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  1. Short fat bloke

    Disco heater blower needed, anyone got one??

    Hello All, My heater has packed up on my 1992 3.5 EFI V8 Disco, and I cant stand the moaning from the wife any longer! Anyways, Im having difficulty tracking down 200 series heater fans/Blowers. RobinT was kind enough to give one he had kicking around in his shed, but unfortunitly this is...
  2. Short fat bloke

    Heater assembly needed for 1992 V8 Disco, Anyone got one??

    Good Morning All, Winters here and after owning my faithful old Disco for nearly 2 years, the wife winging about not being able to see and being cold has finally got the better of me, so has anyone got the entire heater assemble that they want to sell? I need pretty much everything thats...
  3. Short fat bloke

    Whos got the highest mileage V8??

    Just a silly thread to see whos got the highest mileage V8?? So here goes, mines only got 132,000miles on the clock
  4. Short fat bloke

    HELP!! My sreen blowers int blowing, but fan seems to be??

    Good Morning All! Im after some help seeing where I is going! The Landy in question is my J plate 1992 Disco V8 3.5 EFI manual. The problem being is that I cant get any air up through the vents for demisting the srceen, this is a big problem when I through a couple of wet dogs and myself...
  5. Short fat bloke

    6.2L GMC V8 diesel engined Defender

    Gd arrfternoon all! Seen this on the bay, 1985 LAND ROVER LR 90 4C REG BLUE on eBay (end time 19-Aug-10 19:21:45 BST) dont really know much about these engines, so does anyone know if they are any good or are they not worth bothering with and better off going with a petrol V8 or a 200/300...
  6. Short fat bloke

    This'll make ye Larf! Main Dealer Prices, ridiculas!!

    Just rang LR for a quote for a new MAF for my V8 Disco, The LR part number according to them is err 5198, Various ones on Ebay for around the £50 mark, Not genuine I know, LR quoted me £1084.92!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: O and that'll be PLUS VAT!!! I didnt pay that for the fooking...
  7. Short fat bloke

    3.5L V8 hesitant and jerky, Poss MAF problem??

    Good Evening all, Im hoping you might be able to help me? Ive had some poor running problems with my 1992 Disco V8, its the baby V8, 3.5L but fuel injected, Im guessing one of the 1st of the fuel injected ones? The problem I have is its very hesitant and a bit jerky when under...
  8. Short fat bloke

    Whats the best V8? 3.5, 3.9, 4.0 etc

    Evening all! Whats the best V8 in your opinions? 3.5, 3.9, 4.0, 4.2, 4.6??? The Reason I ask is that Ive been offered a 3.5 V8 fuel injected Disco on a manual box and LPG (Single point system) Any thing in particular I should be looking out for?? Or should I be looking at the later 3.9's? SFB
  9. Short fat bloke

    Toss up between 300tdi and 'J' plate V8 LPG??

    Evening All, Im in a bit of a quandry:confused:, and need input/opinions from you folks please, At present I've got a 300tdi, manual, 3 door 'P' plate Disco, and really quite like it, apart from the 3 door bit, Find it a pain in the arse not having 5 doors, had Volvo estate before...
  10. Short fat bloke

    What Tyres pressure should I be running with MT tyres?

    Good Afternoon All! Ive recently fitted sum Insa Turbo Dakar Mud terrian tyres (Std size 235 70 16) to my 300tdi Disco and was wondering what tyres pressures to run due to them A) being a MT and not road bias and B) being a retread.? at the moment Im running 32psi in the rear and 26psi in...
  11. Short fat bloke

    Playing/getting stuck in Dorset last Friday

    Evening All! Me and "Sticky" went playing in and around Dorset last Friday, did some of the S*L*U*T*S Chip run lanes. Got a bit stuck at one point!! And in the true spirit of being trainned by a master of Breaking things (DorsetVogueSE), I broke my Rear indicator, smashed off my near side...
  12. Short fat bloke

    300tdi, smokes like hell on cold start

    Afternoon all hope you had a good Christmas! I got a slight problem with my 300tdi Disco, on cold start it smokes like hell (Only just moved house and very embarrising when I fill up the cul-de-sac with more smoke than a very large bonfire every morning!!:o:o:o) and its very lumpy, almost like...
  13. Short fat bloke

    Any tips on who to insure my disco thro??

    Evening All, My Disco insurance is coming up for renewal in the next week or so, any of you guys suggest any good places to go? Best quote Ive had so far is £302 fc, social domestic and pleasure with commuting, mods delcared, (Snorkle and bumper cut, nowt else) Im 31 with plenty of no claims...
  14. Short fat bloke

    A cracking day on the Plain's yesterday :-)

    Just a quick note to say many thanks to Boomer and DV for an absolutly cracking day yesterday in, around, and on the plain's. Even if I did manage to get what Boomer so kindly called "Fuk up Fairy" Of the day award when I took up DV's challenge to plow through what looked like an innocent enuf...
  15. Short fat bloke

    What Tyre is the best all rounder?

    Good Morning All! Im running a totally standard 300tdi manual disco, The car is my everyday car which I bought for towing car trailers and love the idea of going playing in the mud, but nothing to serious. It currently has road tyres on it, two of which are new and the other two are getting...
  16. Short fat bloke

    HELP!! HELP!! URGENT!! Clutch problems on Disco, weekend away in jepedy!! :-(

    Hi all, Need your help ugently!! Suppose to be drivng to Devon this arvo for surprise weekend away with the wife, well surprise for her as I booked it! Lol! Ive got a 1996 300tdi Disco, Did an engine change back in May, all seemed well other than the Clutch would drop to with in a...
  17. Short fat bloke

    1999 W reg 90 with a Steering issue??? HELP!!!

    Good Afternoon all, Im after some advice please, A Chap I work with has a 1999 defender 90 diesel, The problem hes got is as follows: The Steering seems more difficult to turn Right than Left and When driving down a twisty road the steering will CLONK Loadly and the whole car will leap towards...
  18. Short fat bloke

    What Lift Kit to go for?

    Evening all, Anyone got an perticular thoughts on whats the best lift kit to go for? theres lots out there that offer Heavy and meduim duty springs? Not really sure what I'm looking for? Any tips would be agreatly recieved! SFB
  19. Short fat bloke

    WTF Have I done?????

    Hello All, New to this Landrover game, Always been into classic minis and MCC Reliability trials in cars that arnt really designed to go off road, but always liked landy's, well real ones anyway not Gaylanders! wanted something that actually worked well off road! been talked into buying a Disco...
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