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Well, the vac pump is positioned between the belt pulley and the body of the alternator, but only if the engine is a diesel and not petrol. I may be missing something, but the engine type hasn’t been mentioned by the OP… until then its a waste...

Brake squeal is a known issue. So try fitting anti-squeal shims if not fitted, or separately supplied in the box plus using a dab of brake grease on the rear of then pads if required, shims should be included in the box or fitted on the pad if u...

The EFI ECU needs to know the engine is running, so it receives a signal from the ignition coil, if it doesn’t then the fuel pump won’t continue to run after its initial priming of the fuel system. What addition of Haynes manual are u using RRC...

Thats what you need, with steering components, stainless steel is more fragile as we all know. Hopefully the nuts supplied were castled. Nylock will require replacement when removed as they are “use once only “ … it appears there are some who...

Try these people https://www.rcv.co.uk/ I've only use them for bog standard servicing which was carried out okay.

I know what u mean as I have a car in the garage that has a lock nut on the ball joint thread that enters the track tube. Unlike the D1 which uses a clamp for locking the rod adjustment, the D2 is a wee bit different, it has this item thats...

Yup agreed wee bit crossed wires lol & the locking nut on the drag link to track rod is what thread size. This thread has cross threads 🤣🤣

D1s steering only has a drag link and a track rod, the end ball joints x 4 are similar but the near side is LH thread, all have a M12 securing nut on top, castle or nylock. The rod adjusting clamps have nut & bolt but that is 1/4 unf. Anyway...

Thats correct track rod ball joints are near side LH thread offside is RH thread. Well they are on a RRc and a Disco1🙂

They do look a bit crusty don't they🙂 Anyway they are a service part and so listed in the LR Disco 1 parts catalogue. Listed is a M12 nut-tube female NRC9770 and the olive NRC 9771.

Have a look Hella Comet 500 for sale on eBay.

The lens shouldn’t be opaque as shown, dont buy ☹️ You should be able to see the bulb even in a fog lamp as link below shows. https://images.roverparts.com/1000/STC8480G-01.jpg I’m not sure now what the model number is for my driving lamps are...

Spot lamps have a clear lens to give a long beam, fog lamps have a dense pattered lens to give the flat top beam, driving lamps also have patterned lens simple to some head lamps to give a long wider spread beam. All Hella Safari 5000 lamps are...

Comma oil recommend 75 90 semi-synthetic GL5 grade in both axel diffs. https://www.commaoil.com/

My quick search🤔 may or not help. https://www.johncraddockltd.co.uk/da3023-safari-raised-air-intake-snorkel-kit-td5-and-v8-for-lrover-discovery-2-left-hand-side-fitment.html...

And the best of luck with that, much better to ask Google.

That’s about it for starters. I cant see that short length of wire that's involved would be an issue. unless you have been working in the area and dislodged the plug and its half hanging out, it’s quite a substantial plug in relation to the...

Thanks Just so I understand, all good at the barrel/switch, trace wires to the fuse box, and check for loss of power?

From the ignition switch there is three main feeds into the fuse board Position1 minor aux feed so radio and clock illumination. White and yellow for power to the board in position2 and red/white position3 only when cranking the the engine...

Possibly just some gunge in on of the sliders stopping it moving and stopping the whole thing turning ... Use Lock Lube or crushed graphite pencil lead ...

Hi. You have forgotten the model year of your 300Tdi disco, is it manual or auto? I assume that is the vehicle from your other posts. The only thing disconnecting the battery reconnecting the battery dose is you will have to re synchronise the...

People with nothing much better to do, probably students(!) have done research on this and found out that if a torque wrench is not used people tend to overtorque small nuts and undertorque big ones, which kind of fits in with using not much...

Umm, okay halfway right. 🙂 The 18in x 1/2in wrench was purchased way back in 1988 for when I had to refit a cylinder head following the replacement of its camshaft, since then its just used on wheel nuts, so thats just once a year with the...

"Mechanical sympathy", you can't teach it ...

Couldn’t agree more. I very rarely use a torque wrench, but maybe being an engineer and 40 odd years of loosening and tightening nuts and bolts gives me an advantage. Folks need to learn and understand that not everything with a thread needs to...

Windy gun and cross threaded?

I think it's called "lack of torque wrench" or knowledge of how to use one !

Just a lack of engineering knowledge/skills I do up a sump drain plug finger tight and with a ring spanner just ‘nip up’ to a new copper washer. Job done. Diff drain plugs are a bit different but the skill to know when enough is enough when...

The model year of your vehicle would handy. Your EFI engine has a leased 7 important sensors that will cause a misfire if faulty, there’s a diagnostic facility that can be used which should give an indication of the issue which could just be a...

The info you require and more is in the Discovery 2 electrical manual, all 728 pages of it can be downloaded http://www.discovery2.co.uk/pdf_files/D2_electrical_library.pdf