 Seems like the Range Rover has been sat broken for a long time, well it has been over a year since I started taking the top of the engine apart. With the prospect of selling it, I got under the bonnet and put the engine back together and got it running again, albeit with no boost getting to the intake from the turbo. Sent the car off with 'The Hobbit' to get a Controle Technique (bi-annual inspection), only to find the buyer no longer wanted it, and ultimately the car failed it's test, on some fairly serious faults. Anyway, while the chap was looking over the car, he noticed that the intercooler hose had just popped of the intercooler, hence the no boost situation we found ourselves in all that time ago. Had I been able to see that, I wouldn't have started taking the top of the engine apart. Again this goes back to the joys of being in a wheelchair, access is pretty limited when you are not able bodied. So I tried to see from the top, but things get really busy, and there was no way to get at the hose. Next attempt was to get on the floor, remove the under tray and 'et volia' there it is.  Getting the hose back on was a fairly easy process. I had to search the workshop for a jubilee clip big enough to fit on the pipe, and then when it was on, I found the original Land Rover part sitting there staring at me, on top of the under tray that I had previously removed. Must be more observant!  So then it was onto a quick test drive around the field, and the old bus was back up to 177hp, or closer to it than it was before hand. It revs out quite well now, just wish that I had been able to see the pipe after it happened. For some reason I was convinced that the hose had exploded, mainly due to the noise it made when it went pop.
Now onto other jobs that need doing for its CT, I shall be writing and video about those as we do them.
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 It's finally in the Garage, been a long time coming, but it is in and work has started already. Videos will be released in the coming weeks, so keep an eye on our channel for those. The Hobbit is getting rather excited, the fact that she can have her dream car on the road and in tip top shape, is keeping me going on this project.  We had already sourced a lot of the parts required, this is most of them in the picture above. But as in all old car restorations you always come across parts that need changing, and parts that we don't have. So a bit of time as been spent online trying to source parts for a 1987 car, it has been fairly straight forward as most parts are readily available.  The thing that we have going for us, is that the car is super basic. Even though it is four wheel drive, the system is very old school and easy to work on. There is plenty of room under the bonnet for you to work, apart from the steering rack which is tucked behind the engine and I do have some jobs to do on that. Most of the jobs under the bonnet have been done, Timing belt & water pump, electronic ignition and headlights have all been changed. Will be doing an engine and gearbox oil change at some point, but I am concentrating on the suspension and brakes at the moment.  So if you are at all interested in our little Panda project and you want to find out more, then please click the link below to see what we have done so far. That's it for this installment of 'A Fiat Panda 4x4 is Born'.
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