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 Electrical problem: can't start & dashboard 'dead' |
dave_evans
 9th Nov 2012 10:39 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 10 · Views: 6342 · Subject: Dead - not any more! |
Okay, now I'm in a real mess:
The good news is that this dead dashboard problem's been fixed. The bad news is that we didn't do anything...
Last thing I did on Sunday was give the key one final go ... |
| About wheel studs |
dave_evans
9th Nov 2012 10:31 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 11 · Views: 6098 · Subject: About wheel studs |
Got to agree that blind nuts are pretty but a liability.
But PLEASE don't go down the cheapskate route of wheel bolts. These wheels are  heavy, I swap the road tyres for muds and back a ... |
| About wheel studs |
dave_evans
7th Nov 2012 2:33 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 11 · Views: 6098 · Subject: About wheel studs |
| On the subject of wheel nuts, what possessed Land Rover - with all their off-roading heritage - to use nuts that are 'blind'? Imagine: it's late at night and you're changing a wheel on the side of a ... |
| vibration during idle in "D" gear |
dave_evans
7th Nov 2012 12:10 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 34 · Views: 24260 · Subject: vibration during idle in "D" gear |
| Asked my dealer about the vibration, he said it is normal. As far as the gearbox is concerned, he said that gearboxes do not come in pieces, they are completely pre-assembled when delivered to LR, so ... |
| Handbrake |
dave_evans
7th Nov 2012 11:39 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 19 · Views: 9972 · Subject: Handbrake |
| my insurance man did similar thing with a vw golf and a sloping pub car park, his car ran away and smashed into several other cars, its easier now to phone in a claim knowing that he is capable of mes ... |
| Electrical problem: can't start & dashboard 'dead' |
dave_evans
7th Nov 2012 11:36 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 10 · Views: 6342 · Subject: Electrical problem: can't start & dashboard 'dead' |
| Update: the helpful chaps at [url=http://www.rovertune.co.uk/]Rovertune tell me this is more than likely a failure with the dashboard control - they had a similar fault on another 07 plate FR2 recentl ... |
| Handbrake |
dave_evans
7th Nov 2012 11:28 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 19 · Views: 9972 · Subject: Handbrake |
I also forget which way to turn the adjuster but the advice from JST is sound in my opinion but if i may add:
. It's easier to lift the back end off the ground so you can gauge the friction on the w ... |
| Electrical problem: can't start & dashboard 'dead' |
dave_evans
4th Nov 2012 9:38 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 10 · Views: 6342 · Subject: Electrical problem: can't start & dashboard 'dead' |
http://www.rovertune.co.uk/
Thanks, DrRpb. If confirmation were needed, this company keeps coming up in a FB post my misses made asking for a reliable but non-dealer workshop!
I'll be c ... |
| Electrical problem: can't start & dashboard 'dead' |
dave_evans
4th Nov 2012 4:13 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 10 · Views: 6342 · Subject: Electrical problem: can't start & dashboard 'dead' |
Could be a bad earth, heard of issues of corrosion in the cable, try putting a jump lead from the negative of the battery to the engine block and see if anything woks then!!
It's an idea worth trying ... |
| Intermittent wiper mode |
dave_evans
4th Nov 2012 4:02 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 23 · Views: 12671 · Subject: Intermittent wiper mode |
Mine don't work quite as I'd expect 'rain sensitive' wipers to behave but, because they've always followed the same pattern, I've just assumed LR never really perfected the logic!
My sensitivity adju ... |
| Electrical problem: can't start & dashboard 'dead' |
dave_evans
4th Nov 2012 3:33 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 10 · Views: 6342 · Subject: Electrical problem: can't start & dashboard 'dead' |
Hi all,
I'm at a loss with this one; there's some threads that relate to the dash packing up when the car's moving but nothing as 'bad' as this: I can't start the car!
Even without the key, I can ... |
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