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Discivery 2 '03 v8 bosch Before Xmas I had an occasional oil light come on. I was only doing a mile or 3 journeys so just intended to top up,.this I did before I had a 300 mile round trip. All was fine until right near the end I was on an uphill gradient doing 80ish (yes I know) stuck behind a...

been a while since I sold the 3.9 disco and picked up a freelander 1 1.8 1999 but it has a clicking on steering low to med speed, thinking drive shaft any suggestions? also clutch seems to bite really low and catches going into 5th is it likely to be control linkage? doesn't slip at all.....

Ha ha I did consider it, but ebay has it fairly cheap and ordered some already, plus no guarantee of quality I guess from a pencil :)

No problem , be a day or so before graphite arrives so will do some trawling and see if any other response, thanks :)

so if I remove the brass pin will it let me withdraw the barrel and swap it? and will a barrel in the standard switches fit? I will possibly try and remove the barrel anyway to give it a thorough clean before dusting when thoroughly clean and dry, unless you know of any reason I should be cautious?

No the barrel was stuck in the chamber not twisting as I said, cleaning it out helps but the steel keys wear out the softer materials of the lock causing them to Goo up! Works fine at the moment but doesn't spring back from the start position, I have ordered some graphite powder just wondered if...

Hi everyone, I have a disco with issues re the steering lock, nothing new, the tumblers stick from wear or gunk and don't drop releasing the lock. It stranded me at the pumps blocking the petrol station, boy was i popular!!! I pushed it back (steering lock on) and spent an hour fiddling etc and...

are these just rims? and where are you? I just picked up a '76 with cracked tyres and one banged wheel rim bit new to this but love to get it back on road