Recent content by alban72

The more I think about it , It is starting to sound like the plate has rusted to the flywheel , when I took the starter motor it has rusted solid , hence the reason for a new one so it is highly likely the last owner did a bit of wading and it has all rusted from being standing , Oh well either...

The starter was only out for 48 hours , while I took it to the shop to see if it could get reconditioned The disco was standing because we were building expedition boxes in the back and it was only when we tried to start did we realise the starter was siezed Somebody else reckons it is the...

No it was fine when I parked it up , about 3 weeks ago, the only problem I had with the gearbox beforehand was with reverse , it would not stay engaged far enough to make the reversing lights stay on . I presumed this was a problem with the micro switch at the gear lever end Al

This is my first post here , so I hope I am doing it right I am presently modifying my discovery 300 tdi ( lift , snorkel, etc) as I am doing a charity rally next month and it has been laid up for a couple of weeks as I have had to replace the starter motor . I changed it this evening and...