Yet another rattle.

Ok I'll start by saying that as a discovery owner I not only expect but have got used to the various rattles that manifest themselves at various times throughout its life. However the latest one has just about driven me to distraction in my attempt to find and resolve it.
Quite simple there is a rattle from underneath and up near the front end whenever it is moving at relatively slow speed. Anything between 5 and 30 mph, regardless of whether its in gear or even has the engine running. It sounds like something quite 'tinny' jumping around underneath. However the moment I touch the brakes it stops, release them and off it goes again. Upon checking the front brake pads they appeared quite loose in the caliper and when flicking them around they sounded as though they would make just such a noise. However having just replaced the fitting kit so that they now fit reasonably tightly I was pretty confident that that would be the problem solved. Off for a test drive feeling quite pleased with myself and away it goes again, absolutely no difference whatsoever! Ive also recently checked and changed the u/j's and am now at a loss as to where to try next. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Who knows, if we do get some warm weather I just might like to be able to drive with the windows open!

Have you checked the diff oil level? Could be the muck shield behind the brake disc or even a wheel bearing on its way out. Try jacking it up and spinning each wheel individually to see if you can replicate the noise.

Re-fit the pads with a smear of copper grease on the backs of them .. the bit that faces the piston!!

Check the 'mud/splashguard' ... bit of tin that goes around the disc, meant to stop stuff getting into the discs but often traps small stones/pebbles/pondweed etc ...

End of the bumper, the plate that bolts onto the bumper and that the end caps screw into, they always come loose and rattle .. though this shouldn't be affected by braking ..

Thanks for the responses, Ive tried spinning the wheels but that didnt generate any noise, i'll now work my way through the other possibilities.

Hey.. I dealt with the same issue on mine today, having been plagued these last two days by the same noise, although mine went away on clutch depression, rather than brake..
The answer however, was not related to the clutch though
Same sound as you described, removed rear prop from handbrake drum, removed said drum, dismantled shoes, cleaned & re-copper slipped, and hey presto.. cured.

I reckon it's your brake pads rattling in the callipers. Are they OE ones or aftermarket?

Sometimes the aftermarket ones are very slightly smaller and so rattle until the brakes are applied.

As others have said,take them out, clean the calliper, apply copper grease to backs of pads.

Use a new fitting kit when re-installing.