LOL okay okay 'Dr Evil' I plan to take some of the engine and underneath this coming weekend as the images in my Haynes manual are just black and white - how boring is that! lol :p

Bless you thanks for that! Yep definitely gonna be making the most of this adventure! ;)

Just seen that you're from N.Wales - what a beautiful part of the country! Was in Beddgelert only a few weeks ago delivering a completed commission. It's a hard life but someones gotta live it ;-) x

Hey there and thankyou for that lovely 'welcome' :D Okay my cousin's a welder so need to give him a call to arrange some 'training' ;) Have had the offer of tool use too so that's great while I build up a collection of my own :) Have been and bought WD40, overalls, mechanics gloves (the blue...

Welcome :) I'm a newbie too but the guys on this forum are fantabulous! (yep that's a real word! lol) Anyway I have exactly the same problem with my '96 200 TDI so guess what I'm gonna be getting the WD out at the weekend also :D And yeah when the rain stops I'll be snapping with my Canon too ;)

Oh that's great news that you'd join me, along with your FIL, for some "gentle green laning" :D As for your 'air springs' and 'ATs' yep you've guessed it I'm already at a loss :confused: so Google here I come ;) Richard? Now come on Andrew I'm not psychic! lol x

Thanks for your 'welcome'. Loving having my disco (even though I managed to stall him today - how flippin embarrassing was that! lol :o). It's gonna be highways to begin with until I actually know what I'm doing with 'the beast' ;) Then I'd love to do some green laning - have been checking...

'96 200tdi 160,000 on mine

AWESOME JOB!!!! Wow!! I'm a gob-smacked newbie! lol

Hi there and thanks for your 'welcome' :) Are you in the Leicester area? I'm in Wigston, my cousin's website: Welding Leicester, Mobile Welders Leicester, Welders Derby | Trev The Welder

LOL! My New Year's resolution was '2012 = new adventures' guess that was an understatement! ;)

Yeah already found a very small oil leak (tiny actually) previous owner (friend & mechanic) gonna get it sorted for me as he wasn't aware of it when I bought it. But thanks again for the advice and yes I'm more than willing to learn to weld, my cousin is a mobile welder so gonna give him a call ;)

Cheers for that advice will take a closer look at those this coming weekend, did check it all out with previous owner when it was being serviced and all seemed sound, but a second look won't hurt eh ;)

Hi there to all, just noticed this forum so wanted to share that I can vouch that dreams definitely do come true as I'm finally (after three decades of dreaming) the 'more than happy' owner of a Land Rover 1996 Discovery 2.5 TDI Yep I’ve heard the two main rules when becoming an ‘LR’ owner -...

Er I would if I thought I'd got something interesting to say ;) howdy anyway :)

Ah thanks for that Andrew :D 2.5 tonne car ramps and a crawler board at the ready, mm as for tools now let me take a second look at my birthday wish list ;) See you later :)

Now getting to grips with my Landy and wanting to know more about what goes on underneath the surface. 2.5 tonne car ramps and crawler board at the ready. Would be great to hook up with like-minded Landy fans in the Leicester area (UK), if you know of anyone I'd love to hear from you :) Cheers :D

Cheers!!! :D

Thanks for that, feeling less intimidated now ;)

Cheers for that, I think! :eek: Just hoping that a 50:50 mixture of enthusiasm and insanity will see me through ;)