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Cheers pal will look into this I have access to the truck as thankfully I never locked it when I put it in the shed

I’m right up the very north of Scotland so scousers are few and far between up here unfortunately

Hi all Iv managed to misplace the keys for my v8 disco. It is solely an off road toy that I trailer about on odd weekends I have gone looking for the keys to get it ready for an outing this weekend but they are gone. If I can’t find anything by the weekend is there anyway to bypass this to get...

yeah never really considered that now. might just go for the wire mesh and fiberglass method and paint it

Too late now anyway it was a good excuse to use the plasma cutter

i had thought about that also but as it wont be going for an mot anytime soon or at all undecided yet thought i would take the lazy route btu though i would see what people had done in the past

Main point would be the usual to gain more ground clearance on the axle for a start. For when off reading which is the sole purpose of this truck. In what way do you mean it will be undrivable I have had plenty trucks on the road with 35s before and found no issue with drivability. ?

Here’s a couple of photos of now and when I first picked the truck up

I did think about going for 33s to make life easier but I had the 35s in the shed from my old 90 pickup so seamed a shame not to use them. There are on now I have cut around 3.5 to 4 inches roughly from the arches. My plan now is to fill the gap between the rear door skins with a drop of...

Hi guys im hoping to have the disco ready for its first outing in 10 years soon last little bits now and i have started into cutting my arches to allow extra room for the tyres i am just wondering for ayone that has done this in the past how did you seal up the gap left in the door skin after...

Hi guys cheers checked the coil and it was grand so checked spark plugs and they were coked up so put 8 new plugs in and also put new ht leads on and now running sweet as a nut. Cheers again

What’s the best way to test this or just buy a new part ?

Hi guys I have a 3.9efi disco I’m building at the moment and all has been going well until last night I started the truck and drove it out the shed to tidy up and when I went back to put the truck in the shed it first started on around 4 cylinders and stopped and now it will only turn over won’t...

Update Thanks for all the help new starter on and the engine is running a treat after not been started for the last 10 years

Cheers Guys will give all the things a try tonight after tea and if all else fails ill make my way to the pub and think about it over a pint or 10. Cheers ;)

I can turn the engine over by hand so the engine it self isnt siezed:D. It is an auto so inhibit switch will be worth a look. I replaced the baterry in the fob today and the central locking is working to lock and unlock the doors so hopefuly that will get the imobiliser off too. Failing that i...

Hi all I bought this truck as a project. it was taken off the road by the previous owner to have the inner wings replaced but due to poor health it was sidelined until i bought the truck it has been lying in a shed for the past 10 years. i cannot get the engine to crankover i can turn the engine...

The truck has been stored in a shed and not been running for the past 10 years I have bought it and havnt has the engine started it needs a bit of welding in the cills and prefer to take the tanks off before I begin any welding work encase I end up taking off my eyebrows

Hi all Looking for a bit of info in remving my trucks lpg system. i have never done any work on an lpg system before i assume that there will be a NR V/V on the filler neck side to the tank what is there on the outlet side to stop gass flow. Also will i get away with just removing the 2 tanks...