Recent content by treloarfarm

Thanks again discool.......searching now...:)

Thank you very much for the suggestion....I think I'll try replacing that first and have a general look when it's off....if it is the original alternator and as it's done 200k+ it seems likely it's got to its best before date...

I have a problem with a flat battery when the Disco 300tdi is left overnight....I got a friend to put a meter on the battery when it was ticking over and it was showing as 16-17 volts going in so I think the alternator is not as it should be and shorting out when the engine is stopped...

My item arrived today many thanks Matt....:)

Where does the wiring for the cig lighter supposed to come from...? I have the center consol off to mess with the handbrake lever which is kaput and expected there to be 2 wires attached to the cig lighter ...there wasn't and I couldn't see 2 wires ...there is a connector near the lever base as...

I had a similar problem after my wheel fell off at 50mph...don't ask:rolleyes: anyway I couldn't find the wheel after it parted company with the Disco, pitch black and it was somewhere in a field...so I put the spare on with the 3 wheel nuts that held the spare on the back...I went back in the...

I paid £450 for my '97 Disco BUT the engine needed sorting skimmed the block and the head ....chassis was sound...I think my engines bits were £270 ish,skimming £250 and I had to help the mechanic at his workshop for a few days labouring to help pay for his time, he's a neighbor...it is my first...

Hell Daz that's my kind of price..... jeez.....

How about a handbrake lever for my 97 300tDI.....?

If any of the moderators would like to move this thread to Anything Goes section...I'd be more than happy to see it in the correct place....:)

Simple thread... you have to follow on alphabetically with names of engine parts....I'll start you off with... Alternator

Hope you enjoy your ride....

Happened to me..it would run for a while then stop...the fuel gauge was showing as just under a quarter of a tank.... I limped to the nearest garage...seems it was out of fuel as the gauge was stuck....

Start it up from time to time or the battery might go flat with the alarm...or disconnect it....

I did my leaky sunroof but haven't attempted the lights around the heater controls...I could do with some braille switches....