Some days I hate Land Rovers

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landrovered

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03 HSE has a leak in the coolant overflow tank rendering it undrivable until the parts arrive on Wednesday.

93 Classic...the brake switch decided to take a dump, stuck in park. I drove 50 miles to get another one, installed it and it worked perfectly for 12 miles and then it fucked up. So now the center console is out so that I can get to the lockout solenoid and I don't think I have any brake lights.

Some days I just want to shoot them.
 
mjbrox

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sven said:
Thats why my backup car is not a rover.
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Oddly enough my daily drivers are a Volvo and Acura

The volvo is parked till fixed from a pothole issue and the alignment is bad enough on the Acura, that wish my wife was not driving it.

But the Disco is rockin and ready for Uwharrie Safari!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
landrovered

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On the 03 the trail repair attempt on the barely perceptable crack on the overflow tank was a complete bust. I mean you can barely see a line right at the corner of the tank, looks like a small fingernail scratch until pressure builds up and then it pisses like a race horse.

Of course it is a BMW part, they have pefected plastic that is impervious to all known adhesives.
 
SGaynor

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How about take it out and gently melt it with a lighter or some such?

Edit: I'm assuming it's a thermoplastic and will melt (It looks like polypropylene to me).
 
landrovered

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I had some special every kind of plastic superglue, I pulled the tank. cleaned it and dried it thoroughly, put the superglue on it and then applied a mild vacuum to the tank (covered the holes and sucked the air out) in order to pull the adhesive into the crack. I let it dry completely and was confident that it would hold. It did for exactly five miles and then the pressure blew the bottom of the patch out.

I thought about melting it with a soldering gun but at this point the new one will be here on Wednesday so I am going to just let it sit.

I don't like smelling the sweet smell of hot coolant. After driving Land Rovers for 19 years it smells like engine death to me. I don't want to take a chance on an overheat on a perfect M62 engine. Too damned expensive to fool with on a $69 part.
 
eliaschristeas

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when doing the tranny filter and fluid this weekend on my classic, the previous owner or whoever clearly xthreaded the sump drain plug (this is a sunday mind you) leaving me no choice but to hope there was a rover lurking in a local junk yard.... thankfully there was. lots of tranny fluid in the eyes, lots of cuts on my hands....

but the thing does drive a whole lot nicer.....
 
flyfisher11

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Scott,

Is the series up and running? My newly aquired '95 classic almost stranded me at a gas station. I pulled the brake switch loose and flicked it like you would a ball point pin a few times and got it to work long enough to get it to Brandon's house. When I get it back home that is the first thing going, that damned solenoid. I have a question though since I'm not as familiar with the RRC, do you pull the auto shifter like a DII (put it in N and pull straight up like a big dawg)?

Good luck,

Mike
 
Mike_Rupp

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Sgaynor, I think that those tanks are nylon. PP would be right on the edge as far as heat properties. Regardless, both materials have good chemical resistance and any adhesive would do little to help especially since the tank is under pressure.
 
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With all the plastic radiators these days you would think someone would make a glue that can expand.
 
Mike_Rupp

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It isn't a problem with expanding adhesives. The problem is that nylon is inherently chemically resistant. Adhesives just don't want to stick to nylon. Add pressure to the equation and it isn't going to hold at all.
 
landrovered

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What is surprising is just how small the defect in the tank is, barely even noticable visually. Put it under pressure and an amazing amount of liquid can pass through it but trying to find these defects would be like candleing eggs.
 
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