The joys of taking the Body off aye?! I purchased a similar project, paid peanuts for a non runner 2007 Sport HSE. Completed all work with body on! Never again! Repaired both cylinder head gaskets, Oil Pump, HPFP, Alternator, Turbo the lot whilst the engine was out! Was not a job for the faint hearted, I can lay testament to that! It would have been an absolute doddle with body off but did not have the facilities to do so. Great walk, talk through video on how the job should be tackled, if I have to do it again, will definitely hire a 2 post! On inspection looking at my knuckles etc, the skin has now nearly grown back! Engine work can be done in situ but be prepared for endless tantrums and tool searching! Nothing like hearing it fire up when completed, MOT with no advisories and back on the Road! These cars are absolutely fantastic when they are Running although a bucket load of determination and persistence is required when not! You will notice more and more Sports, Discovery 3’s etc being assigned to the salvage yard due to costs when things go wrong, it certainly does not have to be that way if you are prepared for all the above! All the parts I obtained were new or remanufactured and come in at approximately a grand, give or take a few quid! A lot better than the £4000+ it would have cost if I had palmed it off elsewhere. Great channel by the way! 👌
Quite frankly these videos are the best mechanical video instructions I have seen in a long time. Tons of detail and logical explanations of why things are done this way or that. Very well done, keep it up.
When I have half your experience and knowledge, I will comment. Until then, I'll just thank you for your brilliant videos. It's great to look over the shoulder of a good mechanic. Thank you.
We can all help by sharing the videos to our friends who love stuff about cars. His channel just happened to pop up on my RU-vid and it's been my favorite one now putting Scott Kilmer one number two
WOW ! You have a lot more patience than me to be able to explain to these “ experts” that a chassis can get a little dirty after being on the road for 12 years, I’ve seen vehicle chassis’s at two years old not looking as good as your car, Looking forward to the next update, thanks
Some people Are Such Muppets saying The Chassis is rotten you can clearly see it surface rust go under any vehicle that is over a few years old your see surface rust. Salvage Rebuilds Uk Another cracking video mate thank you keep em coming
1 million thumbs up Sir, love ya style, and your professionalism ! Armchair wanna be,s always think they know best.........der !............... your diagnostics and the build and reference is what I so enjoy ! I am a mechanic though cannot get enough, engines are alive and if they aint you gotta rebuild them, thanks again guys
Your no nonsense honesty is brutally refreshing as is your technical knowledge we're really enjoying this despite seemingly low viewing I guess joe public don't know worth straight away. Keep going.
I love the way you have tackled this job, methodical, detailed and an inspiration to all us high mileage LR drivers. I have a Discovery3 with 170K miles and going strong. I also believe the comment about over torquing the bolts causeing the housing to break..
been in motortrade for over30 years all way looking on RU-vid for new videos like to say its nice to see someone doing it genuine and not making it look better by loads of Editing will carry on Watching so please keep up the good work thanks
Lovely mate, great to see you fit the head gasket. I want to see you turn the key or the first time. Hope you post it when its all done and dusted. Lovely job your doing. Keep up the great work. I love the car awesome, always wanted one.
Rob... Your channel just proves people enjoy the honest raw informative content No daft editing just great down to earth STUFF! Loved your projects and salvage repairs Your subs are spinning round and up like a fruit machine bandit
Great channel to watch mate, always interested to see what you're up to next - especially with this RR. Thanks for your efforts filming this, appreciated.
I work for the company that made these chassis for JLR they are a substantial piece of kit. All sorts of strengthening internally. We still make the rear bump bar for spares.
Love watching these videos. Much more professional looking than anything Samcrac does. Keep the videos coming. Looking forward to hearing the engine turn over.
what a smashing set up you have there. it certainly makes life easy when you have some proper decent kit to hand. i strip and rebuild my own motorbikeS, so obviously only need half the room you have, but i do like your garage. well done matey, thanks for such a well documented, edited and well explained little mini-series. i was riveted. thumbs up from me!!!!!
I think I speak on behalf of a vast amount of people when I say I know not a lot about engines, but, especially with this rebuild, I have subconsciously learned so much through viewing. Thank you for producing videos like these - they inspire confidence in people wanting to work on their own cars.
Greetings from Croatia, I just watched all four parts now of this rebuild, nice filming, nice explainations, you are good mechanic also, I just loved to watch this!!! Keep up good work and you just got new subscriber!
Nice update thanks. When rebuilt my TD5 the LR manual said always keep the hydraulic tappets upright. When I fitted a new head later I forgot and they occasional tapped after!
No matter how well you do a job there is always some bright spark who will find fault, can do it better, faster and at half the cost. Just remember mate they are probably 12 years old ... having worked as a fitter professionally its obvious to me at least you know what you are doing, are doing it steadily and methodically and will therefore get a good result. And I suspect where you aren't sure you will ask someone who knows. Ignore these people my friend. They are better at being idiots than you will ever be ...
Watching this makes my head spin. How the hell you do all this is beyond me, I find it fascinating. I have been watching most of your vids and I must admit that if you buy a used vehicle Salvage Rebuilds is the place to go. You certainly put your heart into it!!
A magnet is not going to pick up bits of aluminium from the water pump, as an ex mechanic I’m glad it’s you doing the work and not me. Love your enthusiasm, great video.
Nice! Some people talk a lot of nonsense when they know nothing about a RRS - and you have it in front of you! Thanks for pointing out how easy it all is.
I love all this stretch bolt stuff...Years ago I had a VW Passatt 1300cc.....it burnt a valve....now I didn't want to bother doing all the shimming that was required, a mate had a 1500cc Passatt that he was scrapping, so before it went I had the head and the alloys on good tyres, and it got my old wheels with tired tires. I stuck the 1500cc head on with the old stretch bolts....old belt and timed it up. Ran fine...and the performance was better than with the old head......That car went from Germany to the UK twice more, over two years, then I gave it to a g/f who ran it as a daily driver for 2 more years, before giving it to her son, who ran it into the ground......the engine didn't die, even at the hands of a 17 yr old....the car eventually succumbed to the rust bug.
Just on holiday in Turkey and absolutely love watching your videos, by no means am I a mechanic but I love to do my own work and don't mind getting my hands dirty, I have a few projects myself and after seeing your video gives me great confidence in doing so! Keep up the good work. 👍
Enjoying your video's so far, great work, can't wait to see it roll out of the workshop and back on the road.... A few pints are well deserved after all that. Cheers....
Massive respect on these videos mate for years I've wondered just how much of an arsehole it would be to own a range rover and this has just confirmed it's really not that much of a scary prospect!! Keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to the first turn of the key, love that feeling after a rebuild 👍😃
Stumbled across your channel and absolutely love how raw the content is. I have no experience with this but it’s really interesting to learn about the mechanics of cars! Keep it coming.
M8 your doing a grand job!! I love watching automotive videos done by youtubers as it gives me the confidence to tackle jobs i would normaly leave for the experts. Well done!!!!👍👍👍
So much forethought going into this. A lot of people would have slapped it back together. And fair play for answering some of the more stupid questions in such an informative way. Education over arguments. Really enjoying this build up, always been put off the disco 3s and range rovers in the 2.7 because of the dreaded body off work but it really seems like not a bad job at all. Might have to go buy one!
Nice to see someone getting oil under their fingernails instead of all these "mechanics" who plug a laptop in and get someone else to replace the faulty component go on yourself pal keep the videos coming u know ur stuff mate
Top tip for refitting a head. Grind the heads off a couple of the old stretch bolts, screw them into the block lightly and use them as a guide to lower the head down, then simply remove the ground down bolts and put the new ones in. Simples
Love how its all is fixed in a small garage by some normal blokes and not like for example hoovies garage where he buys the car, gives it to his mechanic, plows hundreds and hundreds of dollars on the damn car + have to pay the labor because they have infinite money and then make a RU-vid clip about it.
There is a guy on YT called 'jade Muttley' who restores old Triumphs and he does it in a lean to garage at the side of his house but man what quality he knocks out. There is another called Matt Green who rebuilds Classic Minis and he also has a lean to garage at home and an old shed somewhere! And his rebuilds are excellent. Of course he gets the 'experts' who are so called purists who know it all and slag him off. But when you see their videos they never get their hands dirty. Always paying others to do stuff. I am doing a '78 Mini and every nut, bolt, panel and weld has been done by me. On my own. Because that is where the satisfaction come from. Just as well I never meet these 'purists'..
That'll be one tidy motor once put back together. Excellent videos, reminds me of the old Car Mechanic magazine from years back. Quite hooked! Keep up the good work and well done for slapping the potty mouthers on the hand!!
Amazing videos chap, thanks for upload I’m a mechanical engineer by trade so I’m always fascinated to see things took apart and and rebuilt! Very informative also hints and tips on stuff seem very helpful. Keep up the good work! 👍👍
Excellent video and mechanic, you make it look so easy, that easy i think i could change a light bulb on mine now.lol probably not.ive had my RR Sport 2.7 HSE for 10 years now and a Range Rover 10 years previous to that.And in 20 years the only things i have had to replace are alternator,batteries and at moment i have a suspension fault on the dash and car leans slighly to the left.And a couple of times in the last 2 months when driving it drops to the wheels,so i stop the ignition restart it, press suspension button up again and away i go.will get it sorted soon.i will had it did stand for 6 months .keep up the great work
Loving this mini-series of videos. If I had a 4-post lift, I'd be tempted to do the same with my Discovery 2 - just so I can pressure wash the chassis and suspension easier! Thankfully I live in Australia, so rust less of an issue - mud, however, is another matter :-)
What’s that purple plastic thing on the chassis mate ,does the wife know it’s there.lol Great vid ,just shows how quick some of these jobs can be done. Cost a fortune at Land Rover, looking forward to see it running again. Thanks for sharing, John @ Lincoln
Chassis is perfect! They do like to rust on the body if they've been especially abused but it looked fine in last vid. My D3 was rotten on nearside rear arch and sill 😓 Check the crossover pipe at rear of the engine mate before the body goes back on, they can crack 😉 They're not that scary these newer landys, people are petrified of em but most jobs are diy and parts are actually cheap compared to ze Germans
Hi Rob loving the video's mate,i myself have rebuilt written off cars 1 for me 1 for my nephew.Mine now is coming up 4 years now and im already looking for a replacement.Its good to see some1 from the uk doing this and putting it on youtube,its funny how you get the bug to do it seing it damaged then all repaired after.Cant wait for the next video.
Thanks so much for putting this on here-There was little chance of seeing this as it tends to be a behind closed doors operation-albeit you have a 2-poster and plenty of room. Absolutely First Class-you've dispelled some of the myths about this. Ive got the same car but a year younger and I've owned it for nearly 5 years.Always had Barretts of Ashford do the service but they started to take the mick and the warranty was £1400 a year-which, as it got to 10 years, despite the wording to the contrary-most things were NOT being covered as down to wear and tear. So I didn't renew it. Im not averse to doing my own repairs as Ive 3 other cars and lots of bikes-These cars are just entering the affordable market- and loads of people will benefit from your video!
Thanks so much for taking the time to explain things in detail! I had to change the head gaskets on my 2001 P38 Rover a couple of years ago and it was very difficult getting access to everything (in the U.S. you have a lot of emissions parts that get in the way). It would have been so much easier if I could have taken the body off of the chassis. It's great to see a video from someone that really knows what they're doing!
It would be a good idea to spray with a solution anti corrosion and rust really good idea .Mercedes-Benz owner do it . I'm sure you can get something online it's good for the car for the future the frame after you have cleaned up the frame engine gearbox etc.
I've never fixed up a vehicle before apart from a bicycle but I bet it's just as satisfying when you get to the finish. This does look like a lot of work though and many things to lose track of. I'd say good luck but it looks like you know exactly what you are doing.
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Rusty frame???? Are you kidding me? That frame looks new compared to the vehicles we have here in Canada. My DISCOVERYs have bodies that look new but frames that look like they're about to fall apart.
Superb video ROB, I learnt a lot in the last 10 minutes, thank you for how you made it all clear and simple. I also loved the way that you answered some of the know-it all comment's.
