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    Splice HJ2 / Cigarette lighter problem

    Hi all, Been putting it off for a few months but have now decided to have a serious look into the cigarette lighter not working (mainly for the satnav and coolbox). Its a Discovery 1 1996 ES 3.9 V8. The diagnosing work so far: Checked battery voltage which was fine. Checked fuse 6...
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    Disco 1 Aux power kit / Cigar lighter broken

    Hi all, I'm sitting here looking at the RAVE diagram for installing the aux power kit and it shows that you have one positive feed going to a relay from inside the boot area and another (switch feed? ) coming from what looks like a spade connector on the main fuseboard. Now my question is would...
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    Fuel treatment / Placebo effect

    Hi all, Thought I would ask everyone's opinion on this, Before taking the landy (N reg disco 1 3.9 v8) in for its MOT we popped a Fuel treatment additive into a fresh tank of petrol. Now whether Im hearing things I don't know but the engine hasn't got any more power or whatever rubbish they...
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    Fire Extinguisher mounting

    Hi all, Now I know there are threads on this and I have done a search ;) I have a disco 1 7 seater 5 door and I am trying to find a suitable location to mount my new fire extinguisher, It is a 2kg Dry powder (Annoyed after realising they do 2ltr foams :mad:) but I cant find anywhere that it...
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    Headlamp connector melting

    Hi there, After spending a night green laning we have seemed to hit problems with our N reg discovery 1 3.9 v8 Auto. We were about half way down a green lane when we notice that the newly wired in 100w wipacs went out :( we carried on using dipped beam an got home fine. After checking the wipac...
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    Vacuum tubes disconected?

    Hi All, While tinkering around under the bonnet of the disco I noticed something that caught my eye, A black tube with a T-piece on the end of it lying next to it 2 more black tubes that have broken off the T-piece. One tube goes to the rocker cover, one tube seems to go through the firewall and...
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    Hello there

    Hi, Thought I would join as we have just got our new discovery! Seems like the place to be when you own a landy :) Would be great to make new friends around the area to go greenlaning with.