Time for prepping the Range Rover again.
It wil be our third outing in the ‘Scandic run’. It’s a week long drive through Scandinavia in winter. 4 years ago, my father, brother and me drove an old Volvo 940 LPT, which got the Biltema treatment with a manual boost controller for some extra horses. This made it a nice sliding machine. We had a blast and lots of good memories with the three of us.
Two years ago the three of us bought an old Range Rover P38 with some issues. We solved most of them. During preparations, sadly our father passed away. Despite that my brother and me were determined to go and made the trip, his legacy represented on our tailgate with his famous ‘hoho hier betaal ik niet aan mee’. It translates to, ‘No no, I’m not paying for this’. This phrase came from us sliding the car while he was holding on sitting on the back couch of the Volvo.
It’s quite fun to look for some extra challenges and getting yourself unstuck again using winches and trees.
So, let’s do that again.
Our mighty old P38 lives up to its name, so time for some repairs and some modifications while we’re at it.
Today we had a look at the window regulator mechanism. The window on driverside did not close fully and made a horrible noise due to worn out teeth on the gear.
A new regulator did the job and apparently the previous owner tried solving it with a new motor so it’s good as new now.
Also started preparations for installation of a diesel heater. Some drilling in the floor later, we had holes for exhaust, fresh air, diesel and mounting. Now apply some paint and install the heater this weekend.
