A very warm welcome to the forum to the following new members

@Coleman
@peteturbo
@Mikefromderby
@Blurb
@iDENTITi
@dean_talbot
@Warrior Princess
@Swainy4

Please tell us a little about yourself and where abouts your are from.

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Adding yourself to the forum Map

Could just let us know where you heard about the L200Forum from please that would be great.
How did you find the L200Forum?
Many Thanks

ronniecabers


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Coleman
peteturbo
Mikefromderby
Blurb
iDENTITi
dean_talbot
Warrior Princess
Swainy4
welcome aboard everyone

I'm your southwest of England area rep, just give me a shout if there is anything I can help you with
feel free to ask any questions you have and we will all do our best to answer them for you

Hi, thanks for the welcome,
I'm down South, near Winchester. Just bought a 5 year old, 47k miles dark grey Barbarian. Loving her to death; insane fun in the snow. Just wish it had heated seats - once you've had them you cant live without them.
The L200 is intended to be a 'can do anything' workhorse, so the wife can indulge in the TVR that arrived at the same time - 4.5L Chimaera, so we have the best of both world's.
I hope to do limited off roading in it - accidentally green laned it last week, that was entertaining, it is in a completely different league from my Range Rover Evoque.
And it will get to play in the Alps three times a year, in fact we are off there on Wednesday, although during the ski season it will live in the garage, its during the summer it can go and chase the locals in the mountains.
All the best,

Peteturbo

Hi and welcome

Hi there,
As the name suggests I live near Derby. I have just bought a 2015 Double Cab Warrior to replace my company BMW X3. Plan is to do all my own maintenance once retired so will need all the help I can get!
Already very confused as to whether an older model canopy top will fit or not but I am sure I will work it out eventually

Hi Mike , Do you knowwhat year truck the canopy comes from?

There was one from a 2007 truck. Would that fit do you think?
Thanks
Mike

If yours is a ' Long Bed ' , which I think it is ( @Nick is a Warrior a Long Bed ) , then no , it won't fit as a 2007 will be the short bed

Quote: ronniecabers wrote in post #8

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If yours is a ' Long Bed ' , which I think it is ( @Nick is a Warrior a Long Bed ) , then no , it won't fit as a 2007 will be the short bed

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Hi

Ive just bought a 2002 4life which is turning into a bit of a nightmare

After picking it up in Hertfordshire where its stood for a year it went into limp after 75 miles managed to get it back to liverpool

The issues im having are

Rev counter not working
In the mornings it starts ok but after a mile looses power then cuts out a few times then seems ok
And Struggles for power in higher gears forcing me to drop down to 3rd and rev the arse off it

Looked under the bonnetlast night the egr has been blanked
The line from the top of the throttle body has been blanked if you put it back on it has no power at all
Engine management light is on
Fuel filter light is on but already checked the filter its brand new and has no water in it
4x4 light flashes intermittently

Any advice where to start i would be very grateful

Hello mate

not uncommon for a flashing 4x4 light, usually an issue with vacuum being lost somewhere in the system
engine management light and loss of power is more often than not overboost
there is a how to on here of how to adjust the min and max settings of the turbo to cure this
usually pulling over and turning the ignition off for 60 seconds will reset the engine management light if it's overboost
if it's been sat for a while you may find that the fuel filter light may be on due to condensation in the filter
unplug the wires at the bottom of it, unscrew/bleed the little white bit then put back together , pump the primer till it goes hard and see if that cures it
usually the advice is to change the fuel filter even if it's been done recently as these trucks are quite sensitive to having their filter changed
blanked egr is quite normal on these trucks , nothing to be worried about there
cant help you with the rev counter ...... @123hotchef have you got any ideas ? didn't yours stop working a while back ?

My rev counter has never worked!

I would suggest getting it pluged in to a diagnostic machine first before you start wasting time

Ahh thank you ill check the turno tonight i think the sensor may have gone on the fuel filter found one on ebay for £10 so ill just order one and a new filter and see if that helps and get it plugged into diagnostics see what codes it throws up

Quote: krutly wrote in post #2

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I'm your southwest of England area rep, just give me a shout if there is anything I can help you with
feel free to ask any questions you have and we will all do our best to answer them for you

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Quote: peteturbo wrote in post #3

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Hi, thanks for the welcome,
I'm down South, near Winchester. Just bought a 5 year old, 47k miles dark grey Barbarian. Loving her to death; insane fun in the snow. Just wish it had heated seats - once you've had them you cant live without them.
The L200 is intended to be a 'can do anything' workhorse, so the wife can indulge in the TVR that arrived at the same time - 4.5L Chimaera, so we have the best of both world's.
I hope to do limited off roading in it - accidentally green laned it last week, that was entertaining, it is in a completely different league from my Range Rover Evoque.
And it will get to play in the Alps three times a year, in fact we are off there on Wednesday, although during the ski season it will live in the garage, its during the summer it can go and chase the locals in the mountains.
All the best,

Peteturbo

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Hi @dean_talbot

where abouts are you in sunny Devon bud ?

Hi mate. Not in Devon. I live just outside Gloucester. I do a lot of driving in the course of my work and some of that takes me down to Devon. I was visiting clients just outside Honiton a couple of weeks ago, and the snow there was the worst I had seen in the south this year.

Quote: dean_talbot wrote in post #15

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Waterproofing the hardtop seal - not strictly a truck issue, but nevertheless an issue;You can get new neoprene foam gaskets to go between the canopy and truck bed, pretty commonly available on Ebay, if you aren't thinking of removing the canopy you could just seal it down with silicone....

Remote key doesn't work after changing the battery (also not a "truck" issue!);Depends on the make as to what the issue could be, may need reprogramming

Finally, before I joined I was looking for advice on how to fit a reversing camera/screen. I found a thread written by someone who'd done one, and later in the thread, after some persuasion, the OP said he'd created a "how to" thread, but I couldn't find the thread. I sort of know how to go about this, but the point it needs to go seems to be:
a) in front of the spare wheel release access hole; A fair few have stuck the camera there , above the number plate below the hole
b) likely to be compromised by the edge of the tailgate when you drop it down. only when you drop it down fully, if its been released and still has its ' stays ' attached then it should be fine

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Thanks for the reply, Ronnie. I'll do some hunting for more detail on the key.

Cheers.

Dean

Ive just fitted the following reversing camera
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B074...0?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Camera sits happily in the middle of the numberplate, wires feed into the rear light fitting where i have stuck the wireless transmitter.
Slight delay between selecting reverse and screen coming on plus the suction cap on the display screen is not great but overall I am very happy
Mike