The gauge on my 97, 300tdi stopped working after it overheated the other week. Following a replacement head gasket, I replaced the thermostat and the temperature sender which is in the head. Funny thing is, I have no temperature sensor in the elbow of the thermostat nor is there any...

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The rear of the chassis on a D2 is more prone to rust than that on a D1. Worth spending time underneath having a look first.

I got them locally in France, so not much good to you :rolleyes: but these latches are pretty common. I started out with those over centre hasps but they were too flimsy and hard to mount on chequer plate and the robust ones are just too big so I went back to basics.

I kept mine a little narrower to stiffen it a bit:

Wig, mirror, syrup, figs :)

Yes, I've done them both with exmoor's kit. It is very easy. Just follow the video exactly and you won't go wrong. Good luck

Question for the OP, did you have a single or multi point system fitted ?

You don't need to remove coin holders, clock or switches unless you are wanting to remove the entire console which is another question entirely and is answered 'on the other side' by this....The Definitive Alarm Spider Post - Land Rover Technical Archive - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum it's a...

The maths are not that simple. If the load was spread evenly either side of the trailer axle and the trailer was similarly balanced then the load on the hitch would be near zero. You need to weigh things up, literally.

It might be the vacuum pump

Normally, the ticking would indicate a duff starter motor. Locate it, bang it with a heavy implement and it may turn over. This works for a while, but you will end up having to replace the starter.

Yes, we were counting our blessings that day. Could have done bit I would think he only nipped them up and forgot to torque them all.

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