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CREEPY I've added pretty much the same thread on another forum this morning. Just had a trip to Mole Valley Farms in Frome to get some bolts.

Would love to mate but have a birthday in Wales on the Saturday and planning on doing a BIG service on Sunday on the Disco.

Just had the lift pump problem on mine, pulled up at the breadknives sisters house to hear something like a tap running, it was diesel pouring onto the road, it got fixed by unscrewing the feed from the fuel tank and the output to the fuel filter and connecting them together with a short peice of hose and some jubilee clips. Works a treat but then I heard the ticking noise. Covered the out put on the fuel lift pump with my finger and the noise went away. Brand new lift pump only set me back £18, but I need the bolts off the old pump and some olives to fit on the new lift pump pipes so I can hook it all up again. While we are on this, can someone confirm to me that on the fuel lift pump the bottom hose is the feed from the fuel tank and the top hose is the output to the fuel filter?? Ta

Looking at an OS map 1:25k I can drive on the byways which are indicated by the lines of green crosses (or red crosses if on 1:50k map) Having looked at the Land Rover Owner insert from the other month 'UK's 20 best Greenlanes' some of them seem not to be on the byways but on routes marked with red dots or diamonds. Does this mean they are byways also? Just don't want to be going down the wrong paths, so exactley which can I be driving and also, if I planned a route and took a mate with another car, how can I check before hand to see if these routes are ok to drive on or if they have TRO's on them? Cheers

Don't know mate, I'm thinking of the same. I replaced the standard speakers in front and back (only four speakers) with some 5.25" decent Alipnes. Sounds alright in the back I'm presuming because of A; The space they have and B: They are at ear height in the back. Sounds not great in the front as even though they are decent speakers they are still down at knee height. Best bet is to get some 6.5" comonents and try to angle them to point more in to the cabin. Got too many jobs that I want to do so I think I won't be finishing this for a while myself ; (

Now THAT sounds interesting. Give us a shout if you need/want a spare pair of hands mate. Have some tools and a willingness to help out (or point and laugh)

Hmm, North Bristol eh? Not far away really but NOOOOOO.. Thanks for the offer though ha haaaa. But if you get stuck and need a hand send me a PM. I've got a hand winch now you know ; )

Thanks for all the replies. I got it completley wrong, it was a 1600kg Tirfor with rope, and I picked it up today. I'm out tomorrow so I am going to kindly request that someone (other than me) get stuck so I can come to their rescue and try it out. Yesterday I had a problem, pulled up at her indoors' sisters to hear a noise like running water, turns out it was diesel pouring out of the engine bay :shock: Couldn't have happened at a better place, her brother in law works on and pretty much knows everything about Land Rovers (but he doesn't like diesels). Anyway, he had a look and founf that the fuel lift pump was shot, when I turned the engine over fuel was shooting out of the lower union. He recons that things like this start off with a trickle then degrade to a point where they judt give way. Could explain me getting 100miles less on the last tank, I just thought it might be something to do with being off road, all that stopping and starting and revving.. Anyway, one field fix later and I was on my way home. Spent £160 today, got the Tirfor, 2x Diff guards, 2x recovery points which include jacking points a sepentine belt and a replacment lift pump (which unfortunatley turned out to be duff, but the fella said no problem and he'll give us the cash back for it). Good day all in all I think

Cheers guys... Yeah. I'm pretty much a tool. I looked on that site earlier but somehow couldn't find them.. DUH!!! Spoke to someone else and found they are quite expensive. One fella asked why I was looking at the biggun if I only have a Disco. He recons the 1600kg one would pull the Disco easily (the weight rating is for lifting so you can increase that for pulling, he rates the 1600kg will pull 2500kg) It's just that for (I think it was..) £100 I could get a second hand 3200kg one from a trusted person but it has no rope. But you never know with second hand do you, I don't know if the gears or the grips are all ok on the inside, and to send it off for testing means about £80+ just for the labour to check it out.. For £200 I could get a brand new Tirfor copy rated at 1600kg WITH 20m of rope. Oh yeah, 30m, WHAT WAS I THINKING?? 10m is long, 20m is more than I need. So what do you guys think? Brand new but lower rated OR the second hand biggun and rope for the same price? OH I KNOW. I did it the other week, it was my first introduction to the hand winch, and I hardly did any of the work ha haa Cheers mate, just near Bristol but thanks for the offer pal, much appreciated

I have the opportunity to buy a Tirfor handwinch, the biggun 3200kg. BUT I need to buy a rope for it. Anyone know where I can get one? 20m or 30m but be great. I have googled but all I find is either brand new winches, places that say wire available but no listing for them or tool/equipment hire places. I have searched for 16.3mm wire rope but everything I find says "not suitable for Tirfor" Can anyone help?

Bad connection on the back of the alternator?? I went through a mud trap on the weekend and following that had exactly the same symtoms. Pulled over, the whole engine and engine bay including the underneath of the bonnet was gipping with mud, I let it dry out all hunky dorey again. So I'm guessing maybe just check the rev couter connection at the back?? of the alternator and any earth connections, also heard of these being dodgy

Sounds good, would love to meet up.

It was cool. If it was right muddy I can see how you'd get stuck. I'm the first to back out of trying something, I'm paranoid of getting stuck while out on your own... But I'd love to go back there with someone else, a tow rope and maybe a winch ; ) I'd have had a go at the other bits, they looked REALLY bad like you'd just get stuck halfway in...

Just been for a little drive with the missus, last minute we decided to take the dogs for a walk somewhere different, the breadknife suggested Salisbury plains. COOL. Off we went drove the big stoned roads then noticed the by-way signs and went off down a few, pulled over and walked any bits we were unsure of before doing them as we were on our own. My first time there and I loved it. Can't wait to go with poeple who know it well and know which are the permissable places to go. Dogs enjoyed it.. After the first puddle I did the macarena as you can see Dogs still loving it Bit futher down the by way was a bigger puddle, but had to go around that as a major getting stuck risk arose, so went around that and went through a smaller water trap Pulled over to let the dogs out and have a bickkie The handbrake started slipping so we had to stop it rolling down the slope... It was real hard, it's a heavy car.. Of course SHE's had her weetabix this morning... In action The next water trap She went wading Finished off with a rather bumping lane Then walk the dogs and off home. Cracking day

Alright, we were following, our mate was reccying some new routes and we tagged along.