Recent content by Nev265

Thanks for the bleeding tips - I hadn't gotten around to looking them up yet. Sorry if my previous reply sounded a bit stroppy, I was a little annoyed at the tone of some previous posts. I have dealt with brakes of all sorts of sizes and shapes for some years now, admittedly mainly motorbike...

PLEASE EVERYONE JUST CALM DOWN. The main reason for changing is that the brakes had had it. Needed new discs and pads anyway, one of the pots on the passenger front caliper had seized and the general; condition of them were crap. Nwhere have I mentioned "brake fade" or bad tyres, so...

The discs are thicker and thereforethe calipers have a wider gap also. According to Landrover, this set is compatible with my Disco. Think I may need to look at fitting the secondary pipes as the pipework is quite cheap and then its just change the master cylinder.

I can see exactley what you mean, and I would assume the same. Except that the official Landrover illustrated parts catalogue only lists one set of calipers for vented discs. There are 3 sets for solid ones (depending on year) and the local dealer reckons these are the correct ones. So does...

Bit of a query guys. This weekend I have been upgrading the front brakes on my '95 Disco 300TDI. I have changed the pads discs and calipers for vented ones. All the parts are the correct ones as listed in the illustrated parts catalogue (my bible!!!!!). Put it all together and bled the...

Thanks for all the tips and advice guys. Don't know why Heggars was crapping himself, as it is my Disco. Perhaps he'll have kittens when he gets his own??

The head is now back together after a few hiccups. Just need to fish off in the morning and get her running. Here's hoping

You'll be pleased to know I have stripped the head without too many hiccups, took me 4 and a half hours though - it was my first time!!! The head is at the machinists and i'm picking it up in the morning. There were no hardened rings in it, so once the injectors and glow plugs were out it was...

Spoke to a company that does skimming today and he said he could do it for £20 - great. One problem though, he said if it has hardened steel inserts, they need to come out before he can skim and he would grind them seperately. I need to do that if it does. Does anyone know if disco 300tdi...

Further developments!!!! Spoke to a mate of mine who is a bit of a whizz with cars. He got me to make sure all the water levels were correct, with no airlocks etc, then take the header tank cap off and start the engine. He reckoned that if the head gasket has blown then the water should...

Cheers for the "My mates a dumb sh*t and don't know what he's doing routine" Heggars. The Disco in question is mine lads. Its been problematic since the engine change (Heat seized on the A1 - tensioner went, thought the Alt had died cos only the bat light came on, so kept going to try to get...