I think (and I'll stand corrected if wrong!) that once you've got the torque converter "locked in" ie over 50 mph, then when you take your feet off, it will give you best engine braking, if on the other hand you've not got lock-up on the torque converter, then you'll only get a % age of engine...

Yes, but you're only making minor adjustments because the wheel has gone out a little. If it goes "out" due to the vehicle being tracked, then it's not going to be much out. If I remember correctly, if you remove the steering wheel, the shaft is hexagonal, so the steering wheel can only go in...

You're correct, it's no longer charging your battery. That split charger is only rated at 30amp. When you are winching a "heavy" load, your winch can be drawing 250 to 300 amp. That's why you connect the alternator to the winch battery, and use the split charger to keep the vehicle battery...

I bought a Disco that had both anti-roll bars removed, and to put it bluntly, it was bloody dangerous over 65mph.I acquired & fitted just the front one, this has made it much more stable and safer with no issues now. Off road (& I do some fairly serious stuff) there's not as much flex now at the...

What type of split charger? if it's just one of the caravan ones, you've no chance, buy a proper one. otherwise it's either a knackered battery, or it's not charging somehow. The acepted method of wiring up a second battery is, that the alternator charges up the winch battery, and the vehicle...

Due to the number of knocks my disco gets that can (& does) sometime put the tracking out, I actually bought an old set of Dunlop tracking gauges like these; dunlop tracking gauges spares or repairs on eBay (end time 18-Oct-10 20:56:28 BST) spares are available for anything that's...

Get a couple of diff guards, there's less than £20 each, then think about a steering guard, they normally have recovery points attached.

You've obviously picked up your power from somewhere under the dash. although normally this doesn't cause problems, try taking the power direct from the +'ive side of the battery (Don't forget you still need the in-line fuse). The other thing that can cause it, is where you've routed the aerial...

Is it like this one with the cooling fan on the outside of the casing? FORD,LANDROVER,ROVER,MG - ALTERNATOR (LUCAS A127) 55Amp on eBay (end time 23-Oct-10 12:50:05 BST) Or is it like this one with no cooling fan on the outside, and usually with a multi-v-pully? Land Rover Discovery 300tdi...

definately a duff alternator

Got a call from my brother-in-law a few months back, he'd bought an old canal boat and he needed it moving to his home. When I got there, it was partially full of rainwater, (couldn't find bungs to empty it) inboard 4 cylinder engine with Z leg. I could certainly tell it was on the Landy!

Loads of flaring tools on Ebay for £10 upwards

I had the same problem so fitted one of these. eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace no problems now!! stuck inside the windscreen at the top (so no damage from trees etc) wire under the roof lining edge then down the corner pillar into the dashboard to the radio. I did however find that I had to...

Acer one notebook, as already said, this is a solid state hard drive so is bullet proof, Memory map software. you can see the GPS dongle plugged into the side of it.

The condoms will peel off, then just pull the bulb out and go to your local accessory shop for new bulbs, they're cheap as chips.

If you've got access to a decent vice and selection of sockets to use as drifts, you should easy do them in an hour. Rather than put the metalastatic bushes back in, I fitted poly ones, these you can push in by hand. Land Rover Defender / Disco Panhard Rod Poly Bush Kit on eBay (end time...

I've never used a ball joint separator in 40 years as a HGV fitter, and you don't hit the threaded end of the ball joint, instead hit the end of the casting where the taper fits into (leave the nut on the thread a few turns, this will save damaging it should you ever have to remove a ball joint...

The disco 2 radius arms are similar to the disco ones? I would certainly use polybushes, but to remove the 2 bushes in the *C* end of the arm, if you haven't got use of a press, then it's best to burn out the rubber in the old bushes (lots of black smoke to upset the neighbours!) in fact once...

Panhard rod bushes, just had the same problem. needed a set quickly so had to buy some sh.tpart ones, lasted 2 days greenlaning then nearly put us off the road on the way home, completely knackered! just fitted a set of poly's. you don't need to burn them out, with the right sized sockets to use...

Basically you're moving a dog clutch across to into another one to lock 2 shafts so they both turn together. If you're lucky and your dog clutches have stopped in line, or they're somewhat rounded off through use, then you've more chance of selecting whilst stopped, but you should have them...