Search results

Did someone mention admiral? Oh dear, good luck if you are unfortunate enough to have to make a claim, they are useless. Insured my disco this year with a company call glynnwood, excellent service. Could be worth looking them up?

They come out under the floor pan, either side of the transmission tunnel

Knock when changing gear could also be the a frame joint worn

Does sound air con related, possibly drain tubes blocked. Could also be heater matrix, but as not losing coolant that's unlikely.

Pay it cash and don't tell the insurance. Benjamin Disraeli once said- "There are three types of lie. Lies, damned lies and statistics" Just because you've had a minor bump, doesn't mean you are going to have another in the next 12 months. You may never have another one for as long as you have...

I used proper paint from a rattle can made by a local specialist Still looks this good (when clean, lol) 2 years on

Tesco are still doing 2 5 litre containers for £10 here, although someone told me farmfoods works out at 89.5p/litre, not confirmed this myself though

Body is now removed from my old disco, and chassis is now ready for its refurb

Unfortunately the tester is correct :( as of this year the seat has to adjust correctly

Um, the late 97 300 models do have chassis rot issues. Mines registered jan 98, and chassis is worse than my 94 reg disco I'm using for spares.

Cheers all. She is now back on the road, mot was done 3 days before it snowed back in january :) god knows how many hours I spent on it. Given the funds a new crossmember and floor would have gone in. Hopefully next year when things improve financially

Because I value my hearing and I like them, as well as not requiring nasa to fix it when it goes wrong.

You can use the hole in the back of the manifold. Get a banjo bolt and a new boost pipe (the one from the turbo to pump) and plumb it in using that. It's how I did mine :)

I did all these adjustments when i fitted my full width intercooler, and on standard 70 series disco tyres it would spin the wheels on take off :) After changing to taller 85 series tyres it won't spin the wheels, but even with a heavy ish right foot i'm still seeing 28-30 mpg on the "urban"...

Get it rust protected with lots of waxoyl then while it is relatively rust free, even if it involves removing the front wings to do the A panels, and make sure you spray up the inside of the inner rear quarters too. can't have them, sorry, took me a week and a half of rubbing back and painting...

Yes, it will be a fail. Door pillars are now checked for rot in the mot, and it's within 30cm of a body mount

and that's it up to date. The chassis swap is still pending (once i can actually find the time to get the body stripped off the donor), but will happen this year. There WILL be more to come.....

bit more done today.... getting there bit by bit :) Last few bits.... had a bit of an issue with the ABS light coming on again, turns out it was the relay sticking, so that's sorted.

December 2012 gave us the best weather of the year...... nice weather = more welding :) another nice day = more welding done to the o/s rear 1/4 - should be able to get the 1/4 panel back on this weekend :) :) ...and the welding to the rhr quarter is now complete. Seam sealer and...

hopefully this is the last of the rusty stuff in the bodywork..... started chopping some more tin worm out last night, debating about removing the quarter panel to get at the lower rear corner better on this one as there's more rot than i was expecting...... ....although i may just...