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I am pretty sure the lambda probes on my 1995 Softdash classic are dying. They seem to read .45v with very little change. The car itself does not have a steady idle, and when on gas the mixture control just goes up and up till it stalls. I have a pair of three wire sensors, but have read...

While looking at a fault on my LPG I noticed that there was a less than happy looking fuse badly spliced into the loom just under the LPG vaporizer on the nearside front inner wing. As neither side of it was looking useful I decided to take it out and return the wiring to standard.. however I...

Hi, my Vogue SE has an ABS/TC fault, the blink code comes back with code 2-3 which apparently does not exist! However working with the assumption that its the same as the early P38 ABS system this would point to the pressure switch, so I acquired a P38 ABS pump and took the pressure switch from...

I'm having problems with my RRC softdash 4.6 conversion. I had it running but it was taking time fro the oil pressure light to do out, on investigating found that the oil pump was worn (it was the original from the RRCs 3.9). So a much less worn pump was sourced. While I fitted this I also...

I have an issue with my V8, it had become an utter dog to drive, stalling at junctions all the time. I changed the plugs and they were all black I also changed the MAF, the latter had improved it no end, but it’s still missing a bit at idle, so I pulled the codes again, and got P0130 ‘pending’...

I have finally got the 4.6 running in the RRC, actually it has not been that hard so far.. but I have some irritations. On startup cold it takes a few seconds for the oil light to go out. This I find a little odd as it then takes 12 seconds after shutdown for it to come back on. If restarted...

The 3.9 in my Soft Dash range rover classic has utterly destroyed the block, by that I mean 2 large holes on each side and the last section of the cam shaft is in the sump (7 and 8) so its total scrap.. I have in my garage a 4.6 turner short block with very few miles on it. Apart from the heads...

Hi, put the engine back together after changing the head gaskets, something I have done before on a few other V8s in the past with no problems, however this time, it started, ran then a loud crack and was not running happily at all, and a lot of oil leaking out the bell housing so shut it down...

Having had issues with one of these, and seen the insane prices for even a non memory versions some seem to think they are worth I am embarking on a rasberry pi project to re-instate the seat ECU to my RRC, I may even make a few once I have it working

Hi I have just been replacing the head gaskets and valve seals on my V8 (It had done 189K miles) I now have the valley gasket back on however there's a lot of injection loom in the way and I have damaged the valley gasket due to this, Can it be moved out of the way? there's a wire on the...

My D2 is not responding to the key, it decided to do this just after passing the MOT and being insured, and while parked outside my garage with my only useable car parked inside.. The EKA has not been entered into the security information that should be with the handbook. I have tried the...

I have finally after many years acquired a soft dash 3.9 SE with the dreaded air suspension.. and unsurprisingly it's not behaving as intended.. or I don't think it is, it could be operator error! When starting the air suspension dash light comes on, flashes a few times then stays on, the...

I now have my V8 working properly but the next discovery on the discovery is I now know why someone fitted a non ACE fan belt.. Having taken the car for a quick spin I noticed Big surprise the ACE system has a leak, but not from the rusty looking front set of pipes but from the...

When replacing a TD5 fuel pump are there any tricks to refitting the ring that holds it in? I've had to deal with this type of fixing before on other cars and it's always been a pain but this one really is not playing ball, even standing on it does not seem to get the top far enough in to be...

Hi My fathers DII td5 appears to have a failed crank sensor. How is it changed? as aperantly there is a cover that is making it nearly impossible to get at, but I have only seen my V8 which no such covers and the manual I have only covers the V8

Hi I am having issues with my D2 after having put it back together but the one that is really being a pain is this one, I have already chnaged the lambda sensor on bank 1 3 times now, currently it has a brand new Bosch sensor fitted but there's no change (this is the second new one, the previous...

I have noticed that the TD5 and post 2002 V8 share the same tail pipe, however the earlier D2 V8 does not. Does anyone know what the difference is and how much work would be involved in fitting the later tail pipe to an earlier V8? As its half the price!

Hi I have just put my engine back together after sorting out a slipped liner on number 4 (everything has been off). It runs and idles nicely but has no power and off idle seems to be fuel starved and has a few pops from the exhaust when revved (this might just be the pin holes in it) on...

What size bolts hold the systems together? I have to take mine apart to fix a few things and the bolts on there are not going to cooperate, in fact I'm not bothering with spanners, going in with the angle grinder to get it apart (the really are that bad) however I need to know what size bolts to...

Like many D2s I have the infamous three amigos, however I have the code from the ABS system is 115, which is irritating as when I try an look it up the last one is 114. (I checked it here Disco II ABS Faults) so does any one know what code 115 is? I can clear it but it annoyingly returns. I have...