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mitch

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  1. Thanks for the advice on where to put a winch battery. I went to a local "Battery shop" to see what they had in the way of suitable batteries, told them what I wanted it for and said I wanted something with at least 600CCA and they tried to sell me a "Leisure Battery" because high CCA is only required for starting cars. Would a leisure battery be OK for occasional use of the winch? Mitch
  2. I am thinking of buying a second battery to use with my new winch but having had a look under the bonnet the only place seems to be on the opposite side to the existing battery but the Ait Intake and a couple of bits are in the way. Is this where people normally put a second battery? If not what other options do people use? Regards Mitch
  3. Had a good look at the radius arms, panhard rod, rear trailing arms and everything looked very solid with none of the bushes looking tired. Still not convinced about the shock absorbers, (and may be the springs), the whole car seems very very "soft". I think I am going to change them anyway. The other thing I did notice was that the Front drag Link is bent, (I think that's what its called, its the link right at the front of the car). Should this be dead straight? Strangley the way its bent must have occured when the car was going backwards, (ie its bent towards the front of the car not towards the back). Mitch
  4. Thanks for all the input. I'll have a real hard look this weekend to see if any of the suggestted bits are worn.
  5. I am new to Land Rovers, (and off roading), and have recently brought a 1998 Land Rover Discovery. I have to say that I drive it quite slowly, when compared to other cars, because it feels “unstable”. Having said that I have had no problems with it. Today my wife took it out for the first time and was going down a dead straight road at 50 mph when she said the steering went light and the car started to swerve across the road, she tried to correct it and it then started going all over the place. She ended up ploughing into a field on the opposite side of the road. She has been driving for 20 years and this is her first accident. I checked the car out, drove it back home from the field and everything feels “normal”, tyres are OK, (Colway C trax MT), track rod ends seem ok, rest of steering feels OK, body roll feels quite a lot but I thought that was normal for a Land Rover. Any ideas what might have caused this? Anything that may be worn that I should be checking?
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