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Irlam (if anyone’s ever heard of it!!!)

You’re not wrong, it’s now a Land Rover Colander!!!!

What have I done to my Landy????? Become it’s new owner! Bought a tidy looking 300tdi disco yesterday and will be getting the overalls on Later to have a look at the three holes I need to weld up

I’m expecting the hikes to be at least twice the size once I’ve taken the crappy steel back to solid steel too so fingers crossed it stays at three!!! The front leather seats also need the bolsters re-upholstering so will be looking for a good place near me to drop them off with. The previous...

Hi all, I joined this site quite a few years back but didnt have a great deal of time to spend on the laptop as i was super busy. Anyway, i have just bought a M Reg 300tdi Discovery and will hopefully be able get some help and guidance from you lovely lot on anything i intend to do to it. It...

Thanks for the posts guys, I will be getting on my back this evening to check it out. Im not a complete numpty when it comes to mechanics but having never had a 4x4 I needed to ask what I have to be looking for! I'll post either tonight or tomorrow with my findings as im working a possible...

If your going to grin it, then try to get hold of a belt sander so you can focus the end of the belt onto the spot weld itself. A grinder with a flap disc will 1, wear out the pad too quick due to the surface area it covers and 2, possibly, due to the location of the spot welds, take too much...

Spot weld drill bit gets my vote. Usually when the drill bit gets to the final bit of cutting, the drills revs drop a bit giving an indication to ease off the pressure. You can then either carry on with light pressure or get a cut down putty knife and hammer to split the panels

Thanks for the quick reply, are either of these easy to spot? Not had time to get underneath today but I'm in the workshop all day tomorrow so will be getting on my back to check it out

I've owned my disco for about 4-5 weeks and slowly but surely things have been going wrong with it, only small things like the back door and passenger door not opening from the outside and the bonnet catch not working but these are jobs I can sort at my leisure as I don't use it that often...

Thanks for this detailed reply, having never had tyres like this I didn't want to go on another longish trip without checking as the offside rear looks abit low compared to the rest. I'll go with 40psi. Although when I drove to Birmingham the other day an loving the rumble of the tyres I don't...

Thanks mate, thought they might of been for them. The truck has 235/70/16 Kingpin Trackers but it doesn't state what psi to run them at!! I am driving to Leeds from Manchester tomorrow and just checking everything over, oil, water, tyre pressure etc..... So does anyone know what would be...

Fitted the headlamp clips today so they don't droop any more and noticed a spare plug coming from both o/s and n/s headlamp loom, am I right to assume that these would be for spot lights in the original bumper? Also, I gave the disco its first run out today as the merc sprinter was having...

I've just bought my first disco and posted about some mods I wanted to do which included a lift. I was surprised that most people say a lift is not needed if the right wheels and tyres (and a camel cut on the arches) are fitted then the truck will go anywhere. I may fit one in the future but for...

Doesn't tweeting the pump reduce the life of other parts of he motor? Was thinking of a bigger inter cooler and have heard of a boost pin mod but some people were complaining of it failing!! Was that down to the manufacturer? I also order two pairs of headlight clips but am looking for a...