'huh' she replied - 'yeah, top gear Christmas special has finished'..... As for being staged... of course it was, get over it, as for ruining our image, ummmmmmm how? They have shown what can be done with almost standard vehicles (at the beginning anyways), they didn't do anything illegal, had fun, broke a sweat, and inspired people to do the similar things. If that's bad for 'off roaders' then I don't know what is good.....

Agree with Nige, change the head gasket (oil can sometimes help raising compression with a knackered gasket), get a MIG if you don't have one and learn to weld (if you don't know how!) Bit far to next Christmas, any birthday looming?

I thought winter Solstice was 3 days ago.... Anyways, happy Christmas everyone

Have you PMd him on here? David@llama Bear in mind it is Christmas tomorrow so may take a little while for him to reply.... *edit* meant to say, do you not have a phone? People often respond better to some human contact, even if just a voice, than written correspondence...

You will almost certainly find all that information in the vehicle handbook... assuming you have one