Recent content by Tim C

Try knocking it inwards with a drift and then giving it another go.

I too battle smoke. 2003 td5manual. No cat or egr. torque remap, bigger intercooler, CRH lightened standard turbo. If there is a little 1.8 sign on the bonnet-slam, then the emissions have to be below. If not then 3 is the limit. I'm told that they have been known to fall off as the glue...

Thanks for that Andy. After a bit of thought I ordered coils & some new shocks last night! I appreciate that mechanically, air is a pretty simlple and reliable system, but it could have done it in a busy Weymouth the day before with a heavy trailer behind! My labs never complained about the...

2003 Disco TD5 ES manual. No ACE. Hi all, Yesterday at a traffic light the pipe blew out of the n/s airbag and it sunk onto the bump stops. Being the Friday before a B/H w/e, I decided not to bother the AA and drove it the 10 miles home, cross country - far easier than expected & a bit...

Another thought - end float seems to be about all that is left. It might be worth dropping the sump and looking for any swarfe. I have never stripped a TD5, but Rave shows that the thrust washers are fitted on the third main bearing. It should be possible to drop the bottom shell and look...

It sounds to me as if the input shaft of the gearbox is being pushed back into the gearbox slightly when you bolt it up Assuming that the castings are true, there are only three things that could do that. 1. The crank sits too far back. 2. The input shaft isn't seating correctly in the...

Thanks frostythor. I think and hope that the injectors are fine as it has only done 112,000 miles and runs smoothly. Also thanks sierrafery. I totally get what you are saying. Cleaning the MAP sensor has cleaned it up quite a bit, so will go ahead and get a new Bosch as a first step. Even...

Thanks for that. Have just blasted the MAP with brake cleaner and squirted contact cleaner into the plug and the smoke looks reduced already. I will get a better idea tomorrow with a longer run in hopefully brighter weather. If the improvement is confirmed, I will order a Bosch MAP as...

Thanks for the suggestions. The turbo has done 1500 miles only. It is a CHRA polished & lightened standard size to help it spool up earlier. The bearings failed on the old one. I hoped that more air low down might give less smoke, but the smoke remains the same. It is an immediate starter and...

2003 Disco TD5 - manual, no EGR or cat, bigger intercooler, reprofiled standard turbo. Mapped for torque. It has done 112k. It was mapped when i got it six years ago and had sufficient torque to make a new standard clutch slip. - fixed with a heavy duty cover plate. It has loads of power...

A bit of a wild card - but it might be worth checking the depth of the spigot bush orifice? If they are all as hard to extract as mine was, it is just possible that in the fight to extract the old one a piece of crap might be trapped behind the new bush. I know it is highly unlikely, but if the...

Rave has answered my problem P1082! The button on the switch can be pulled out for adjustment and it does too with a satisfying click each pull. I'm quite relieved!

Thanks for that Sierrafery, I greatly appreciate your help. I totally agree yours is doing the same thing, but mine didn't do this until about a month ago. The brakes work fine, but I still find it disconcerting and am determined to fix it! Now I have a new problem - the brake lights stay on...

Replacement servo is fitted and the pedal still sinks! Used modulator might come on Tuesday.

Again, thank you all very much for your help. I am lucky enough to have a garage based in a farm unit 400 yard away from the house. The owner is now back from holiday and has just had a look. He said that the servo is definitely working, but thinks it is probably a pin prick in one of the two...