Range Rover L322 of GREATNESS Thread

[Split_Pin]

Good to hear about Delphi, that would be my choice too. 

The big rusty bolts are what puts me off the job too!

In case anyone was wondering, my procedure for getting the front of the car in the air is to get a big 3 ton jack (best money I ever spent) and use the jacking point at the front of the subframe. That gets the car comfortably off the ground. I then use 2 3 ton axle stands with the crescent-shaped platforms which fit perfectly around the tubular subframe. They were about £20 from ebay and I had only used them once before to support a gearbox as the platforms weren't really suitable for normal cars - until now!

[Split_Pin]

41 minutes ago, Gaffer said:

Does it knock over potholes etc

Its weird, it kind of rattles over uneven surfaces on the left hand side? Potholes don't produce any sound. Im hoping its just a drop link.

[MAF260]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

New battery ordered, Exide*, Amazon's finest. The shit Lion battery lasted 3 years so I've gambled on this.  Lets be honest I'm not likely to own any of my cars except the 75 for very long 😂

When I changed the battery on mine I found that the bonnet can be opened almost vertically with a setting on the hinges - makes life a lot easier as the battery was seriously heavy, needs to be lifted straight up and I'm not tall!

[IronStar]

Exide batteries are decent, from my experience. They usually offer at least 3y warranty on them here. 

[83C]

35 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

It’s weird, it kind of rattles over uneven surfaces on the left hand side? Potholes don't produce any sound. Im hoping it’s just a drop link.

If it’s a fairly light rattle it’s most likely a droplink, they eat them for fun. Mine is on its second pair in 4 years, first pair were Meyle or Moog I think but now it has Lemforder, I want to keep the car a long time so spending the extra made sense.

[Split_Pin]

38 minutes ago, MAF260 said:

When I changed the battery on mine I found that the bonnet can be opened almost vertically with a setting on the hinges - makes life a lot easier as the battery was seriously heavy, needs to be lifted straight up and I'm not tall!

I was thinking about that today actually,  good to know! I'll need a stepladder 😂

[MAF260]

2 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I was thinking about that today actually,  good to know! I'll need a stepladder 😂

You must have seen me doing the same! One foot on the ladder, the other on the engine, straddling the battery and deadlifting it out. The shame! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Gaffer]

3 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Its weird, it kind of rattles over uneven surfaces on the left hand side? Potholes don't produce any sound. Im hoping its just a drop link.

Like @83C said it’s possibly just drop links although that’s what ours sounded like and it was the N/S ball joint. Sod’s Law I did everything in the front end but those ball joints as they felt fine but started knocking 2 days later! I’d genuinely thought the droplinks I’d just replaced were faulty as it sounded pretty much the same.