The Rolling Restoration & Customization Of My 88' RRC

[repete]

I still have my 1988 workshop manual. Ill take at what's in there, and let you know.
I have found that rover was terrible with changing their wire colors every year! My brother just last week swapped a rear side door on his 94 lwb, with one form a 93. All the window motor wires were wrong.

[repete]

I will try to post up pictures taken with my phone. It might be better if I fax them to you, or I can scan and email them Monday. The drawings are very poor, so I hope you can get what you need from them.

[repete]

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[repete]

Ok that may have been a useless attempt! If you look at the images with a smart phone, you can zoom right up to what you are looking for. I'm a bit stunned that they were able to fit 3-1/2 pages of text onto 2pages of schematics!
But that's all that's in this book, and it must be at least 3" thick!
Hope it helps

[craig]

I couldn't agree more about the "little things" making all the difference.

[Snagger]

I can't do any more than sympathise over your electrical head scratching. I had the same sort of problems a few days ago adding the aircon engine and compressor wiring from a '96 Discovery to my soft dash RRC - while the hardware is the same, the Discovery wiring was different as it was changed in 96. Thankful;ly, I have a mechanic friend who is used to the LR "electrical troubleshooting manuals" for the 95 RRC and the 96 Discovery that I was able to borrow from my local specialist.

Taking the dash out was more un-nerving to me than rebuilding engines or transmissions. Now I feel comfortable in my desire to do a full rebuild, though without any more mods. I think I'll copy your use of Lizzard Skin on the interior of the shell, once it has been blasted, repaired and hot zinc sprayed. Still, all of that is years away - I'm going to have to save long and hard first.

Great to see more progress on yours, though.

[rrclassicbt550]

Ok that may have been a useless attempt! If you look at the images with a smart phone, you can zoom right up to what you are looking for. I'm a bit stunned that they were able to fit 3-1/2 pages of text onto 2pages of schematics!
But that's all that's in this book, and it must be at least 3" thick!
Hope it helps

repete,
I thought I had thoroughly gone through the the same 3" thick manual well enough to say that there was nothing in there, but apparently not! I truly appreciate your help! Since electrical is not my strong area my brother came down and helped me with wiring the ignition in and the pictures you posted were of GREAT help and we were very glad that we had them. Thank you very much!

I can't do any more than sympathise over your electrical head scratching. I had the same sort of problems a few days ago adding the aircon engine and compressor wiring from a '96 Discovery to my soft dash RRC - while the hardware is the same, the Discovery wiring was different as it was changed in 96. Thankful;ly, I have a mechanic friend who is used to the LR "electrical troubleshooting manuals" for the 95 RRC and the 96 Discovery that I was able to borrow from my local specialist.

Taking the dash out was more un-nerving to me than rebuilding engines or transmissions. Now I feel comfortable in my desire to do a full rebuild, though without any more mods. I think I'll copy your use of Lizzard Skin on the interior of the shell, once it has been blasted, repaired and hot zinc sprayed. Still, all of that is years away - I'm going to have to save long and hard first.

Great to see more progress on yours, though.

Snagger,
I too shared the same opinion about being un-nerved by the dash electrics and thinking the mechanical side was easier because there is a ton of wires in the dash area but now that I have been through everything, its not scary at all anymore; just confusing sometimes...lol. I know I will win in the end, its just a matter of how long its going to take me to get there.

I couldn't agree more about the "little things" making all the difference.

Craig,

I am glad you agree. I have spent quite a while getting the little things right and I am really looking forward to seeing the whole package when it is all back together.

[rrclassicbt550]

Alright, so I have some good news and some bad news....I will give you the good news first. The good news is that my brother and I got the late model column in and the ignition working with the earlier style wiring harness. As it sits now, I am a day away from having it back together and driving.

The bad news is that "life" got in the way again. Last Monday I was in my truck on my way to school. While I was sitting at a red light, I was rear-ended by someone doing I am thinking around 35-40MPH. My back, neck, and head have been hurting quite a bit and not feeling like they are in working order since the crash, although my neck and head are on the lesser end of that scale (its mainly my back). The damage to my truck seemed like it could be teatering on the side of my truck being "totaled" by the insurance company but thankfully it sounds like they are going to fix it.
Since last Monday I have been trying to rest up and recuperate while fielding phone call after phone call, going to the doctor, dealing with the rental vehicle stuff, dealing with school related stuff, easter dinner with the family, etc.; as well as, my girlfriend is deploying again in three weeks. So even though I am only a day away from having my Rover back together its going to be quite awhile before I am able to work on it.

No matter how much I love my Rover and want to get it done...my health, my loved ones, and my schooling have got to come first. Hopefully I will be able to get back to working on it sometime next month when things have calmed down and I am hoping my back and neck will be doing better.

I am really sorry everyone.

I hope you are all doing well.

Thank you.

Jon

P.S.

Here are the pictures of the damage to my truck. When the fellow hit me it tucked my bumper underneath, picked the back end up, and pushed me forward into the intersection. It also shifted the truck bed toward the cab.

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[Series1Rangie]

Jon,

I hope you get the medical issues figured out, and the ins fixes your p/u. I am sure that you will have lots of garage time while your GF is deployed (may she stay safe). Now, get yourself better, I need my fix!

Mike

[Snagger]

At least you're OK. Sorry to hear the news, though.