Recent content by camulodunum

After taking out the starter motor and testing, it definitely wasn't working right. I've cleaned it out and greased it and now it works like it should, I also found a bodge on the main feed to the glowplug relay that bypassed the fuse box straight to the battery. However it is still slow to...

Thanks all, a couple of things for me to try this weekend. I'll update later.

Apologies for starting yet another thread but I've been through just about everything I can find. When cold the engine refuses to start, it turns over but will not catch. The only way I can get it started is to roll it down the hill and bump start, or to jump start from another battery. When...

As others have said it could be worse. I'm in the process of fixing 11 failing points from my MOT last Tuesday. Mostly ball joints and bushes, although one ball joint was that bad it was causing a lot of play in the steering wheel (I thought that was just the box needing a bit of adjustment)...

My apologies, been running round so much with work and fixing bits on the Disco I forgot my etiquette. I've just been reading the wave etiquette thread to improve myself, although round here most green ovals seem to be the of the status symbol variety :(

Hi all, My name's Simon and I've had my discovery for a year now. After having a 51 plate C5 with far too many electrics in I wanted a car I could maintain myself. Since I was young I wanted a landrover, ideally an 110, bu I couldn't justify one of those for the daily commute. So I went for a...

Hi all, I've been looking on various forums for an answer to this tricky problem. Since buying the car (R plate 300tdi) the hazard lights and horn haven't worked properly. The previous owner had bypassed the horn circuit so that it would work and the indicators work as normal. However the...