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    How to replace door mirror assembly ???

    I have bought a new drivers door mirror for my 1999 Discovery TD5 (after someone ****ted it and broke the whole thing) ..... but I can't see how to get the old one off - let alone fit the new one. Any ideas please ???
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    TD5 growls a few times after switching off

    My Discovery TD5 makes a strange sort of short growling / vibrating noise, a few times, every 5 seconds or so as I'm walking away from the car. Is it normal ? What is it ? Is it something to do with the self levelling suspension ? Also, my handbrake lever in the car gets hot. Any ideas ?
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    Radio keeps cutting out for 2 seconds

    This or some reason the radio (or CD or tape whatever) keeps cutting out for about 2 seconds. The display stays on the screen - its just the sound that cuts out. Touching the brake pedal seems to cause it to happen too. Is it electrical / could it be the solenoid / bad earth .... or what. Glad...
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    Plastic dowels in TD5 cylinder head

    I have just had a £2200 bill for replacing the cylinder head on my TD5. The gasket failed because of plastic locating dowels in the cylinder head distorting, causing the head to move, scoring the head itself. As the head cannot be skimmed .... I needed a new head. Why the hell they ever used...
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    TD5 skimming cylinder head?

    My TD5 is in the garage right now. They say it needs a new cylinder head because the gasket has gone and there has been movement and scouring of the head probably because of the plastic locating dowells Landrover used. The new dowells will be metal, but the head on a TD5 can't be skimmed. Is...
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    TD5 Limp Mode

    Hi. can anyone help? A couple of weeks ago, I lost all accellaration and my TD5 ground to a halt (but still idling). I noticed the temperature guage had shot right up into the red, but under the bonnet there was no real heat or smell. I re-started the engine, and the car ran fine - temp...
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