Rebuilding a TERRIBLE £1,500 Range Rover | PT2
Summary
TLDRThe video follows a car enthusiast as he repairs and restores a used Range Rover he purchased. He services the engine, fixes body damage, replaces various parts, and gives the SUV a deep clean. Despite frustrations with spilled oil, incorrect parts orders, and tedious cleanup jobs, he persists. In the end, he brings the Range Rover back to life - cleaning and polishing it to reveal a smart-looking vehicle. He reflects positively on the experience and plans to use the revitalized Rover as his new daily driver.
Takeaways
- 😀 Bought a damaged Range Rover from Copart for $4500
- 👷♂️ Replaced the smashed windshield, hood, front fender and entire dashboard
- 🛠 Performed an oil change, replaced air filter, fuel filter and cabin filter
- 🎨 Painted the lower body panel and trimmed it to match the car color
- 🔧 Fixed non-working instrument cluster illumination - just a blown fuse!
- 🪟 Replaced cracked driver's side window with used laminated glass
- ❌ Struggled with tedious tape residue removal and misfitting parts
- ✅ Happy with DIY paint job on trim piece using rattle can paint
- 🚗 Looks forward to driving the fixed up Range Rover daily
- 👍 Cleaned and installed new front and rear license plates for a tidier look
Q & A
What kind of car is Nino working on in this video?
-Nino is working on a Range Rover in this video.
Where did Nino source the Range Rover from?
-Nino bought the Range Rover from Copart, an online auction site for salvage and damaged vehicles.
What was the main damage to the Range Rover when Nino bought it?
-The main damage was to the windshield and front end - the windshield was completely smashed and the hood, front fender and lower front end were also damaged.
What repairs and maintenance does Nino perform on the Range Rover?
-Nino performs an oil change, replaces the air filter, fuel filter and cabin filter, replaces damaged body panels, installs new window glass, fixes illuminated dashboard dials, and gives the car a wash.
How does Nino paint the replacement body panel?
-Nino paints the replacement panel using rattle can paint and clear coat in his shed, using a heat gun to help cure the paint in the cold weather.
What causes issues when Nino changes the engine oil?
-The drain plugs are in difficult positions, leading to spills and leaks when draining the oil.
How does Nino fix the non-working illuminated dashboard dials?
-The issue is fixed by replacing a blown fuse, identified by helpful advice on an online Range Rover forum.
What does Nino plan to do to the Range Rover next?
-Nino plans to use the Range Rover as his new daily driver after completing some upcoming polishing and further repairs.
What is Nino's YouTube goal mentioned in the video?
-Nino mentions he is trying to go full-time on YouTube and asks viewers to subscribe to support his goal.
What is Nino's biggest dislike that he mentions?
-Nino dislikes washing cars, though admits enjoying the result after they are cleaned.
Outlines
😊 Introducing the damaged Range Rover project
The first paragraph introduces the video by describing that the narrator bought a heavily damaged Range Rover for $1500 from Copart. It had damage to the windshield, hood, passenger wing, and dashboard from an apparent collision with a tree. The narrator cleaned up broken glass and began disassembling the damaged dashboard.
😩 Dealing with many oil change mishaps
The second paragraph details the frustrations and difficulties the narrator experienced while trying to change the oil. Issues included rounded drain plugs, inadequate tools and ramps, and spilling oil everywhere, making it a tedious and messy process.
🛠 Replacing various filters and fluids
The third paragraph covers replacing the oil, air, diesel, and cabin filters. The narrator added new oil, started the engine to prime the fuel system, and scanned for error codes. The engine seemed to be running smoothly after the service.
🎨 Spray painting new side skirt panel
The fourth paragraph describes spray painting a new side skirt panel for the car in the shed using rattle can paint. Several coats of color and clear coat were applied to achieve a decent finish matching the car's factory paint.
💪🏻 Removing stubborn adhesive residue
The fifth paragraph covers the tedious process of removing stubborn adhesive residue from crash tape using a plastic scraper, heat gun, and acetone. This cleaned up the pillar surface well for reassembly.
🔍 Diagnosing non-working instrument lighting
The sixth paragraph involves diagnosing an issue with non-working instrument cluster lighting, which should illuminate when headlights are on. Various fixes were explored, including a blown fuse discovered through forum advice, resolving the problem.
🚪 Replacing damaged window and trim
The seventh paragraph documents replacing a cracked driver's window with a used replacement, including de-tinting it first. It also covers replacing soiled trim on the A-pillar damaged in the collision with a color-matched used part.
🪟 New number plates freshen up the exterior
The eighth paragraph shows the process of installing new front and rear number plates using adhesive rather than screws for a clean look. This replaced old corroded and inaccurate plates.
😊 Appreciating cleaning results and plans
The ninth paragraph expresses satisfaction after washing the car, seeing repaired bodywork clearly. The narrator discusses enjoying the Range Rover and plans for future polish, touch up, and daily driving.
🎥 Signing off until the next video
The final tenth paragraph provides closing commentary, thanking viewers and asking them to like, subscribe, and follow on Instagram to support expanded YouTube content.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Range Rover
💡repair
💡dashboard
💡illumination
💡paint
💡window
💡number plate
💡detail
💡reliability
💡servicing
Highlights
Purchased a damaged Range Rover from Copart for a bargain, aiming to restore it.
Began restoration by vacuuming broken glass and dismantling the smashed dashboard.
Replaced the windscreen, bonnet, and front wing with secondhand parts in body color.
The car passed inspection after some additional repairs, raising hopes for its reliability.
Started engine maintenance due to lack of service history, changing filters and oil.
Discovered and fixed potential issues with intercooler pipes, common in this model.
Faced challenges with oil change due to rusty drain plugs and a difficult design.
Applied a creative solution to prevent oil spill during the change.
Performed service tasks like replacing oil filter and air filter, considering the car's high mileage.
Had to manually prime the diesel filter after replacement due to air in the system.
Successfully matched and painted a replacement panel for the body, improving the car's aesthetics.
Struggled with removing sticky residue from the windscreen area, a remnant of temporary fixes.
Addressed a significant dent unnoticed until after the windscreen replacement.
Installed a secondhand, laminated driver's window, facing and overcoming a tint mismatch.
Replaced worn-out gas struts for the bonnet and fixed the rear windscreen wiper.
Refreshed the car's appearance with new number plates and a thorough wash.
Transcripts
I bought this terrible Range Rover for
just ,500 from Copart and she came to me
with quite a lot of damage as far as I
can tell it was a tree that caused all
of this damage the wind screen was
completely trashed as was the Bonnet the
passenger front wing and then this whole
section at the bottom and not only that
but the dashboard was all smashed up and
there was glass absolutely everywhere
the first thing I did was to vacuum up
all of the glass before I had a bad
accident and then I set to pulling apart
the dashboard which had about 10,000
pieces to it and I had to do this
because I ended up replacing the whole
dash frame after I did this I put my
feet up and called in the professionals
to fit a new windscreen luckily I
managed to get a hold of a secondhand
Bonnet in body color which I managed to
fit with very little Fan
Fair help and I also managed to grab a
secondhand front Wing again also in body
color I then took this old girl to be
inspected she failed at first but after
a bit more elbow greased she did end up
passing with semi flying colors happy
days so will my luck with this Range
Rover continue or will it live up to its
reputation of being one of the most
unreliable cars on the road so she's
road legal but she's not quite ready
just yet to become a daily driver
there's still quite a bit of work we
need to do to get this looking really
nice and the first place I want to start
is actually with the engine you see this
car hasn't come with any service history
whatsoever so I don't know when the last
time
this engine was serviced now as a
reminder this is the 3.6 L turbo diesel
V8 engine and I think this has done
around about
116,000 M so what I'm going to do is I'm
going to change the oil going change the
air filter the cabin filter and I'm
going to get in here as well and uh
change this diesel filter down there and
I'm hoping there are no kind of horrible
surprises when the engine is running it
sounds very smooth I've obviously driven
this car now the engine performs
absolutely lovely there's no weird ticks
rattles clunks or bangs or anything like
that and crucially for one of these cars
or crucially for any car who who who am
I kidding there are no engine management
lights on so that is that's
just that's fantastic and you know what
this is the first SUV that I've ever
owned or ever worked on and to be honest
with you I can't believe that I've never
thought about getting one before because
look how high Everything is Everything
is just Within Reach whereas you know
with a car you're kind of you know bent
over like this trying
you know get everything down there this
is lovely this is this is just here
obviously I work outside and without a
lift that's amazing where do I start I
suppose that must come off and one thing
I want to check which I know is a a
really common issue on these is that
these intercooler pipes are really prone
to splitting and they can cause all
sorts of all sorts of
problems right this one
looks AB
absolutely
a and this one
also looks fine so that's good news
right so I have had the engine running
just to give it a little bit of warmth
for the oil change and what I've got
here are a set of ramps that my granddad
has gifted me so they could be from the
1920s the 1960s I'm not entirely sure
I'm not you
know they seem relatively
sturdy so to actually test out how
sturdy they really are my ingenious plan
is to
drive an incredibly Heavy Rain
D onto them and then lay
underneath I tell you what though these
things
are 100% homemade I can tell you that
right now
and the reason that I'm using these
ramps is because I don't actually own a
jack that can lift this car up high
enough for me to you know safely get in
and out underneath of it something I
just didn't think about whatsoever okay
so this is either going to go really
well or it's going to go really badly
it's literally it's a 50/50 at this
point am I on am I on
enough
oh
could I just go to there do you reckon
hello future Nino here I'm just editing
this video and I'm watching the footage
back and it has just occurred to me that
driving halfway up the ramps like that
could indeed have made the ramps kind of
ping out from underneath the car and if
I was laying under the car when it did
that it would have rendered this face
completely unsalvageable no spares and
repairs whatsoever now hindsight is a
wonderful thing you know I did
it they didn't fall out I'm here to to
tell the tale learn from my mistakes
don't do that ever okay great thank you
back to the video now I'm making some
assumptions here the assumptions I'm
making of that this is a Range Rover and
I know they're good Offroad and so they
should be able to hold themselves on an
incline a lot steeper than that so she's
in park it's got the handbrake on and
I've also got some pretty meaty chocks
behind both wheel
I mean I'm not known for my health and
safety but should be
fine right I want to just show you
something really quickly I want to show
you an absolutely genius piece of
engineering so these rain Rovers don't
just have one drain plug so you can see
so you can see the drain plug right
there that's on the front but these
drain drivers actually have two the
other drain plug is right in there right
on top of this whole cross memory bit
so how am I going to drain the oil out
of this back one without it just
spilling over the top of all of this cuz
there's just look there's no way you can
just catch it it's the drain plug the
drain plug is right where my finger is
above that bit of metal that's that's
really really well thought out you know
really this one's not that much better
to be honest because the oil is just
going to spurt straight that way and
then you know onto this onto this part
there of the subframe so well done well
done Land
Rover so this drain plug I mean is on
the surface very Rusty I don't know if
that gives any kind of indication as to
how long it's been since since this oil
was drained go on get on
yep h
oh
no oh no oh I just rounded it completely
on the very first
try
oh I've only just started and I've
already done something bad all right
let's
try hammering it
on
one with a little
ratchet come on come on come
on
woo oh that was
close okay so here's my plan you can see
the socket on there still now I have
managed to find this old pipe that is
off an AI and so my plan is this is like
perfectly shaped my plan is to put that
over the plug like that but I've put a
screw in there and so the oil should
come down there into that pipe and then
out the end there and then into my oil
oil catch tank I mean if you've got a
better idea let me know but I can assure
you by the time you do it's going to be
too late okay I'm going to have to do
this quickly as well there will be a
little bit of spillage for sure here we
go
go
yes yes oh it's all over my hand
absolutely everywhere uh-oh this isn't
good at all in the
slightest I've screwed up oh no now it's
not draining it's not draining oh yes it
is I took that one out it's going right
down my arm in my jumper and then I just
stuck my finger in it well done okay oh
I he hate doing oil changes at home this
is I need a better way of doing this
okay and for my second genius
solution I've just kind of cut cut a
plastic bottle like that and my plan is
to kind
of scoot that up there like
that and
then just hope that that catches enough
which of course it
won't uh and then have it come out of
this
nozzle okay kind
of kind
of kind of but kind of not all at the
same time oh to be fair I think there
was only a little bit of oil in there
gosh that's just ridiculous so after I'd
spent hours mopping up all of the
spilled oil and installing two new drain
PS back into the summer I was finally
able to to crack on installing the new
oil filter I accompanied that with 9 and
1/2 L of what is that 5W30
oil I think and I'll just say right now
that 9 1/2 L of any oil is not cheap and
I've got to say you're not going to be
able to hear this but that is ever so
slightly
smoother and it was smooth to begin with
it's just a little bit quieter just a
little bit
smoother and with that compl it was time
to move on to the air filter just a
couple of little screws and Jibber
jabbers and this thing just pops off and
I'll be honest with you the air filter
wasn't actually too bad so I am starting
to wonder if this car had been serviced
fairly recently with the air filter
housing lid removed it was now easy for
me to actually access diesel filter and
it shouldn't be that difficult to remove
a diesel
filter but of course this is me
diesel diesel
diesel oh
no
oh oh Nino you complete more on this
plug on the bottom and it snagged so
after dealing with the cleanup operation
on I V8 swapped out the fuel filter with
a like for like item making sure to
write the date on
it this is just going to help anybody in
the future I then reinstalled the fuel
filter with way less Fan Fair than how
it came out then it was just a case of
replacing the air
filter replacing the cabin
filter the job was a good enough
serviced now I am slightly worried that
this uh fuel filter is still going to
need some
priming I think you just turn the engine
on basically I think you turn the
ignition on Let Let It Prime and it
should I think just sort itself out
rather than having to kind of manually
bleed it at least that is what I am very
very much hoping what have I done with
the key right there is only really one
way to find
out so let it do its
thing ah there we go cut out
because there's no
diesel oh no am I going to have to bleed
this is there a way of bleeding it there
must
be come
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on okay so I've just had a check and it
does look like there is a
process yes I should have checked first
but I didn't I'm too gung-ho sometimes
for my own good
apparently you turn the ignition on wait
for 30 seconds turn it off wait turn it
back on wait another 30 seconds and you
do that a few times and then hopefully
the uh the fuel system should should
bleed itself so I'm just going to do
this a few times now and then and then
we'll try again okay I just tried to
start it a couple more times and it
started so we're on everything
everything is
Jolly Happy Days car is service now I
probably will do the brake fluid um but
not right now I think this car has been
serviced fairly recently to be fair the
oil didn't look bad the air filter
didn't look too bad cabin filter was a
bit rough but that doesn't matter too
much I'm just going to cross my fingers
right now in the short term and hope
that the the brake fluid was done but
now we can move
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on and what I'm going to move on to is
this this whole situation now if you
come over to the good side this is what
it's supposed to look like you have
these gills that go into this uh panel
here then you have a mud guard here that
uh fits fits these side sideboard thing
of the jiggers the wheel Arch liner
comes down into there and so that's what
we've got to recreate in here now I did
have a load of trouble sourcing the
bracket that goes in there that holds
this panel and all of the mud guard in I
have now managed to get a secondhand one
so I'm going to fit that I'm going to
take a look at having to paint the panel
that I've got as well okay so this is
the panel that fits at the bottom of the
fins kind of goes there like that now
obviously this is not is not the correct
color so I'm going to have to paint this
now what I have got I just bought on
eBay I think it was £21 you can get a
little kit here so you can see this is
Range Rover buckin and blue and then
just a kind of clear lacquer now I did
try to get some um you know decent 2K
clear coat in a can but I just I didn't
have time so I am going to I'm going to
use this clear lacquer and hope that it
just gives a good enough a good enough
uh finish you know it is a fairly cheap
solution to having this you know painted
painted professionally and it might just
be good enough which is all I kind of
want at this stage so it was off to my
makeshift paint booth in the shed and
seeing as the outside temperature and
actually the temperature inside the shed
was about 2° C I just used the heat gun
to warm up the paint can and to warm up
the surface of the panel just a little
bit not make it hot but just make it
slightly less cold I then gave it a nice
coat of paint and then again just used
the heat gun just to help the drying
process after it had already been
sitting for about 10 minutes just wasn't
drying in the cold I ended up giving the
panel two coats of paint which gave it a
really nice finish and then after that
second coat of paint had dried I then
gave it a couple of coats of
clear
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okay so I'm going to give that paint a
little bit of time to dry and uh whilst
I do that I just want to turn my
attention to something that I know is
just going to be extraordinarily tedious
and that is you can see up there that is
tape it's all sticky tape it goes all
the way right over to that bit there and
this was where um when this car was at
Copart and the wind screen was all caved
in they stuck a big sticky tape sheet
thingamajigger right the way over it and
this is what's left you peel it and then
it just comes off in the tiniest little
chunks nothing actually quite comes off
it's the most irritating thing look at
this look if you just try and grab a bit
of
it you can
get about that much every
time oh so what I've got here is I've
bought this plastic scraper so I think
what I'm going to have to do is probably
using a bit of heat gun and then and you
know maybe some acetone and stuff like
that is to just really
slowly I mean look at this
look tell me this isn't the most tedious
thing you've ever had to
watch and now spare a thought for me cuz
I've got to go over the whole thing and
I only managed to get a couple of
minutes into this tedium before I
noticed yet another issue I have just
noticed something horrendous while I'm
up here doing this and I cannot believe
I've only just noticed it look at that
at the size of that
dent look at that look it's right on the
right on the crease there look at it
it's that
big I cannot believe I've only just
noticed that
look that's really annoying and I'll
tell you why that's really really
annoying is obviously because in the
last video we had the wind screen out
whilst the wind screen screen was out I
could have had a dent man come and then
he could have got up behind the
headlining and that and that could have
helped him pull that out if he needed
to I'm so
annoyed how it's so
obvious look at
it look at
it you know you can't unsee it now
everywhere you look it's just
like
oh oh well fair enough right uh I've
only made it this far but I'm actually
pleased to say that it's not too bad
actually getting that off once you get
once you get the heat gun on there just
give it just a little tickle of heat
with that scraping actually comes off
really easy and that there that's just
that's just residue and I'm going to
carry on getting that off but I'm
absolutely dying to see how this
painting that I've done has come out
okay let's have a look
then
oh I
am moderately happy with
that look at that that is not too shabby
whatsoever especially for a little bit
of shed painting let's have a look to
see if the color actually even kind of
matches oh yeah that's
awful it's absolutely terrible oh no all
the ups and downs I think it could do
actually just with maybe one or two more
coats okay check this out take a look at
that finish that is now way nicer than
it was a moment ago and if I hold this
up to the car in the right place it
still looks a little bit off but I think
that's just because the panels
surrounding it the wing and the door
they're absolutely
filthy but
that that's actually quite a good job
I'm really quite pleased my myself it's
a little bit orange peely as you can
probably see there but this car needs a
full polish which I'm going to do in a
later video and so I think if I just hit
this with a bit of Polish as well that
might that might flatten that out but I
am really really pleased with that and
so what I did was I just applied loads
more coats of uh the lacquer and I went
really heavy just
like I think I put seven coats of clear
on this in the end to get it to to that
finish and so I now need to get all of
this reassembled properly you can see
I've already gone ahead there and I've
put this bracket in so this finally came
up this was a secondhand item because
the one that was on there got completely
trashed there we go take a look at that
that looks absolutely brilliant in there
that's perfect and the uh door opens and
closes with all the right clearance so
the next thing that needs to go in there
is this mudu guard like that that now
I've been checking the other side to see
exactly how it fits and it doesn't look
as though there are going to be any
fitment issues that sits like that just
kind of just about there down from down
from the top now the only thing is that
because I don't plan any further than I
don't know about 30 seconds ahead any
given time you can kind of see in well
you probably can't see in there but this
mud guard needs to actually bolt to this
and so there's a hole in the mud guard
up there there's another hole there and
so what that means is that I'm actually
going to have to drill through this
cover in two separate places which is
slightly annoying because I would have
preferred to have drilled it um and then
painted it but you know you live and you
learn don't you okay so just get that
fitted in place there is that right yeah
there so then I'm going to get my pick
and I'm just going to score my lovely
fresh paint
okay so the middle is about there is I
don't want to do it now this this panel
is it's only plastic for I'm not very
good at this sort of stuff oh this panel
cost me
£70 and I painted it oh too late
now oh
okay I bet it's wrong I bet I've done it
wrong yeah y good
one
okay okay that's not too shabby at all
but before I go any further I can bring
that in just slightly more um when I put
the screws in here but before I do that
I need the wheel Arch liner in now this
is a new to this car wheel Arch liner
this is second hand here's the old one
you can see that that's all cracked and
smashed and this was about30 where a
brand Spanky new one is about £200 so
that's a bargain okay just completely
ignore everything I just said I just
came to fit this this replacement wheel
Arch liner uh so this is the old one
this is the new one and it's just it is
completely wrong that's different that
whole area this bit of the front with
those tabs on it is completely like this
whole section shouldn't be on
there oh so it's not the right one so I
have managed to find the absolute
definitely correct one there is another
one on eBay I've gone ahead and bought
that but I don't think it's going to be
here for a couple of days so I can't
really progress any further here we can
move on though for sure and when I say
move on what I actually mean is just
move slightly backwards once more
because I now need to get all of this
sticky residue off the heat gun and the
scraper worked absolute wonders for
getting all the tape off but as you can
see look I'm left with all of this
residue so all I did was just attacked
it with some panel wipe and a microfiber
cloth and as you can see here this just
worked absolute wonders it just rubbed
straight off and the result that it's
left behind I'm really quite pleased
with okay moving on
again you might have seen it in the last
video but the illumination the nighttime
illumination the instrument cluster and
for all of these lights does not work so
right now I have the headlights on and
you can see as I turn the headlights on
and
off nothing happens I have all of the
orange you know operation lights they
all work just fine now lots of people in
the last video said oh it's the I had
this all the way down but I mean I did
actually show in that video that it
isn't that because you know look when
you move that switch which absolutely
nothing happens you can't probably see
it on the camera but this panel down
here is getting slightly brighter and
dimmer as I as I rock that switch back
and forth now I have obviously had this
dashboard out I've had the instrument
cluster out I've had that panel out so
there is obviously a chance that I've
missed a cable uh but I'm going to tell
you right now there is absolutely no way
I'm taking this Dash apart for the
hundredth time that's that's not going
to happen so I'm not going to delve into
this like crazy now a couple of people
in the comments the last video said it
could be a ground
issue I mean I don't know where to start
looking for that really I could probably
try and find a diagram with all the
grounds on it but everything else in the
car Works absolutely fine it's just it's
just that someone else commented that
they had a problem just like this I
think it might have been on a golf and
what they did was
just bang it and it worked
unfortunately doesn't seem to have done
anything for me I should probably get
get in here uh and have a look at this
switch here because surely if this is
responsible for brightening and dimming
all of these lights surely then that
means that all the whole entire
electrical supply for that is going
through this switch so if that switch
has failed could that be causing the
entire issue is that how this switch
works or does that rout through some
kind of horrible light module but before
I even do that I'm just going to check
all of the fuses because if if it was
just a fuse that would be well that
would be jolly wouldn't it okay so I've
checked the fuses the fuses all seem
fine I've pulled this panel off and you
see this is the kind of thing that we're
dealing with that just says to me that
this goes into some kind of module and
I've got no real way of testing this
whole switch thing that's that entire
the entire panel so I don't think I can
kind of well I don't know how to isolate
the rear Stat or really test any of it
if I'm honest with you I've also been up
in here now removed the cover had a bit
of a fiddle around with that box up
there that's all I can do really fiddle
with it nothing nothing seems to have
worked okay so it might not necessarily
look like it but this is actually now a
few days later it's uh -2° C and I've
had a plethora of turnout which means I
can now actually crack back on and so
what I went ahead and did was I've uh I
bought a whole new one of these you can
see there there's the uh there's the old
one still in the panel because I was
wondering if this you know maybe this
Rio stat dimmer thing inama here
you know is just just con could put so I
bought this is a brand new one this a
genuine genuine part I think it's this
was £30 um on eBay I've plugged it in
and I can confirm there is absolutely
absolutely no
change whatsoever the illumination on
the dials still isn't Illuminating but
what I have done I've made a new
discovery is that I've I've scanned the
car again and in the instrument panel
module thingamajigga uh in in my scan
tool I am getting the code b102 F
auxiliary
switch I don't know if that is the cause
of this but that wasn't there before and
it is there now I've done some Googling
and can't find anything for that code so
what I have done in the meantime is I've
posted it you know on a on a trusty
Range Rover forum and I'm just going to
see if anyone can get back to me about
it okay so moving on back to the wheel
Arch liner uh this cost me
£34 7 for some reason um this is now the
correct wheel Arch liner to go in
there get in
there ow get in there piglet there you
go
yes how and I do mean how does that go
in there there's not a
chance on this planet that that oh yeah
maybe that could go there like
that
and there we go ladies and gentlemen all
back together with that new paneling and
with the new mud guard there and I've
got to say I am I am very very happy
with that
result that is very satisfying and that
paint has come out really well
actually I've uh I've kind of surprised
myself a little bit there you know
considering it just a rattle can paint
job this is amazing right still more to
do though still more to
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do okay so it's this driver's window
that I'd like to see to next now as you
can see there this was probably as a
result of of the crash I imagine but
there's a crack it runs up there all the
way up the top there now the thing with
this glass is you should be able to see
it there this glass is
laminated and that means obviously
because it's me this is going to be more
expensive than normal now I have been on
eBay of course and I've bought a
replacement uh window and this set me
back
£125 clearly it's it's second hand but
you can see there it's basically it's
double glazed it's double glazed
laminated laminated glass so that's why
it's so expensive the new one of these I
think is you know you're in the region
of about
£250 for a non- genuine one so the first
thing I needed to do was just give this
window really thorough clean whilst it's
out of the car and everything's nice and
accessible and as you can see here
there's some brown parcel tape residue
that was left on it so I just used some
acetone with a microfiber cloth and that
just came straight off next popped off
the door
card which gave me access to the two
clamps holding onto the window loosened
those off then I was able to just whip
the glass out of the door it was really
quite
simple and then it was just a case of
slotting in the new piece of glass but
this was where I realized I had another
issue and I think some of you eagley
viewers may already have noticed the
before I did okay so I just went to fit
the uh the new
window and uh well there's the old one
and then I don't know don't know how I
didn't notice it but this one here is uh
very clearly tinted I suppose I've now
got to try and find a way to
remove the tinting is this going to be a
hateful job or is it just GNA play ball
and come
off I
wonder right that really wasn't too bad
and there is there's minimal residue
left
over so that's pretty cool and we know
what to do with residue don't we at this
point it's get a little bit of acetone
on it buddy and it really was a case of
just slotting the glass back in doing up
the clamps reinstalling the door card
and hey Presto the new window was fitted
and it's nice now to have a window
without a cracking it you can see down
here I missed a little bit of residue
from the um from the window tint so I'll
remove all of that you know in my own
time I suppose and then it was time for
yet another task
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if these cars are as unreliable as
everyone says they are then that means
I'm going to be getting in here quite a
lot and if I am going to be getting in
here quite a
lot I can't be having that so what I
have done is I've gone ahead and I've
just bought two
replacement gas struts for the Bonnet
these should just fit in kind
of
okay and if I remove the window
regulator oh
yes look at
that and then next up is I would like to
replace this rear windscreen wiper it's
quite hard to see in there but it's just
not touching in multiple places I've
bought a new one and I think it's just
it's going to be switch it in switch it
out shake it all about and then that'll
be done
how get
off
yes
yeah I cannot be
stopped oh
no that's not good is it don't do
that
ah this blade is the blade is fouling on
that okay watch and
listen the rear wiper now works as
intended and the adjustment that I did
was actually fitting the blade correctly
ly anyone else ever struggle with the
easiest of
tasks and now I'd like to turn my
attention to this this a pillar trim
cover panel thing has seen better days
clearly this is where whatever came
through the wind screen in the crash I'm
pretty sure it was a branch has come
through and it's obviously just it's
annihilated this whole trim panel so
let's get this sorted and so as usual I
bought a replacement uh trim panel on
eBay this cost me 30 quid you can see
I've also got another one here and so I
actually bought this one thinking it was
correct but if you can see there's there
there's they're very close those colors
but they're ever are slightly off this
one here is what's called Ivory it's
actually the same color you can see that
this glove box is different color to the
rest of the Interior this is this color
is called parment and when you're
looking at photos on eBay in the
listings it's very very hard to tell uh
which one you're actually looking at and
um you know these these scrapyards when
they sell this stuff they don't actually
list the color so I've been buying these
based on the photo and so I bought that
one saw clearly that was wrong and then
I had to go and buy this one so I can
send that back not a problem this is £3
it's a little bit dirty I'm going to try
and just clean that up quickly okay so
all I've got here is just a little bit
of warm soapy water I'm just going to
very
gently just brush the dirt out of the
material there okay so I've dried this
off and there are just a couple of spots
I can see there's one there and it's
kind of there's one there so what I'm
going to do now is my Miss absolutely
swears by this stuff um so just a couple
of little sprays of that wipe it on with
a cloth and then hopefully hopefully
that will come out nicely just brushing
it with the soap there is removed the
majority of that
dirt okay I rinsed that stuff off dried
it that is looking marvelous absolutely
delightful and then if I just pull this
one out of
there like a
so stick you in
there cover up that bit of broken trim
that I'll never fit
ta how much better does that look
there's a little bit of the headliner
that was damaged right up in that corner
but that's I mean to fix that is the the
whole headliner basically so I can live
with that
right this is good stuff this is good
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stuff and the next thing that I now want
to move on to and this is a fix that I
think so many cars could benefit from
and it's it's so easy and I think it
makes such a massive difference it's
just changing out the number plates for
new ones now the first thing with these
ones in particular that's just
inaccurate now so it makes no sense to
keep it but also these these number
plates you know you see where the screws
gone through it's all just started
rusting in there you get all this dirt
and it always makes a car look Tatty now
you probably noticed I've already pulled
the rear plate
off and so the rear plate look looks
like that you can see where it's just
it's just gone all gamy that's no good
look it's it's cracked all around there
all around all around this hole they're
no good and again inaccurate so I've
gone ahead and had some new ones made up
I haven't got the country thing on it
they're just they're just plain plates
which is just how I like them and if you
come out the back here what I've done is
I've just filled these old screw holes
in just with a little bit of uh resin
you know the the Gorilla Glue type resin
um just so that no water can get in
there and go down into the boot because
how I always like to affix my plates is
that I actually like to use number plate
tape so you don't have any screws in
there and I think without the screws
it's just a much cleaner look now
obviously if you're looking at that and
you're thinking that the color is off
that's because I still have the
protective film over there so I'll peel
that off in a minute so what I'm going
to do is I'm just going to clean all
this area down so that I've got a nice
area to stick to then I've got some of
this 3M VHB which I believe stands for
very high Bond and this stuff is
incredibly strong uh it's it's more than
you're ever going to need for a number
plate so let's get this
sorted
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[Applause]
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lovely so they have a little bit of a
before and after on the front and a
before and after on the
rear just the little
bits they always make such a difference
just the tiny little bits of
detail yeah dead happy with that dead
happy with
that okay so what I'm going to do now is
just check on my Forum post from earlier
and see if anyone has any idea what
might be going on with the illumination
on the dials and all of this and on
there okay and I posted on Landy
zone.co uh so switch is it working is
there voltage to for okay so someone
called uh graculus has said the
background illumination all appears to
be through fuse 51 now I already know I
haven't checked fuse 51 I checked um
which fuser did I check I check the
fuses basically that correspond to the
instrument cluster I haven't checked all
of the fuses in there because there's
quite a few going to be worth checking
fuse 51 quickly okay so it should just
be this 5 amp fuse here if it turns out
to just be a fuse I'm going to be equal
parts
annoyed and happy because it's just a
[Laughter]
fuse can you see that that 5 amp
fuse has blown there's no spares in here
so if I just
borrow that one for the parking brake
you
go in there oh it's go on get in if this
works I'm going to be very very happy
okay come
on okay what are you
saying yes
yes yes can you see that hold
on is it coming out on camera
yes oh that's so good now I can just
drive this car and actually
see how fast I'm going how much diesel I
have what an absolute result thank you
to graculus on Landy Zone and whilst I
have you are you enjoying these videos I
am on a mission to go fulltime on
YouTube but if you want way more out of
me just hit subscribe and I'm telling
you that is the best way you can help me
achieve that thank you every so much but
any enthusiasm or chippiness that I had
at this point was about to fade away
because it was time to wash the car I
don't want to and regular viewers of the
channel will know quite how much I hate
washing cars so I force some headphones
in my ears put on some upbeat Drummond
bass danced around my driveway like a
buffoon nearly did my back in and then
cracked
on
at least it's really warm out as well to
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boot
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a
so I do this every time I wash a car I
go into it absolutely hating it and then
it's all lovely and clean and then I
really really enjoy the result it was
only a very basic quick clean uh and I'm
really glad that I did because it was
the first time that I've seen this
Bonnet actually all clean because this
got replaced in the last video if you
remember and this came out of a
scrapyard so now I've actually cleaned
it you know you can see just a little
bit more where it needs a little bit of
attention there's a scratch there there
was one around here somewhere yeah
there's one there that I didn't see
before until I've just cleaned it now so
it looks like a quite nasty Stone
chip you know a little bit more up there
and then on this new Wing that I bought
you can also see actually there's just a
little bit there on that corner but I
think I might be able to touch touch all
that up now the car does obviously need
a really good polish I'm not going to do
that right now but just look it looks
really really really good I'm so pleased
with the result I did manage to get that
off in the end using my new favorite
tool acetone and now it's also uncovered
a little bit of you it's going to be
corrosion under there these are these
boot Lids are famous for corroding you
can see it starting just come through
there but nothing too bad I've seen a
lot lot worse look how smart that is I'm
sorry but that
is a very very smart car I also got all
the extra gubbins off of the the window
there I really like these Range Rovers I
really like them and now obviously of
course here is my favorite
bit and I think I'm going to run this as
my new daily I can't wait to get this
out on the road if you want to see any
kind of behind the scenes of what I do
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one
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