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There is 1 road from the airport into town otherwise you wait for snow and use dog sleds or snowmobiles

By the way the town i mentioned is Longyearbyen on the Island of Svalbard Spitzbergen And the reason for carrying a rifle is Polar Bears

Ive just come bak from a town where if you leave the boundaries of the town by law you have to carry a loaded rifle. Also if the siren souds you have to go to the nearest house and stay inside untill the all clear. seeing as im back in the uk i...

with the engine at TDC loosen the bolt on front of the cmshaft andpull sprocket off and then turn the camhaft untill it it is in the right position then refit the sprocket annd tighten the bolt you might hve to take the vacume pump off to get at...

if you want a diesel reliable car look at p38 rather nthan a classic they are cheaer at the moment

ive got 4 land rovers altogeather A short wheelbse series 111 2 1/4 petrol which i have used doing the desert tracks in Australia but now retired as i the older i get i prfer a quieter more comfortable ride so i now have a discovery 3 2.7 which...

I have 2 1999 P38 diesel Range Rovers at the moment both on SORN I am confident that both would pass a MOT and I have had them running. I used them for travelling oversea when I was in the UK as I live in Australia but now I am getting to old to...

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I arrived back in the UK today so will start to get the RR sorted and up for sale or at least one of them. Flew from Brisbane to Bankock with Singapore Airlines and then flew up to Chang Ria the next day with Air Asia and spent a couple of day...

is the DPF blocked ? in the handbook for the D3 it says run the engine for about 20 min at abve 2500 rpm to burn it clean i dont know what the D4 hanbook sugests but if you have one look under DPF or diesel particle filter

can you check with a NANOCOM and operate them with it?

When my turbo s--- itself i was in Kazacstan and it started howling like you would not believe and every one moved to oneside believing it was either an ambulance or police car it also left a trail of oily smoke that caused its own ecosystem and...

THE hp 24 will fit but u need to change the bell housing and torque converter you could also try using the Lucas gearbox fix

I would like about 2500 GDP for it . I will be in the UK on June 12 2025 for a few weeks

I have a 1999 P38 in Roja red 2.5 DSE for sale . This car has been used for overland trips and has been stored in a lockup since covid I used this car for trips through Russia Mongolia Uzbekistan China and Europe and keep it in good condition...

If you were in AUstralia you can also buy 6x6 landrovers and tray back UNIMOGS https://afmsafety.com.au/land-rovers/land-rover-110-6x6/

This mourning i went for a walk and sw a vehicle that i havnt heard of for sometime and thought some people might be intrested in .It was in camper form and looks the buisness for serious off road travel. Its an OKA and built in Australia...

I had tints on my P38 when i bought it but had to remove the drivers and passengers window ones as they were illegal as the police could not see if you were on the phone

My disco has DSC on it and when your in soft sand it will just dig itself in same with thick mud so the first thing i do in either situatin is turn off the DSC . I learn that the hard way the first time i was in soft sand it dug itself into the...

Might have to get it into a 20 ton press or use a grinder on it

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I find the older you get the longer it takes I did the rear bearing on my disco 3 and when i came to put it back togeather there was a return spring missing on the R /H side handbrake shoes i spent 3 days looking for it and then finally ordered...

When i came to program the first one i found the battery was only 1 v so got a new one and fitted but still will not program

the latest one i have yet to recieve

Bought it off ebay and have just bought another so see if this one will programe

When the carbon build up in the manfold on my disco caught on fire and burnt a hole in the plastic manifold and i got a used one i blocked off the egr and ran a can of manifold cleaner through it the crap that came out of the exhaust caused a...

I have a 2009 disco 3 and came with only one key so i purchased an aftermarket key which i cannot get to reconise the car with my NANOCOM and i see that there are 2 mhz ones and wondered how i can tell which one i have by either the VIN number or...