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Re: poor brakes Pt 2 Hi I have now converted 200tdi calipers to fit my 3oo tdi with new flexi's/pipes and a couple of T pieces. + disc and pads (just don't ask!) I now have brakes that actually stop the vehicle rather than just slow it down. However ! I have a spongy pedal that pumps up ...

Hi, I am considering purchasing a Freelander, I want diesel and 5 doors and looking for around a year 2000. Any advice on what to look for, good ones and bad, known mechanical faults, rust areas etc and what sort of price range. Many thanks in advance

Hi I have poor brakes on my 1995 Disco (manual). they feel a bit spongy, don't have much feel to them and I have to press hard to pull up sharply. I have just fitted new disc's pads and calipers as the old one were knackered. (Incidentaly I got the lot from Paddocks and the calipers have 3...

Hi I set off on my way home from work this evening, after travelling only a few hundred meters I realised that some thing was wrong with my clutch. The clutch pedal won't press all the way to the floor, it goes so far then goes solid, and when I try to engage a gear it wont go in and...

Hi I have a P reg Discovery 1 300tdi that I have lost the locking wheel nut key. I have looked closely at the nuts and all they have on them is a number 5 and not a letter. Does this mean anything to anyone ? Thanks in advance Ian

Hi I have a 96 P reg 300tdi Discovery with a water leak. looking at the engine from the passenger side and the water runs down the side (near the front) of the engine block. There is a gasket where the leak appears to be coming from but I don't know what to order. its a couple of inches back...

Hi My mate ownes a 1997 300TDi manual thats done a genuine 80K miles. This vehicle has never missed a beat for him until today. He had just driven 1/2 a mile maily up hill and it suddenly lost power, made a few strainge noises as if it was only running on a coupe of cylinders then died ...

Hi guys, this weeks fault on my 1995 P38. When I stop the vehicle and turn the lights off then the engine, the lights come back on ! A warning come on the dash saying something like lights dely on, this has never happend before. If I put the key back into the ignition the lights go off...

Hi The continuing saga regarding my 96 P38 A month ago I changed the compressor inc the exhaust valve thing ! as the old one was very tired. This week I have had the eas reset, as last weekend all the height setting lights came on for no apperent reason. The mechanic said the fault was...

Hi I am sure that this will have been covered several times over but..... for no reason what-so-ever travelling along at 40mph, all 4 height indicator lights started flashing then they stayed on permanetally followed by the warning symbol on the dash (the one with the picture of a Range Rover...

Hi Due to my local garage snapping off the ignition key in the ignition. I have had to have a replavcement key cut. This works fine, however when I turn the engine off and remove the key the dash display a mesasage stating 'ignition key in' and the remote won't lock the car. If I use the key...

Hi Re :- 95 4.0 P38. Normally first thing in the morning when I start the car the suspension compressor kicks in, the lift light on the dash flashes for a few seconds and I feel the car raise slightly. However for no apparent reason twice in the past two weeks the light has remaind flashing...

Hi guys I am off to France on Saturday for the summer and I have opted for the comfort and space of my 4.0 auto P38 rather then my Celica, which would obviously be far better in fuel. My question is, since I am in no great rush I was planning on a gentle 740 mile cruise, so does any one know...

Has anyone purchased, or knows where I can get one from, and roughly how much there are ? Cheers Ian

Hi, this weeks fault on my 1995 4.0 P38. When driving steadly all's well, however when I put my foot down (not a good idea at almost £6.00 per gallon) it kicks down and revs up to 4,000 then the engine dies until I take my foot off the pedal, It then settles down and normallity resumes until I...

Hi A quick question have a set of 8" x 16" alloys to swop with the 7" X 16" ones on my P38. The problem is my tyres are new 235x70x16, and the knackered ones on the 8" rims are 255x65x16. Will my tyres be okay ? Cheers Ian

Hi I have a 1995 P39 4.0, with a fault on the auto box. Basically it does not 'kick down' anymore. The box works perfectly in evey other way, I have had the oil and strainer/filter thing changed with no inprovement. There is no warning lights on display (well not for the box) Any...