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300tdi D1 year 1998 Hi, I was hopping someone could help diagnose why my alternator drive belt has shredded after about 100miles after fitting a new alternator. In the photo you can see that I have placed a steel ruler to sit on the inside edge of the pulleys. It is sitting in the Fan pulley...

My mate has bought some arches for his D2 that are 64mm wide from the car body. Standard arches are 45mm. He now wants to get some steel wheels that will fill the arch, but is not sure what offset is required to do this. Does anyone know what size wheels will fill the arch, so just the tread...

my front near side door speaker seems to rattle, especially when listening to loud music. Moving the balance to the right cures it. Any body experienced this before, any tips. I will probably take the door card off at the weekend and have a look. Thanks.

Friend has mot re test tomorrow. We are fitting rear anti roll bar links x 2. He took one end off last night but drove to me tonight. Now the two links are our of sync. How do we get them both level to re fit links. Is this an ACE thing?? Thanks in advance

Found some unexpected debris in my Freelander rear offside when I got home this evening !

parts arrive tomorrow to fix Vacume pump leak, and now have lost brake pressure today, so another leak. Brake pedal going to floor and serious fluid leak from near side front. I think it's the Pressure Reducing Valve, doesn't seem to be from brake lines. is the PRV something that tends to fail...

I know this subject is well covered, but my question is this: Is the "rivet to bolt and locking nut" fix recommended, or is it masking other issues. My problem is a small oil leak from the riveted head, but my brakes seem fine. I read on another forum that significant amounts of oil finding its...

I would like to completely drain my gearbox ATF and replace it with a high temperature fluid like Redline. Does anyone know how the box can be completely drained other than taking the vehicle to a transmission specialist?

Just had to replace one of my gearbox oil cooler lines, changed the lower one last year, and now the upper. Ordered UBP101000 from total parts who then got it from Bearmach. When it arrived it was silver in colour and I thought it might be an inferior product, but comparing it to all the other...

New intercooler to improve performance and bigger auto box oil cooler to resolve overheating issues just arrived. I will post intercooler photos as I have not seen any on here for the larger direct replacement unit from allisport for the Auto 300tdi. Should keep me busy on weekend.

Selling original alloy wheels from my D1. 4 x alloys and 1 x steel spare wheel. All 4 alloys have Kumho Ecsta ZTX 235/70/16 tyres with plenty of tread, and at least 4mm + All wheels are in excellent condition, with 2 having maybe 1 or 2 minor scuffs no lager than an inch. Collection only just...

I managed to cook my D1 300tdi Auto transmission fluid on a recent trip to Morroco, where the red light on the dash would come on when when the engine was working hard going up mountain passes on Tarmac and in 3rd gear. I had to drain and re-fill 4 times, 4 litres at a time as that is the most...

I have just got back from Morroco and recon I need 33" MT tyres to improve my off road capability on my D1. I currently have OME springs and shocks giving a 2" lift and run 235/85/16 BFG AT's on standard wheels. I am also about to fit 2" flexi arches. I am looking at getting either...

I had previously read good things about Foundry 4x4, but I am not impressed with their current attemp at providing a service. I ordered a boot floor for my D1 that firstly arrived 2 days late, forcing me to arrange for someone to be at home for collection on a further 2 days. When it arrived...

I have been removing some rust on the chassis and am struggling with hammerit smooth as a top coat. Rust converter then a coat of red oxide went on fine, but I find the Hammerite smooth very sticky and difficult to brush on without getting streaks. It's almost as if it dryers on the brush a bit...

My Disco 1 randomly stalled today after driving for about 30 minutes. It also happened once about a month ago, but never before that. Basically the engine just cuts out while I am driving, with only the battery light illuminating as an indication of a fault. When attempting to re start, the...

Just bought a gas soldering iron from Maplin currently on offer from 49.99 to 29.99. Pro-Iroda Solderpro 70 Gas Soldering Iron Kit | Maplin It has a tip for traditional soldering, a blow torch attachment for fine soldering, a heat shrink attachment and a hot cutting knife. No electric...

Just thought I would share with those that are interested, my plan for a dual charge system for overlanding in my D1. The setup is more about auxiliary items such as a fridge and camping lights as oppose to a winch set up. I do have a winch hooked up to the starter battery, but this is only...

Another snorkel thread to add to all the others (sorry). This will probably be deemed as a mad thing to do, but it is the route I took to installing a snorkel on my D1 300tdi Jap import: We are off to morocco in November so I am using this as my excuse to fit a snorkel. I am not keen on the...

So this is only my second post after my introduction, so I expect to get some stick :eek: I have been reading this forum for a few months now and posts have helped me to fix many jobs with great success, so thanks to those that wrote about "door lock springs, rear electric windows dry solder on...