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Hi Paul, do you have any links for the on/on changeover switches you used? I've searched on-line and through the rack in Halfrauds and I'm not finding them... especially rocker type with illumination on separate pins... Thanks, M (Trax, think I agree and won't bother with the illuminated switch...

Thanks all for useful help. I'll let you know what I finally sort out. I like the 3-core cable idea and thank you also for the wiring diagram. M

Hi, does anyone have a wiring diagram for wiring a worklight? I want to be able to control the light from either of two switches, one on the dashboard and one just inside the back door. If one switch has turned it on I want to be able to turn it off by switching either the same switch or the...

Hmmm, it actually seems to be in pretty good shape; no sagging or holes. I've got plenty of other more urgent things to do on the vehicle than strip all the cloth and polystyrene off the headliner and paint the fibreglass (although I've read those threads and it might be something I do in the...

My head-lining is lying upside down in the middle of the living room floor, a situation that has arisen due to leaky sunroof syndrome. My wife is not going to tolerate this for more than a few days. Does anyone have any recommendations for something to clean 14 years of grime out of it...

Good thread supercharged16v, will be interested to hear how easy it is to swop out the panels. M

Without doubt one of the most fiddly, irksome, p.i.t.a. jobs I've ever attempted on the disco. Four hours for a front passenger door for someone with very limited mechanical aptitude and having to work on the front drive with all tools in the back shed. Especially fiddly bits of the job were...

I had it done at least 25 years ago, and I recall my consultant at my final consultation saying that my eyes were now fit for flying fast jets with the RAF (a career choice I decided not to follow up!). I did enquire about joining South Wales Police late in the '80s or early '90s and got a...

:confused: Why are employers still so up tight about laser eye surgery? It's been around for many years now and is well proven. M

Hmmm, my R-reg 300tdi disco has only got about 80,000 on the clock (bought it at ten years old with only 22,000) so I don't think the mileage is that remarkable really. Also, in my experience machinery likes to be used, and clearly that disco has been sat idle gathering dust, with rubber and...

OK, just to complete the story... On inspection the outer few mm of each piston was quite rusty and pitted after cleaning so I removed them completely (I gently twisted them out with a big pipe wrench, not worrying about scratching them up as they were going to be chucked). They came out...

Spent most of the day pfaffing around with this but have now got both new rear discs on and the hubs all rebuilt and on. Both caliper's are now in a box in the dining room and I will have a proper look at them and see what can be done with the pistons over the next few days. All the pistons are...

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Thanks all. I've put a brake hose clamp on the hose above the rear dif and am opening the nipple on the brake caliper, in order to avoid any seal reversal in the master cylinder. I'll have a go at cleaning the existing pistons first, although if I have to I'll replace them. Unfortunately...

Thanks James, that explains a lot. I'll have another go tomorrow. I guess if I've been driving around for a while with worn discs and pads the ends of the pistons will have been well exposed a lot of the time, giving them plenty of opportunity to get enough rust on the ends to stop them pushing...

Hi all, hope I can get some advice... Rear brake discs were knackered on my disco so I have taken off the hub and replaced disc with new. I also need to replace the pads as they are likewise very badly worn. Problem I've got is with new pads and disc (all mintex) I just cannot get the second...

Hi, have finally signed up after having lurked around the site for years to find useful nuggets of information... Now on my third l/r. First was a 1971 series IIa swb, second an L-reg defender 90 and the current one is a 1998 Disco Aviemore. Currently getting the disco sorted out ready to...

Thank you LandyZone! I've just wasted the entire afternoon picking away with a variety of useless tools trying to get the f*****g wheel nut covers off my Disco wheel nuts... And now I learn they are not meant to come off! My kingdom for a Defender with ordinary rims with ordinary no...