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Elp! I have searched and cant find a definitive answer... R reg 98 50th anniversary 300 tdi. Disco had a new battery last week after old one died. Changed battery started up first time - great me thinks. Then locked up and went inside. Came out later, fob didn't open locks then...

Evenin all..... Took my crankshaft pulley off tonight to remove timing case. On back of pulley fitting very tight to the back of the pulley there is a dish/cupped ring, which is almost rusted through. What is this part called, and is it available without the pulley. Thanks

Have 98 disco 300tdi, with tamper proof fuel stop solenoid. I need to crack the crankshaft nut off, was going to use the bar under the chassis method, but have a tamper proof fuel stop solenoid, is there another way to cut fuel supply so engine wont start when cranked on the starter??

Well I followed all the suggestions I recieved in part 1 of this saga, tried heat, tries punching the flats of the nut, tried a bar on the pulley and bfh on the spanner - all to no avail. Spoke to a mate, who told me the fan was attached to a flange on the back of the pulley - great I...

300 tdi, \I know its a left handed thread, have had a bar across the water pump pulley bolts , and the fan spanner + bfh on the fan bolt, it wouldn't shift, so bolted a 2 foot bar to fan spanner, and used a bigger bar on the water pump pulley, but then the belt is slipping. Any ideas...

:confused:I fear I am fecked. As per previous post, air wrench yeilding monkey at garage has either over tightened or possibly cross threaded locking wheel nut, which bust the key when i tried to remove it. Bought a new tool, which promptly sheared and split. I then tried the hammer an old...

Elp!!! Locking wheel nut been whizzed up by an air gun wielding monkey. I goes to remove the wheel, and both the nut and the tool are fecked. I know I can get the tool on evilbay, is there anywhere I can get a single locking nut - for set 'F'? Or do I need to get a tool to remove all of...

300tdi passenger wing mirror electric, wanted please, must be working.

Well the time has come for my R 98 300Tdi 50th anniversary to go to the garage for her MOT.. Kinda nervous as I'm hoping she'll pass, but not counting my chickens yet. Will let you know.

Hi guys n gals, having probs with my diff lock. It is not the usual problem where the lever seizes in the housing - I;ve already sorted that:), and had it working. But now have a problem whereby I cant get the lever to engage diff lock. I have tried from under the car, and it engages and the...

allo chaps n chappesses... Need to find 3 m10 slim head nuts with 15mm heads for my exhaust manifold to down pipe (300 tdi '98) I have fitted paddocks de cat pipe but the original nuts are too big to fit properly, and the only M10's I have are 17mm head which is too thick to fit as well...

i am about to do the belt tensioner bearing, having read up and searched here, many peeps say the retaining clip/ring is prone to snapping, so get a spare in case. Anyone know the specs of said ring/clip or where I can get one from please.

Hi guys a quick q? I am about to do discs and pads on 98 300tdi, I understand I need to use threadlock on the caliper bolts and also the bolts that secure the disc to the hub. Is loctite 243 the correct threadlock to use? Just want to be careful with brakes, I like being able to stop.....

As the title, I need to bend a right angle in some 65mm x 10mm bar, I have tried me B+Q propane blow torch, but just cant get it hot enough. Any ideas, I dont have a gas axe available. Elp pls...

Hi guys, how can i get a pic of me landy on my avatar, but remove the number plate - for obvious reasons. Any help gratefully accepted from a relative technophobe.

1998 300tdi - non edc. I need a new key fob (or two), can i just buy a 2nd hand fob ( rover 200 ) off the e bay, and get them re programmed to my disco??? Or is it a main stealer job to buy a new fob? Please help as difference is £7 versus £70, and also getting stuck in a dark damp...

Guys n dolls, I just wanted to extend a true heart felt thanks to all who have taken the time to help me with my questions over the last 6 months. As a newbie, I have now changed oils n filters, fixed me tfr box, wired up lights and a rear work light, found the sedimentor, removed egr valve...

Imagine the scene, Doris comes home from nights on Sunday mornin, so i thinks i'll leave er sleep n go n fiddle wiv the disco. As I run the final cable for my rear work light behind the drivers side fuse box, into the blank switch I have converted to switch it on.off, my right hand index...

Reads some threads that said 5w/30 for a 300tdi. Then changed oil/filter to 5w/30 now reading some more i read i shoulda used 10w/40 - have i fooked up, got a long drive to scotland coming up so need to know please.

As above, 300 tdi 1997, I got me sump plug stuck in the sump, i tried a ratchet, a spanner, two spanners, and even me 2ft bar, but i cant get the fooker out, even with the bar, it just drags me 16stone across the driveway... I tried it after a good run to warm up and still the same, Any...