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Please excuse if this has been asked before, can't find a thread on it. My disco has been standing outside for about 2 months, went to start it on Friday - flat battery. Charged him overnight and tested it batt ok. Back in the D1 and nothing on the dash lights up.... had a scratch about and...

Hi guys, A friend of mine in South Africa is having problems with his 2010 Freelander and would like to change it to a 4X2 as he only does road miles in the truck. Am I right in saying you remove the rear drive shafts / Prop shaft? I have heard that there is some sort of blanking plate that...

Hi guys/ girls, Sorry if this has been asked before, couldn't find a thread tho... I've got series doors on my tomcat, but the door top pins don't locate in the slots on the door itself.... The distance between the centres of the locating holes is 70cm, seems all the tops are 69cm... Seems a...

Morning All, I've recently bought my 3.9 disco, and will be turning it into a trailer.... Been looking around on the internet for small upgrades to do to the engine, the disco has only done about 50k miles, so im assuming it wont need much doing to it (cam followers etc) for another 20k or so...

Hi guys, Sorry if this question has been asked before, but after searching the forum for the last couple of days I have found nothing that's exactly what I'm after... Where can I find a diagram of where all the different vacuum / air pipes connect to on the intake manifold (?is the intake...

Hi does anyone know where I can get hold of a wiring diagram for my 1998 disco? bought it as a cat C due to fire damage, replaced the fuse box and taped up some wires, and she's running!! :) But there's still a few wires / components burnt/missing... Another question while I'm on here is; is it...

Morning All, Is the rear diff (24 spline) on a disco 2 td5 the same as a 300 disco 1?? And is the general consensus of getting the drive flange cap (which covers the flange nut) off, using heat? Thanks in advance

Hi Guys, Does anybody know what thread the nut is, that fixes the rear part of the radius arm to the chassis bracket?? Am I wrong in thinking it's M16 UNF?? (not sure what M16 is in old money... :confused:) There's definitely a difference between defender/disco thread and the rangy...

Righto, Done a few searches on here to see if anyone has done a Tomcat build thread and found none... Would this be the section to start one?? I'd like to put my progress on here and would welcome tips/advice as I go along!!?? Cheers Loz

I've got the choice between a couple of sets of axles that I want to stick an ARB locker into for my tomcat.... -Old rangy 10spline one, and -300tdi disco 24 spline one there's a bit've price difference between the lockers, 10 spline being about £200 more than the 24... any reason for...

Hi guys, Sorry if this has been asked before!! Are the swivel balls interchangeable between the Nearside and off side of the axle?? I've got two nice in putted ones taken off from the near side and two really pitted offside ones, so guna use the other nice one if that'll work?? Any...

Hi guys, hope this hasn't been posted before, I had a look but couldn't find anything related to my question... I've recently bought a 300 tdi out've a disco for my Tomcat project, went to start it today, started fine but goes straight to full revs... As the engine was during start up -...

My 300 had been puffing blue/white smoke in the mornings, so I saved me pennies and had a full head rebuild, injector pump & injectors recon... What a machine now! Sounds sweet and smokes a lot less now! Would recommend doing something similar if you're a bit smokey or have an itchy arse and...

Hi guys, I'm looking at changing my fender for a TD5 disco (missus says it's too uncomfortable...:ballchain: ) Anyways... it's a '97 300tdi light blue, hard top. (204000 on the clock) Serviced well and she's a really good runner and (touch wood) never let me down! Recently replaced...

Does anybody have, or know of, somewhere that states the differences between the TD5 disco's?? i.e Landmark, GS, XS, Persuit etc... ? Thanks :confused: