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  1. TuppyTrucker

    Headlights on European Roads

    Nobody told me, I read it in the rules. You can continue with your UK insurance for as long as your insurance company lets you and the car is regd in UK. I have 1 UK reg'd car, which commutes from Normandy to London on a regular basis, and 1 ex UK Disco now French regd which pretty much stays...
  2. TuppyTrucker

    Newbie P38 owner (regret buying it tho) problems and i only have it a week on friday

    If you keep calling it a jeep, it's no wonder it won't work for you. Rangies have feelings too.
  3. TuppyTrucker

    Seeking for a front left door lock

    New price in UK is £143 + tva. Keep looking on ebay.
  4. TuppyTrucker

    Seeking for a front left door lock

    Ha, rejoindre la file d'attente.:) I need both front door locks for a P38. Tres difficile a trouve. :( Try ebay, but there are none on there at the moment, only a drivers side front door lock. (OSF) English sellers will sometimes use 'near side' or 'NS' and 'off side' or 'OS' when refering...
  5. TuppyTrucker

    Hi Gents

    Bonsoir Patrick. Je suis en France aussi, mais je suis anglais. Et un amateur de LR et aussi un mechanicien 4x4. Aussi je faire les escortes des convois exceptionnels anglais en France avec mon Discovery. De temps en temps de St Malo. I am near to Bayeux in 14, Calvados, Basse Normandie...
  6. TuppyTrucker

    I like trucking and i like to truck....

    Hi Ho It would seem that you have little work to do to make the Disco pass the test. Swivel pins are also known as king pins and it's where the front wheels turn from. 2 pins, 2 bearings, 4 bolts and some shims, each side. And a small spring balance to set the preload. Cheap as chips. As for...
  7. TuppyTrucker

    Headlights on European Roads

    You have 6 months to get a French registration, more if you go back to the UK regularly. I have a set of LHD 300 series lights going spare here in Basse Normandy as well as most of a 300tdi manual RHD Disco to go with them. Make sure you have a bill of sale before you go to get the various...
  8. TuppyTrucker

    Head Gasket Failure etc

    If you need a new head, then bite the bullet and get a Turner Engineering Performance head. I know it costs over £600 but you'll save that in diesel in under a year. Mine 95 300tdi went from 21mpg with a knackered head to 39mpg with a performance head.
  9. TuppyTrucker

    Def90 Td5 LHD Clutch renewal

    I've done the job now. There was some other stuff to do on the engine (alternator and glow plugs) So I took the engine out. Much easier than the gearboxes I reckon, but I do hate lying on the floor and balancing heavy gearboxes on jacks. The dual mass flywheel was knackered. I replaced that...
  10. TuppyTrucker

    Def90 Td5 LHD Clutch renewal

    I have just taken custody of a 2002 Defender 90 Td5 LHD with 100,000 km on it. Nasty squealing noises and vibes in the clutch pedal suggest a failing clutch release bearing. Difficulty to engage gears R and 1 to 3. My question is: Is it better / easier to remove the engine or the gearboxes to...
  11. TuppyTrucker

    What mileage is your Disco 1 on?

    1 mile = 1.609344 kilometres, so you're off by about 3% in your formula. My Disco1 has 142000 miles, but my neighbour's has 320000 miles. He's on his 2nd engine though.
  12. TuppyTrucker

    Removed ACE - Warning light and new MOT

    If there is no bulb, you could blank it with gaffer. If there is a bulb, you could replace it with a suitable resistor to keep the ECU sweet. I removed an offending ABS warning lamp on a RRC, the ABS worked fine.
  13. TuppyTrucker

    Rear radius arm

    You have to ask yourself why it broke in the first place. Early Disco1 had solid arms that bent, later had thick wall tube arms, that don't bend. Never heard of one breaking without serious abuse.
  14. TuppyTrucker

    sensor in top of head ?

    They run fine without it being connected.
  15. TuppyTrucker

    Door lock jammed!

    Try pulling up on the lock button while working the latch. If it works, then you need a new doorlock spring. You'll need them on all the doors eventually, buy a full set , available on ebay. If it doesn't work, get a new door, cut the old one open and operate the latch from inside.
  16. TuppyTrucker

    Cannot change to diff, or low?!

    You should read this http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/freeing-up-your-discovery-1-difflock-linkage-59819.html It helped me no end in sorting by difflock / transfercase problems.
  17. TuppyTrucker

    96 300 TDI Auto Throttle Position Sensor

    I've had a TPS problem with my 300tdi EDC 98 Auto for 2 years now. And have finally fixed it. Symptoms: Check engine light comes on and revs to idle when driving at low throttle settings. Makes for jerky progress sometimes. After much reading on here and RAVE, thinking, testing and trying to...
  18. TuppyTrucker

    freeing up your Discovery 1 Difflock linkage

    Well done for the reproduction anyway. Shame the OP didn't mention he was working on a LHD V8 at the start.:( Just done the job on my RHD 300tdi, after a brake test front axle lock up dropped the difflock in and it wouldn't come out. Been meaning to get around to freeing up the selector lever...
  19. TuppyTrucker

    Fuel injection pump

    Keep the car, ditch the b... eloved. You can probably pick up an MOT failed but mechanically reasonable used Disco for the price of an FIP. Its always good to have at least one car for spares ;-) When she complains about yet another LR, explain that if she hadn't binned the spares it wouldn't be...
  20. TuppyTrucker

    EGR Valve

    You don't mention what engine it is. But, EGR valves don't add to performance so blanking it won't adversely affect anything apart from maybe the emissions. What will adversly affect the performance is an air leak in the pipes from the turbo to the intercooler and then to the inlet manifold. You...
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