Hi All
Excited to get the new to me Range Rover Classic on the road.
I just picked up a 1990 Rover County
It had been sitting in a neighbors yard for a few years. Her husband worked on it and then passed away.
She gave it to me to do what I want.
I went through the vehicle, cleaned it up as much as I could to start with, checked fuses, emptied fuel and replaced, all the usuals.
I got it to fire up pretty easily.
Runs pretty good just sitting there.
I did a quick non official compression test. Meaning just pulled 1 plug at a time and then turned it over for a few seconds to see what reading I got.
All around 120, however the battery was not new, the rest of the plugs were in, and throttle was not open.
Anyway, I put into gear, and there is about NO power at all. I have a very short runway. It will shift into 2nd when I am going downhill, but that is all the room I have.
The engine does not sputter or even have a lot of smoke.
Distributor looks good, plugs look good, etc....
Any thoughts?
OK, so after all of that, I have an opportunity to pic up a 98 Discovery 1(50th Anniv) for very cheap with a good running engine(assuming 4.0) and a bad trans.
Will that just be a plug and play? Meaning, can I just pull the engine right out and drop right in, or will there be a lot of computer work, etc...?
Thank you all very much and I apologize for a long first post
Excited to get the new to me Range Rover Classic on the road.
I just picked up a 1990 Rover County
It had been sitting in a neighbors yard for a few years. Her husband worked on it and then passed away.
She gave it to me to do what I want.
I went through the vehicle, cleaned it up as much as I could to start with, checked fuses, emptied fuel and replaced, all the usuals.
I got it to fire up pretty easily.
Runs pretty good just sitting there.
I did a quick non official compression test. Meaning just pulled 1 plug at a time and then turned it over for a few seconds to see what reading I got.
All around 120, however the battery was not new, the rest of the plugs were in, and throttle was not open.
Anyway, I put into gear, and there is about NO power at all. I have a very short runway. It will shift into 2nd when I am going downhill, but that is all the room I have.
The engine does not sputter or even have a lot of smoke.
Distributor looks good, plugs look good, etc....
Any thoughts?
OK, so after all of that, I have an opportunity to pic up a 98 Discovery 1(50th Anniv) for very cheap with a good running engine(assuming 4.0) and a bad trans.
Will that just be a plug and play? Meaning, can I just pull the engine right out and drop right in, or will there be a lot of computer work, etc...?
Thank you all very much and I apologize for a long first post