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Hi Dave, Head on over to the excellent The D2 Boys website, and look under Mods / Upgrades, then to the Heavy Duty Torque Converter thread, I think it was. Someone remembered this switch mod being done by another D2 owner, and they were trying to find the actual website thread; I don't know...

I really want my TD5 D2 fitted with a lower-stall-speed V8 Torque Converter, but cannot justify the cost. I will wait for automatic gearbox/torque converter problems, and have the V8 converter and drive/flex plate fitted at the same time. As a stop-gap, I may use a simple manual electric torque...

Thank goodness that no-one was badly injured in these frightening incidents. Add my name to the list of TD5 cylinder head complaints, the only way to get Land Rover (or I guess most other manufacturers) to react will be to a "class action". It also keeps the legal expenses down. For 3 years my...

The M8 Cylinder Head Exhaust Manifold Stud Tapping is 24mm deep, and I wouldn't chance going any deeper. There is more than enough metal around the tapping to increase to M10, but replacing the stud with a higher tensile M8 stud (such as JE Engineering) with a Helicoil if necessary would be your...

I found the required 14mm diameter hole of the eBay unit far too big, hence the adoption of the 3mm diameter LED Velleman kit, as it suited the existing D2 dashboard switches and LEDs much better.

Although our beloved D2s have plenty of electronics, I miss not having a Voltmeter or Ammeter, as they can give advanced warning of developing electrical problems. So I added an LED 12 Volt Power Monitor to an existing blank lower dashboard switch plate (FBV000090PUY £6.46 if you need...

I spent time looking around for a new Battery, but in the end opted for genuine Land Rover TD5 D2 Battery. YGD 100860. £150 incl vat from main dealers. £80 + vat Paddocks ?

Hi Stevio, Don't run the TD5 with the Cam-Cover off. I did, and soon found out just how good the camshaft lubrication is, my little lad and I were covered in oil, and as for the engine and engine bay, well they certainly won't go rusty now. I removed the fuel injectors with Heel-Bars (my set...

A few weeks before the annual MOT test, I run my TD5 on BP Ultimate Diesel fuel. It is a little more expensive but runs cleaner, helping get through the dreadful experience when the MOT Tester floors the throttle for the smoke test.

Likewise. I have just removed the two vacuum pipes from the ILT and EGR valves and plugged their ends, as a temporary trial. No discernable power increase but the old girl seems to cruise along at just a touch of the throttle, and has a cleaner pick up when the go pedal is depressed. I will...

Up to VIN V1A736339 ERR7094 From VIN V2A736340 LVP000020

Workshop manual says: remove four bolts holding wheel hub to steering knuckle. Remove wheel hub and drive shaft together. So it looks as though the drive shaft should just pull out of the axle casing, using the still attached wheel hub as a handle. If you only want to overhaul the lower ball...

Hi mark-wrx, Looking at the workshop manual, it says remove the steering knuckle. To do this means removing the wheel, abs sensor, hub bearings unit, drive shaft. Then the manual shows several special tools to remove the steering ball joints from the axle. It mentions looking for yellow paint...

Hi chaps, Our ZF4HP22-24 Automatic Gearboxes have 4 forward gears and a torque-converter lock-up at around 50 to 55 mph on a light throttle, (without sport mode). So are we discussing the change up speed to 4th gear (at around 40 to 45 mph) or the torque-converter lock-up (direct drive) road...

Hi Smokebelch/Galen, You are quite right, South African Land Rovers were built to Euro-2, and 2003 onwards apparently had no EGR or ILT. Bell Auto Services UK stock a kit of 2 parts, an EGR exhaust manifold blanking plate and a straight metal pipe with flange to connect the intercooler rubber...

2003 Discovery TD5A. From the 2003 face-lift Disco with the TD5A engine, there are two emmission modulators, EGR and ILT. The ILT or inlet throttle valve is a butterfly valve that sits under the EGR valve body, in the inlet manifold. It works in conjunction with the EGR valve and closes off...

Hi cipx2, Thanks for the German Land Rover link, very interesting, it seems Diesel Fuel into Engine Oil contamination is far more widespread than I first thought. As far as I understand them, some German TD5s only needed new O-Rings (and Copper Washers) on the fuel injectors, while others...

Hi Smokebelch, by 18,000 miles your TD5A engine will have been well run-in. Even with a very gentle right foot my 2003 TD5 Disco Auto will only scrape a cruising best of 30 mpg. It sounds as if CharlesY EGR plate suggestion is a good one, and once I have sorted out my diesel fuel to engine...

Hi CharlesY, The only reason I mentioned the 3rd possibility of Diesel Fuel contaminating engine oil through the injector body itself, was due to the entry by Td5Alive on the "landrover addict" website. He had heard of fuel injectors inner seals failing , and allowing pressurised fuel to fire...

For more information on TD5 Diesel Fuel to Engine Oil contamination, there are many more cases on the Land Rover Addict Website Forum . There is a case where the local Land Rover company contributed to the cost of a new cylinder head. The Land Rover Addict Forums are now located at