pw8757 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Hi Range Rover Forum peeps....hope you're as friendly as the Disco forum.... Having completely dismantled my Disco to the point where the chassis is now sitting on my driveway waiting to go to the galvanisers, I got caught out during the last lot of snow, without a 4x4 to my name for the first time in fifteen years. Wandering around the house looking like one of our Labradors obviously had the desired effect, because Mrs PW suggested that it would be an idea to get and old landie to make sure we still had transport to get out of the village in poor conditions. Eventually the "well-known auction site" featured a potential winner in Leeds and a short test drive later, I was the proud owner of a Range Rover Classic, with 124k clocked, 12 months MOT and Tax until May. It's obviously had an engine swap at some stage, because its got a 3.9efi petrol in it, running fine, with an auto box. However, the speedo seems to under record the speed - I suspect it should be a 3.5 carburetted engine, so if there has been a total swap of engine and transmission, will this account for the apparent under recording of MPH? Also, it's got new BFG's all round, but today I discovered that the offside wheels have inner tubes, whilst the nearside ones have "normal" valves. Any explanations would be gratefully received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Speed shouldn't be out due to the drive being taken from the transfer box output, but it is possible that the drive gear is the wrong one.....What year is it? Are you sure its not a factory 3.9?As for inner tubes and not, could be the fitter ran out of tubes..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pw8757 Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 Thanks for that - Its an "F" (in the front) reg - 1988? When its light I'll get the VIN - or whatever it was called back then...! Didn't know they put 3.9's into the Classics. A mate of mine said that tubes were fitted because the wheels were meant for them - they're original and colour coded - I'll head off to ATS this morning with the one that is losing air like a gun-slinger after the final shoot out and perhaps get it sorted..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 If it is an F, it could be one of the first factory 3.9s, they arrived in 1990....<br /><br />As for the tubes again, the wheels, if alloy, will have 'tubeless' cast into them around the rim, along with the size. Also, the 'F' could be a private plate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pw8757 Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 Well, it's certainly had an engine change! VIN translates as: Region S Europe Country A United Kingdom Manufacturer L British Leyland / Land Rover Model LH Range Rover Classic Wheelbase A 100" Body type M 5-door station wagen Engine L 3.5-litre, V8 EFi Petrol ('flapper' ECU) Steering / Transmission 3 RHD, Automatic Model year F 1989 Assembly location A Solihull, UK Serial number 354*** Regarding the tubes, very interesting. The ATS guys at Thirsk - also keen on the Green Oval - took the tube out. The issue was that the wheel, being alloy, corrode and that causes a poor bead seal. Plan "A" - inner tube. Little bits of metal flake, wear out inner tube, flat tyre. Plan "B" - use wire brush to renovate bead seal area and also get rid of surface corrosion elsewhere. New valve, pumpy pumpy, balancey balancey, £15 to you Guv'nor and all's well. Mind you, see my next post to look at what I found when the wheel came off..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 I've never had a tyre fitted without the bead being sanded first and then getting some sort of grease/glue. If you don't do that, you're just asking for it really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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