2002 RR resurection

**david despain** · 02-24-2009, 10:41 PM

Hello my name is david and I have new to me rangie. A 2002 HSE with about 78k on the clock, I have rescued it from certain doom and now it needs to be resurected to it's former glory.

I bought it as a repo for a song but it needs lots of work. its sitting on the bumpstops, the abs light is on, traction control problem comes on the info display, testbook! is lit up on the HVAC, it wont blow warm air and the RH floor mat is wet, I'm guessing heater core/ o-rings. bank had it looked at and the shop said it needs a water pump, rear transmission seal. The shift knob has been replaced with some ricer aluminum handle. And it needs a really good detail job quite badly.

I have four months until my lease is up on my current truck, so the Rangie is in my garage for a while to get everything sorted out in one shot. We'll see how that works out.
My goal is to make it my daily driver and be reliable as it can be for the next 5 yrs or so. It's going to get a thorough going over and replacement of worn or suspect parts. I will tryto be be as frugal as possible with out being a cheap. I owned a 2000 DII for 4 yrs so I am familiar with LR in general but I know very little about the specifics of the RR. Should be fun times! Wish me luck.

Last night, first repair. Replaced a missing bolt in the RH tailgate latch so it closes properly.
got it up on jackstands and wheels off to have a good look underneath. nice and clean, minimal rust.

Both front airbags are completely seperated from the upper piece. thats not supposed to happen is it? I have seen where you can buy just the bladder for repairs but i would think its got to be all one sealed or glued or crimped or somehow attached piece. Other wise if you lifted a wheel it would just blow all the air out and thats probably not good. also it has been sitting for at least a few months if not longer on the bumpstops and both rear airbags look like they have been folded in half and crushed for that time, probly not good either.

**kellymoe** · 02-24-2009, 10:50 PM

You must get ahold of Rovermack here on the portal. He has a nicely built P38 with coil conversion and loads of other stuff. He will be a great asset.

**lexwoody** · 02-24-2009, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by david despain

Hello my name is david and I have new to me rangie. A 2002 HSE with about 78k on the clock, I have rescued it from certain doom and now it needs to be resurected to it's former glory.

I bought it as a repo for a song but it needs lots of work. its sitting on the bumpstops, the abs light is on, traction control problem comes on the info display, testbook! is lit up on the HVAC, it wont blow warm air and the RH floor mat is wet, I'm guessing heater core/ o-rings. bank had it looked at and the shop said it needs a water pump, rear transmission seal. The shift knob has been replaced with some ricer aluminum handle. And it needs a really good detail job quite badly.

I have four months until my lease is up on my current truck, so the Rangie is in my garage for a while to get everything sorted out in one shot. We'll see how that works out.
My goal is to make it my daily driver and be reliable as it can be for the next 5 yrs or so. It's going to get a thorough going over and replacement of worn or suspect parts. I will tryto be be as frugal as possible with out being a cheap. I owned a 2000 DII for 4 yrs so I am familiar with LR in general but I know very little about the specifics of the RR. Should be fun times! Wish me luck.

Last night, first repair. Replaced a missing bolt in the RH tailgate latch so it closes properly.
got it up on jackstands and wheels off to have a good look underneath. nice and clean, minimal rust.

Both front airbags are completely seperated from the upper piece. thats not supposed to happen is it? I have seen where you can buy just the bladder for repairs but i would think its got to be all one sealed or glued or crimped or somehow attached piece. Other wise if you lifted a wheel it would just blow all the air out and thats probably not good. also it has been sitting for at least a few months if not longer on the bumpstops and both rear airbags look like they have been folded in half and crushed for that time, probly not good either.

To get pointed in the right direction and get a lot of question answer. This to links would be helpful. I had an 95 Disco and know all about LR blues.

http://landroverforums.com/forum/

Get an overhaul and repair CD and if parts needed. They are real good!!!
http://www.landroverparts.us/

**FourByLand** · 02-25-2009, 12:23 AM

David,

Are you just planning on daily driving it or do you plan to make some mods?

Give us a little more detail as to what duties you will be pulling with this pound puppy.

If it were me I know what I would do...

**david despain** · 02-25-2009, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by lexwoody

To get pointed in the right direction and get a lot of question answer. This to links would be helpful. I had an 95 Disco and know all about LR blues.

http://landroverforums.com/forum/

Get an overhaul and repair CD and if parts needed. They are real good!!!
http://www.landroverparts.us/

yeah i have bought a thing or two in the past from BP. they have always been fantastic.

David,
Are you just planning on daily driving it or do you plan to make some mods?
Give us a little more detail as to what duties you will be pulling with this pound puppy.
If it were me I know what I would do...

mostly daily driver. occasional weekend camper, sometime explorer of local utah stuff. never alone though. truth be told i dont have time for long trips, and i have little kids. yeah yeah i know.
i hope to keep it clean and classy while improving reliability and capabilities. you know the standard expo stuff. i plan to drive it at least 5 or 6 yrs before i could afford another vehicle. at that point who knows, but i figure by then it wont owe me anything. thats a long ways off though.
i would like to put a fridge in it though.
is that alan bates' truck? i am using his research and numbers for a base for coils.

**david despain** · 02-26-2009, 06:44 AM

I got my sears diehard platinum battery mounted up tonight. I went with the P-2 instead of the group 31 size that is stock. It has a better warrenty, was cheaper, and was in stock. now i'm all oddesy-ed up and have reliable power. I had to make a plate at the bottom with a 90 deg lip and a plastic riser under the batt and a new hold down strap for the top to accomodate the slightly different dimensions. hmmm what to do next.

**david despain** · 03-12-2009, 06:31 AM

it's not sitting on the bumpstops any more. The airsprings and all of their mounts and shocks are out and I am just awaiting delivery of thier longer and steel wound cousins to arrive.

**FourByLand** · 03-12-2009, 08:01 AM

OOhhh, spill the beans! Did you go with the OME HD?

Looking forward to the pics!

**4Rescue** · 03-12-2009, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by FourByLand

David,

Are you just planning on daily driving it or do you plan to make some mods?

Give us a little more detail as to what duties you will be pulling with this pound puppy.

If it were me I know what I would do...

that is SUCH a sweet looking RR you attached, easily one of my favorite "looking" 4x4's, they're just so classic, kind of like the LC60 and 80. I'd really like to see a few 2 door's because aside from Videos on you tube I never see them anywhere, not even in OZ...

Cheers

Dave

**benlittle** · 03-13-2009, 08:06 PM

Hey David, what area are you in?

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