[Looking at a 300tdi suspension upgrade]

i fitted the britpart supergaz gas shocks and springs (2" lift) as well as polyurethane bushes all round and it completely transformed the feel of the car.

Stiffer and no wallow at all and all for less than £200

[my wipers are parking in the upright position!?!]

Not sure if those links within links are going to answer the question as some of them were stalk and switch related.

In your case I suspect all that has happened is the crank arm on the motor has lipped some splines.

The shaft has a tapered splined section behind a thread. The crank arm has a hole with corresponding spline. When fitted to the motor a nut on the thread keeps the arm pressed onto the spline so if the nut loosens it will slip.

If I'm right then the fix is to further loosen the nut and position the wipers in park and tighten the nut.

The bummer is of course getting at it.

Steve

Cheers Steve you were correct the star washer was nigh on useless so put a spring washer on and tightened it up (after moving to correct position of course)

[my wipers are parking in the upright position!?!]

My wipers packed up a couple of months back so i fitted another motor (second hand off ebay) and all was well and passed the MOT.

yesterday they stuttered a bit then worked fine but now park in the upright postion!?! why??

can it be fixed or am i looking at yet another motor

[Brake calipers, worth rebuilding?]

Try your local motor factors...... they could be a bit cheaper with reconditioned units

[Rear Washer]

yes the reservoir at the front supplies both front and rear and the pump for the rear is at the back of the reservoir if memory serves......

it could well be the switch so try that first as it's easier to get to

as for the m.o.t. i'm not actually sure if the rear comes into it or not hopefully somebody else will come and answer that one

[You are NOT a God]

i followed a pajero the other day on a road that was particularly bad, 4 prats in it saw me behind so decided to try and "show me up" and put their foot down only to completely lose it slamming on the brakes and hit the roundabout and ended up in the middle of it with 2 flat tyres

needless to say i showed much consideration for their predicament and wound my window down so they could hear my laughter as i drove around the roundabout and carried on my way

[Anybody used these??]

thanks for that mate

they look just right for me as i need them for road more than anything with the odd green lane and off roading here and there.

plus i've got 4 different tyres on mine that are 2 normal and 2 all terrain so isn't a good mix

[Anybody used these??]

Has anybody used these tyres and are they any good?

MATADOR IZZARDA ALL TERRAIN TYRES

Been offered X4 for £200

[it died on me???]

Part arrived and duly fitted..... what a difference not only is it no longer cutting out but it fires up on the first turn of the key (not turning over a few times before starting) and performance has improved too which was a pleasant side effect, pulls better and feels much smoother.

So hopefully my mpg will improve as well

So thanks again for that bogmonster what i initially thought was the pump on its way out which would cost over £100, it cost me £8 from my local land rover dealer

now why can't the wifes mercedes be that cheap to fix

[it died on me???]

took the spider unit out and found 3 dry solder joints so ordered the bypass part from land rover (haven't any in stock ) and resoldered the dry joints to tide me over till the part comes

So thanks for that link bogmonster it worked a treat

[it died on me???]

One word:

Spider

Don't bother fixing it just fit the bypass unit described.

Cheers mate i'll check that first thing in the morning

[it died on me???]

i've got a 96 300 Tdi disco that i've had no problems in the 6 months i've had her...... till now

the other night on my way home from work it suddenly died on me... all lights were still on but the engine just cut out.... as i was moving i managed to bump it and carried on going, a mile later it did it again again i bumped it and proceeded to thrash it back home

the next day it drove fine so thought no more of it.. tonight in busy traffic it died again.... i was stationary so was sat turning it over for a few minutes before it fired up again, moved 10 feet and it did it again so another few minutes turning over (thank god i've got a good battery) and a few annoyed people behind me, we was off again and drove fine after that....

now the first night it was freezing so thought possibly frozen fuel pipes or something??? but today it was +10 degrees so that ruled that idea out....

Both times it happened it did it twice and then drove fine (not sure if thats relevant but thought i'd mention it)

I did drive it till the fuel light came on last week (not by choice miles from anywhere) before refilling.

So am i looking at some sh#t come up from the tank and blocking a fuel line possibly or is it something more drastic

hopefully it won't be too expensive as i've spent a fair bit on it already