Re engine seals, these will be to ISO standards surely? The catch is that the seals found at Bearing Services or Brammer will most likely be Nitrile rubber which is OK but not the best for hot working. Take the seal on the VM 2.5 turbo diesel crankshaft (clutch end). These are marked...

There are plenty of crap parts about and these days you just can't get the right staff. Take a bottom ball joint that I replaced on a Rover 825SD. The box said Quinton Hazell but it might be counterfeit, anyhow after about 25 to 30Ks the ball joint popped (there's no greasers on these) I was...

IMHO the 300TDi engine in the Discovery is waste of space. The high mounted water pump and the Siamesed centre exhaust ports virtually guarantee head gasket failure if one hooks 3.5 tons onto the tow ball. Some way of getting the header tank higher needs to be looked at. A V engine or even half...

The problem is due to the bonnet. I jest not because allegedly the Defender 300 TDi does not have anything like the problem that the Discovery has because its header tank is higher up. I plan to put a bulge in the bonnet of my Discovery in order to raise the header tank. At the moment the...

Jack up the header tank so that the engine can vent gas instead of water. Simples!

Yeah I know this reply is four years out of date but it may help someone else. IMHO the Discovery 300TDi cooling system is very badly designed. After so many failed designs such as the Triumph Stag, Triumph Dolomite, and Saab 99 (a Triumph engine foisted onto Saab) you would think that they...

Hmm, I've got a dog of a Disco with terrible wiring. The previous owners had added a second battery which seemed rather curious. The job was done very badly using wire from Mickey Mouse jump cables. Sorted that out and shined-up the chassis earths. Alternator output lug now heating up. Fitted...

There's a snag since the City Diesel (ULSD) came in as the white doesn't smell (well not much) On the other hand the red called"gazol" in some countries can be detected by the nose from a hundred yards away particularly if its being used in a farmers old Ford Escort van. Some people use yellow...

Just make sure that nothing has dropped down past the gear lever gaiter. I had a similar experience with my Rover 800 turbo diesel as after stopping for a break the car wouldn't go into gear! This could be very expensive I thought as gearboxes are somewhere north of £1000 but after removing...

IMHO all these 4x4s that have engines north-south need redesigning so work out the plumbing yourself. (the problem is that the water pump gets to be the highest thing on steep hills) Also IMHO any car that has bleed screws in its cooling system is extremely suspect as a proper cooling system...

Doesn't need one - soldiers have guns!:)

Here is something slightly different and I know its a big ask. Does anyone know whether a Shogun can be transplanted onto a Land Rover chassis? (any type) The situation is that a friend purchased a beautiful looking White Shogun on eBay from a bloke who claimed to be a Jehovas Witness. Maybe...

Help wanted please! A friend bought a Mitsubishi Shogun on eBay which now owes him well over £2000. The chassis turned out to be badly rusted from the inside (it is full of rust flakes and its holed) Angry about a "bent MOT" he phoned VOSA who came and gave it a Prohibition Notice - duh! The...

If you have old DOT3/DOT4 brake fluid that has absorbed water and you are in stop-start slow speed congestion the brakes will heat up and the pedal will go spongy. The reason for this is steam inside the brake cylinders. I had this happen on a Volvo 145 that was grinding its way to Gatwick...

Sorry for the late reply! Sankeys usually have the NATO ring. This is made of steel bar one and one half inches thick. Inside diameter (the eye hole) is three inches. Outside diameter six inches. Pretty much all the two-bolt towing jaws at the farm supplies shop won't fit. It is possible to weld...