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I'm in the middle of doing something similar on 1997 300tdi, as I had the engine and gearbox out for a full chassis up rebuild I fully stripped engine, crank out job. 90 was a farm hack and looked like it had been worked hard with 104kmiles so I checked bores which were well in tolerance, i...

Last week a collegue informed me that my passenger side rear tail light was out(1997 300Tdi Disco), I got a bulb changed and no different. Tested one I took out and it was fine. I then checked all my lights and found that my front and rear were all out. This afternoon I have had a meter...

Good advice, pick it up tuesday...not told her yet, think I will take her out tomorrow and drop it into conversation once alcohol taking effect!

That is the decision I need to make! Someone I know has bought a very new 2008 replacement and is seling his old one, it's a diesel, is a runner and he wants £600 for it. I already have a Landcruiser and a 3 door Discovery plus a 'summer car' I won't mention but have always wanted a...

Check for common faults as most people have said and it mainly tends to be rust rather than mechanical failure. I bought a 1997 300Tdi Disco, all arches, boot and sil's repaired, 106k on clock and landrover service history till 78k in november off ebay for £940 as my winter hack and I love it...

To drain a fully charged new battery overnight also seems a bit exessive to me. My advice would be to disconnect cables and leave it over night, re connect in morning and if it starts first time you have a short circuit somewhere. Classics for this are inside lights, places water can get in...

1997 300Tdi manual, only had it 2 months and doing 72mile commute round trip a day near lake district, I keep it below 2250rpm and filled to brim twice and worked out I am getting 36mpg. I bought it for the winter and due to the fact you could get mid to high 30's in the mpg stakes, so far i am...

shot in the dark but also very similar symptoms to head gasket failure? I had this a while ago but car would run however struggled and smoking, could not understand issue until noticed bubbling in epansion resevoir!

Thanks for all the responses I shall get a new belt and fit on friday. As I have only had it a fortnight I am slowly working through list of little jobs and am fitting De-cat exhaust and blanking EGR. As it shall be up on ramps I will no doubt have good access to do job. I must admit I...

Has anyone experienced this as it is new to me and did not affect my Toyota Landcruiser. I have only had the 1997 Disco1 300Tdi for 2 weeks now and been out putting it through it's paces in the lake district this weekend, but when I go throuh deep water/flooded lanes etc it is as if the power...

I do a 70 mile round trip commute and have just got a manual Disco1 as it is better mpg than my Toyota Landcruiser! You can guarantee if you sell itnext week it will snow and the week after you will sell your house!

Come on, I'm only new and looking for advice and I have read that originally Disco's had 205/80's so I wanted to know if anyone had them and the experience with them. I don't mind what I have on as long as they are legal and don't make the handling unstable.:(

Hi all, I have just picked up my discovery 300Tdi at the weekend and am looking to re-tread it. I currently have 235/70 R16 on the alloys but have come across a new set of Cooper ST's for £82 a corner in the size 205/80 R16. Has anyone experience of changing to these and was it positive or...

Well I have done it at last! I have been sick of my 1996 Toyota Landcruiser that I have owned for for 3 years and only ever had to put new tyres on, the reliability just gets you down.....So after 3 years of reading LRM and pineing for a british landrover I have just purchased a 1997 300TDi! I...