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    eas pump f@*ked ?

    hi there, eas pump is running what seems like forever, will go to high but sometimes takes couple of minutes,replaced air springs x4 couple of weeks back, car does'nt drop overnight so i'm thinking and hoping not valveblock(can't spare a day to rebuild the sucker!). pump is a bit noisy and on a...
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    yeah rears done and chipped it aswell no longer a snail!

    yeah rears done and chipped it aswell no longer a snail!
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    would you buy my engine?

    chill your robe i thourght you'd all uprated to g wagon axles years ago when there were some left:rolleyes: can help you with a pile of chevy blazer rear axles dont know what you would do with the front though?
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    happy birthday dewin,hope you had the day off to enjoy the disco. regards steve

    happy birthday dewin,hope you had the day off to enjoy the disco. regards steve
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    would you buy my engine?

    hi chaps,so i've heard of lots of different engine transplants but hears a possibility for someone,i have a bmc/leyland/nuffeild 5.1 6 cylinder non turbo engine currently marinised (but EVERYTHING is available to de-marinise from a guy in lincolnshire who specialises in vintage truck and tractor...
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    bure valley green lane (where)?

    cheers paul, usefull info will get my mate who works at county hall to check legalitys for me,and have noticed i was not using a land ranger os map but awalkers/cyclists one,probably did'nt help? regards steve
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    air springs done & chipped dse

    cheers for your opinions,just to mention (datatek) message centre was up a gallon from 19.1 to 20.1 on two seperate combined runs with as light a right foot as possible,going on the gauge alone though must be getting 30mpg on a run, i used to have 4.2td landcruiser so anything over 15mpg and i...
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    bure valley green lane (where)?

    hi, i live in norfolk and can remember one of those dull land rover owners mags doing a feature on the bure valley green lane that starts in blickling,next to the hall if i remember correctly and stretching all the way to hunstanton in the wash,anyway i hav'ent got the mag anymore,so would...
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    air springs done & chipped dse

    hi all, rear air springs have now been changed:) admitted defeat to the weather and the springs:o and sent to local specialist,was'nt to horrific fitting my bits £96 inc vat,while i was there got punted into a second hand psi power box (looking not actually psi but very simalar).real happy with...
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    clunk! when selecting gears

    hmmm:confused:, would'nt like to say really not had a green oval that long,but sounds like symptoms i had on yota,would deffo look at your uj's i've heard there a bit weak on these ,but that in my opinion is good rather rub them out than diffs, also have these got drive flanges on the end of the...
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    down in the bumps

    cheers dewin, with you on the freelander front pointless things really,my next vehicle will be pony and trap maybe two for when one goes lame. regards steve.
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    clunk! when selecting gears

    hi cornishdan,had a very simalar noise on my last landcruiser,and it turned out to be quite serious largley because of the cost of toyota bits,but here goes it was wear between front diff and transferbox you can check this by getting under your truck and seeing if your propshaft moves,ideally it...
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    down in the bumps

    sorry dewen,didnt mean to offend you with my tin worm comment,i should shut my mouth cos i take it your able to drive your truck today, i am not .your probably right a couple of years of owning one of these and you should be a qualified range rover technician.anyhow when it dries a bit (fed up...
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    new boy air spring wrestling!!

    cheers for tips guys,will have another crack tommorow may be a bit drier,suprised though i havnt had any disco owners taking the p@&% telling me to order the parts catalogue for future breakdowns:rolleyes:. regards steve
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    new boy air spring wrestling!!

    cheers cornishdan,spoke to a mate and he confirmed what your saying, i was'nt being brutal enough,so i better have another go before i get shafted, do you know how long it should take to refill the bags? cheers steve
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    down in the bumps

    hi thanks for your replies, just posted ''new boy air spring wrestling'' cant get the rears off they seem to be held on by cat s@!t, did'nt help the only place i can do them is on a boggy boat yard,so i'm looking foward to all the disco owners taking the p@$% ,i did think about one but i cant...
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    new boy air spring wrestling!!

    hello ,so i posted the other day ''down in the bumps'' that after just one week of ownership my sack is empty:(,anyhow bags arrived monday and i cracked to it thinking do fronts first cos they seemed the worst ,no probs, then came to the rears and i just couldnt shift them.so how the f$%£ do you...
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    down in the bumps

    hi dewin,thanks for saying hello, lots of niggles it would seem, pity bmw didnt have a bit more to do with the p38, but beleive me toyota bits make rangy bits look like peanuts and they use twice as much diesel so you got more money for bits. regards steve
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    down in the bumps

    hi all,:), thought i'd join this helpfull looking site, had my p38 dse for a week know and me and the other half love it:),we have had nearly all the jap gear fourtrack, patrol,landcruiser,all arguably more reliable but none make you feel like prince charles like the p38 does,maybe a tad...