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Hi guys, bit of advice and/or moral support if poss. Long story short, timing belt snapped back in february, broke some valve gear etc, local garage fitted new belt kit and valve gear. This afternoon, I noticed an oil leak, fresh engine oil ( service and oil change last week) dripping from...

I fitted a new timing belt on my '96 300tdi a couple of weeks ago. Searched out all the relevant threads, loads of good info on here, bought a kit and got the spanners out. Simple enough job, four hours and it was all back together and running as sweet as ever. A couple of days ago on the way...

.My '96 300tdi has just died. As I pulled away from a set of lights, there was a slight lurch as the engine died ( it felt as if it had dropped out of gear) so I coasted it to the side of the road. It turns on the starter but makes no attempt to fire. Fortunately, I was only 100 yards from home...

Unlocked the landy this morning with the remote but found I couldn't get into the tailgate. The lock button seemed to be going up and down with the remote, just wasnt lifting it quite far enough to unlock so had to hlod the tailgate lock open with the key while I pulled the handle or go in over...

Posted a short while back with an issue over radio interference in my '97 300tdi from window motors/wipers etc. Got some great feedback and advice but the problem will not go away. I have run a clean wire direct from the battery to the radio power lead, and another to the memory back up...

I have found a thread for repairing a 200tdi pump but nothing for the 300 and the PAS pump on my 300tdi is leaking badly from what seems to be the mating faces. I have found a seal kit at Paddocks but it looks to be just a seal ans a large O ring. I haven't taken the pump off yet so not sure how...

I have a non landy radio/cd in the disco 1 ( a cheap'n cheerfull bit of kit) but the radio reception is awful. The cd player is crystal clear but when the engine is running the radio sounds like your listening to it in a bag of crisps and it gets worse when your actually driving along. This is...

whats the life expectancy of a cat converter in relation to the rest of the exhaust system? My '96 300tdi has an exhaust system comprising of 50% repair bandage, a twice repaired rear box and a few tin cans with jubilee clips so I thought it was about due a new one. I nearly fell over when I...

Ok, so its a Disco 1 with a 1" lift, 8x16 alloys fitted with 205 tyres (on when I got it) Wanted bigger tyres on, read all the threads about what will and wont fit, didn't ask the question myself as had no desire to be swamped with the tirade of ( good natured?) abuse that seems to follow all...

Before you all start pointing at the search button, I've done the searches but am still none the wiser. Disco 1 300tdi, 89000k miles, relatively good nick. The steering tends to wander a bit on straight road. Nothing violent or dangerous, but it just doesn't like to go in a dead straight line...

Had a look under the Disco last night, was wondering if/how the gearbox and transfer box oil was or should be changed, and I found a stray pipe that looks like it should be attached to something. Its a long hard plasic pipe, around 4 or 5mm i/d. It comes down from the engine bay somewhere (...

Watching SKYFALL the other day, and during the obligatory pre-credit action(?) sequence in which Bond and Moneypenny have a car/train chase in a silver defender ( total damage to 'Fender= 2 broken wing mirrors. Must be on a tight budget these days) I got to thinking about other similar movie...

Hi all, I'm in the process of fitting new discs and pads to the front of my '96 disco and thought I would share the experience with you as a cautionary tale for anyone thinking of tackling it. I found the threads and links on here showing the best way to do it and, being reasonably competent on...

just pulled away and went to change to second, no clutch pedal pressure and couldnt get gear. So, clutch pedal not disengaging the clutch plate, guessing hydraulics, right? limped a few yards down the road in first and managed to turn without having to stop and got back on the drive. No fluid...

After cleaning the engine and getting rid of all the old gunge, I can now see an obvious oil seepage near the diesel injectors. Its not the injector seats themselves, but there is a centrally bolted flange plate, oval-ish in shape, that obviously holds the injector in its seat. The other end of...

just had a weird thing happen with the remote locking. '96 disco 2.5d, has a key and a remote fob with two buttons, one to lock it and one to unlock it. Has worked fine since having the car but this morning I unlocked it with the emote as usual and sat in it with the door open for about 10...

Ok, want to 'man-up' the disco a little and (in my opinion) the 205 tyres look a bit girly in those big arches. Read all the threads I can find on what will fit without modding, but cant find info on what rim size to go for. So, I'm looking at 235/70 A/T's as I reckon they'll pad out the arches...

Firstly, hello everyone. Great forum, loads of good stuff with plenty of available brains to pick! Just got my first Disco ( '96 2.5 diesel). It cost less than my freelander ('01 plate) was going to cost to repair and has 20k less on the clock. full service history, all mot's and aside from a...