Recent content by mattmoo

Ps. Thank you for all your kind words!

The police have found her! Not seen her yet but sounds like she's suffered only minor damage! Found 2 together ..... And another one somewhere else. Think they know who did it too! Now to research and spend many thousands on security equipment!!!!

Hi all, Woke up this morning to find my new wives Defender gone from the front of the house, still had the bows and ribbons on from using it as our wedding car! It must have gone sometime between midnight and 8am. Leicestershire village, near Ashby De La Zouch, just off the M42. Any info is...

ok. how then do i know what coils i'd need to replace mine with? any ideas? thanks for your help so far, Matt

hi, i have a series 3 sitting on an early 90 chasis and bulkhead, there are coil springs and the landy sits wonky, with each corner being at a seperate height. i want to get new springs but have no idea where to start with it being an hybrid, anyone have any ideas? ideally with a link stating...

Hi, i started a thread a week ago about my landy doing about 300 yards and cutting out. it was suggested that Air was in the system, which today i've proved to be the case. Ok, so my question is this, I've swapped the hose from the fuel pump to the fuel filter (2.25 diesel by the way), and...

Hi, for those who have read my previous queries you will know my distribution pump is very worn and retarded. I've made some enquiries with companies selling parts and I can't believe the price for a reconditioned unit, most of the companies actually suggested that i should pay for the pump to...

in a word... no! does it have a section in the Haynes manual? M

thank you for your suggestions, i will try to reprime the system first, I actually unretarded the distributor pump at the weekend and then put it back to where it was when i realised it had been retarded for a reason! maybe this was the cause of the problem, at least with the bank holiday it...

Hi, i've got another small problem with my 2.25 diesel now, and hoping someone can help with some suggestions of what could be wrong. The landy starts up as usual and ticks over nicely, however, if i drive about 300yards the engine cuts out as though there is no fuel (there is fuel!), it...

itis coil sprung. the landy is in a barn about 10miles away at present so next time i'm there i'll take some pictures and post, i've done a google images search and found the following (which is of a hilux) but it looks quite similiar to how my landy is. i'm actually very new to mechanics and...

some additional information, it really only needs to drop about 2-3inches to level it up... just looks a little odd at the moment!

Hi all, on my series three the original springs have been replaced (for discovery ones i believe - it was done by a previous owner) - anyway, the front of my landy points upwards a little and does seem to have quite a lot of body roll when cornering, can I just buy some spring clamps to lower...

thanks for the response, the engine surges very slightly on tickover, and if the pump is worn as you suggest (the whole thing is worn so i imagine the pump is no exception!! :-) is it a case of getting a new one and doing a straight swap out? from your note i guess it would be worth turning it...

Hi, i've noticed that on my series 3 the distributor pump is out of align with the point it should line up with. I've tried undoing the 3 retaining nuts and moving but it seems stuck. should this be as simple as just undoing the 3 nuts or is there more to it than that? Also, my landie...