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@PoppyW - this is not normal and I would expect your lease company (and/or your legal expenses cover via your household insurance, as suggested above...) to support you through this. I had a new engine in a D4 Commercial at 56k miles and the dealer were superb - to be fair, I dropped it into...

Depends slightly on the age of the Defender and how fussy you are about the great unwashed on your doorstep. I’ve just sold a long in the tooth Discovery 3, with 212k on the clock via Autotrader - it sold within 3 hours of going on there, selling to the second caller but you need to decide if...

You don’t say what your budget is but gut feel is that the L322 will be a better bet than the X5, particularly (or should that be in spite of) as they age. It also depends on how you are intending to service the wee beastie - is this something that you can take on or are you wholly dependent on...

Ongoing build...

Pretty much scrap I would suggest... certainly any tyres that have been stored for 10 years plus will need to be scrapped (costing you a tenner a tyre, at least...) Likewise the rest of it - if provenance is unknown on items like gearboxes and transfer boxes etc, then who’s going to take a punt...

Still crank related, but I suspect it’s spun the bearings if it’s rattling and banging but running... Not good news and either a replacement engine or significant rebuild (if you can even get the parts as cranks aren’t generally available)

4.4 TDV8 has a known issue with an oil pipe at the rear of the engine - simple fix, whereas the 3.6 has a potential to lose the turbo(s) and take the engine out when it goes.. No real warning of impending turbo doom... 4.4 TDV8 should be available on late 2009 vehicles and prices are starting...

Hoping someone may be able to assist... I'm using a 1992 RRC as a donor vehicle for a 100" bespoke build and, whilst I'm going to put this through an IVA (so, on reflection, could have probably gone back to 'standard' brakes) am retaining the Wabco power brake system. I'm fabricating most of...

I know that Clive has committed to a batch of steel that has been cut to size but doesn’t have his old jigs and is currently looking for a crossmember for templating purposes... This could be just what he’s after!

Shamefully lifted from another forum, but despite having known some of the history of the vehicle it might be sensible to run through as much of the following as you can get away with... From my point of view, check the handbrake operation is free from graunches and nasty noises - it’s fixable...

Hi Rob Have you tried disconnecting the alternator whilst measuring the drain to earth? It's not unusual for the diode pack to fail, leading to an ongoing drain - I chased all around mine before testing this...!

D3 all the way... Yes, there may be a bit more complexity but the knowledge on how to deal with the vagaries of these is gradually becoming more and more widely understood - get yourself some decent diagnostics kit and Bob's yer Uncle... Good luck..

Style over substance mainly - I tend to get given one when the D4 is in for service. Fun Prevention Officer has had 2 x F2's which were good bits of kit but now not as 'of the moment' as the posh version. They can do the off road stuff but visibility from inside is dire...

Hiya Got any dimensions and a price on the fuel tank please? If agreeable, would you be able to drop to a place near the Britannia Stadium so that I could pick up at leisure? Cheers

Getting it going isn't the problem - you need to make sure the towed vehicle has some brakes and won't end up ramming you from behind... I have towed a stricken 7.5 tonne truck (complete with twin axle trailer loaded with a lightweight) from a dark single carriageway road to a layby about 3...

Would help if possible.... .... Unless they are in a Prius, in which case they deserve it all...

I had exactly the same problem and always went to open the bonnet with a slight feeling of apprehension... Turned out that the pull mechanism was full of mud and muck... I spent some time knocking mud (and dust) out of every bit of it that I could get to from both above and below (remove...

Wiring colours and plug positions shown in the attached list. Personally, I'd find a Disco in a scrap yard and have the cable away with the plug on it - snip it off as close as possible to the back of the bit that sits by the tow ball and you should have plenty of spare..