Recent content by Hugh

Aha, thanks! The driver's side one must have a leak in it (it deflates) but I will now make the most of the lumbar support in the pax seat. cheers Hugh

OK, I know what one switch for the electric seats does (moves / tilts the squab / base) and that the second switch tilts the back forward / backward, but what is supposed to happen if the backrest switch is moved up/down? It must be meant to do something more that make a feeble whirring...

I have now - and it does it in 2nd.. and 3rd.

Like lots of annoying vibrations, this is proving difficult to trace and so I'm hoping that someone with a Td5 Disco II might have experienced the same - and fixed it! In first gear - and only first gear - whilst letting the clutch out and adding a dab of power to move away there is a loud...

The prod was part of an initial "reconnoitre". I also had a railway sleeper to bung under the tow-bar as a backup stop. Never, in the field of automotive tinkering, has a connector come undone with so little force. The new one snapped back in nicely. Still, I had to get behind the radio this...

On Wednesday I started removing the level sensor on our Discovery. Engine off, wheels chocked. Before trudging off to the shed to get the axle stands, etc., I gave the sensor connector a quick prod with a screwdriver (so see how much mud and muck there was round it) and it came apart. With a...

Yes, I saw the dye penetrant test performed - a circumfrential crack about half way down. A second-hand lump is going to go in. Thanks for all the advice!

Heart says 'fix'; wallet says not...!

Grrrr. I have one of those decisions from hell and can't make up my mind. I am waving my indecision in public in the hope I have missed part of the argument. Our 2003 Td5 has 90K on the clock, is generally in good nick and does everything we asked it to. Then the head failed (a crack...

...and it did too! A genuine LR filter (and air bleed valve) and it starts on the first turn of the key - even without pausing at the second position of the ignition switch. :clap2: The pump still complains for a tiny amount of time, but it seems to be getting better (presumably as air works...

I have just collected a fuel check valve kit from the local main stealer - like this: I'd expected it to have some form of moving bit to 'check' the fuel - I can see straight through it and can blow through it in both directions so how is it supposed to work? It looks like getting it...

It starts much, much better now, but with a second or so of a noise like a cat being strangled when the ignition first goes on. Good enough! Thanks;)

Thanks Dave, that appears to be a fix! The purge procedure has been our stock-in-trade recently. I took the air bleed valve out and the filter was black (presumably from where the injector seals had leaked and some carbon had got in the fuel). I prised the valve apart, used some solvent...

I am having huge problems with air in the fuel system of my Td5. The car has had: A new FPR The fuel injector washers replaced New fuel filter Air flow meter One way valve on tank New fuel pump (x 2) Every fuel line checked ECU data checked Injector loom checked for oil (all clean) As soon...

Thanks. Will-do!