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 Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
Blubberman
 29th Oct 2019 6:26am
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Forum: Technical (L322) · Replies: 18 · Views: 6081 · Subject: Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
| 12 months or 12000 mile guarantee on the gearbox. |
| Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
Blubberman
28th Oct 2019 10:14pm
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Forum: Technical (L322) · Replies: 18 · Views: 6081 · Subject: Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
Update
Reconditioned gearbox fitted with new torque converter , now shifting nice and smoothly with much less noise. It was never a noisy car, but with this recon gearbox it is noticeably quieter ... |
| Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
Blubberman
16th Oct 2019 11:25pm
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Forum: Technical (L322) · Replies: 18 · Views: 6081 · Subject: Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
| Yes, I can, and I have indeed changed both the oil and filter in the past , but to fully flush the system it will take a lot of oil but I really don’t think an oil change will fix the gearbox on thi ... |
| Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
Blubberman
10th Oct 2019 6:59pm
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Forum: Technical (L322) · Replies: 18 · Views: 6081 · Subject: Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
Update on the gearbox fault.
My garage just called with the news that the gearbox is indeed logging faults . Paraphrasing what was said here , but basically the owner said that under sensible driv ... |
| Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
Blubberman
8th Oct 2019 11:07am
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Forum: Technical (L322) · Replies: 18 · Views: 6081 · Subject: Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
Thank for the suggestions guys, it is all Grist to the Mill .
With regards to the oil cooler pipes, the leak was due to corrosion causing a pinhole or hairline crack , so the possibility of water e ... |
| Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
Blubberman
7th Oct 2019 8:07pm
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Forum: Technical (L322) · Replies: 18 · Views: 6081 · Subject: Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
| Yes , ‘tis true , but then I try to stay on top of the preventative maintenance and not wait for things to fail. Generally the strategy works ok, except this time I did bury my head in the sand and ... |
| Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
Blubberman
7th Oct 2019 9:31am
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Forum: Technical (L322) · Replies: 18 · Views: 6081 · Subject: Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
Just spoke to my local indy, they say that the symptoms are unusual , so its going in this week for an evaluation. Time to dust off the credit card again  |
| Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
Blubberman
6th Oct 2019 8:52pm
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Forum: Technical (L322) · Replies: 18 · Views: 6081 · Subject: Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
| Thanks for the suggestion, any help much appreciated.I will be taking it to my local RR specialist this week . Hopefully something simple . |
| Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
Blubberman
6th Oct 2019 11:49am
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Forum: Technical (L322) · Replies: 18 · Views: 6081 · Subject: Ten years with no trouble. Now possible Gearbox problem ? |
Having owned my 2004 4.4 V8 petrol (M62) Range rover with very few problems for 10 years , I think it may be time to let her go 
Have just had the rear suspension bushes done, new disks, b ... |
| Leaking Oil Cooler Pipes - Lucky escape. |
Blubberman
15th Feb 2018 5:30pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Mods (L322) · Replies: 7 · Views: 3921 · Subject: Leaking Oil Cooler Pipes - Lucky escape. |
Looks good, that is one of the jobs on my list to do soon.
How difficult was it ? |
| Leaking Oil Cooler Pipes - Lucky escape. |
Blubberman
14th Feb 2018 9:53pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Mods (L322) · Replies: 7 · Views: 3921 · Subject: Leaking Oil Cooler Pipes - Lucky escape. |
Thanks Guys,
mine is the 5 speed ZF gearbox .
Cars only last an average of 13.5 years in the UK , the amount of salt used takes a terrible toll on the metalwork. A few years ago I sandblasted , ... |
| Leaking Oil Cooler Pipes - Lucky escape. |
Blubberman
14th Feb 2018 7:51pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Mods (L322) · Replies: 7 · Views: 3921 · Subject: Leaking Oil Cooler Pipes - Lucky escape. |
I just thought I would share my repair with you, I hope it is useful to someone.
As I was getting out of my 4.4 V8 petrol a fortnight ago I noticed a line of oily drips on the wet road behind m ... |
| Hill Descent Control Question. |
Blubberman
1st Apr 2017 6:52pm
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Forum: Technical (L322) · Replies: 7 · Views: 2902 · Subject: Hill Descent Control Question. |
Cheers guys,
Will have to take her to a steep hill and give it a try . |
| Hill Descent Control Question. |
Blubberman
1st Apr 2017 5:42pm
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Forum: Technical (L322) · Replies: 7 · Views: 2902 · Subject: Hill Descent Control Question. |
| My Wife and I went to a Range Rover experience day at Eastnor Castle this week. The instructor was showing us the operation of the HDC system on the L405 Range Rover, and mentioned that the speed of t ... |
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Blubberman
2nd Sep 2016 8:07pm
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Forum: Technical (L322) · Replies: 9 · Views: 5375 · Subject: Noticed my blog getting lots of hits |
| Hello, I know it has been a while since this post was raised but I have just been looking at the stats on a blog I wrote to sell my Seven Seat conversion on a certain auction site and I noticed that s ... |
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