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I bought a couple of spare drain plugs many months ago from e bay as the one on Disco was chewed . Kept these in stock. So during a recent oil change put a new plug in.During tightening with a 3/8inch ratchet,6 point nice new Elora socket the the nut end snapped off...this was with minimal...

On my Discovery normal drain has been below 50milliamps. While replacing a leaking oil filter I checked the battery and was surprised it was low at 11.5 volts, so checked the drain with a clamp meter and it was 0.4amps. Then discovered it was only the 0.4amps up until the 1st earth point when...

Does any one know this firm ?,based in Doncaster area. Peacocks classics I am told specialist in Land Rovers. Cannot find them on the web anywhere. Any feed back be great. Cheers

Hello all, i posted this in the Discovery section as car is a 2001 Discovery 2 v8. I thought might be bette rot put in here?...Can anyone confirm what bolts are please. I am trying to get some bolts for the water pump in preparation for changing it. The part number in my JLR parts list for...

Hi all, I am looking to replace my water pump in the coming weeks and hoped I could get some advice on best one to go for. I cannot afford a JLR one. I found postings on the forum they go back a bit and wonder what current best one is. I św one posting recommending Quinton Hazzell..not sure if...

Hello All, I hope you all can help me with this please . I have a Land Rover tow bar on my Disco and yesterday moved a small trailer with it by a company called ERDE...my understanding is the indicators should make the green trailer symbol appear when i use the indicators.(Disco is a Jap...

Hi I went to start Disco today and everything was dead, alarm not working ,central locking ...everything was dead. I charge the battery regularly as its not used every day, last time was 4days ago.Checked battery volts and it was 4.5volts DC, battery was new in June 2020. Tayna say its got a...

Hi all, I had Disco checked recently for emissions.I had put a big bottle of Redex pre Mot liquid in the fuel tank and hoped it would clean up my emissions. Been using Redex for 50 years,never been sure if it doe any good. Seems it did not I had a pre MOT done and was told emissions "need...

Greetings all.please can someone confirm the correct part number for me for the thermostat on my Disco 2001 V8 petrol? I have this number from my JLR parts book PEM100990, but when i put this in on line i get a lot of responses saying for TD5? I also get the same part number with a -G on the...

Discovery v8 petrol 2001 Hello all I admit I am not very competent with my Nanocom and hope one of you can guide me on this please.I do read the the information from Black Box, but some of it is beyond me.... I scan Disco every so often and did it today after a 100 mile drive. I found this...

Greetings all...an odd question ,I have been trying to undo my oil filter on my petrol Land rover Disco 2 .Its underneath at the front.... Strap wrench failed. I have a set with 3 sockets and none fit! Thing is someone has put the filter on really very tight and i cannot shift it. I did think...

During my attempts to replace a rear door actuator I noticed the steel channel which supports the glass had rusted very badly....Bit worried glass might fall out. I put two coats of Kurust on it, but been hoping to get a spare or two one for each side. Part numbers are MTC9273 and MTC 9274...

Hello all, I hope someone can help or guide me...been on this most of the day...went well to start with.The went downhill. I had a problem with a rear passage door not working with the central locking .The button did not work.But door opened from outside if you held up the button by pulling the...

Hi all, I have been reading about the idea of fitting a 87C thermostat from Freelander to a Discovery V8.This is suppose to protect the engine from running to hot and nasty things happening like cylinder liners dropping. My engine runs at 105C according to Nanocom which I think is okay.Gauge...

Can I ask please are the front drive shafts the same on a series 3 and series 2/2a? Just want to get it right as buying them for a mate. cheers

Hello, I hope one of you can help me please. I am trying to connect a radio to the aerial and the fitting on the back will not accept the aerial. I have seen on some R6500 units an angled piece which goes in to this.I do not have this parkas I bought it secondhand.. Can anyone tell me what i...

Hello, I sold my Series 3 to a good friend and he is having difficulties finding a garage to carry out routine work on it for him. I am hoping somebody may know of a good garage within say 15 miles of Doncaster. I hope you can help him for me....thank you

Hello all, please can put my mind at rest on this. My Disco does not have a front or a rear engine under tray.I think the part numbers are KRB100750 and KRB100740. I see these are available new from some suppliers at ~£700 the pair. I am a bit reluctant to pay that. If I need them I will...

Hello all. I have a power problem with my Disco 2 V8.It will not pull very well,struggles to climb steep hills.It has an auto box which has been changing to a low gear.I do not have any revs to get up hills when in the gear. Starts fine and idles at 792rpm I checked the MAF sensor with Nanocom...

Hello all, I am thinking of servicing my air suspension compressor and wonder the best option? I hoped with your experience you could tell me the best way to go. I have seen aftermarket ones advertised for about £150.00 vs Land Rover one for £ 480 bit eye watering. This is one of the...