Recent content by kimmy

hi everyone :) well cars in the garage, landrover mechanic looked at it and confirmed my worst fears - IRD's dead!!! also rear diff mount though thats least of my worries!! he's said that VCU seems ok and not to worry about replacing. My question is should i have VCU replaced if going to the...

youve been listening to too much rubbish in the press lol!! if i get the rise and back pay i'l give you half for all your help :)

mmmm a lickle secret lol!! il decide what to do once cars in garage - fingers crossed its not too bad (who am i trying to kid! i was convinced it was a rear wheel bearing lol ) cant believe how muh ive learnt in a couple of days about my td4!! oh how ignorance is bliss sometimes lol

theyre based in the midlands not that that makes a difference lol im praying its the vcu now - gone are my hopes of the wheel bearing and 40 quid!! if i get the ar changed to 2 wheel drive after (if it is just vcu) vcu bits done would this decrease the risk of my ird failing dya think?

thanks swamp and mad hat man! :) found couple of cheaper prices on bell engineering ird £480 vcu £200 both include carriage!! ever heard of them? all your advice greatly appreciated thanks :)

thanks for your words of wisdom swampdonkey :) cars booked in for weds, gotta get the car trailered there as worried driving it would cause more problems!! can viscous coupling thing knock our ird if i drive it? as for 10% rise!!! yea right lol

need to work out the costs if worse case scenario and ird unit failed plus other bits n bobs that go with it. any places people would recommend?

cars in chelmsford essex if any lovely person could help :)

****e - didn't take pics and car is 15 miles away at hubbys shop!!! spoke to a lr dealer and he said he has only ever fitted 1 ird in the 10 years of working!?! im at a loss as to what to do because i could get the car to them and cost me hundreds and hundreds just working through the prob...

help - is this the IRD!!!! been under the car tonight and found the lon thing down the car (prop?!) is hanging down and the rubber mount is broken allowing for lots of play. Wiggled the wheels around, both sides are the same. there is a major clonking noise now in forward and reverse from...

will do - he's got those in stock lol :) thanks for your help and time, gonna drive the old bone shaker now (defender) and pretend i know what i'm doing with my td4!!

ahh bless your heart :) thanks for that, gonna have a go with the wiggle test and then wheel off and see what we find.. i'm just praying its a wheel bearing, even if it means a new hub from damage still be cheaper than ird unit (whatever that is !!!!)

he sold his only td4 manual friday!!! bloody typical and i'm not going to halfords!!!! we'l have a look and see what we find!

that sounds terrible about hubby and his shop!!! what i mean is he's not a mechanic and doesnt like to tinker!!! :)

yea, my hubbies got a car spares shop in chelmsford - not that he knows much about cars lol just sells the parts!! cars parked at his shop so im using his old defender - we'l have a go bit later- thought you might need special tools to get hub off?? what did it do on your disco?