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I have found a, " waxoiled from new " chassis for my D2 which I intend to have it stripped and galved. I have lined up both a place to have it dipped and also galved. Dipping will cost £325.00+vat and galving £135.00+vat. Before I take it up on Friday, does anyone have any experience in doing...

I,m working for some old farmer boys, and they,ve got an R reg 300 tdi Discovery with 175,000 on the clock and a suspected blown head gasket. The condition of the body is very good, with a little in the rear door shuts and a small amount in the engine bay. The boot floor seems unaffected by...

Its coming up to service time again, and I always borrow my mates expensive transmission filler pump. This year I thought I,d get one of my own, till I saw how much they were !. A lttle bit of searching showed that a lot of folk use garden sprayers to great effect. So, after a little...

I,m sure this a simple job, but, after some reading, I,ve got a couple of questions. Is it better to get an OEM seal rather than a Britpart one ?. And is there a set measurment/distance that the new seal has to be pressed into ?. ( as I,ve read that this is critical ). Lastly. How do you...

Finally orederd a recon box from Paddocks, ( National Power Steering ? ), spent 3 hours today fitting it. Bled it all through, wiped it down, wentr for a test drive, re-check for leaks and still quite a bit of fluid on to of the box. So wiped it down and thought, " just nip the bleed screw up...

My car has started smoking, ( black ), slightly, so I got it hooked up and its logged an open fault on No.1. Checked the injector data whilst driving and No.1 is all over the place. Theres no rough running or misfiring, fuel consumption is normal, I,m keeping a eagle eye on the oil leval as...

Do I need to remove the viscous fan to get to the crank nut, or is there a " sneaky " way ?. Cheers. Del.

Have done some searching but still got some questions. Its time my coolant was replaced and the book says Havoline XLC with OAT. My local car shop place has got ethylyne glycol ? with OAT coolant, its pink/red and £ 18 for 5 litres. One of my searchs said that different makes of this...

My manual TD5 has started over revving on clutch depression/gear change. I,ve done lots of searching, and am pretty sure its down to the switch mounted to the master cylinder. It doesnt do it all the time, probably 75% of gear changes. The only thing thats stopping me from just...

After reading post after post about TD5 fuel economy, and being a little " obssesed " about it myself, I thought I,d try and compile a " MPG guide ". What I basically need is to know what people put in their tanks from full to light on. I dont know if the Discovery 2 had two sizes of fuel...

After a bit of " web surfing " a couple of nights ago, I came across Urban Panzers " changing front shock bush ", I thought I,d have a look at my own to see how they looked. Low and behold, they were the same as the one,s in his pictures. ( i.e., you shouldnt be able to get a screwdriver in them...

After going to a local " pay and play day " at an old chalk pit this sunday, I,ve come away desperately wanting to get amongst it properly. I did take my Disco TD5 with the veiw to going round some of the gentler stuff, but I would have shagged it up ! ( and the Mr,s would kill me ). A lot of...

This is not the usual plee for help with the aforementioned problems, just a thread to try to guide others with a similar affliction. ( and I didn't want to tag it onto the end of an old and long thread of the same title ! ). No big deal really. My 2002 TD5 disco developed a misfire/lack of...

My disco was sitting about 15mm low on the drivers side, so I swapped the sensors round to see if one was at fault, and now the drivers side sits even lower. ( I have no air leaks in the system or bags ). I,ve done a few searches and have seen the words " recalibrated " crop up. Is this what...

After changing my clutch slave cylinder a while ago, I am still noticing fluid around the joint between the engine and fly wheel. I am pretty sure that this is the residue of the previous leak. In the bottom of the bell housing there is 2 " plugs ". One looks like a diff drain plug, the...

Does any one know if the filler/level nut on the later D2,s transfer box was moved from behind the brake drum to the side of the casing?. If not, what is the 22mm nut with a copper washer for at this point ?. Cheers Del

Got a bloody leak on me Disco TD5 !!!. First indication of a problem was the rear screen covered in diesel. Had it on the jacks, and found that the return line has been chaffed through by some unclipped wiring, ( also chaffed but not through ), where the lines go on top of the cross...

Up until last year, I always had VW commercial vehicles, and consequently, joined a VW van forum site. After 3 years of constant breakdowns and component failures I got rid of it. ( thank god ! ), and got a Vauxhall. ( which has yet to go wrong ! ). Anyway, I still post the odd reply on the...

After being " initiated " into the world of Discovery ownership with my first " shower " from a leaking sunroof, I think that I may have found a way to, at least, prevent the water getting past the main roof to glass seal. ( I must add at this point, that I am aware that the leaking sunroof...

Hi everyone. I have done some extensive searches and not come up with much, so here's my question. I have a 52 TD5 7 seat which doesn't drive straight. The rear axle is 5 degrees out of parallel with the vehicle, causing the back to " steer " about 11mm over from the front axle. Ive...