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Just did mine from a guy in Portugal (Td5 inside) just a week ago. He sent me via post a used and flashable ECU with a new map in it to sustitute my 2001 not programmable one, and I can only say this, or any similar one, is the only way to go !!:) What a difference.. of course I had verified...

3 weeks ago, after 2 days not using the car, I could not open the doors with the remote. Only after pressing serveral times really close it would work. Changed key battery. Seemed to improve for a while, but a week later again same problem. Last week, I could not start the car. My car´s battery...

4 months ago I changed first the "driver" light with a led bulb with exact type of conection. Only that instead of the original bulb it has a "round pill" with 3 small leds inside. Do not know the manufacturer. It was the last one in stock where I did buy it. Worked great. Then, after trying to...

Just in case anyone may be interested or may be usefull, I finally bought AT2 Grabbers in 255/60 R18 form. My car runs on stock air suspension. As a result the car seats slightly higher than original. No problems with rubbing or turning circle. Once I have driven more hours in different...

Thanks much.... I am going for it !

I wanted to install it, went to a LR official shop and.. They asked me the VIN number and told me my car cannot have it installed ! :eek: Can it be true? I have a May 2001 disco. I understood ALL D2´s could have it retrofitted. Can anyone proof wrong or confirm such statement? Thank you.

Might it be related to the steering wheel movement? It may be worth checking the Panhard bar bushes (moves latteraly with the steering wheel). Really easy to check. Turn wheels. Then you will have room to put your arm in front of the wheel. Pull from the bar and try to move it, If it moves or...

Did it happen overnight on all of them, o one by one over time? It takes more effort to open door than to lock it. Very typical malfunction. Do not know any way to repair it on DII. If it did not happen in one day, then looks like time to buy a new lock "cluster" for each one of the doors...

Re. locks: on disco II when they do not open like yours with the remote or the button, then you have to change the whole mechanism in the door panel. It may only be a clip or similar fault. I do not know exactly. I had to change 1 front, and 1 rear with 130.000 km´s. I do not know a way to...

I friend of mine that tried both BF´s and GG´s in 16" told me that he prefers BF´s instead of GG AT2 due to sidewall protection mainly. You could try BF Goodrich AT 245/75 R16 that will fit nicely on factory suspension DII. And is just a little narrower. I have not tried them, since I have...

In case it may help, 6 months ago I had the same dilemma, and ended buying a 2001 TD5 due to simple reasons: 1) it had ALL the specs I wanted (everything possible). I could not find a later 7seater TD5 with all the specs. 2) it was in good condition (official LR shop gave me peace of mind...

Have you seen it? do you mean they are less off-road oriented than before?

It does depend a lot on which wheels you have. 16" plenty of choice (go for BF I would say). 18" (no BF available, go for GGrabber, except that it has been informed today in another post re 18" tyres that they have been banned in EU due to failing noise test). Has anyone tried Toyo AT´s? I...

Well, in that case, a relatively similar tyre could be a Toyo Open Country AT either in 255/55 R18 form, or even in 265/60R18 form which I would assume would fit with 777 mm diameter (since BF Goodrich 245/75 R 16 do fit, and have an almost equal diameter of 773 mm´s) Has any of you tried...

Thank you Urban Panzer, I have been looking arround for alternative wheels and have only found Dunlop Grand Treck AT2 or Toyo Open Country AT that appear to be as off-road biased as GG AT2. But I cannot see any better sidewall protection compared with General Grabber. And Cooper does not offer...