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So... 1. Loosened the 4 bolts that hold the 'box to the steering off 2. Took the chassis brace/stabiliser off and bashed it with a hammer... 3. Put the brace back on, levered it down and bashed the bolts through with a hammer... 4. Tightened the whole lot up. Job done - once I can stop the...

Pull the lead off the air flow meter. If it runs better, you have your problem. Check the tank isn't full of grit, too. Sounds like it's running lean to me, so I'd suspect fuel supply, not plugs etc.

Mines on 238/85R16's and the speedo reads dead accurate against a gps. No wonder my old 200tdi would show 110mph with the wind behind it!

Half way through replacing the leaky steering box on my Dad's '94 Disco tdi. All according to plan so far, 4 bolts on the chassis are tight, steering column is reconnected, but the stabiliser or support bracket or whatever you want to call it is a problem. The bolts don't line up and the bolts...

Sounds very much like your discs had warped. Hard use (and driving into deep water with hot brakes) can do this. Disc and pad thickness/newness is irrelevant, you'll still get very bad vibration. Try changing the brake fluid for a higher specification too; you are obviously giving teh brakes a...

It's a horrible feeling when you spend money on a rig and it runs worse than ever. I'm really puzzled by "pull off breather pipe from the left hand rocker cover where it goes into the plenium chamber and it runs rough and the crank case vacuum increases even more". You are venting the...

I don't think you can be prosecuted yet for breaking the speed limit on an internet forum, but doubtless they'll think of it soon!

I'm guessing here, but my old manual 200tdi Disco pulled about 25mph for every thousand revs in 5th - 50mph was 2,000 revs. The automatic 300Tdi is much busier - 2,300 revs at 50mph. The auto has 'locked up' by this time so there's no slip. The ZF auto has a very slightly higher 4th than the...

As long as it's sucking through the AFM it should run fine without the air filter connected. Generally, if you unplug the AFM the injection goes into a default mode and the engine runs rich, but I'm not sure that applies to the Rover V8. If it runs better when the AFM is unplugged, you have a...

It's not worn bores etc as you'd have pressure, not vacuum, so it sounds like the engines fine. The only place the engine can find vacuum is in the inlet manifold. I wonder whether the air intake has been partially blocked and the engine is trying to suck air in through the crankcase breathers...

Sounds like you need the ventilated discs! A heavily laden, hard driven auto will be hard on it's brakes and solid disc's won't dissipate heat as quickly. Get the pads hot enough and the brakes will fade - you'll push the pedal harder, but less and less happens. Not good. Incidentally, alloy...

Hi For complicated reasons I now have a Disco 300Tdi auto fitted with a Mercedes 300D six cylinder diesel. We are having problems balancing the modified torque converter and I need to reduce the gearing, as the Mercedes has identical power but less torque than the old 300Tid and needs to...

Mine has a Land Rover CD autochanger under the passenger seat, which plugs straight into the back of the radio (big socket on the right hand side). The buttons on the dash control it as well as the radio. It has stopped working, however! I bought a £6 tape adaptor from Maplin and play...

I'm registering my 300Tdi in France, and need the details off the chassis plate under the bonnet. According to the manual, I'm supposed to find the Type Approval Number, VIN no., max laden weight, max vehicle and trailer weight, and max front and rear axle loads. Apart from the VIN, everything...

Discovered a nasty cut in one of my 235/70R16 BF Goodrich All Terrains. Out here in, Morocco, the only make available (with an adance order) is Michelin, at over 200 quid. However, you can get 235/75R16. The difference to gearing, speedo reading, etc., is only 3.3%. But - do they fit? I saw...

I know the feeling! I decided to come and live here after the holidays got too expensive... Cheap once you're here, though - a loaf of bread is 6p.

If anyone is thinking of a holiday, take a look at www.madaboutmorocco.com It's adventurous, but not dangerous, and you can hire vehicles cheaply or take your own.

Solved; the fuse under the bonnet does the near side sidelights. There is another fuse in the fuse box beneath the steering wheel that does offside and the dash lights... of course...

My 94 300Tdi has lost all the offside sidelights plus the dash lights. The sidelight fuse is fine. Pulling it looses all the remaining sidelights. Everything else electrical works perfectly. This happened after towing for a day, and I'm wondering if dirt in the trailer electrics somehow shorted...

I have a 1994 Disco 300 Tdi auto. 75mph is 3'500 revs in top. My last manual 200Tdi pulled 3000 revs at 75. This one is correspondingly noisier and thirstier. Autocar's test says the auto is slightly higher geared than the manual, like the Range Rover. Has some bounder replaced the...