1. StuRox

    Disco 1 How to ruin your Disco

    nah, sorry mate, I just offered them up and cut away until they fitted.....only tip is to cut away less metal and work from there and not hack off too much in the first go!
  2. StuRox

    Disco 1 How to ruin your Disco

    if you are handy with an angle grinder and welder to make up some brackets ;) Need to re-wire the setup with a couple of relays to work dipped separately from high beam too. Usual D1 maintenance :)
  3. StuRox

    Disco 1 How to ruin your Disco

    yup - I like lights :D:cool:
  4. StuRox

    Disco 1 How to ruin your Disco

    I know - there is no respect for old classics anymore......
  5. StuRox

    Disco 1 How to ruin your Disco

    Glad its not just me thinking that then :D
  6. StuRox

    Disco 1 How to ruin your Disco

    By washing it!! It looks so very different when clean - almost wrong :eek::D:cool: Will have to wait almost a month till I am at Kelmarsh LR show to get it mucky again.....
  7. StuRox

    Disco 1 Need to pick new wheels

    265/75/16 Mud Terrains - steering lock is excellent - no rubbing and the bump stops are wound right in ;)
  8. StuRox

    Disco 1 Need to pick new wheels

    I have the above -35 offset modular on mine, and they do the job well, and look good too - I think I prefer the modular to the alloy of the modded disco
  9. StuRox

    Disco 1 Insurance for 3rd Party sat in a field!

    Adrian flux are doing a laid up policy now for £38 which is fire and theft only, so that's what I will be doing this time.
  10. StuRox

    For Sale Smart Fortwo Passion 0.7 Hatchback 3d Turbo Panoramic Roof

    Sold :cool: New gearbox here we come :)
  11. StuRox

    For Sale Smart Fortwo Passion 0.7 Hatchback 3d Turbo Panoramic Roof

    Must go....sensible offers accepted £1,650.00
  12. StuRox

    Disco 1 Insurance for 3rd Party sat in a field!

    I appreciate that, but got my quote a good few weeks ago, and also never expected a 50% increase - a little steep to me.....
  13. StuRox

    Disco 1 Insurance for 3rd Party sat in a field!

    I am insured with Adrian Flux for all of my policies - 4 in total. We have a Disco 1 (1995 300 tdi) that is sat in a field that my sons drives around, never goes out on the road and we insure this 3rd party fire and theft (just to be on the safe side). We only got this last year, and insurance...
  14. StuRox

    For Sale Smart Fortwo Passion 0.7 Hatchback 3d Turbo Panoramic Roof

    I was going to make this into a little off roader, but it was too nice to chop up. I then decided I was going to use it, so did absolutely everything to it and it flew through MOT in the middle of May. Now my D1 needs a new gearbox so that is now priority, so this has to go.... 2006 ‘56’...
  15. StuRox

    Disco 1 300 Auto Box

    OK, thanks. Are there any guides on changing the 2 cables?
  16. StuRox

    Disco 1 300 Auto Box

    Here you go....
  17. StuRox

    Disco 1 300 Auto Box

    Ok will get some pics up
  18. StuRox

    Disco 1 300 Auto Box

    Maybe as it's adjusted and held in place with cable ties may not be helping then....
  19. StuRox

    Disco 1 300 Auto Box

    I remember the govenor bring mentioned before. I am just waiting for funds from a project I am finishing and will then start from the top and look what I can change first and the costs involved as oppose d to fitting a new box. I got all the adjustments for cable from Ashcroft. Oils have all...
  20. StuRox

    Disco 1 300 Auto Box

    It skips around in the lower gears. When it changes up, a way to describe it is it rides the clutch almost as revs up to limit before going into gear. Worst part is it's intermittent so it can behave itself and change properly. I did wonder if it was the lockdown cable and setup as looks...