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You can check previous MOTs for your vehicle here Click me! You can see all the test results going back to 2005, including advisories, so you know what was beginning to look suspect at the time of the last test. Really though you need to be pragmatic. It's going to fail, it's just about how...

It sounds like the springs are the problem, bigger shocks won't make any difference to it bottoming out when loaded.

A long M8 bolt through a large washer and then through your new flange and into the end of the centre pin and turn it out. Have a look here:- Click me!

It depends what you consider a reasonable distance. There's a load in Northumberland, but for the most part they are relatively short and not very taxing (I've driven lots of Northumberland's BOATS in a transit for work) There's a couple of longer ones around Hexham and Haydon Bridge I...

The only way my disco would do 95 is if I drove it over a cliff.

Get rid of the carpet in the boot. The underlay holds water like a sponge and only serves to ensure there is a constant source of moisture in contact with the boot floor.

The ecu lives behind the glove compartment. The problem is usually caused by dry (cracked) solder joints on the circuit board. You need to take off the glove compartment, remove the ecu from its case and re-solder the offending joint(s). Its an easy and very cheap fix. There's a how to guide...

Oil suction gun is perfect for the job. Click me!

When I removed my EGR I noticed the inlet manifold was quite full of crap so when I had a spare day I took it off and spent a couple of hours cleaning it out. At the same time I took the intercooler out and gave it a good clean inside and out. The result was an increase (small but noticeable) in...

^This The sponge liner is a major reason for boot floors rusting through. Get rid of it and put up with the noise.

Sorry to hijack this thread with another noob question, but is there a definitive way to tell if a disco has had ABS at some point in its life? Mine has no ABS light on the dash and no pump and/or controller under the bonnet that I can see. However it does have wires coming from the hubs that I...

I ran one for about 4 years. Good for towing and can handle itself well enough off road, especially the short wheelbase version. Getting spares is a real pain the arse (Go to the main dealer and bend over) and at the time finding a workshop manual was impossible.

That's what you think.

The tyre topic sticky has a link for a visual tyre size calculator that still works. Using that you can see that the new tyres are noticeably smaller than your originals. And don't worry too much about the old timers. It's a kind of a traditional initiation ceremony here to give newbies a...

It is a beautiful example but nobody's going to pay that kind of money for an old disco.

EDIT : Never mind. Since you've edited the original post it's not funny any more.

Of course it all depends on what engine you've got. If you put a 50/50 veg oil diesel mix into a 3.9 v8 it'lll do you no good at all...

Cheers mate. I ordered the box from ebay as it was about the only place that wasn't trying to sell me the two part system. The only reason I've assumed there's a sealing ring is because Mr Haynes says there is. I had a look underneath and it looks like there should be, flared ends held by two...

I need to replace the centre silencer for the MOT and I'm trying to find out what size the sealing ring is that goes between the silencer and the cat pipe. I've tried searching on here and googling but I cannot find out. Does anyone know, before I start pulling out what little hair I've got...

I'm toying with the idea of pulling off the inlet manifold and giving it the Mr Muscle treatment. It was pretty gunked up when I blanked off the EGR a couple of months ago. If it all goes tits up (It usually does) at least I've got 3 more days to fix it.