Rebuilding a TERRIBLE $1,500 Range Rover
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
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In this video I start rebuilding a crash-damaged L322 Range Rover that I won on Copart for £1,500.
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For the illumination try the regulator on the right side og the steering wheel ;)
For the illumination: Check all the ground contacts! It is possibel that a contact has been ripped off due to the massive impact.
Just check by giving an easy to reach bulb an extra ground contact while it is switched on. If it lights up you have a ground problem in the circut. Good luck and continue the work. It is fun to watch!
This post needs more likes 😉 I think you're probably spot on.
I think you are right @jinger9980 a ground for the circuit(s) is likely the culprit
One possibility is once you unscrew a ground it never makes as good contact on reassembly unless it's scraped clear of corrosion.
I’ve only recently found your channel and I must say it’s brilliant, you are so natural and I love the fact that you don’t edit out the errors. Keep going, this is excellent content! Subscribed 😂
Really appreciate that. If I edited out the errors the videos would be 2 minutes long haha
Amazing to watch this wreck being brought back to life, not in a surgically clean, well-lighted garage festooned with every conceivable tool, but on a rain-soaked driveway. with just a few hours of winter daylight.. You're a Star ! 🤩
This a brave choice considering you haven't done that many cars so far! I've always liked to dabble fixing cars but repairing my wife's Citroen C4 nearly sent me over the edge! At one point I was quite ready to fix it with fire! All the best with it!
You have to challenge yourself otherwise there’s no point! Haha fix by fire - I like that 😂
@@NotEconomicallyViablethe police take a very dim view of 'fix by fire'
Citroen saying enough tbh.😮
@@curtisj2165Shit happens and we can always trust electrical wirings 😄
Every French car should be taken directly from the production lines at the factory to a recycle center. Avoiding the customer bit in the middle.
Any German car is useless and ugly. I do drive a BMW but I don’t like it. They are awful.
Any Italian car will rust before you can drive it off the dealership.
Realistically, the only cars left that could be Ok, are japonese. Also very ugly (all of them!), also very unpleasant to drive, but at least they last the first 4 years without much pain.
Still, after 5 or 6 years of ownership, I'd let them run out of oil and drive them until the engines throw a rod bearing through a new hole in the bonet. Cars are hateful machines.
Greetings from Finland! Regarding the illumination of inner controls and knobs - when the windscreen was replaced where the ambient light sensor plugged and installed correctly? That could affect the lightning, as the car might think that daylight is enough if its installed incorrectly. Was the illumination of dials working correctly before the removal of dash? In the video they doesn's seem to work with the first start with the new battery? I would start the diagnose buy getting to know what guides the illumination of dials, before tearing the dash again... Keep up the good work!
Two things:
1. Massive props for including so much work in this video! Very nice to watch!
2. I bet your wife will love it when it's done!
Appreciate the kind words. She's already trying to claim the car as her own lol
Maybe buy another cheap parts RR. You'll be picking away at it for years!
Will probably be stolen when it is done.
@@FluePeak you’re confusing this for the newer models that keep getting stolen with keyless entry. This one still has a physical key.
@@NotEconomicallyViable oh okey :) my bad, saw some pictures of people drilling a giant hole in the trunk to access and start the car 😂
I was honestly expecting the RR to be another more or less hopeless basketcase, so i'm VERY pleasantly surprised by how fast you turned this around and got it back on the road. Kudos man. Well done so far. ..and good luck with the missing illumination.. 😄
Cheers, mate
Absolutely love sitting here watching your enthusiasm. I lost mine years ago, probably from 40 years of fixing cars, mainly outdoors in all weathers. Still got a few nice cars stashed away though!
Very well done! For once, you've actually managed to make it look easy 😅
Love your videos. You're born to be in front of the camera!
Really appreciate that 🙏🏻
Very, very well done on this one, turning out to be an absolute gem and hopefully will be good for you with the skill and the effort you have put into it, keep up the great work!
Cheers mate
For the clock lights, the wheel that controls the brightness could be the issue. I think they have a resistor in them that can fail, it by the headlight control.
The wheel still alters the brightness of the dash LCD panel
Well done, I had a 2004 L322 4.2 petrol V8 with an LPG conversion - lovely vehicle. At some point I needed to remove the dash and I think that it took me a day to do it. I was lucky to find various RUclips videos where I was able to get bits of vital information. Congratulations on taking it out and replacing it - not an easy job!
No one can accuse you of a lack of courage….what a mess to take on!👍👍 there are these new things called GLOVES…..they are made of materials like leather and can protect your hands a bit…😜
I found this channel a little while back, if you can do it, having more content from you would be amazing!
It’s very entertaining and for a mechanical numpty like me I love watching these.
Thank you!😊
A lesson for you from the computer building community: Test it BEFORE you close it up, or you'll have bad juju. Save yourself the effort. ;)
Hey Nino! I think you have one of the best and most honest car channels on RUclips. I'd love to see more videos from you. I've got so much time for your content. Cheers mate
I appreciate that!
Charge it in series with a good battery until it builds voltage. "Smart chargers " won't put anything in unless it has base voltage.
Genuinely hilarious! How many hours have I spent doing jobs like this on my own and can totally relate to your plight. The VIN number part of this video was funny, funny, funny!
Really great video...Superb Channel, really enjoyed your Positive attitude, that it is possible to fix your own vehicles.
Your a Natural on camera...keep it going !!!
Really appreciate that 👍🏻
Personally and I’m sure I’m not alone on this but I’d like to see more videos. It’s a big decision needless to say but if you enjoy it and in a position to be able to afford to give it full time do so. You seem one of the few that is genuinely going to itch the flow and doing what you can. Makes it more entertaining and enjoyable to watch somehow than videos with trained mechanics. Look forward to many more videos.
This is one of my absolute favourite channels, and I wish you all the luck in the future! Love these videos. :D
Appreciate that
I'd love to see more videos from you! However it does feel like a gem whenever you upload due to the rarity!
The Range Rover is an obvious choice for titivation, but you went 'oh no, that's too easy, let's get one with a smashed windscreen/dash' 😅 I love your enthusiasm and it's great you got it road legal again. We just need more Merc Coupe content now 😂
I've been waiting for this!
theres a TD6 Green one for sale for 3.5k. body work aside it looks tidy and im so tempted. Living vicariously through you!
Great video,and a lovely car,that dash was nuts,the amount of stuff that had to come out,
Great video though 👍
I hope that you can make this into a full time career and start releasing more videos because you seem like a genuinely nice person. I remember the days when you would wrench on vehicles in the car park of your flat. I'm so glad to witness the growth of your channel. Keep up the great work! It's also funny that you should have a video about a range Rover when I have been seriously considering buying one.
I have no idea why I ended up watching this as I don’t have a clue about fixing cars. However I really enjoyed it and even hits the “subscribe” as your video was just so very engaging.
For god sake, man! Put something over that new windscreen when taking off the bonnet! Had me close my eyes at that moment 😊! Liked and subscribed!
Well it would be the very best thing that could happen you should leave your fu time job and take over with your RUclips channel and you should go to some car auction sakes then you could get some ore project cars but please purchase a recovery truck to pick up the cars from the car auction sakes centres when you purchase more project cars l love watching your project videos let's have more videos done you are a real clever guy on your own from matthewduffin Hull
Brilliantly done. Good job, looking forward to seeing the next one.
More to come!
Why don't you purchase a commercial marquie to put your project cars in so that you can still work on your project cars out of the rain and wind and fog you could even purchase your self some commercial lights on stands so you can work in your marquee
Excellent video, does you light issue relate to a daylight sensor maybe on the interior mirror to glass. Perhaps it’s not sensing night time. Just a though I’m no expert
I work at a quick lube place and the amount of times I've hit my head like that...well, now I wear a bump helmet in my cap.
Wow well done on not buying anything in Halfords it’s not easy, it’s the sane with the middle aisles in Aldi and Lidl when they’ve got the place stocked with tools and car bits,
Super foresight on buying the range rover that dash would of turned me off it big time, it cane together well,
I bet the wife will love wofting round in it
Takes me back i was a windscreen fitter for 10 years .
Broken windscreens have a smell strange , ay.
Never realised the front door glasses are laminated not toughened as an option now. You learn something new every day.
Just as a matter of interest, I have a 50s Cadillac and all the glass including all the drop glasses is laminated, it was called safety glass at the time.
I always assumed 'safety glass' was always toughened glass but that came a bit later evidently.
Greetings from Australia! Really enjoy your RUclips content. Like the way you try to tackle all jobs yourself. Like the fact that you laugh at yourself when things go pear shape!
I used to own Morris Minors but now have a far more complex 2001 Camry. Like you I try to do everything on more complex cars like the Camry. Win some , loose some!
Please keep up the great content! Cheers
Appreciate that. Good luck with the Camry!
HUGE respect to you tackleing that job, your patience and persistence is admirable. Subscribed and following!
Thanks for the sub!
Living the dream mate, old tat abandoned all over your property, and the missus is fully onboard with it!
Subscribed mate. If you ever need an Architect give me a shout.
Great video, I love that you do it with humour, which can be difficult when a car is fighting and trying to bite your fingers!
Hopefully, you will be able to go full time next year.
I love your content. I used to do all my own work on my cars before I left home. I haven't got the time or space now so have to experience it through watching your hard work😁
I guess this is the third or so solace for the RR and the way it turned out for you was really nice, but Christmas is coming up and I guess you need every possible contribution! Stay safe and keep them excellent vids coming! 🎉
Yeah, I'm pretty pleased with the result so far. Hoping to get some good miles on it over the Christmas break and see if these things are as unreliable as everyone always says 😂 Thank you so much for the contribution 🙏
Loved this video! You make the same noises I make when when I’m investigating / dismantling/ making worse any of my ‘projects’ Subscibed!
Great video, I love the way a Range Rover drives as unreliable as they are, you done an amazing job on it
you are doing a great job man ! keep going stay positive stay focused 🎉
Technically it should of failed on the dashboard illumination as you can't read the speedo in the dark, i think my MOT man said the dash lights should work on an MOT
The MOT guy researched it there and then on the system, but there was no information.
Good job it's not a Bentley turbo 2, they have 2 batteries in the boot.
Nice video as usual, love it greetings from Luxembourg.
Hi Nino.
I have been following your channel and I have now subscribed. As you asked what we would like to see more of I can only speak on a personal level, but you have so far kept the vehicles and their restoration costs within reach of the everyday enthusiast. Many youtubers are getting a little too high end and that (for me at least) is no longer of any interest. Many of us don't have full workshop facilities and four poster ramps. Like you I work on my driveway. I've really enjoyed your videos and I look forward to your next project.
Fantastic video, well done with the dash, don't beat yourself up over missing the plug, we've all done something like that. You'll have a decent car when done. Looking forward to the next one. Thanks.
Brilliant journey mate - loving your content here in Australia! Can't wait for part 2!
Really enjoyed this video. Pretty brave one to take on but looking great! And yes, would love to see more content next year😀
Excellent channel, really enjoy your content. This has been a really satisfying build to watch so far
Hi love your channel! As a lifelong car nut and 'tinkerer' I sympathise with your trials and tribulations. Unfortunately an arm injury has slowed down much of my DIY work so I enjoy watching work such as yours from the comfort of my desk. Keep up the good work! Nick
Nice to see your channel doing so well! You're on your way lad. Keep it up
That is quite impressive! Got to be honest, taking a quick look at it I definitely would have said it wasn't worth fixing, but wow what a result! Would be interesting to see a full cost breakdown once all finished!
You've done an amazing job with this car!I noticed that your channel is doing really well now and you really deserve that. Can't wait for the next year's videos.
Have a great Christmas with familly and a happy New Year! 🎉🎉🎉
Range rover, I had one, always giving bother,
Well why dint you put the bin bags over the seats so the wind screen guys could remove the wind screen to stop the broken glass going on your seats and getting stuck in your fingers
A bin bag? 😅
Waw! As you Brits would say: Good show old boy! You are getting to be quite the wizzard. You will be able to flip this for profit. Well done. Always enjoy your videos, no matter how infrequent. Happy holidays.
Appreciate that 👍🏻
Glad to see another video think you definitely got a economically repairable there ahaha good luck keep up the good work
Thanks, will do!
They are chating like two clowns in circus. Funny accent.
Amazing job mate well done. What a steal at that price! Subscribed.
Brave man! But it shows it can be done, you don't have to be Edd China. You got great deals on those s/h parts too. I am thoroughly impressed!
I'd put it to the side, the insurance for these vehicles are going up. Break it for spares maybe
It's 15 years old and has a real key. Mine just renewed at £400 for the year.
Insurance for this is £510. It's the newer ones with keyless entry that are getting stolen
Rarely seen such a clean engine/bay; someones loved it.
i would love to see more videos next year! love your content :D
Love the Peugeot 504 pickup ❤
This is the first video I was served of yours and when you had to take out the dash for the second time, I felt it in my 20 years mechanic bones. It's always the simple things that make it hard, right. Got a sub for sure. You are gonna be big on RUclips my guy!
Really appreciate that 🤝
I just subscribed 🎉🎉🎉🎉
So did I 😂
So come on, is your insurance on that more or less than the Copart price you paid for it?
£510 comprehensive
I daresay you know this , but the '57 plate 3.6 diesel L322 is very much the one to have, Harry Metcalfe, and near also farming neighbour Clarkson both have exactly that and both regard them as Peak Range Rover. If you didn't know that check out Harry Metcalfe's ' Harry's Garage' RUclips channel for the video.
Christ, that's not even worth 1500! Lol! 🤣 I have seen them go for about the same price at auction with blown head gaskets but fair/good condition exterior and good/excellent interior for the same price, but you're honest about your channel name, lol. I've seriously thought about picking one up with a bad engine for a nice EV swap candidate....might be fun?
I lived in Chelmsford in Norton Rd for a few years around the 2000 era before emigrating to Australia. Glad to see the Halfords is still going!
Great vid, you talk my language. Every time I do an oil change I say to myself "this will be a no mess change" and it always ends up with oil everwhere, especially just after you think you are on a winner. So the fuse cost £30 for the dash but imagine if you had taken out the dash again to find out it was the fuse!!!!!! Videos like this give me confidence to work on my own Range P38. Bye the way do you always get songs coming into your head like me when you work?.........wierd.
This is great! This shows the real pain(and joy), of fixing cars. Fiddling and getting parts, pulling stuff back out again. Even the hitting your head in the trunk lock, been there done this. Keep up the good content👍
One wheel being locked up, your auto box won’t go into 5th because it senses a load. Vibration explained, smell explained, rough changes explained, wet road, cash explained!
Greetings from Brazil, I also have a RUclips channel and I repair vehicles, my own and those of friends and acquaintances, and I'll give you a tip about cuts... years of experience, pay attention... super glue, simple as that, clean it well and apply a little superglue, it always works for me.
I know how much you spent on this Rang Rover and the cost of repairing it add that to its initional cost and just see how much they sell for in the great condition yours is so nice well 4 years ago l bought a 1997 Toyota Hilux l also live in Australia were they don't rust no much snow and it was aud$1500 l have had to spend about $1700 fixing it up mainly because in N.S.W we have a yearly registration inspection and a couple if issues have come up mainly a new exhaust system tires service ect but in Australia Toyota's are popular most numerous vehicles on Australian roads and l have sell for aud$5000 to $6000
Anyone buying a used Land Rover or Range Rover should remember the saying about second (or subsequent ) marriages:
Triumph of hope (of the buyer) over experience (of other RR/LR buyers)
Wow totally amazing! At 33:07 we see an triangle chem trial! Big illuminate vibes lol. Keep up the good work, don't forget to share your faith 🙏 otherwise what is it all for? GOD BLESS
This channel is so refreshing, the guy next door with love for cars and decided to explore that love. Very brave to take on a range rover but you doing so well already. New subscriber gained in me.❤🇿🇦
Worst decision you'll ever make. Steer clear of any range rover after the p38. The l322 was nice but it was plagued with gremlins, the same as every range since the l322. Good luck.
Hi New sub have been watching before subscribing Hope you do well from this vehicle, Oh you need to hide all your VIN numbers & REG on car vertical as their is scruples greedy eyed people who would clone a stolen one with your details and sell it on , as they did that on an other channel called Salvage rebuild UK . just be carefully Pal.
Sean sunny Liverpool😊
Love your videos but with a 'Raver' you've definitely bitten off more than you can chew. Strip and sell for parts. You need too many specialist tools and knowledge for this one. Even used parts are expensive. You can't even diagnose faults.
Would it upset you to know I've done worse windscreens out and back in in 45 minutes? Haha. But I also do this for a living, the kent knife or cold knife you used is best but it requires some experience. Fair play for getting that done! Also awesome video!
I wouldn’t do something like this myself as the costs repairing something like this are usually around 10x to 15x the base price, so would be more viable to buy something in better shape. Good luck buddy.
Hi,watched a video of yours the other day,and really enjoyed it!,have watched many more episodes since. Your wife approval of the range rover was great,she definitely a keeper 👍 wish my wife was that easy going.
Keep the video coming,they are very entertain 👍😊
Now it makes me realise how proffessional salvage rebuilds are doing dash boards air bags ,nothing against you this still looks good . ,SR UK ,have been doing it years, And Arthur tussick is still the best in Europe famouse .its sunday night and ive just found this channel is 3AM now .
Someone is selling a body with clean interior, bodywork is decent and wheels intact. Its for sale in zimbabwe where im originally from. He is selling cheap
It doesnt have engine and gearbox which i can get from uk second hand.
Im considering doing this as a project. My cousin is a mechanic qnd quite good and willing to help me
Is this doable in say 2 months?
Say the car was originally petrol can i change the engine to diesel without modification
Thanks
Only issue on a 3.6tdv8 is Turbos. If there’s fresh oil blowing into the intercooler boost pipes then one or both are on there way out. It's not catastrophic, unlike the 4.4.4tdv8.
Are the dash lights just dimmed? Theres a dimmer dial next to the headlight switch.
It looked like the dim dial was all the way down when the camera panned past?
Playing with the dimmer does nothing
Have a look behind the left-hand inner A post in case you have trapped some wire that feeds the interior lights. This would cause your issue. The headlight switch illumination lights are fed by another circuit.
I'm a Yank so I won't use the word "brilliant". Refreshingly funny and entertaining is much better IMO. When you hit your head had me giggling.
Colleagues, can you explain to me why Land Rovers fail so often and have such a bad reputation in terms of mechanics? They are aesthetically beautiful, but there is a notorious reputation for frequent failures
Great watch,really enjoyed,you seem to be brave,very brave.Look forward to catching up with your journey so far.Many Thanks
Thanks for watching!
I am really suprised that the MOT checks cars so thoroughly, that an anti-rollbar is checked. I can surely say 80% of cars on the road here would be considered a safety hazard over in the UK, lol
Greetings from UA. Man, content is cool, your hand work is fun and professional. It was interesting to see your trip on this repair work) Big up, subscribe and wait for the new content!)
I used to drive the model before this one (vogue 3 liter v6 diesel- bmw motor). Absolute terrible car, broke down regularly. At least it saved my life in an accident on the highway because of the sheer mass and height. Never again a Range Rover in my garage.