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Hi all, Last night, in the snow, rain, wind and dark I decided to replace the donut on my prop shaft!! It seemed like a good idea at the time until it started to get dark!! I was so pleased I managed to complete the job, but..... This morning driving into work it feels the same as the...

Hi all, Well it finally started to drive properly, a bit more power, i can hear the turbo breathe and it generally feels good. UNTIL...... Yesterday, I thought I heard something..today I can. When accelerating I can hear a grinding noise coming from underneath. It doesn't do it out of gear...

I just filled the tank of my disco and thought I'd put in some Redex to clean through the injectors. Perhaps that will stop some of the Kangarooing I'm experiencing and improve MPG.On reading the bottle it said it was suitable for two tank fill ups. So, I thought, thats probably for a normal...

I'm in the process of replacing filters etc to try and find why my disco runs like a dog. When my wifes car was serviced they replaced the fuel filter and filled with injector cleaning fluid to blast that through first. Has anyone had experience of doing this and is it worth while?

OK...So I have insa turbos, 2" lift and light bar, but on my last calculation I got 345 miles to the tank!!!!! I don't go fast, honest, and recently cleaned out the sedimentor (it wasn't too dirty) Is there anything else I should do? Clean the injectors? and whats the best way of doing that...

Found a great new way to get air conditioning in my disco, especially for rear seat passengers. Go green laning, in the night, up a tighter than a gnats ass, lane. Push through the holly bush, up the bank in front of you and lean onto opposite bank!!! The resulting factor is a nice crazing over...

Hi, I've just joined the Disco owners group after having to sell my 90:( My wife wanted a car where the kids didn't slide around uncontrollably at the back!! so unreasonable!! Anyway, its a 300 TDI, I thought they had bags loads of power but found my 90TD had much more torque. It could pull...

Thanks for all your help over the past months but I'm afraid I'm joining the dark side!! I've just bought a series 1 disco with a 300tdi engine. The wife wasn't happy with me transporting the little ones on bench seats so I dutifully accepted and got a vehicle with a much better engine(TD at...

Hi, My 90 has started to smell bad!!Once the engine gets warm, the smell starts. Its like antifreeze and a mix of hot smouldering rubber!! I've checked the radiator fluid levels and they seem fine. I've checked the oil to see if there's water there, just incase the head had gone, thats fine. But...

I've been following a 200tdi engine on fleabay for the last couple of days to replace my perfectly running (53k) miles on the clock TD. After reading the nightmare of a job to fit the tdi into my landy, I have to ask, cos the wife will!! Is it really worth the hassle. Should I drive my TD until...

Hi, I bought parts a while ago to replace the breathers on my 90 TD (1990). I've replaced both axles and two on the gearbox/transfer box, but is it necessary to drill a hole in the timing cover and fit one there? I don't do that much deep water wading, its a just in case I get caught out...

Hi, I've just spent the day!! I know!! fitting new seals on the rear hub to stop the leak. Everything sort of went fine ( I still don't know If I put the seals the right way around) but on reading the haynes manual after completing the job they talk about placing a dial on the end of the stub...

hi, I'm just about to replace the seals on the rear hub after loosing oil. Its obviously lost oil looking at the state of my rear wheel so I was wondering whether I should put some new in?? Should I just use EP90 and re fill my rear axle or should I use something else and put it somewhere...

My...friend, Has just bought a Defender 90 TD5 about 8 years old. O.K I thought, not quite as good as my bad 90TD but... its metallic burgundy!! Well, maybe thats OK for some, but this is the horror.... today he's having heated seats put in it!!! Is it me, or is this normal???:confused:

Hi, I've found small amounts of oil on the rear wheel when stationary and its slightly dirtier, though difficult to tell when its all covered in mud! I wiped it clean and soon found it covered in oil again. Has the end seal gone on the axle or something more terrible and what do I need to do...

Hi all, I'm playing with adding vegetable oil to my Landy and I'm in the process of setting up a 2 tank system. However, due to having a lucas pump I'm trying to locate a spare incase the inevitable happens. But what a nightmare! Does anyone know where I can get hold of a spare??? other than a...

Is it just me, or does your defender have really bad condensation? Is it due to the airtight body work! or due to the fact there's large enough gaps to allow clouds to form!?

Hi, I've just read on the net to be aware of heavy breathing fuel caps on the 90TD. Mines back in the garage after the fuel tank leaked!! but I was aware when I filed it up last after an empty tank that it gasped rather than breathed when I opened the filler cap! Is this normal, I just...

Stupid newbie question I know, but what's under the driver that could be dripping diesel/oil? Is it really the fuel tank, cylindrical thing? (90TD 1990 with the newer old engine!) Just noticed that its rather dark coloured at the back end and, in the morning after I had parked it on the hill...

How can something so simple be such a pain. Got the bench seats with 2 brackets and 4 bolts. I think I've tried every combination but still can't see how to get them to fit!! Do I need to drill holes or can I use those slots on my tub to thread the bracket into!! Any help would be really...