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mr noisy this was like an action reply of my "Freddy" named after freddy flintstone due to the lack of floor.......:p:p just like this. the good news is it can all be done with time and effort. its took me over 12 months to get freddy sorted, welding,new parts, replacement panels and just...

hi halo, i've done this on both of my disco's both 300tdi's. on boyh of mine i had to feed a wire through to the indicators from the bumper to the light clusters. it's an easy job should take no more than half an hour hope this helps

my brother did his own clutch replacement recently, nothing hard about it,he didnt take out the engine as there was no need. just a slow job making sure you take off all the right things. he did split the transfer box from the gear box. the only specialist tool was the clutch lining tool. all...

hi nick, you can imagine my horror when we found the seat belt mounting being held in by the carpet..!!!!!!!!! people shouldn't be allowed to get away with things like this, we all know people who have dodgy MOT's rather than take the risk of a full mot at an approved mot station. the guy...

hi andii88, sorry to hear your in a similar situation with MOT, it seems we all have similar issues with tin worm ay, the best of it was this problem wasn't picked up by MOT bloke, the bits he failed it on were all good just flacky underseal or similar...!!!!!! the worst part was the seat...

hi defcrazy, can't beleive you have disco bodies being scraped over there :(:( especially in such good condition, especially as most the discovery's here all have similar problems with tin worm, but thats the good old british weather for ya.......:p thanks for your interest.... i will keep you...

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Update: due to the british weather no work done this week end, these are the pictures to date

Too true, You never know just how far you have to go to get back to good metal. We don't know what the rear section has to offer yet, but if this is a sample of previous bodge jobs should be interesting at least.....:p Will keep taking pictures, i will get them added as soon as i get the...

hi all, only worked on the disco saturday as sunday the weather was against us. however we managed to get the drivers side new sections back in, new floor panel,new inner & outer sills, new body mounts, new sill/floor support,new seat belt mount, just new out rigger to weld in. i have been...

just finished getting the odds and sods needed for tomorrow - weather permitting:p only able to work on disco at weekends. hoping to get this side back in this week end...... all new panels and steel needed. will keep taking pictures as we go.

hi clive, what was yours like then? we didn't think this was that bad, as we'd see a lot worse. the part that amazes me was this lot didn't fail an MOT!!!!!!!!:eek::eek: they failed it on the front body mount which when cleaned up was just flakey underseal coated possibly a number of years...

:welcome2: The time has come to carry out all the work that has been bodged by previous owners/garages. I took my disco for a MOT last week, suprise suprise - Failed. :rolleyes::rolleyes: mainly welding. :p so i decide to take the disco off the road and get the disco sorted properly. i'm...

hi, you should be able to get the window seals from most good parts suppliers. my local parts supplier is "john craddocks" in cannock. they are in most land rover magazines and are also on the net, just do a search. i know they stock them as i was looking to change mine along with the rear...

i,ve been running my disco 300tdi in the semi synthtic asda oil for just short of 12 months. no problems at all, all ok. :):rolleyes: however my brother also has a disco 300tdi, he went for the none semi synthetic oil and had problems with the oil being too thin.:eek::eek::eek: on our way...

hi all, a silly question i'm sure, but my brother asked me to ask you guys. my brother has a 300tdi "L plate" 1994, he wants to change his doughnut nut doesn't really want to put another standard one on. do they do a pollybush version???? if so does anyone have the product code and price...

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hi disco magic, i have got to change my thermostat housing as a pervious owner rounded off the bleed screw thread and have leak. i have a new thermostat housing ang gasket and with what i can see you don't need to remove the water pump as that wil not gain you any more room. from the shape...

just trying to say he's tried every thing he can think off, can this bearing be changed in situe? he asked me to list this problem for more ideas as he's run out of ideas. we are still novices when tinkering with these , looking for your words of wisdome as you guys helped me no end with my...

he has tryed this, replaced them even tried gasket sealer to try to stop the leak, but still no joy !!! when he strips and clean it all out the handbrake works for a few days then does the same again. cant stop the leak. even changed cable etc still no joy. are there other ways to adjust the...