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Every now and again the dashboard 'door open' light will come on - usually after hitting a bump. I've had a good look around the door aperture but can't see the traditional sort of switch. Is it part of the latch mechanism? I'm pretty sure it's the tailgate causing it because if I open and slam...

Just wondering what the general feeling was about the newer petrol Freelanders? I'm considering an '04 1.8 petrol XEI which looks clean and tidy, drives OK, and has a clean MOT attached. I've previously owned a petrol Freelander that was a complete nightmare with regards HGF. This one has...

My old 300tdi is usually a very reliable starter but when I went to fire her up the other day she turns over fine but won't fire. I noticed that the dashboard indicator for the glow plugs isn't lighting up, either. (It usually does.) There's fuel getting as far as the injector pump and...

Back during the summer I fitted a new centre and rear exhaust section to my 300tdi. The studs in the flange by the cat. were rusty and snapped off meaning I couldn't secure the middle section to the front section in the proper way so I bodged a clamp together by cutting the flange off of the...

I know this is a common topic but I wanted people's opinions rather than advice on fixing it... The driver's side headlight on my Discovery 1 (300tdi) has a lot of water beads inside - presumably condensation. It's been like this a long time. I've pull the lamp off today and given it a wash...

The power steering pump on my '95 300tdi is in the last throes of dying. It's making horrible grinding noises when you turn the wheel. Now, on a scale of 1 to 10, how big a job is changing it? I'm reasonably handy with spanners and sockets but are there any 'gotchas' I need to be aware of...

I've got a small problem with my tatty old 300tdi Disco in that the indicators don't auto-cancel. In fact if I signal, say, right and do a full 180 degree turn the indicator stalk flicks right round so the indicators flash left at the end of the manouvre. The previous owner said it had had...

I've got a slightly tatty 1994 300tdi Discovery with a tail-light problem. The two tail lights mounted in the rear bumper are fine. The two mounted in the main lighting cluster in the rear corners aren't and don't come on with the lighting switch set to either side lights or headlights. Front...

Have recently bought a rather ratty old 300tdi Discovery (1) auto with 12 months MOT for not a lot of money, but naturally it also came with a list of 'advisory' faults commensurate with its age. Amongst these is a recommendation to replace the bushes on the radius arms and rear linkages...

Hello all, I'm returning to Landrovers after several years without and just bought a very ratty 300tdi Discovery. No doubt it'll have numerous problems that'll need fixing but that's all part of the fun, plus it wasn't a lot of money and comes with 12 months MOT. In the past I've owned a 3.5...

I had my 1969 Series 2a Landrover booked in for its MOT this morning. She hasn't been used for a year or so but I'd done a lot of work on her recently, getting it ready for the test. She was running a bit rough and I hoped that was just where she hadn't been run for a while, but then just a...

My 1.8 petrol Freelander is smoking. Smoking like its got a 300 a day Woodbines habit. Smoking like you see tanks doing on a battlefield... It's bad. OK? Grey smoke - thinking oil getting burnt. Thinking it might be a broken ring I've done a compression test and the reading are as follows...

I have a '99 1.8FL. Every once in a while I'll come back to it only to find the rear window has wound itself right down. Now I know if you disconnect then reconnect the battery it does this but this can happen if its been parked outside the house overnight, so no mechanicking going on. It's...

Can anyone help me a mo'? I had to renew some of the wiring to the alternator on my geriatric Series IIa/III, including up to the alternator plug. Can someone just confirm the colour coding of the wires as they go into the plug? I have a horrible feeling I might have mixed two or them up.

I've looked in the common faults section but can't find anything there. What size socket do I need for disconnecting the propshafts on a '99 petrol Freelander? They're the same type as the cylinder head bolts (E12) but are they the same size? Cheers A.

The starter on my K-series Freelander is getting tired so I've been looking for a replacement. The LR part number is NAD101420. Someone has offered me a starter from a Rover 75 that uses the same engine, but the part number is 101410. Anyone know whether they're compatible?

As some of the regulars here may recall, my Freelander blew it's headgasket just before Christmas but due to illness I've been unable to do much about it till recently. Anyhow, have been stripping the engine bit by bit over the last couple of weeks and have finally gotten to the point of...

Just trawling the 'net this morning and I came across this very informative piece on the K series engine and its various failings. It's from an MGF site but the engine (and its problems) are the same. MGF (K Series) Head Gasket Developments - The MG Owners' Club

I was clearing out the shed and came across a few bits from when I had a 3.5 V8i Disco. Any use to anyone? 1. Rear diff oil seal (for where the propshaft goes on). 2. Half of a head gasket set - all the bits for one side, minus the valley gasket. 3. Heater hose ETC6890 (short hose from...

OK now that its been confirmed my Hippo has blown its head gasket I need a little bit of advice on parts. For the most part I have all the bits needed to renew it already, but I don't have any new head bolts. I understand from here and elsewhere that these are 'stretch' bolts but opinion...