RR questions

[GRIMACE]

tell the car salesman he is an arsehole

The clunk is more than likely the rear aframe ball joint, they get lose with age and sumtimes even wear an ovalation sorta shape into the rear diff mount.
A ball joint cost about $160 and can be a pain in the arse to change.

Tell him to fix it, and you may consider it..... I put a new one in mine and it was plenty tight and didnt clunk but when I changed the diffs over I didnt tighten it enough and it clunks now, but once i put the other diff back in I will tighten the bitch right up and i guarantee it wont clunk.

[80diesel4play]

neat sig Barney.....

Hope you caught the Wheel of fortune asking for a vowel....

Um yeah - get a cranky mech to have a squizz - they also have driveline slack - which is the shims in the diff being worn... They can be tricky to set up propely.

[RaginRover]

if the a-frame is worn it shouldn't pass a road worthy


Tom

[ISUZUROVER]

Get it checked over, and get them to replace the A-Frame ball joint with an adjustable one from Maxi-Drive.

[Fieldsy]

just buy it allready so you can come out and drive

BTW Townsville needs more V8 4WD's

[Aquarangie]

You can pick up a ripper Rangie for about the money you specify

I bought an 83 Rangie for $2700 off another Rangie forum and it's a great Rangie. A bit of rust here and there (nothing too serious) but mechanically and strucurally it's a good example. Plus it's not too neat, good for me

I had an 84 Rangie years ago like the one you are looking at. Great vehicle but the auto being a Chrysler unit makes the Rangie sluggish to say the least. Rangies aren't the a road rocket anyway, but the this particular auto makes the Rangie even more so, unless there's a bigger engine under the bonnet which the Chryser box is more suited to.

Good luck with what happens either way with the one you are looking at. Once you get one, enjoy the Rangie experience.

Trav

[80diesel4play]

I've been spending my night shifts google searching and talking (PMs) to a few member here about Range Rovers

Quite frankly, I'm getting a bit nervous about buying one.

Factors I need to consider:

I wont be working on them. I can do basic maintenance, but if something goes wrong, someone else will have to fix it, and I wil have to pay them.

I dont know much about Range Rovers.

Should I be brave and keep going with the Range Rover search or should I go back to Patrols? (I've owned 2 in the past)

I get the impression that you need to be a bit of an "enthuisiast" to own Land Rovers...........that is, know how to fix them, and have the time, inclination and resources to play with them. I have none of these attributes.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

They are a car with character, once you've had a week in it - you'll love it - but yeah - liek any car - you'll have to pay someone to do the work!! But life's liek that - you'd still be paying someone to fix a yota or nissan anyways and the parts for those are much the same price anyway!

I'll email you with the latest update anyways.

[Ralf the RR]

Rangies are strange beasts.
Some love em, some hate em.
I wouldn't say they are the best, but look what you get (old models):
Coil suspension with plenty of articulation.
All wheel drive - well not realy with 3 open diffs.
Comfort
Simplicity
Easy to maintain
Parts no dearer than other makes

My advice is give it a go. Not for a short time, but at least a year.
By then you will grow to like/hate it.
In that year, something will go wrong/break.
That may make up your mind for you.
If it doesn't work out, then one of us that do like them will probably buy it off you.

I've been doing a few repairs to my 79 4.4 lately.

Nothing is complicated.
Anyone that can read a workshop manual, and has a useful set of tools can repair anything.
Obviously there are some things left to specialist, (like a new muffler after having a massive gas explosion in the exhaust due to a burnt ex valve).

Latest repair - broken front shock. Even a shifter will fix that (and I hate shifters).

Oh, and the wiring. Lets not go there!