I’ve been conversing via Private Message on Rangerovers.net’s message board with Yungblud04 (I don’t have his “real” name) about the ABS system on Classics. He is going to bleed his brakes and needed a procedure. Rover’s North has a lovely Tech Tip section and they offer this procedure (Rovers North) for bleeding your ABS brakes. I[…]
IF you read my recent post on a failed brake caliper, it turns out it wasn’t a bad caliper at all. Just a failed dust cover. I have since found that both have failed. Just another thing that is kinda annoying. I bought a replacement caliper and even though the old one had not failed[…]
I’m pretty sure that should be dry. Look what I found. No, not the rust on the splash guard, I expected to see that. The left front brake caliper is leaking. I’ve been hearing a pop on that side ever since I replaced the left rear brake caliper. I was just about ready to send[…]
Do you know what this part is? Nope, it’s an upper shock mount on a Range Rover Classic. Wait, what? You guessed that right? Bully for you. This weekend I climbed under the Range Rover to swap out the old and tired Old Man Emu shocks I bought in 2001. Before it was over, I[…]
We had an uncharacteristically warm Saturday just in time for me to sort out the problem with the brake caliper on the Range Rover. As you may remember I came home to find this in my driveway. As you can imagine it was very disappointing. I knew it was behaving like a warped rotor. As[…]
QUICK! Name three things you didn’t expect to happen when you got home today. Was one of them “finding a puddle of brake fluid in your driveway?” No? Me neither. This is what I came home to today. You will remember in my last post that we had a brake rotor we thought was warped.[…]
I’m getting close to finishing the brake disc swap on the front of the Range Rover. I did have two disappointments though. With the brakes. The brake caliper (ka-liper if you are German) on the right front had to be replaced. I attempted to rebuild them in the Restoration Part Uno. No matter how much[…]
[Queue the theme song]The Good, I started on the rear brakes last night.The Bad, I can’t finish the project.The Ugly, I found a broken axle half shaft. As you can see in this picture the rear brakes on the Range Rover are looking pretty knackered. I love that word “knackered”. In this context I’m using[…]
I changed the oil today on the Range Rover Classic. It was past due. I also gave her a run down the street. I was quickly harkened back to the days of my youth. The growl from the steering pump reminded me of my 1973 Ford Maverick Grabber. It was always leaking steering fluid. And[…]
February 20th, 2007 Kick Ass Buttons.My good friend in Grand Junction made me some new buttons for the header page.I think they are totally awesome. They look great and are better than any button I’ve ever had on any of my sites. Thanks Josh, I owe you big time. I don’t know when it happened[…]