So, last items on the list to sort was to finally do the gearbox oil & filter change. I had no idea what was involved with this, sump off job! Didn't know that lol While my buddy was sorting that for me, I took the opportunity to swap out the steering damper. My old one looked like it was...

More progress and photo whoring! :D Great work up at my buddy Stu's workshop today, had a small list of jobs to do and most got done in the time we had. Got her up on the ramp to start work Rear discs & pads were 100% first priority. Yep, discs defiantly needed replacing! Annnnd...

Nice one, sounds good. I'll defiantly bare that in mind. I'm giving myself well over 24 hours to get there, so I won't be in any rush. Also to note, mine is an automatic, so I'll just keep it in D and basically never floor the throttle completely ever? Keeping an eye that it doesn't rev too high...

Yes indeed, some sound advice!! Thanks very much. It'll be my first towing experience apart from doing my licence earlier this week! I'm pretty nervous about the whole thing, defiantly. I do have a passenger with me, but he won't be able to share the drive as he doesn't have his B+E licence. The...

Well, the work light I ordered arrived, along with the CB radio gutter mount, and it worked just as I hoped, really happy. After some messing around I got the lamp mounted as I wanted it, along with the wires routed to it as neatly as I could Quite subtle and looks just right. Any larger...

Sorry :D From reading more into this, I think the trailer unladen is 830kg My car (the trailer's load) will be 1250kg = Trailer gross weight = 2080kg Spares actually around 500kg Discovery itself 2100kg = Tow car gross weight = 2600kg Should be fine, shouldn't I? :)

Just passed my B+E trailer test earlier this week, chuffed with that. Now preparations begin for my 500 mile drive north from Portsmouth to Scotland in early July that I'll be making in my 300tdi auto. And then the return trip a few days later. Just booked trailer hire, gone with a 16x7...

I'm not 100% sure about MOT. I've read a lot about this and some folk say its fine, others not so. Either way, I have 12 months until my MOT is due, plenty of time to enjoy the decat performance gains! In 12 months time I'll let you know! :) Ah, fair enough! Good to hear :) Thanks! I was...

I had to Google for where St Annes is, I don't think that was me? I live down south, near Portsmouth/Southampton :)

Thanks guys! I'll keep an eye out for breakers :)

Interesting to know the differences between Jap & UK models, but appears to be very little then? I was expecting some cool interior gizmo's and gadgets which I'd then proceed to hunt for on eBay! :lol:

Few more bits & bobs done to the Discovery over the past few days, but most importantly - I've passed my trailer test! It was really nerve racking and very difficult to get out of bad driving habits, but thankfully I passed. Really happy & glad about that! On with the car, and the other main...

Hey guys, On my Disco I'd like to replace the below window trim parts if possible, But I'm not sure what they're called exactly? Have searched the forum & Google for various terms without any luck to finding part numbers. Would tidy the car up a lot if I could replace with new items...

Nice idea on spacers with stock wheels, I may look into this. Unrelated, but what differences are there (if any) with Jap import vs UK Discovery's? Good progress btw :)

Yeah, funny you should mention that. I didn't spot that until the other day that a friend said "shouldn't it say Land Rover on the bonnet" :D Looking closer, I think a previous owner must have removed it. Looks quite clean without though, so may keep it as it is :)

Well, after driving the car over the bank holiday weekend with the EGR valve removed, I can defiantly tell a difference with performance. Its very quick to get to 30-40mph now, and easily sits at 70mph with minimal throttle on the motorway. Huge improvement! In other news, I struck a deal...

Bought some maintenance bits as per what we found the other day when going over it with a fine tooth comb. Rear discs & pads kit, rear propshaft to diff rubber doughnut (mine is a little worn), pair of standard rear shocks (slight leak from mine & top bushes are knackered on mine too)...

Yep, on the list to do. Was planning on doing it yesterday, but its a slightly larger job that we originally thought? Removal of sump to get to filter etc? I'll be looking into doing that in the coming weeks.

So, some updates over the past few days. I decided to do an interior light update all round, going from the dated orange dim glow to the bright white illumination with thanks to some festoon SMD LED panel units. Before And after Really happy with that. Looks a lot more up to...

Thanks to both of you for explaining how the CC works on the Discovery a little more! I've still yet to replace the last vac pipe between T-piece and brake pedal, but I suspect that is the cause of the problem. Yesterday down the motorway I tried it again and indeed felt the pedal drop to the...