Sold The Thousand Pound Range Rover

[Wack]

At the end of the day it's the cost of a long weekend in Paris with booze except the headache carries on for much longer

 

And it's pissing it down as well now

[Rusty_Rocket]

the headache carries on for much longer

You got that bit right. Seriously though, it's a nice return at £1k as a breaker but I wouldn't see it as a fixer upper, it'll do its best to break you in every way possible.

[Wack]

I'm trying to weigh up the likelihood of the AA taking me where I want to go V the cost of getting it lifted and transported the 60 miles to Blackburn, not really sure I want to drive it anywhere if unburnt diesel is going to knacker the cat

[nacho man]

There has got to be money in breaking one of those if it all goes wrong, one of our lads has got a 04 one and the radio just stopped working, and it needs a bluetooth module thats hidden away in the boot, and there like £100 secondhand on ebay.

[dome]

You got that bit right. Seriously though, it's a nice return at £1k as a breaker but I wouldn't see it as a fixer upper, it'll do its best to break you in every way possible.

 

Yeah but where's the fun in that? If he sinks a grand into making his one work then he'll be able to get his money back. Also it looks a fairly honest thing. I'd have taken a punt on it if I was mental had the space 

[Wack]

You got that bit right. Seriously though, it's a nice return at £1k as a breaker but I wouldn't see it as a fixer upper, it'll do its best to break you in every way possible.

Maybe but who's to say spending 8-9k on one would be any different , at least I know this one is bolloxed and it's only 20 miles away

[dome]

I'm trying to weigh up the likelihood of the AA taking me where I want to go V the cost of getting it lifted and transported the 60 miles to Blackburn, not really sure I want to drive it anywhere if unburnt diesel is going to knacker the cat

 

Can you unplug the injector from the fucked cyinder?

[Rusty_Rocket]

Maybe but who's to say spending 8-9k on one would be any different , at least I know this one is bolloxed and it's only 20 miles away

This is true, you could end up with a nice one for less money if you get lucky. The initial repair isn't the issue though, it's the constant stream of expenditure that will follow! Like you say though, a £10k one will need the same level of upkeep. Good luck!

[John F]

Aye, good luck.

[Dave_Q]

It's MOT'd until April next year.

 

No advisories at all since 1st MOT in 2006 , one fail in 2013 for a bald tyre

 

Just having a look for a diagnostic tool , this seems to be the tool of choice but it costs 1/2 a range rover

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IID-TOOL-BT-BLUETOOTH-PERSONAL-DIAGNOSTIC-TOOL-TFIIDBT-RANGE-ROVER-L322/281832889399?hash=item419e8c9c37:g:agQAAOSwvUlWqKTI

 

Yo, you should be able to read the engine with BMW software, uses a wire like this and INPA/EDIABAS software that is available through the usual official* channels.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-USB-OBD-K-Dcan-Diagnostic-Cable-Switched-UK-INPA-DIS-SSS-NCS-Coding-ISTA/132393987096?hash=item1ed34bec18:g:oSIAAOSw0W5aBZc8

 

In fact, that cable is just a £5 ebay VAG-COM cable with a switch or an extra wire or summat soldered in, if you want I can try and dig out a link later for how to DIY it if you want to score a few extra mingebag points.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Fix the engine (iron block M57) and sell it on for 4500-5000 quid.

 

A plan, if you don't suffer from cantbearseditis.

[Wack]

Well I've been and had a look , it's a straight enough car , he's had into a LR specialist who've diagnosed piston rings , we took it for a quick spin and it feels smooth enough even on 5 and a bit cylinders , tailgate is clean, one rust spot on a wheel arch and a bit of a scuff on the NS wing where he hit a duck , both jobs a dent man could do

 

It needs a set of tyres but they're not huge wheels so shouldn't be that bad , pixels are dying on the radio display which is a common problem, it had a recon gearbox last year , front air suspension this year and pads all round

 

Best bit , he can get it delivered to my garage in Blackburn for £80 so I don't need to tax it,

 

Done deal bought it

[Rusty_Rocket]

Cheapest one I've ever seen

[Wack]

Yo, you should be able to read the engine with BMW software, uses a wire like this and INPA/EDIABAS software that is available through the usual official* channels.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-USB-OBD-K-Dcan-Diagnostic-Cable-Switched-UK-INPA-DIS-SSS-NCS-Coding-ISTA/132393987096?hash=item1ed34bec18:g:oSIAAOSw0W5aBZc8

 

In fact, that cable is just a £5 ebay VAG-COM cable with a switch or an extra wire or summat soldered in, if you want I can try and dig out a link later for how to DIY it if you want to score a few extra mingebag points.

Thanks for that info , tbh I'm not that mechanical , I like to tinker so having something like you've linked to would be perfect if it told me what might be wrong rather than taking it to Blackburn to get it diagnosed , just been having a look at some apps on my phone that work off a Bluetooth obd2

[cort16]

We’re all counting on you.

[bezzabsa]

THIS THREAD NEED PICTURES

[Wack]

It was dark and wet , I'll post some pictures when it gets dropped off at steves saturday

[Supernaut]

[Wack]

We’re all counting on you.

To do what , turn up to autoshite events on a breakdown truck

[John F]

I'm not sure what's more impressive... the fact that Wack's scored a running(-ish) L322 with MOT for £1000 or the fact that someone's apparently managed to cross-breed a skunk with an alpaca ^^ .

[New POD]

They'll be canbus controlled, but aye it's complication for the sake of it.

 

Canbus just needs to know that it's sending a signal to something that thinks it's a light and having got that signal, borrows a bit of voltage to make it function.  So every light can have the same code, and be interchangeable, or have a code that only it's ECU knows, thus preventing it from being used in a different car and thus NOT deterring a thief from stealing the car to break, unless they have the correct software. Which they do. It's only the honest shitter, that doesn't have access to the software.

[Guest Hooli]

Yeah, complication for the sake it. Oh & the ability to charge a fortune for parts that should be cheap.

[Wack]

I've already got one car with crazy parts prices , luckily there's a Maserati breaker 5 miles away , one of the rubber door seals had a split in it so I went onto eurospares , I think it must be a parts match for a space shuttle door seal because they wanted £700+ vat for it so I got a puncture patch kit from Halfords

 

What I don't understand is some luxury car manufacturers accept when the cars get old the value drops so the only way they're ever going to make money or even see them in the workshop again is to charge reasonable prices for parts and a reduced labour rate , but not all obviously

[John F]

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[Heidel_Kakao]

 

What is more helpful than a buyers guide after the fact

[SRi05]

Dr Rumack says it best

[andy18s]

Cheap donor?

[NorfolkNWeigh]

What is more helpful than a buyers guide after the fact

Thanks, thanks a fuckin' lot!

Instead of looking at RX400Hs or Q5s for MrsN's next car , that's convinced me I can't live without a 3.6 V8 Rangie, I hope your spare room is big enough for a family of 6, 2 dogs and a cat, because bankruptcy and homelessness are the only logical outcome for someone who's not a millionaire farmer and ex-publishing mogul.

[John F]

I just had a look to see if there are any on sale at the moment with a manual gearbox... thankfully not

[Wack]

thankfully it's not a TDV8, BMW 3.0 engines are ten a penny , spoke to steve today, if the engine is knackered he's suggesting to look for a full car that's either been stuffed at the back or bolloxed in some other way other than the engine so I can hear it running rather than a lump on a pallet from an unknown but until the head is off we won't know, could just be a burned out valve