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Hi all! I (think?) I qualify still as a young’un around here at age 26, but when I first got hold of my SWB Series 3 at 18, I definitely did. Landies, particularly series vehicles, are in my blood. My parents met god knows how long ago when...

Put the new 50m of 14mm Red Winch rope on.

I was thinking of using these door hinges on my Disco but didn’t bother in the end. These would have been helpful, especially as you could ‘tune’ the thickness by altering them in one dimension. I need to get around to printing a Land Rover...

Nice, thanks Phil!

My penny-worth: Years Ago I owned a Rover P5B. The sump gasket needed replacing. When the sump was off it got a good clean. In it was a grey almost clay-like goo at the bottom and in that were numerous aluminium pieces = shavings. I wasn't hugely...

I should have left a gap between 'every' and 'one' there perhaps! 😁

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High pressure air Caboz, but you can’t be absolutely sure without blowing out everyone and checking.

Hello all, So, today I removed the big end bearings and they look normal for 180k Kms. I’m now more leaning towards this to be aluminum shavings from when the head was faced. What do you guys think? I’m renewing the bearings. Is there a way...

Taxed the D1 today and went down to Henley for coffee and cake and a stroll by the river. Ready for some tin tent pulling next week

No idea, but those are big bits! You have to wonder how far the smaller bits have got. I'd take the oil filter off and cut it open to see what is in there first. It could tell you if it is worth opening up the engine further. My fingers are...

I thought that was it then (A BAD WINTER) I had to do my windscreen welding just finished it new screen fitted and I got the 3 amego's for the first time in 18 years,

Little did you know..... what?

My secret leak tracker is talcum powder, some leaks only show under pressure and by the time you stop and search the water has dried, (I spent months tracking a tiny pinhole in a heater hose that dribbled down to the top of the gearbox on our...

Sierra Leone!!! Sounds like a Top Gear style trip is in order. Freelanders to Freetown!

Great stuff. Where next after Gambia? (I know Sierra Leone reasonable well from 2002 though).

RAVE assumes you drained the system previously. You seem to have missed 12 & 13 in the procedure ? Personally I have an issue with step 17-18. Step-17a should be to top up the system while the thermostat is still open !! Also during...

Water boils around 100c at sea level. With a 14psi cap that increases to around 120c. If it's 50/50 antifreeze then it rises further to around 130c. If i recall

Thanks Kev. New NGKs are in, but didn't sort it. Nor did the Britpart new HT leads, however I'm looking forward to receiving some Magnecor reds this coming week. It seems a little strange but I think it was the alternator pulley going...

No leaks overnight. Drained coolant today via rad plug, and slowly refilled with just water for now. Followed the process in RAVE - but when I ran it again the temperature was averaging around 117-118C, which is decently outside normal range...

I have fox dampers on the disco and they are very good as mention. Another vote for KYB as mid-price replacements, I have these on the (said quietly) landcruiser with the standard leaf springs. No complaints about them, even on Kenya’s...

Budget? Do you tow or have a fully loaded vehicle often? You can normally get away with +2" shocks, they will give a bit more down travel off road. Rear springs could dislocate, you can either clamp the top of the spring or run dislocation...

No idea, but following with interest!

Discovery 2a 2003 V8 4L (Australian) Symptoms: (1) Oscillating between only 0V and 1.13V readings in the bank 2 oxygen sensor (bank 1 normal) (2) Had collected up error codes: P1171, P1174, P0150, P0174 (3) Exhaust sprays out liquid on ignition...

If things start to go a bit squirly it’s often best to go and have a cup of tea and/or leave it till tomorrow. Trust me I’m an eggspurt at snapping things that are generally indestructible. Even forced a bolt once but instead of the bolt shearing...

I would have thought so too (electrical)... Wow...

Here you go. Hope that helps

Final update: After replacing the temperature sensor and thermostat on my 300 TDI, I discovered the 3-way splitter on the overflow line was misrouted, sending the main coolant flow to the expansion tank instead of the radiator. Correcting the...

Installed a new sensor and after 20 minutes the gauge does the same thing - goes to 3/4. Strangely enough, the gauge dips slightly when i press on the brakes and if I turn off the engine and restart it goes back down to below 1/2. I am now...