Hello all:

Well I got my first Rover up and running. I picked up a super clean 00 DII w/ a bad tranny for $2800 in February. The PO had driven it until the front driveshaft came apart at the output shaft. It literally beat a hole in the tranny and damaged the transfer case and transfer case cable. In addition there were multiple codes stored for: lean bank 1 & 2, tranny gear ratio, missfires, etc.

A friend of mine here in St Louis owns a salvage yard and had a tranny and transfer case w/ 67K on them for $900. The cable was a hose job @ $245 (Dealer item), a new front drive shaft w/ grease fittings was right at $350 w/ shipping. two weekends and I had it back together. The muffler was also bad so I picked up a Magnaflow 40 series stainless and eliminated the resonator. It definately sounds good and only cost $125 to do.

I cleared the codes and it went about 10 miles before the check engine light came back on. Gear ratio again??????? I wound up deciding that the MAF sensor was bad on the other codes and got one from Atlantic British for around $250 w/ freight. 500 miles and no check light. I guess the tranny ratio was also related, again ???

I went ahead and smoked out the neighboirhood w/ the Sea Foam through the intake, changed the plugs, new air filter, new fuel filter, brake pads, replaced a couple bulbs, repaired the Safari Light relay, and a few other misc issues.

Bottom line is it is way cool for around $6K that I have in it. Thyat may or may not be high for a DII w/ 118,000 on the clock but again it looks new inside and only has a few scratches on the exterior. The PO commuted over 100 miles a day in it so most of the mileage is highway. I never understood the fascination with these trucks but I do now. It is a lot of fun to drive and my 6 YO grand daughter thinks the "way back" seats are "awesome". Hopefully we get a little more snow before summer.

Steve

 

Good job man, can't beat it! I have an 88 944 Turbo S, love that car also, I see you have quite the collection of cars and now a couple of SUV's!

Keep it growing, you can never have too many, I am always looking for the next "toy".

Take care and the Rover looks great!!

 

Good work getting it all fixed up. Hopefully that will be all you have to do for a while.
Disco looks great, easily the best color out there!

 

way to save a life!!!

 

I have been a bit concerned as it has run great for about a thousand miles now, I have no fluids on the floor, and no check engine lights. I do know one thing, it is easy to work on. I put plugs (16 of them with individual coil packs) in the Benz a while back and it litrerally took almost 8 hours and I have done it before. The Rover took all of 30 minutes for plugs and that included a beer.

Steve

 

lean codes plus a 4th gear ratio point to MAF - you got it.

Congrats on saving another life..

 

It just really seemed weird to me. I am a mechanical engineer (albiet an old one) that had a hard time understanding that relationship. It was definately the problem. The biggest problem now is that my wife REALLY likes the Rover. I may have to induce a fault code just to have the warning lights on so that she will get back in her M3 and leave my new toy alone. Actually one of the reasons I let my impulses buy it was to haul our grand daughter around. It looks and feels like it will crush pretty much anything short of a Mack truck. It also really reminded me of a Jaguar XJ6 we had.

Steve