By 94Rover on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 01:00 pm: Edit

Don't want to get flamed, but can I please get a Classic Range Rove tech section-
just thought it wouldn't hurt to ask-if not I still feel at home in the Disco Conversation. Let me think about this-ummmmm, nevermind-don't add it. We will start to get more lurkers from the North......Oh I still like the North for my parts.

By Ron Ward (Ronward) on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 08:01 pm: Edit

Hey good idea. I have a cream puff 1995 RR Classic with 52,000 miles, BFG AT 245 75's, OME MD coil conversion with Bilstein shocks, front and rear diff guards and a front skid plate. Runs strong, and my sole source for technical assistance is the RRO email list.

Ron Ward

By 94Rover on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 08:36 pm: Edit

Hey Ron, your Rig gets a nod. Well you do know that your interior is identicle to the Disco I, and we do spend a lot of time here. Whada' you say we start our on conversation. Do you think we will get anywhere near 200 replies on this thread? Your Rover is probably my twin, only in Cream and not BRG-How do you like your front skid plate? I'm bare exposed up front. Just an ARB and some Safari 5000's(I still have my Hella 4000's, and Warn winch in the box-), front and rear Diff protection from Alantic British. Oh and I have 114,??? miles on the engine. OME MD coils, and all the EAS stuff still underneath, waiting for Santa to drop off the shocks in my stocking, and biting my nails trying to find a set of black letter BFG's-
Do you have any pics- where a you located?

By DiscoWeb Team (Admin) on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 09:13 pm: Edit

Here it is, Happy Holidays!

By Ron Ward (Ronward) on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 09:26 pm: Edit

94rover,

The interior of my 1995 Classic is much different from that of my 1997 Disco. I'll send some photos to Ho and he can update my gallery.

I like the front skid plate. I removed the air dam and fogs when i got it. Took it to the Camp Rover East rally in May 2001 and wheeled it hard up some class 3 and 4 trails. Dented up my front diff housing, destroyed my steering damper and track rod. Then I got the 245 75s and another inch or two clearance.

Mine's beluga black with the cream interior, front factory brush guard, rear light guards, genuine mesh dog guard, and a set of Hella 1000's up front.

Ron Ward

By Art on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 10:07 pm: Edit

I'm glad to see theres a Rangie board. I have a 93' LWB. So far I have put the SG stage 2 springs, Rancho 9000's, RTE shock Mounts and cones, Steel bake lines, Rovers North Diff Guard, K&N Filter, Genuine waterproof seats, OME steering damper. Got a set of 235/85 black letter BFG KM's. Gonna put a detriot in the rear with GBR HD axles, and after that its bumpers and sliders. Still goin strong at 115,500 miles, though it does have a new tranny.

Art

By Art on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 10:14 pm: Edit

By Craig on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 10:44 pm: Edit

Right on Admin!
Thanks for the RR board.
Here's one for you RR freaks--
91RR shortbus

4.6L, RTE 3", .5" RW spacers, RW dropkit, 33X12.50x15 goodyear MTR's, 12"9000's, GBR and (dare I say) $G driveshafts, lt230 tbox w/ GBR 30% underdrive low-range, KAM 4.10's, cryo treated 24 spline halfshafts,cv's,flanges, F&R rd56 airlockers, Fabritron rear arms, RTE front arms, RW track rod, D110 swan-neck and Dampner, RTE slimline blade w/ xd9000, modified ARB rear bumper (not shown, one red one yellow optima, mantec snorkel, extended brakelines and breathers, whole bunch of other crap I can't think of right now, and oh yeah, how could I forget? 18" Bobtail.
Now, who wants to go wheelin?
Thanks,
Craig

By Rob Davison (Pokerob) on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 12:09 am: Edit

damn i asked for a RR board a few months ago and no one listened..

i have a bone stock '89 120k miles

rd

By Bill Bettridge (Billb) on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 07:50 am: Edit

Don't feel bad - me too - stock 1990 and I plan to keep it that way - yeah right) with 100K on it..... Had to get it for the wife so I could play with the Disco more

Bill

By 94Rover on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 09:25 am: Edit

YES SIR REE!!! THANKS, and Lets start the chatting- What a welcome surprise this morning.

Hey guys I'll get some pics sent in before the holiday.
94Rover

By 94Rover on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 09:26 am: Edit

And I am ordering my sticker today.
94Rover

By sean on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 01:32 pm: Edit

Art,

Nice looking Rangie - same color as mine. I have a 93' SWB with factory brush guard and lamp guards, OME MD suspension with steering dampner, and 235/85 Futura M/T's. Like many others, I am also waiting on Santa for some more mods, specifically undercarriage protection and a Detroit in the rear.

I second 94Rover for thanking the Discoweb admin team for the creation of this board. Although completely satisfied with the Disco discussion (I also have a 2001 DII),this will double my fun and knowledge base. I look forward to learning from everyone's experiences.

Sean

By 94Rover on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 01:38 pm: Edit

Welcome aboard Sean.....
even though you're not a newbie, even still a warm 1 pint Samuel Smith welcome-
94Rover

By sam on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 07:49 pm: Edit

craig - how hard was it to get rid of the viscous and switch to the LT230, does the lt 230 have the inside the cab diff lock lever, did you just cut it through the dash?

By Craig on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 08:25 pm: Edit

Sam-
Not too difficult
Had to find a tbox shifter assembly from a 97d90 or disco1. minor cutting to allow for movement of difflock feature. new driveshafts. etc..
If your are thinking of doing the swap, and are looking for better high range gears, look for a d110 tbox. the highrange is a little deeper than the 90 or disco. It wasn't cheap, but possibly the best mechanical mod I've done so far.
George at roversdownsouth.com can supply a 110 box for you. Tell him 'that psycho at Denver East' sent you.
Regards,
Craig

By Ali on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 01:32 pm: Edit

Yeah buddy! Craig, I'm planning on doing the 4.6 and LT230 conversion in the near future too. Got me a box out of a '87RR and got a line on a 4.6 short block locally. I might port out the heads if it helps, although it's a bit tired. The GBR low-low gearset for a LT230 is a little pricey though! That'd be the ultimate crawlin gear though.

Ali
'91RR

By Ron on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 01:37 pm: Edit

The ticket to ride is to run 4.7s in the difs but with 1.003 high range out of a tf727 RR Lt230

You get close to stock/4.10s but with a better crawl low range. Conversion is cheaper than most other options.

Ron

By Ali on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 03:01 pm: Edit

With this much low crawl ratio, can you stop easily?

By Ron on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 05:01 pm: Edit

I dunno yet.

Do the math

1.22x 4.1= 5ish
1.003x 4.7= 4.7

You are a little higher geared than 4.1 and stock tcase in high but in low you are

3.32x4.7

instead of

3.32x 4.1

Follow?

Ron

By Craig on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 10:01 pm: Edit

I'm a little scared of the 4.7's. Those things are F'n tiny! 4.1 was the max at the diffs I felt comfortable with in terms of strength. My ideal setup? 1.4:1 highrange d110 box/ 30% red GBR low range gears and 4.10's in the diffs.
I hate Math, and I suck at it-
Craig

By Craig on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 10:12 pm: Edit

Wait, I take that back--

Craig

By Craig on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 10:13 pm: Edit

sorry wrong format. give me a second-
Craig

By Craig on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 10:25 pm: Edit

Again sorry folks-
I suck just as bad with computers.
Have a .bmp file from the d90group of Maxidrive's Portals.
Damn!
Craig

By Andy Nix (Andy) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 01:20 pm: Edit

So....does this mean I can post pics of wheelin' my hse ?

By Craig on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 03:53 pm: Edit

Well that took long enough-
thanks for the help Axel

Craig

By Craig on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 03:54 pm: Edit

I give up

By Richard Brookman on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 09:09 pm: Edit

Reading this thread, I think I'm a little off-topic, but does anyone have any knowledge of the RR Classic alarm ('92 MY)? My Rangie is ex-MoD (was used as surveillance/tactical support vehicle by the SAS) and although the c/locking works fine on the remote, the alarm seems to have been disabled - no LED, no flashing indicators, no trouble if I unlock by the key after remote locking. Official LR manual is no help. I need to know where to start testing to find the fault. A visual check says everything is OK - fuses, connections to alarm ECU etc. I'm stuck. Any help gratefully received, either to the board or by e-mail.

Many thanks

Rich
'93 RR Vogue 3.9