Recent content by itchyfeet

Sorry, are you reading this as a Discovery 3 or 4 chassis? Its three quarters of a TD5 chassis. Which of course is a Discovery 2. I'll amend the title if poss.

Hi all, I got hold of a 3/4 Discovery TD5 Chassis off a truck with 46k miles on it. No welds, no rust, only the very lightest of surface discolouration. I got it as my Disco had rotted on the very last rear quarter. The bloke i got it off was future proofing his by fitting a galvanised chassis...

Hi, I recently sold my sdv6 Rangie on a 62 plate, I got that after seeking advice and was told Jaguar had addressed oilway and crank issues and a few other troublesome parts. Truck was outstanding, the most comfortable and capable thing I've ever owned. However, inlet manifolds that cracked, a...

I've pretty much always paid for my cars to be serviced. i know its fairly straight forward to maybe most of you reading this, but on Sunday I did my first service on the truck. Oil, both filters, fuel filter and diff oils. Service book says 7000 miles since last service. Now it might be me just...

Thanks James, I'm just going back to it now in daylight. Trouble for me is where Truck failed, wifes work wont be too pleased with it staying put while I try to fix it.

Hi Guys, Ive a 2004 D2 with 130,000k on the clock. Yesterday after driving to work with no issues my wife phones me to tell me the gear stick is very stiff and wont engage reverse, i go check it out and sure enough it will go into first with a bit of wiggling but not reverse at...

Thanks, both springs not present so both must have snapped or been pushed back into dash.

Hi all, are the coin and ashtray's an easy fix when they stop automatically working? I've only just picked my Disco2 up and during the test ride both trays worked fine, gentle push in and they released easily on their springs. After a trip to the garages valeting service I...

I had my 2001 Auto done a few years back, it made a real difference to everyday driving, just a lot more low down shove. Fuel mpg did increase on a run I'd say by up to 10%. Around town not though as if the extra torque is there i tended to use it. Towing showed the best increase as cruising at...

Hi all, a couple of questions if you dont mind. I have a 2000 model p38 fitted with sat nav. The buttons to the left of the screen all illuminate green when the 'on' button is pressed. The screen however remains black with no signs of flickering. 1/Does the screen fail to cause this or...

Just did mine following the rangerover.net advice aswell as the you tube vids. I just clamped my coolant pipes, lost about half a litre. I did cut the main plastic heater (square) tube and just duck taped it back up. Also did my broken drivers side blend motor while I was there. Not going...

Thought I'd change over my pesky drivers side blend motor that doesn't work. While I'm there may aswell do the 'O' rings in heater matrix pipes. One 'O' ring was like granite and the other one was broken. Quite sure i did not break it taking it out. Happy with that job. Blend motor couldn't...

Maybe his coolant pipe 'o' rings have gone under drivers side footwell.

Thanks both for your replies. The fault did clear itself when I restarted in the morning. There was no ' slow 35mph' message. Do you think the height sensor went out of range because I had not used the inhibit button?