It's a given "The LR-3 is a piece of junk - but it's my piece of junk!" I drove military grade rovers for years and the big joke was "When you roll it - get out immediately and get it back on it's wheels - otherwise the oil will rain on the spark plugs and you'll never get it running..." So when I bought my 2006 I was expecting just normal maintenance. Wrong..Somewhere in between different manufacturers, everyone had to do something to make it worse. When Ford had it, the heads were the same - but slightly different. There is no list of what Ford parts fit the Rover.
I have over 250
,000 miles on it now, almost all of them off-road responding to emergencies. Stupid faults like the windshield drain were fixed by drilling holes in the floor board to let it drain. Wires corroding in the passenger wirewell was fixed by spraying everything with "Break Free" anti corrosion fluid every 6 months. There is no backup system in case your main battery goes dead and you can't open the rear tail gate was fixed by cutting a hole in the rear panel so you could reach the boden wire connecting to the latch. Yup, it's a pain in the ass, but it's the most fun vehicle I've ever had. Along with our emergency check list items, the last one is: IF CAUGHT IN A WILDFIRE and the engine is dead - GRAB THE EMERGENCY RADIO and the CAMERAS and leave the vehicle with the doors open.
End of problem. LOL
I have over 250
End of problem. LOL