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As ever, I'm looking for a bit of inspiration around this problem. A few weeks back, I changed the pads and discs on the front of the Freelander. All was good with the world (the fact it went from "are we going to stop?" to "stopped"). Then I got a call from SWMBO saying that there was a...

So I bought a p38, and I'm gutted. I shouldve turned around two miles after leaving the sellers house. But I didn't. At any speed, its not that there is play in the steering because I can't feel any, but I clipped a piece of chewing gum in the road and had to quick to catch the change of...

So, i've successfully changed the clutch - on the test drive, got about 5 miles in, and the oil pressure light came on. borrocks. Pulled over, checked everything, had oil, nothing blindingly obvious, so got home. Started by changing the oil pressure sensor - no change. Then noticed i'd got...

Been having gearbox issues for a while, and a nasty noise on startup (with clutch depressed) or on coming down the gears (especially 3 to 2, and 2 to 1). Last week, got halfway out onto a major A-Road roundabout and then had no drive at all - move the selector 1 through 5 no clutch at all...

So after years of D1 ownership (several v8's, a 200 tdi, and a couple of 300's) i've moved up to a 2000 Td5. A few surprises - fuel economy worse than the 300, and shockingly - it doesn't seem to have the go of the 200! I tow regularly (I have to take an ISO cube of water to the horses every...