Recent content by Salisburylander

I did ask that and they said they would find out the price of a new axle for me 🤷‍♂️

Update: Just spent 3 hours waiting in the local Land Rover garage whilst they fitted the new brackets. I thought it was going to be a complicated job but in reality, the bracket is held on by the radius arm bolts and would take 5 minutes to complete. Sorry for the poor quality pictures.

Removed winch bumper, winch and after-market radiator grill and replaced them with standard items.

Just removed mine. I don’t plan to participate in any severe challenges but easy enough to replace if I change my mind. Mine was the drainpipe type rather than the moulded plastic ones.

Read some of the Defender2.net posts. I didn’t realise it’s been an on-going issue for years. If the brackets are fitted and the axle still fails; will Land Rover pay for the repair? The recall notice fails to mention that!

I bought my first Defender ( a 2011 TDCi 2.4) three weeks ago and now Land Rover are saying that the suspension might fail and it needs immediate repair. Anyone else got the recall?

I’ve just been watching a YouTube video about a guy in the US who rebuilt his Land Cruiser. He had had to replace his engine and he was saying he would rather do that than buy another vehicle and what would he buy instead? He claimed that his choices were another Land Cruiser or a Disco 2...

I replaced my air-springs with coils in a car-park when on holiday in France. I was fortunate that a friend was joining me and he could fly out with the springs. I was surprised that my wife actually noticed an improvement in the ride quality as she’s normally totally oblivious to this sort of...

If the water is say 18 inches deep, what sort of speed do you need to do to create a bow wave? Just chatting the other day with a few mates and none of us really knew.

Didn’t someone do an auto to manual conversion on a V8 not too long ago? Possibly the same sort of issues on both types of engine.

My Disco has a really bad turning circle, trying to park at the local shop invariably leads to much back and froing and wheel twiddling. Is there anything I can do to alleviate this problem?

I finally got around to sorting out the problem. I took the seat out last night and fitted a secondhand motor that I had bought. The old motor was seized; the new one worked immediately and I have a degree of adjustment. The problem is that the other motor doesn’t work so still can’t adjust the...

Filled the filter with diesel, screwed it in, let it prime and it started first time. I was really worried about doing the filter cos my colleague tried to do his and I’m not sure what he did wrong but his car ended up being transported to a garage...

Cheers for the info. I’ll nip and get some diesel before I start.

I’m worried about replacing the fuel filter on my TD5. It’s not the actual replacement itself but the priming and starting afterwards. Any tips before I give it a go?