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Hi everyone hope you dont mind me picking your brains. Relevant Replaced Parts: Both Front Swivels - Bearings Seals, Wheel Bearings Drag Link and Both Ball Joints Front Monroe Gas Shocks Front Springs 200tdi Steering Damper Delphi De Carbon Rear Radius Arms Genuine Landrover and Genuine Rubber Bushes General Grabber UHP 235 70 R16 All Round Panhard Rod Bushes Genuine PolyBush Red Rear A Frame Bushes Genuine PolyBush Red I brought this 300tdi from a friend of mine 2 years ago, Its a standard GS Spec No Aircon My friend had Bearmach Blue HD Springs and Monroe Shocks fitted to the rear in 2004, Ideal for him as he used to carry his trials motorbike on the back. As the Photo Shows the Back end is quite a bit higher than the front. About 6 months ago I felt the handling of the vehicle was becoming very spongey especially on corners felt like it was wanting to steer to the left and a fair amount of body roll so i decided to change the front shockers which looked original, I opted for Monroe's as I had put these on my old 200tdi years ago and was very pleased with them. I also wanted to level the vehicle up so on speaking to my local landy parts people we decided on front springs from a 200tdi. I Also fitted a Delphi De Carbon Steering Damper at the same time. This did a perfect job of making the disco sit level and I felt the ride seemed better. Later on that evening the Rear Off Side Radius arm snapped, Why im not too sure maybe it was on its way out but it sheared off by the front bush, So I replaced both radius arms with genuine ones and genuine bushes. Following that I decided to start replacing the bushes starting with rear A Frame and Panhard Rod. The Ride felt ok but corners and roundabouts still didnt feel smooth. And I certiainly dont feel confident about throwing it into a corner like I used to 12 months ago or like the 200tdi or the Td5 Disco's I had. Im not sure what is causing it to feel like this, Also I have concerns that maybe the steering box is developing a fault as sometimes the steering wheel feels slack, I have tightend the steering box up a month ago which initally kept the steering tight but still ocassionally it feels slack. There is no sign of any leaks on the box and as far as I can tell the UJ on the Steering column seem ok. Where should I be looking to Improve the handling? Is there anyway to test the steering box and the Column Joints? I am also thinking of replacing the following parts although there is no obvious sign of wear. Track Rod Ends Front Radius Arm Bushes Anti roll bar bushes and links Many thanks for any help it is very much appreciated. Regards Michael

Hi Everyone Would anyone be able to give me any pointers as to how to release the heater box behind the dash so i can remove carpet and matting that is underneath it. I have the dash and centre console etc all out and have removed 2 bolts from eitherside of the heater box but im not quite sure what else i need to remove to free it I am trying to remove the front carpet as the sound proofing foam underneath it is soaking wet!!! Any help much appreciated. I am in the process of upgrading the stereo, speakers and adding some amps to the rear, i will post some photos of the progress if they would be of any use to anyone. Kind Regards Michael