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Fellows, The door handle on mine has broken in half :mad::mad: Would anyone out there be able to put me onto a replacement drivers side outer door handle for my Disco 1 that I don't have to take a second mortgage out on my house to pay for it?:eek::eek: Take out is fine. Thanks in advance Cheers...

Fellows, Lat night my wife spotted a big pool of oil under the disco when she got home from town. Popped the bonnet to find the serpentine belt nearly shredded and the PAS pump pulley sitting 10mm proud. Anyway I popped the serpentine belt off and tried to spin the pump - Seized solid:(. To make...

Fellows, I am a disco owner but I thought that it would be worth posting a few photos for interests sake of a Defender tray back that I helped modify/build three years ago. I believe that the customer was going to use it for Rock crawling. Some of the features/accessories fitted were; 4.6litre...

March last year I was heading off on a trip in the Disco, got 200kms down the road and my top radiator hose blew out. Cooked the head etc etc etc. What annoyed me was the low water level sensor that I had installed to alert me to this very problem failed to work. Anyway my wife came to the...

Fellows, After replacing my 300TDI cylinder head for the 2nd time in only 2000kms :mad::mad::mad::mad: and after the low water level sensor failed to activate (again), I have been looking at fitting an engine watchdog TM2. See; ENGINE WATCHDOG TM2, Engine Overheating Alarm, Gauge & Sensor Has...

Hello All, In a previous post I managed to sort out the front timing cover bearing, Now, can I ask for your educated thoughts and ideas on how to resolve the next problem . My 300TDI is a victim of a dodgy Paddocks Head Gasket (also previously reported in a post on this forum). I have the...

Hello All, Well after a fruitless search of the top bearing manufacturers (koyo, FAG, SKF etc) for a suitable replacement front timing cover bearing I had to settle on a "Universal Bearing Company" Chinese water pump bearing. I have the part number if anyone wants it. Most of the quality...

Fellows, Could any 300TDI L/RGuru's :) out there offer advice as to whether the front timing cover viscous damper bearing is available as a stand alone replacement part in the UK? Most dealer websites have them listed as an integral part of the front timing cover. Also SKF the bearing...

Hello All, I need your thoughts regarding a recent Parts quality complaint that I have lodged with Paddock Spares. Three months ago I purchased a new cylinder head, head gasket, head bolts, radiator hoses etc etc from Paddocks spares for my Ser1 300TDI Disco. I fitted the new parts and drove the...