Autoglym bumpercare is the best stuff for car plastics. I've used it on all my cars and the XR2 I have now owned for over 20 years and the bodykit on that car is still looking like new, and they were notorious for fading. I used it on all the black plastic on my Disco when I got it. I can't...

Thanks, I;ve been looking at old posts on here about this - should have done so first - so I have a much better idea what I'm facing now. I don't think water contamination is an issue though as there was no sign of it in the oil and the vehicles general condition seems to dictate a pampered...

Although I've been a hobby vehicle restorer/mechanical oddbod for over 25 years the Disco 1 is continuing to amuse and annoy me in equal amounts. Having managed to sort the preload on the passenger side swivel and losing about 80% of the death shake I today decided to give the driver side a go...

Hello from a fellow Norfolkian. Mines a 1995 300tdi, but the basic one with a proper throttle cable and no glass holes that leak water...not that we get constant downpours here with it being THE driest place in the UK. Only owned mine since Sept 2014. I'm around the North Norfolk NR21 area.

1990 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY TURBO DIESEL GREY off road beast no PX SWAP :) | eBay May need a bit of reverse modifying to make a decent original again !!!

A lot of Haynes motorbike manuals are paperback, especially the Italian bikes so you can fold it up under the seat for the daily roadside repairs.

You've got to love classic insurance. No NCB to worry about ( use that for the modern daily), My XR2 is £110 a year and the disco is on classic at £230.

I think you'll be lucky to find a G-WAC now. Even if they do come up think the G-WAC enthusiasts and club are always watching out for the adverts or even get approached directly by the sellers if the seller knows what they've got. I was looking for an early 5 door 200 tdi but ended up with a 95...

I've got a 1985 Fiesta so that'll be free in 10 years, but I'll be 58 by then. Can I pay 230 a year and age in reverse instead ?? On the tax free rangie/disco lookalike think like this. a 1996 disco will be tax free in 21 years, so staying with a 230 p/a tax - ok it'll go up we know - that's...

Thanks. I think I'll be looking to do a full swivel replacement on the passenger side then. The Britpart kit on fleabay is around £100 so may get that, but I do here that some Britpart stuff is more ****part so if anyone can recommend britpart or any other makers I'd be grateful. Haynes manual...

My disco 1 is my toy, but our normal car runabout is a 2014 Fiat 500 Colour Therapy. After 12 years of mk3/4/5 astras its a hoot. Never liked Fiat before this due to a sorry period in the eearly 90's with an X reg 127 that rotted quicker than a windfall apple.

I've finally bought a spring balance scale to try and get rid of the death shake from the passenger side over rough ground. After disconnecting the ball joints I found it only needed around 5 to 8 LB pull, but also noticed the pull is quite notchy. Should it be a nice smooth linear pull or am I...

I've been looking at the kits on Ebay and theres around a fiver between them. The Bearmach set being sold finishes with the statement "definitely not from Britpart". Does this imply Britpart stuff is not up to scratch ??

I quite like the side steps myself, especially when washing the roof. Since I don,t intend to use the car off road I can,t see them causing me any clearance problems. BUT I have had several people questioning their existence on the car.

as I don't own a grease gun and have never had a vehicle with grease nipples I think I'll be going for the sealed ones then, cheers

I've got a bit of play in 2 of the 4 track rods ends on my disco 300tdi so I'm going to replace all 4. Current ones have grease nipples but I see there are sealed ones available as well. The cars not getting off road abuse so would the sealed ones be better of should I stick to nipples....and...

It was £1800 which I know is top end for a D1 like this, but then again it doesn't need any "real" work and as I only intend to do a max of 4K a year and keep it for several years I reckon they'll be going up in value before long...been at scrapper level for too long now. This disco works on...

I've always liked Disco 1's since having a go in a new one in 1990, but at 24 I was hardly in a position to buy a new new. In 88 I very nearly went for a Suzuki SJ410 but ended :mad: up buying a nearly new Fiesta XR2. Still got one today. In 2007 I finally bought a Land rover, an 87 E 90 TD but...