Anybody know land rovers well?

[4bangerfury]

I might venture into the realm of trucks/SUVs. It's an 89 range rover with a 3.9L v8.

It's cheap and it doesn't run, but I'm sure I can get it running again. I'm just looking for a cheap truck to move things that don't fit into my 318.

Anyone know of any forums for land rovers so I can read up on this truck before I check it out on Sunday?

[der affe]

i know them well enogh that you should run away from a non runner like a trany hooker.

money pit!

[lindsey]

We've had one for over a year now, and we've put almost no money into it. But we did buy it from an enthusiast.

[der affe]

but yours RAN when you bought it.
i bet is was not an 89 either.

[lindsey]

It is an 89. And you are right about it running. It's actually in very good condition.

[lindsey]

We buy our parts from Rover's North, they have forums on their website.

[quickervicar]

Non-running 3.9L V8? Headgasket perhaps? It's a well-known issue.

You could swap a SBC in there for not much money. It's been done. There are kits (kind of). Cheap, reliable torque. Still thinking about doing it myself.

[Sailor37]

i know them well enogh that you should run away from a non runner like a trany hooker.

money pit!

More so than a 20 year old E30?

Assuming one would perform all the mechanic work himself, would you still think they're expensive because of parts? or gas? I understand they're pretty reliable, so I wouldn't expect them to be breaking down all the time.

So what exactly makes them a money pit?

[James]

First find out why its not running; Discoweb.org is a wealth of information about discovery's but much of it will transfer over to the Range Rover. Range Rovers are so cheap I wouldn't pay a lot for a non runner unless it was a perfect shell and interior, the mechanical aren't hard to fix and used parts are plentiful.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Way worse than a non running e30.

[Hartge_H27]

I drive a 95 range rover classic. I have taken it all over the place. I have had mine for over 2 yrs 20,000+ miles and it runs great. But i agree with the SBC swap. I will be doing it when my 4.2 goes out. As for parts for the most part they are not to bad.

Farbin I would have to disagree with u. there r alot of simple things that can make one not run.

here is mine. Christmas day in Texas.

[Farbin Kaiber]

How much harder is it to run down to the local auto parts store and get stuff for it? I had trouble getting parts in a timely manner in LA Metro area. That makes it worse to me.

[Hartge_H27]

I work for autozone and i can get alot of the parts there. hell we had the alternator in stock. And if i cant get it there advanced seems to have some plus i can order them thru both. granted there r some parts i am having a hard time finding but nothing that would keep it from running.

on mine I priced brake rotors and pads front and rear at work and it was like $350 for parts.

[10Toes]

My two. Got the Range Rover with a bad head gasket, fixed it 4000 miles ago and its been running great.

[quickervicar]

I will always want one. Slight lift, brush bar & a cargo rack. Oh, and it's got to have the 3-spoke wheels