Can’t beat the 200tdi, I’ve owned mine for 18 years and it’s covered over 300,000 miles now, never had the sump off and only done the head gasket once...brilliantly simple reliable engine and it’s never let me down!
Fantastic! around and around in circles in the jungle, and then "ah! there it is all along, just where we knew it was" Classic comedy guys, interesting series of videos though I must say, top-notch!
Just done the same with an old Suzuki Samurai 4x4. Not started for a few year, stuck new battery in, checked and changed fluids, she's now my daily driver and a lotta fun
When I first saw the way the Range Rover was so buried in the vines I thought let me check how long this video is and first thought was no bloody way this is going to happen in a 9 minute video, absolutely amazing it starts right up and drove out.
I actually didn't think you'd drive it away. I was hoping you'd just start it and then tow the Range Rover away, but I was really left with my mouth wide open in surprise when you actually drove the mighty 4X4 out of the rest pit. Land Rovers and Range Rovers are a different breed altogether. Here in Darjeeling, India, there are several Land Rover Series I, II and III still running about. Cheers mate.
I've seen "Will It Start" playlists where the first six 20-min drawn-out episodes consists of opening the hood and getting a battery in there. Now THIS is British efficiency!!
This is the best skit I have seen in ages. I haven't laughed so hard in weeks. Can't find the Rangey, here it is parked in a hedge with a tree growing out the engine. Starts first time (sounds like a box of spanners being shaken). Classic. You two need to make more videos. Thanks also for ensuring Mark got fed. He seemed quite concerned.
Love this video 😭😊😭😊😭. The L. o. N. G. Walk to the site then the range Rover instantly starting and lurching from it's grave. Reminds me of the old Herbie movie where the junkyard beetle drives out of the scrap heap to help save the fire station. Watched this 3 years ago and just watched it again classic Max n Mark 👍👍 Daz
@@gooieboerseun They say .... the same about (civil) G-class Mercs, too, and of about 90% of all (civil) Unimogs, but the numbers aren't very surprising should You ever have _used_ one. They're _designed_ to last and endure, which does contain repairability in the field - so, the complete opposite of every Apple product ever made 😂.
That was brilliant. hack your way in, no indication of any life then it suddenly and unexpectedly starts. Then it got no chance of moving, and it drives out! Classic. (Literally).
Just ... hilarious. Other "will it start"s involve careful strip down and assessment. This one: Break in; turn key; "I wasn't even trying to start it". Max, once again ...=:-))) - I'm running out of dry pants.
To clarify then: I thoroughly enjoyed this video; I enjoyed the less structured approach, adopted by other channels, to a "will it start" type video. I have enjoyed Max's other videos. I laugh so hard at some of these videos that I wet myself a little. My laundry regime isn't as efficient as it should be.
@@chriswills9530 Watched a guy unsuccessfully try to exhume an old Austin. Total defeat and inability to deoxidise the points or rig up a lawnmower petrol tank. Healey's Law - if it drove in here it should be able to drive out again.
The acres of lands you got is astonishing, it’s a miracle that you can find anything in that vast area, and with that mint Landrover you must be the talk of the town. You fancypants you. 😂
@turbo ponzy be sued the guy who filmed and made money from the video of him dancing if I recall correctly, he did not want the attention and stuff. Pretty sure there's a mini documentary somewhere around, if not TH-cam then perhaps Vimeo had it
I really enjoy your videos...my granddaughter showed them to me...we are travellers too...I am a tinsmith as was my grandfather and his before him....you take good care and best of luck too you...good job!
This reminds me of some David Attenborough documentary.......(quietly spoken voice)....."Here in the deepest Congo full of fleshy leaves, we seek a rare beast - the Rangeroverus Classicus - a shy creature know to dwell in deep shrubbery...........but wait..........if we are still we may JUST spot it"...............
If it was reliable, it wouldn't have been parked for years. They are great vehicles when you have money. I'd still take a Land Cruiser or Nissan Patrol instead of a Land Rover.
Zavier 1 it’s been parked there because it’s old and need repair I’m guessing. You don’t see many other vehicles even make it to that age never mind fire up and drive off after being left to rot for so long a hedge grows over them.
@@zavier1304 they have a tendency to disassemble themselves because they're designed to be easy to fix, people see that as unreliable because "things are always going wrong", but often with a Japanese or German vehicle, it'll work perfectly for ages and then out of the blue stop working altogether, because they are designed to work perfectly, rather than being designed to work well.
I have 3 1988 Range Rover Classics ! All are original, All still run great ! I'm in the USA (Florida) They have the 3.5 V8s, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have a Diesel and Stick shift Range Rover !! They weren't sold here, And are VERY VERY RARE ! I bought a Mercedes 2.5L Diesel that I'm considering swapping into my Off-road Range Rover. Hoping the little diesel will pull the Automatic Transmission and run highway speeds and have more Torque Off-road..
Stumbled across your videos last week, absolutely loving them! The irony of me sat in my lounge watching you live a life I could only dream of doesn't escape me. If I hadn't of had kids, I'd have found myself a field by now! Keep up the good work bud. @maximusironthumper
For all those who expressed concern - Mark did indeed get a Full English Breakfast following the successful completion of our mission!
Maximus Ironthumper in the Midlands we call an English breakfast a Black Country salad lol. Great videos Max 👍🏻
I have a serious question. Why is cheese not an integral part of the "full English" breakfast?
Like a success fee basis? :)
@@charmandrews It quite often is when I make it. :)
@@spungletrumpet .. grated cheese over the beans FTW
Amazing machine...after so many years, it started up like it was parked yesterday...I'm impressed.
I wasn't expecting that thing to start up , I'm impressed
And to run also
Can’t beat the 200tdi, I’ve owned mine for 18 years and it’s covered over 300,000 miles now, never had the sump off and only done the head gasket once...brilliantly simple reliable engine and it’s never let me down!
Feeling a bit "meh" and "deflated" at work today... watching Max battle the brambles and burdock (AGAIN! ;) ) should soon lift my spirits.
It's one I sometimes re-watch - just for the last few moments!
This is why I love the 200Tdi in my Series 2!
Fantastic! around and around in circles in the jungle, and then "ah! there it is all along, just where we knew it was" Classic comedy guys, interesting series of videos though I must say, top-notch!
Just done the same with an old Suzuki Samurai 4x4. Not started for a few year, stuck new battery in, checked and changed fluids, she's now my daily driver and a lotta fun
When I first saw the way the Range Rover was so buried in the vines I thought let me check how long this video is and first thought was no bloody way this is going to happen in a 9 minute video, absolutely amazing it starts right up and drove out.
Bullet proof!
Love it.
Cheers for sharing.
My simple abandoned stove could no longer work but this ingine started. Excellent
After a day of crap travelling, this was the perfect antidote. Absolutely priceless!!! Thank you.
This was awesome, not just because I'm a closet Land Rover nerd. The humour made it! Can't wait to see more about the 109 restoration.
I actually didn't think you'd drive it away. I was hoping you'd just start it and then tow the Range Rover away, but I was really left with my mouth wide open in surprise when you actually drove the mighty 4X4 out of the rest pit. Land Rovers and Range Rovers are a different breed altogether. Here in Darjeeling, India, there are several Land Rover Series I, II and III still running about. Cheers mate.
Awesome 4×4 no comments after this video thanks guys well done!
And you did. You drove it all the way back. Awesome! All the best with it. Mark
Starting another project before finishing the last one.... I know that feeling!
@@DaysOfDarknessUK I'll try that on the missus and see if it works :)
@ 9.08. Restoration complete. Good work gents!
Watching that thing drag itself out of the hedge was just epic!!! Made my day!!.
Quick wipe down and you can pull up outside the Ritz 😀. Loved it. In fact, I’m going to watch it again.👍
I've seen "Will It Start" playlists where the first six 20-min drawn-out episodes consists of opening the hood and getting a battery in there.
Now THIS is British efficiency!!
That was very funny. Well done.
Enter it for a short film competition. Award worthy
A real Land Rover dies hardly…and your video proof it!!
This is the best skit I have seen in ages. I haven't laughed so hard in weeks. Can't find the Rangey, here it is parked in a hedge with a tree growing out the engine. Starts first time (sounds like a box of spanners being shaken). Classic. You two need to make more videos. Thanks also for ensuring Mark got fed. He seemed quite concerned.
Forgot to mention - I was expecting Benny Hill theme to kick in while you two were roaming the hills looking for the Rangey.
Never seen a range rover in a ghillie suit before 🤣
Well if you did see them, the suits obviously wouldn't be working very well would they.
@@benholroyd5221 I realised when they peeled it off the range, silly sausage 😊👍
Love this video 😭😊😭😊😭. The L. o. N. G. Walk to the site then the range Rover instantly starting and lurching from it's grave. Reminds me of the old Herbie movie where the junkyard beetle drives out of the scrap heap to help save the fire station. Watched this 3 years ago and just watched it again classic Max n Mark 👍👍 Daz
I watch a lot of "Will it run?" vids but that has to top the list.
Have a look into "straight eight showdown" on cold war motors: epic would be an understatement.
They say .. . ...that 70% of all Land Rover's ever made are still running!
@@gooieboerseun They say .... the same about (civil) G-class Mercs, too, and of about 90% of all (civil) Unimogs, but the numbers aren't very surprising should You ever have _used_ one. They're _designed_ to last and endure, which does contain repairability in the field - so, the complete opposite of every Apple product ever made 😂.
That was brilliant. hack your way in, no indication of any life then it suddenly and unexpectedly starts. Then it got no chance of moving, and it drives out! Classic. (Literally).
Love It... this is why you don't buy new and go for a classic instead
Nice front tipper dumper too.
Just ... hilarious. Other "will it start"s involve careful strip down and assessment. This one: Break in; turn key; "I wasn't even trying to start it". Max, once again ...=:-))) - I'm running out of dry pants.
How did at least 34 people understand this?
To clarify then: I thoroughly enjoyed this video; I enjoyed the less structured approach, adopted by other channels, to a "will it start" type video. I have enjoyed Max's other videos. I laugh so hard at some of these videos that I wet myself a little. My laundry regime isn't as efficient as it should be.
@@chriswills9530 Thank you very much Chirs :)
@@SA77888 No worries, mate. Cornish-English at it's best.
@@chriswills9530 Watched a guy unsuccessfully try to exhume an old Austin. Total defeat and inability to deoxidise the points or rig up a lawnmower petrol tank. Healey's Law - if it drove in here it should be able to drive out again.
Glad to hear Mark got his breakfast. Another amusing and interesting video.
That start up and pull away is the most awesome thing I've seen
Wow, didn’t expect that to run!!
Good 👍👍👍
Excellent, my old Defender hasn't run in about 6 years, this gives me hope if I ever put it back together again.
Great to see you are making more videos!
I didn't see an old car start like it, awesome!
The acres of lands you got is astonishing, it’s a miracle that you can find anything in that vast area, and with that mint Landrover you must be the talk of the town.
You fancypants you. 😂
it's only 2 acres, but some manage to create vast wildernesses with such modest spaces.
The cat knows where it is.
The cat only shows up when he knows there will be trouble.. ;)
Brilliant! You two are proper bonkers. Love it!
Like an 1980s Levi advert legend 😂😂😂
Best abandoned vehicle start up and drive Iv watched 👍🏻
200tdis are golden. Our old disco gets hacked round farm on red it can sit for months and will go first flick of the key
200tdi and i was the 200th thumbs up, it's the little things in life.
I was going to say why don't you go through the driver side but then it dawned on me you are on the drivers side, funny. Starts right up that awesome.
Little by little, every video, Max is slowly morphing into Techno Viking.
@turbo ponzy be sued the guy who filmed and made money from the video of him dancing if I recall correctly, he did not want the attention and stuff. Pretty sure there's a mini documentary somewhere around, if not TH-cam then perhaps Vimeo had it
Best 4x4 by far
I love it finally people that can acually drive it out of the bushes it was in
I am totally blowing away as it started amazing been lying all covered with weeds etc lol well done
I love it how an abandoned mouse house junker starts better than my actual daily car haha
There are still LandRovers left to buy for cheap, so You could change that. 😄
Brilliant max 😁👍👏👏👏
I really enjoy your videos...my granddaughter showed them to me...we are travellers too...I am a tinsmith as was my grandfather and his before him....you take good care and best of luck too you...good job!
Make sure you clean off the dead body on the bonnet before you get into trouble. Great job guys👍✊
That made my Monday thanks gents from across the pond
There is no way that should have started. Congrats.
Original, unexpected and hilarious. That’s made my day. Looking forward to seeing it restored.
😱wow! im impressed!😎👍
Unbelievable ..living the dream 👊🏼👊🏼
That was brilliant
Astonishing!
Great project
This is amazing
The 200tdi, the best engine Land Rover ever built
Sadly they tied it to a rubbish transmission.
Just fantastic Feal like i done a days work already TOP VIDEO
That was great!👍
That looked like great fun,can’t believe it started first time! That’s impressive 🙂
Looking forward to Project Kermit, It was the last series of Land Rover videos that lead me to your channel.
I reckon you parked it up because the screen wash ran out 😂😃😄😅😆👍
I must show this this to my wife so she can't complain about the state of my old banger. No rude comments please.
Wow amazing mr
I didn't expect that so-called vehicle to start up with such ease, very surprising.
Great job guys unbelievable but great
Ain’t no way that Range Rovers coming out of........oh there he goes 😂.
“With this many positive waves maybe we can win” 👍
This reminds me of some David Attenborough documentary.......(quietly spoken voice)....."Here in the deepest Congo full of fleshy leaves, we seek a rare beast - the Rangeroverus Classicus - a shy creature know to dwell in deep shrubbery...........but wait..........if we are still we may JUST spot it"...............
Wow i like your car. 👍👍👍
Wtf!!!🤯🤯🤯🙄🙄👍👍👍🤟🤟Very easy work!!!good job!
0:24 Mark - "Sorry I was examining, eh, rocks." :-)
And ppl say landrover are unreliable eh!
dependable, yes, but a Land Rover is not in equilibrium if it is working perfectly.
If it was reliable, it wouldn't have been parked for years. They are great vehicles when you have money. I'd still take a Land Cruiser or Nissan Patrol instead of a Land Rover.
Zavier 1 it’s been parked there because it’s old and need repair I’m guessing. You don’t see many other vehicles even make it to that age never mind fire up and drive off after being left to rot for so long a hedge grows over them.
@@zavier1304 they have a tendency to disassemble themselves because they're designed to be easy to fix, people see that as unreliable because "things are always going wrong", but often with a Japanese or German vehicle, it'll work perfectly for ages and then out of the blue stop working altogether, because they are designed to work perfectly, rather than being designed to work well.
I have 3 1988 Range Rover Classics ! All are original, All still run great ! I'm in the USA (Florida) They have the 3.5 V8s, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have a Diesel and Stick shift Range Rover !! They weren't sold here, And are VERY VERY RARE ! I bought a Mercedes 2.5L Diesel that I'm considering swapping into my Off-road Range Rover. Hoping the little diesel will pull the Automatic Transmission and run highway speeds and have more Torque Off-road..
Amazing.
I enjoyed this video very much! Looking forward to more!!
What a good promotion for Range Rover... WOW
You pair are like the missing comedy duo ,again an excellent video you never fail with content 🍺🍺
Good video...amazing...😀😀😀
Great video.
If you had listened to the cat you would have found it in half the time! Poor moggy, always getting ignored.
Well fancy that bugger firing up in the first go!!
The previous owner is going to restore it back to original condition...
Please keep us updated with that project ☺
Wow new invension of old range rover... 👏👏👏
fantastic good on you lads
Love these videos. Seeing as the engine started so quickly, perhaps the title should have been ‘will it stop!’
Amazing it would start!🙀🙀🙀
Good to see you got the extra solar panels on your roof, hope they reduced your generator running hours.
This reminds me so much of the offroaders on The Fast Show, "Gripped" "Sorted"
Except after the "It's gripped, it's sorted, let's offroad" bit, this time everything went terribly well.
Watch what you’re doing with those metal tools! You’ll scratch the paintwork 😂😂😂
In some countries it would still cost more than 2k dollars
It was soo beautiful.
Stumbled across your videos last week, absolutely loving them! The irony of me sat in my lounge watching you live a life I could only dream of doesn't escape me. If I hadn't of had kids, I'd have found myself a field by now! Keep up the good work bud. @maximusironthumper
good job👍
200 tdi, best motor they made
noo. best is made by bmw 3.0d m57 :)
@@-xYz--nk1gm bmw units are the most unreliable
@@edydj1127 Yes. these new are worth nothing .. but the old m57 3.0d diesel engine is a very powerful engine
Love videos like this, you should make them much longer. Keep up the good work.