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The story starts with a little light laneing which I concluded with a couple of trips through a ford "to get the worst off" I broke the front bumper doing so but didn't think much of it at the time. The following day, the three amigos came on. The first time I've ever had a warning light on...

I've yet to look into this but wondered if anyone had had the same problem; My handbrake lever was coming up quite high, so I adjusted it (it had new shoes, springs and adjuster not long ago). A couple of days later, I found it needed adjusting again! Stranger things have happened I suppose, so...

I have a 2000 reg'd td5 and I've been pottering around with it lately and managed to get myself hooked; So far, I've fitted a straight thru centre silencer removal pipe, a panel air filter, a 4.5bar fuel pressure regulator and tweaked the wastegate a little. It's made a marked improvement and...

I was a mechanic for 5 or six years after 5 years training but I've never seen or heard of anything like this; Car's a 2000 reg'd td5 with nothing fancy - it used to have air suspension as standard but now has springs, no ace or anything else for that matter. I have fitted the linkage etc to...

To cut a long story short, I changed my td5's clutch, pressure plate, release bearing, pushrod clip, spigot bearing and new seals in the slave cylinder at the weekend and it's not really worked out well :confused: Now, I'm a qualified, time served mechanic (now a trucker, obviously) but I...

looking at changing my clutch before the weather turns much more, I've had a search around but just ended up with more questions :D What's this about plastic release bearings melting? Do any bushes or anything in the release fork need changing? I'll be doing it on the drive and intend...

Fitted the linkages etc off a 300tdi today to get my centre diff lock up and running, all works as it should including the light on the dash. I did a fair bit of reading up before I started and found several "how to's" which said the three amigos come on when the cdl is engaged with the engine...

Erm, the story so far..... I've just bought the car (2weeks ago tomorrow), while looking for a td5, I went to view one a year newer (mine's 2000) and it ran really smooth and quiet but had a nasty noise from the gear box and nearly 200000 miles on clock. Mine's done 74k now, didn't come...

Can't find quite what I'm looking for, really need help :( My rear central locking wasn't working so I took the module thing out (central locking actuator, latch assy, whatever you call it), cleaned it up a bit and re-installed. Previously, it would lock but not unlock. I plugged it in...

I might've boobed here :confused2: Just clicked the buy it now on a W 'reg td5, very nice condition low mileage etc but I didn't consider the spec' it appears to be an "S" which seems to be about as low as you can get :confused: Any ideas if it'll have the traction control or not? that's...

Found a landy I want to buy, good price, condition and mileage. Came up as clear when I used the textcheck thing; not stolen or whatever. BUT (apparently) The guy bought the vehicle off someone he knows, the part of the v5 the seller sends off was missing, he has the new keeper slip which...

Haven't been around for a while, sadly I had to sell my disco 300tdi and I now regret it :( Anyway, I'm having a serious think about selling my current car and getting a TD5 :decision: I know about the air suspension issues and would be putting 2" lift springs on it and getting rid of the air...

Struggling to find a definitive answer to this so I'm gonna have to ask even though it's been asked no end of times. The first thing I'm going to do to my new 90 is some decent tyres. if it makes a difference I'll lift it first obviously. it's a 1993 200tdi "truck cab". What tyre sizes...

IF all goes to plan, I've got a 90 to fetch from near birmingham but it's not taxed :( Has anyone near me or roughly on route got a car trailer that's suitable that I can borrow for 24hrs pretty please? A few beer tokens in it for you if you can ;) I've got a disco I can pull it with and I'm a...

Erm, to cut a long story a bit shorter. I've got a disco 300tdi that I only normally use for laneing and if the weather gets bad. I've just sold my car that I use the rest of the time because I wanted something flash that had space for the dog (a4 estate, v70 etc) but I can't help but...

Without going into too much detail; I tweaked my pump, it wasn't great and I've tried alsorts and dont know how to get it back to normal. I've tweaked everything you can without taking the lid off the thingy (4 screws and turn a diaphragm). Any idea how I get it somewhere near standard?

Anyone know how to return a 300tdi injector pump to it's factory settings? I tweaked mine a long time ago and it was a bit over smokey and seemed a little less torquey, was fine because I'd remembered what I adjusted and how much and even wrote it down for good measure, trouble is - it was a...

Being the tight git I am and having just suffered a £200 fine from the nice vosa man, I've got a couple of quick questions; I want an extra inch or more drop from my dampers, I can see a way of dropping the rear ones with a home made dropper plate but will 6mm plate be strong enough? Anyone...

Should really be changing brake pipes but don't feel like it, I've got my eyes on a bit of 20mm angle! After an opinion first though - If I weld lengths of it verticly to my steering guard (the lower part of it), do you think it'll drag through the mud any easier? I found that it seemed to be...

Just found a funny rubber cover on the back of my injector pump (300tdi) that I think should have a wire through it onto whatever it goes over but hasn't. Engine runs ok and stops so cant be stop solenoid, I've found a purple wire nearby that has been scotchlocked to another wire but I'd guess...