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    3 Amigos on, Easy way to find faulty hub/sensor

    My 3 amigos are on again.... In order to determine which wheel is at fault (in the absence of hawkeye) I presume if I do the following... Jack up one wheel at a time. Put it in first and gently let clutch out. The jacked up wheel will start spinning and register a speed reading on the...
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    Transfer Box TD5 - 5 Liltres of oil came out of my transfer box

    Decided to change my transfer box oil... Undid the fill plug as you do first, expected maybe a trickle of oil to come out. 3 litres of oil poured out the fill plug, yes the fill plug, the one behind the handbrake cable that's a #### to get to. I had a container in place in case a few...
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    Coolant disappearing, then reappearing.

    Weird one. Just did a coolant flush because I had a good few drips from a good few hoses and suspected I was low on coolant. re positioned some circlips to hopefully stop the leaks. Filled the system correctly, raised header tank etc, poured slowly I filled the system correctly until...
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    Few weird noises including a clunk

    Howdy, just completed a massive rear chassis rail job for the DOE and it passed with flying colours. Now over the last week it has developed a loud clunk and screech noise when driving. Firstly when I took her for a drive today i reversed out of a parking space and locked the wheel fully...
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    Brake fluid leak following clutch change

    hi there i have a mysterious brake fluid leak. Left my Disco into an indy few weeks back for clutch and flywheel change. A few weeks later the handbrake light came on so I checked the brake fluid reservoir......And it was on the min mark. Thankk god for that warning light. Inspected...
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    3 Amigos on after off roading in deep mud

    Ok so took the Disco through some very deep riverbed mud, got stuck a few times but eventually got it out. Washed the underside off by driving through a freshwater river up to door sills and when I got home power washed the wheels, underside and engine bay. All was fine for a day then when...
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    Defender-aravan!

    Spotted this yesterday in Athens, Greece. Have never seen one in the Uk or Ireland. Has anybody come across anything similar in the Uk/Irl
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    3 Amigos on after rough ride through snow

    Howdy all, bit of a snow related problem if anybody can help?? Took the 2001 disco 2 for a spin through some very thick snow and ice covered roads. All was going well until I turned into a car park that was just compacted ice that was rock hard with loads of bumps. Hit it a bit too fast...
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    Oil cooler coolant leak

    So had a leak from from oil cooler on a Disco 2 TD5. Stripped everything down and took off the oil cooler. It looks like the old gasket has completely disappeared. Have one ordered 6 quid online. Part number ERR7220 Note the orange color inside the cooling system from just using water as...
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    Diagnose my coolant leak

    Am losing coolant. From the pic attached you can see the area on the engine block where it is a rusty color with moisture. It appears to be above and behind the water pump. The silver thing in the bottom right of the picture is the oil rotor filter housing. The small bolt in the center of...
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    TD5 Water pump replacement problem

    Ok Am doing a water pump replacement and have the old one off.. no problems. Am trying to fit the new one but when I line it up and line up the metal prongs it just wont slot in and mate with the metal face on the auxiliary unit, I bought a replacement impellar off ebay pics are below...
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    My coolant problems.....also Pinhole in Radiator.

    Disco 2 td5. While taking off the auxilliary belt the spanner slipped backwards and hit the radiator putting a pin hole in one of the aluminium cross bars that all the fins stick out of. A steady stream of coolant came out like if you pierces a can of beer. I left it for a while then it...
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    Method of joining abs sensor wires Disco 2.

    Long story short. Replaced wheel hub with abs sensor already in place on disco 2. Have wire from old abs sensor coming from ecu under glove box into engine bay and need to join the two wires. Would stripping the wires down, wrapping them around each other and covering in electrical tape...
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    Can you reuse the cv boot when replacing cv joint

    Ok am replacing cv joint tomorrow on disco 2. The boot is intact so am wondering if i can take it off and re use it on the new cv joint? Another question, after you remove the wheel hub nut do you have to throw it away and replace it (as per rave) or can you re use that too?
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    replacing cv joint disco 2

    Going to attempt this next week, is there anything i should know that are easy mistakes to make. Have been looking for an online guide with pictures but cant find one for the disco 2. Will try and work off rave.
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    300tdi parts on a disco 2 td5.

    Would a lot of 300 tdi parts fit a Disco 2 td5? Say exterior fittings, lights doors etc. What about brake discs, wheel hubs, fuel pumps?
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    Resetting abs lights.

    Can only a nanocom or hawkeye do this. Can some of the cheaper ones reset the abs lights on a disco 2 td5. Such as Universal Auto Scanner Usb Interface ELM 327 ELM327 Bluetooth software Technical Service
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    Disco 2 resetting abs lights with a paper clip

    I know you can read and reset abs warning lights on a disco 1 by placing a paper clip on pins 5 and 15 of the obd connector above the pedals. http://www.horodecki.pl/rajdy4x4/ABS/Jay%20Beale_%201997%20Land%20Rover%20Discovery%20-%20reset%20ABS%20warning%20light.pdf Is there any similar way of...
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    Wiring ABS sensor directly into ecu

    Can anybody point me to a guide for wiring an abs sensor directly into the ecu? Apparently with the new ones they are to be wired straight in and not to the connector under the bonnet. Some day i might get rid of my 3 amigos :doh::doh::doh:
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    3 Amigos, check out my ABS sensor (pic)

    3 amigos on. After reading the codes I got a front offside abs sensor fault. Took off the caliper Took off the bracket the caliper sits into Took off the brake disc Undid the allen key and removed the abs sensor. <script src='http://img534.imageshack.us/shareable/?i=photo6db.jpg&p=tl'...
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