Rover Holic

Servicing your own brakes is not a difficult affair, but it does require an attention to detail, a willingness to get your hands soiled, a willingness to spend a few bucks for some necessary tools, and couple of hours to burn.  The workshop manual describes the procedure in great detail (as does the Haynes Manual) and that is what we will describe here.  It is important to note that at times the procedure will call for an assistant.  You can get away without one, but for completeness, you should really have someone on hand near the end of the procedure.

To fit or not to fit, that was the question.  I had toyed with the idea of going to a large tire in the past, but wasn’t sure which one I wanted.  The Goodyear MTR is a terrific tire, but a bit more money than I wanted to spend.  The BFG MT KM underwhelmed me.  The Swamper Radial in 33x12.50 seemed a good choice, but I would have needed new wheels to run them.  I spent weeks making up my mind and then just decided to go with the Bias Plys.  The 34x10.50 was going to be a stretch in size, but well worth the trouble.

Adding Gauges to your vehicle is a simple way to get access to REAL information about what is going on with your truck.  Your vehicle already comes with a few gauges such as a speedometer, a tachometer, a fuel level gauge and a coolant temperature gauge.  So why add more or why replace what you have?  There are a few simple reasons.

I decided to do a large lift on the Range Rover.  I had been looking at lifts for some time, but nothing really caught my fancy.  Along came RoverTym with an complete lift system for Rangies and Discos, and I had to try it.  Since another club member was already using the front set of RoverTym springs I wanted to try, all I could get was the rear.  So I grabbed the rear firm springs and got to work!  here is what I did:

What I started with: