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I was poking around the Land Rover the other day and took the inlet air hose off the turbo to take a quick look. There's a little bit (couple of mm at most) of movement in the end shaft on the inlet side of the turbo. I'm thinking its toast and needs a rebuild before it eats itself - the...

I have a nasty suspicion that I'll be separating the transmission this year as I have a very grumbly release bearing. Whilst I'm in there I guess I may as well replace the DMF and clutch. Given my recent grumblings about the use of the term OEM* and given that there are a thousand and one...

Massively helpful when required of course, but mildly depressing and worrying when thinking about what might break next! So as a counterpoint I'd just like to say that my cosmetically 'challenged', old, leggy, tired Disco TD5 has been absolutely epic recently. She took us nearly 1,000 miles...

Cos I've just spent the morning wrestling the headlining back in to place and realised that in my haste I forgot to connect the middle row lights... Doh! Oh and when I got everything back up together I had no interior lights, no radio and no clock. Turns out Fuse 20 had blown. I'm really...

I had a new windscreen put in the other day. Due to having some rust bubbling where the screen meets the roof I took the vehicle to a body work place and had the screen taken out, the rust sorted and a new screen put back in. There appears to be a gap in the trim each side of the windscreen...

Whilst the headlining is out (I'm fixing leaks) I want to put in a dashcam. The plan is to hide one behind the rear view mirror and have it on an ignition live feed. I've heard talk of a fusebox behind the glovebox, where I was idly thinking I'd piggy back a fuse. But a quick look and I...

BLUF:- I may be buying a Freelander 1 TD4 and need to know what to look for. Wife has broken her car. I'm away and trying to diagnose by telephone but it sounds terminal. And anyway I hate fixing the effing thing. If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen Golf eh...

So, I need a new battery (why couldn't the bastard thing wait for more than a week after I got it back from the welders...?). With other cars I've just bought the biggest battery that'll fit in the tray from the local farm suppliers, but I have a memory that the TD5 requires some ridiculously...

And had a quick look before the light went. Welding seems good, which is a plus. But I think I'll tighten up the towbar bolts past finger tight, and it's just as well I have some spare air bag location pin clips because 3 weren't on properly and one was missing in entirety. And it's...

This is going to sound like a stupid question, but someone will be able to tell me without me stripping the carpet out. Are the lashing points bolted down? If so, are the bolts captive/welded or do they go through the floor? I ask because one of mine has come free - it's clearly corroded...

Ok i didn't mind *too* much when it was keeping my old rotten chassis rails oiled up, but now I've got new shiny chassis rails on, I'm peed off that it's still dripping fuel. Especially as its so far been variously diagnosed as a split breather, a damaged fuel pump/sender unit seal, and a...

So, the story is, years ago I had an old series 2a 109. I was the second owner, it had been an archeological vehicle used in Africa, and then when I got hold of it, it had been sitting in a garage for 15 years and had some beautiful patina and a bunch of character. I recommissioned it and...

ok so I'm going to test them first, but based on the poor starting in this cold weather we've been having and the little bit of smoke I get until she's warmed up, plus the feeling that she starts on two, coughs a third into life shortly afterwards, reluctantly brings the fourth into life, and...

I've noticed when changing up through the gears at low speed, especially when travelling uphill, that when I release the throttle and simultaneously dip the clutch to go for the next gear, that it sounds as though I haven't released the throttle as the revs surge. This is intermittent. I'm...

I'm ashamed to admit that I don't know how long it's not been working for, but I noticed the other day that the oil pressure light wasn't illuminating when turning the ignition on. A quick search on here told me that it's likely not the sender (my first thought), but is likely to be the wiring...

Background, I'm trying to chase down a vibration in 'Rover the dog. It's not as bad as driving over the rumble strips on the edge of the motorway, but it's that kind of constant vibration. It comes in at about 60mph and then get some better and worse bout is always there above 60mph. So, I...

I need to change the wheel bolts on the rear hubs of the disco after some muppet cross theaded them. Can I get them out, and get some new ones in without stripping the hub off the car? If I do have to strip the hub off, what else am I likely to need? Thanks.

I've tried searching, but either my search-fu is weak, or I have a rare problem... My clutch pedal went most of the way down, but then wouldn't go any further. I couldn't select any gears. Gave the pedal a kick and now it's going right to the floor with no pressure behind it. When it gave...

I spent a happy day yesterday with my old 'Rover, performing a full fluid change and inspection. Sadly, my back is in clip this morning. I think I have to accept that I'm a bit too old to be scrabbling around on the floor these days. I'm completely out of touch with servicing costs - I've...

When I bought my Disco 2, I did loads of reading, learnt all about the common faults, looked at several cars. And then bought one sight unseen on eBay, because it was cheap. Yes I'm stupid. And yes it did have many of the common faults... Still, it's been fun so far! I'm idly considering...