Abandoned Range Rover: Will it start?! A Project Kermit Prologue 

Maximus Ironthumper in the Midlands we call an English breakfast a Black Country salad lol. Great videos Max 👍🏻

I have a serious question. Why is cheese not an integral part of the "full English" breakfast?

Like a success fee basis? :)

@@charmandrews It quite often is when I make it. :)

@@spungletrumpet .. grated cheese over the beans FTW

Well if you did see them, the suits obviously wouldn't be working very well would they.

@@benholroyd5221 I realised when they peeled it off the range, silly sausage 😊👍

It's one I sometimes re-watch - just for the last few moments!

And to run also

How did at least 34 people understand this?

To clarify then: I thoroughly enjoyed this video; I enjoyed the less structured approach, adopted by other channels, to a "will it start" type video. I have enjoyed Max's other videos. I laugh so hard at some of these videos that I wet myself a little. My laundry regime isn't as efficient as it should be.

@@chriswills9530 Thank you very much Chirs :)

@@SA77888 No worries, mate. Cornish-English at it's best.

@@chriswills9530 Watched a guy unsuccessfully try to exhume an old Austin. Total defeat and inability to deoxidise the points or rig up a lawnmower petrol tank. Healey's Law - if it drove in here it should be able to drive out again.

dependable, yes, but a Land Rover is not in equilibrium if it is working perfectly.

If it was reliable, it wouldn't have been parked for years. They are great vehicles when you have money. I'd still take a Land Cruiser or Nissan Patrol instead of a Land Rover.

Zavier 1 it’s been parked there because it’s old and need repair I’m guessing. You don’t see many other vehicles even make it to that age never mind fire up and drive off after being left to rot for so long a hedge grows over them.

@@zavier1304 they have a tendency to disassemble themselves because they're designed to be easy to fix, people see that as unreliable because "things are always going wrong", but often with a Japanese or German vehicle, it'll work perfectly for ages and then out of the blue stop working altogether, because they are designed to work perfectly, rather than being designed to work well.

I have 3 1988 Range Rover Classics ! All are original, All still run great ! I'm in the USA (Florida) They have the 3.5 V8s, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have a Diesel and Stick shift Range Rover !! They weren't sold here, And are VERY VERY RARE ! I bought a Mercedes 2.5L Diesel that I'm considering swapping into my Off-road Range Rover. Hoping the little diesel will pull the Automatic Transmission and run highway speeds and have more Torque Off-road..

@@DaysOfDarknessUK I'll try that on the missus and see if it works :)

The cat only shows up when he knows there will be trouble.. ;)

Have a look into "straight eight showdown" on cold war motors: epic would be an understatement.

They say .. . ...that 70% of all Land Rover's ever made are still running!

@@gooieboerseun They say .... the same about (civil) G-class Mercs, too, and of about 90% of all (civil) Unimogs, but the numbers aren't very surprising should You ever have _used_ one. They're _designed_ to last and endure, which does contain repairability in the field - so, the complete opposite of every Apple product ever made 😂.

It wasn't _running_ the last decade, so no need for the oil to leave the waterproof premises ...

manfred schmalbach he was joking

@@manfredschmalbach9023 Woosh

@@joshrides3676 So was I. I learnt about elderly Rover engines (and gear boxes) the hard way.

In some countries it would still cost more than 2k dollars

Don't forget the grill 😉.

There are still LandRovers left to buy for cheap, so You could change that. 😄

I guess previous owner has realised what a classic range rover is worth nowadays

That and sentimental reasons probably, all things considered this is solid looking compared to some of these.

Andy McCabe I used to have the same model with a 3.9 V8 in it and I would love to have it back again to restore and daily drive

@@TheSwampdoggydog A V 8 is a good daily drive.

The someone who left it in a field covered in brambles is the person removing the engine, not the person wanting to restore it.

And most importantly was is a chunky?

It was a particularly good breakfast. As usual. ;)

noo. best is made by bmw 3.0d m57 :)

@@-xYz--nk1gm bmw units are the most unreliable

@@edydj1127 Yes. these new are worth nothing .. but the old m57 3.0d diesel engine is a very powerful engine

Ok when im 92 ill let u know

@@jackken63 OK, I'll be waiting 👍

Except after the "It's gripped, it's sorted, let's offroad" bit, this time everything went terribly well.

Utterly yes. My W123 Mercedes 300D has been sitting now for 18 years. Why wouldn't it start if I threw a battery at it? Long live proper mechanical Diesels!

Forgot to mention - I was expecting Benny Hill theme to kick in while you two were roaming the hills looking for the Rangey.

Better an endorsement than getting something with 85 ECUs to maintain.

Lol. I was just thinking that.

My wife uses a shaver !!!😂😂

well, the rain and the salty air which cause rust, the brambles which pull things apart, i'd say it's the engineering but i'd only be honest if i were talking about Land Rovers specifically.

@turbo ponzy be sued the guy who filmed and made money from the video of him dancing if I recall correctly, he did not want the attention and stuff. Pretty sure there's a mini documentary somewhere around, if not RU-vid then perhaps Vimeo had it

The tdi engines are very reliable. Especially in the old discos

Yep!

Yours aren't?

@@zogworth egdeeffect is probably best met at his filling station's car vacuum cleaner ...

@@manfredschmalbach9023 I go by Shank's Pony.... but my girlfriend's shed and my office are chock-a-block with my crap/

Get a grip pal

Yes and no - error codes can be quite helpful in fixing problems quickly, the real issue is when the manufacturer doesn't share what the codes mean and makes it difficult to replace the parts. It's not new technology that's the problem, it's poor design.

@@Berkeloid0 Any mechanical equipment can be worked on and diagnosed by qualified and unqualified (but experienced self taught) engineers and mechanics. That is how the evolution of steam age and combustion engine era has survived. Also, it was possible to repair most parts (not all) instead of needing complicated software and a computer to tell you where to look and what to swap out. The new idea of fitting instead of repairing actual deskills mankind, uses more resources, wastes more resources, devalues equipment to markets and limits the life of a vehicle and thus forces it to be recycled sooner. I agree there are some advantages but on the whole computers make technology to stop the normal working on equipment and raises income from selling parts and services. All in the name of economy and emissions laws and some of that is bullshit control freak politicians meddling in the real world to score points with snowflakes. I still maintain that old gear is more environmentally friendly since it uses less resources to design it, make it, transport it, service and repair it. So called "emissions regulations" are there to make money and life awkward for ordinary people.

@@JonDingle I agree with your complaints but disagree that this is because of computers. The same person who can learn mechanical skills can also learn computer and electronics skills and then repair devices just as well, providing the manufacturer hasn't intentionally created complicated software designed to restrict repairs. Having worked as a computer programmer for many years I find systems with computers in them much easier to diagnose and repair than the "old" mechanical systems, because I lack experience with mechanical systems. But I also find systems I cannot easily repair because the manufacturer has deliberately hidden the way things work. My point was just that this isn't the fault of computers, it's the fault of companies being greedy and designing restrictions into the product to prevent people from working on them. Sure that's much easier to do with computers, but it's not the computer's fault, and there are plenty of complicated electronics around that are very easy to work on and repair because they were designed to be easily repairable.

they can, keyword there is can. it really comes down to where they were left and how they were left. if you leave an engine in a car with the bonnet shut and it doesn't flood in your area you're probably fine, now if you leave the car with say no bonnet and hell no aircleaner, thats when things get real bad, i had a 21ru celica engine sitting in my shed for over 18 years, went and dropped it in my celica and sure enough fired up just fine so like i said its not so much how long you leave them more so where you leave them. one thing i will say is if you're gonna go and start and engine thats been sat forever, either hook up an oil pressure gauge or if its a pushrod engine, you can pull the rocker covers off and make sure it has oil pressure when its cranking because if it doesnt and you start it and keep it running with no oil pressure THATS when it will seize.

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@@simonjones1678 yep that's what i use, i imagine there is better ones, but it is still very effective.