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Not yet but i'm going to. There is a few vids on youtube on how to do it if that helps any

Is it this one your thinking of ? If so it's my motor, I used an old interior light cut it up a bit & used some filler to regain the shape in places & screwed the radio bracket to it & then refitted the light frame. How do people find gutter mount cope with low trees etc, just that i've been wondering if I should fit one for my aerial

Hi guy's was wondering if there is a fix for my heater motor. It has always vibrated on setting 3 & 4 but it has now started on setting 1 & 2 which are the ones I use the most & it's bugging the life out of me. Is there any way I can get at the fan motor & blades so I can try & check the motor & clean any muck of the fan blades

Can't remember where I saw it but one of the big 4x4 companies was doing a an adapter plate so another battery can be fitted behind the standard battery where the jack go's looked very neat

I've been using JBL speakers for years infact my JBL 6x9 speakers are 13 years old & still sound good I think the factory size speakers in the D1 are 4" (I got a D2 so not to sure)anyway I was going to get a D1 & worked out that my 6" 2way JBL speakers would prob fit in the factory spot if I made a spacer ring mounted on the door trim which would be shaped to match the fabric insert on the door card & slightly angled for a better sound. Can give you links on how to make up door builds if you need them

I had a nice vibration when putting power through the transmition which turned out to be shot UJ's in the front prop & i'm glad I caught them in timemight be worth checking them just incase

You could probably cut the wires from the amp to the speakers & run new cables to the speaker wires or the other option would be to run a full new set of speaker cables from the headunit to each speaker. I have fitted my own sound system into my D2 with a 800w amp, 12" sub 6x9" & 6" speakers & it sounds far better than when it left the factory but I left the rear door speakers connected up & the voice coils in the LR speakers are totally shot from the extra power from just the Sony HU

The linkage from A tdi will fit on a TD5 you have to slightly reshape part of it will have a look to see if I can find the link about it

Yes thats what I was on about Well have left the bearing for the min but cleaned it out & packed it with new grease but will prob replace it at a later date. Fitted the new spiders & will get the prop fitted tomorrow as it's to dark & cold now

Thanks will do just need to find where to get them oh does the centre bearing have to be changed at the same time

Hi guy's need some help One of the double UJ's on my front prop has had it so am going to replace both of them but was wondering how you remove them. Is it a case of removing the circlip & then tapping out the bearings with a punch & hammer ? Also wheres the cheapest & best place to get new UJ's from as i've never had to do this before & am a bit unsure

I'm in Northumberland & bought the D2 from a car dealer in Sunderland

Sorry to bug you guy's but this is puzzling me. I had no misfire when the gaskets were leaking & before the lifters were replaced, also the tappet noise is now louder after this work has been done but all go's quiet after the engine is up to temp & after a good run. From what i've read the liner prob only knocks away when the engine is warm & not cold

Contacted the warranty company again about the head gaskets & got told wear & tear also includes degeneration which is what they are saying about the gaskets I also contacted the garage I bought it from & explained what has went on with it since I got it & got told well it's a 9 year old car not a new one so you will have wear & basically don't want to know, so it looks like i'm now stuck with a motor that I can't afford to fix as blown all my savings on getting a so called specialist to fix it & the warranty states it don't cover cracked or porous bores & can't raise another 1.4K plus Thanks guy's you've been a great help

It has 74K on the clock & from the full service history there hasn't been any thing reported in the book. I bought the D2 from a garage & tried to get the repairs done under warranty but the warranty company has said it's all wear & tear The leak was from the head gasket & it's not using any water from what I can tell but am keeping a close eye on it just incase. The garage did say keep an eye on the coolant lever as there next point of call would be a cracked block but I would have thought they would have been able to notice this or a slipped liner when they removed the heads Oh forgot to say no the oil light never flickers. To day after being out in the D2 on a 20 mile round trip a couple of hours I had to pop out & it started up fine nice & quiet then started tapping as normal & the developed this misfire for about a minute then it cleared not sure if that helps any but the tapping noise went on for about a mile before it eased off & the engine was nice & warn. The only oil flush I seem to be able to get around here is the Wynn's oil flush is this any good ?

Only had it just over 2 months & in that time it spent 2 weeks in the garage getting fix or not as the case is, so don't know what oil is in the engine & it wasn't changed when the work was done on the lifters or head gaskets as they said it looked ok so am going to change it to be sure.

The sound is a rattly tappet noise the exhaust manifold gaskets etc have all been changed when the followers were replaced so was the head gaskets due to the drivers side one leaking at the back of the engine. Another thing that happened on xmas day & has just happened again tonight is when I started the engine up it sounded as if it had a misfire but cleared once the revs got up & this has only happened since the head gaskets & cam followers have been replaced

Thanks will give a flush a try & I want to change the oil anyway just to be sure incase the service history isn't quiet right. What is the best grade of oil to used in these engines 10W40 or something thiner like 5W30 ?

Hi guy's wondering if you could give me some advise. I developed a tappet noise on my D2 V8 last month. Took it to a LR specialist who have replaced the tappets & 10 cam followers as they had wear on them. The next day when I started it up the tappet noise was back again so am stumped what it could be. It go's off after a few miles once the engine has warmed up but tonight i'm sure I could just hear it after a 7 mile round trip (engine was switched of for 1/2 whilst out)

Thanks for that as I said it won't be used for towing any thing on the road it'll be just as a recovery point & for looping the dogs lead over so he don't do a runner when busy

I've just bought a tow ball/pin for my D2 to use as a rear recovery point only to find it doesn't fit & the reason I now know is that what I thought was the tow bar is in fact just the top mounting for a adjustable tow bar I was wondering if a tow bar off a D1 will fit onto a D2 as my local breakers has a few in at the min. The other option I can think of is to work with what i've got & wondered if widening the holes so that the tow ball bolts fit through the bracket with a 10mm plate on the other side would be ok & poss try & make something up to connect to the chassis as I have some 6mm checker plate. Great-full for any help as i've just had a huge bill for the D2 & am skint & will be for awhile now

Going to do mine for security reasons as I will be fitting as i've had one sound system nicked in the past. With curved glass it often helps to cut the film to shape & the place it on the outside of the glass & gently warm it up with a hair drier so the film take on the shape of the glass then fit it to the inside. This is alot easier for those with bonded window like on the D2

Just a bit of an update, went to change & bleed the coolant system today but after removing the top cover above the rad (wanted to check down the front) I noticed a patch about 4" long of white crystal stuff along where the fins meet the header Am I right in thinking that the rad is leaking & this is prob where i'm getting air into the system ?

Thanks for the replies, luckily my drive does face up hill slightly. Going to do a full coolant change anyway with the cold weather here now. Going to flush out the rad with the hose (will fit a new rad next year) & was wondering if flushing out the heater matrix might help at all to shift the air & any thing else

Hi guy's well my heater is gurgling mainly on start up but there is the odd time I hear it again when driving I think it trapped air but just can't get it out, have tried starting it up with the cap off but that hasn't seemed to have worked Water level has never dropped but I think the heaters are not as hot as they were but it was warmer last month when I got it. Oh its a D2 V8 auto 2000reg. Will be greatfull for any help as this is driving me mad as it seems 1 prob after another at the min which I need to get sorted fast or it's going to have to go