philjays

well , after 5 hours of cable tracing and locating the amp for the stereo its all done . bugger of a job . Japanese wiring is a nightmare and they are not normal stereo set ups. bypassed the main amp all together after i found it . managed to set off the crash sensor which did its best to annoy me but finally managed to reset it . i thought i had stuffed it right up . the sound from my pioneer head unit is awesome through the ES speakers .

have tried and failed to remove the whine emminating from the stereo , its definately being effected by the alternator , i have a new suppressor on it and one on the coil , so i am stumped as to what to do apart from take it to uplands stereo and pay a fortune for them to fit /fix . has anyone had any problems installing a stereo in the v8 model? i dont know enough about the way it interacts with the discos own amps etc , could there be a conflict between a new head unit and the way the original set up is fitted ? cheers phil

i am getting the same as yourself , but only pay 49p per litre so its slightly better . i think 18.8 pence per mile which is about what i get is pretty good considering . i also have a 3.9 v8 lpg. My 1l hijet is running at 16p per mile on petrol , so there you go you are doing well on lpg

thanks for the advice , i will try what you have suggested and report back as to how i get on . great forum by the way , plenty of advice for me to trawl through cheers phil

hello , i have a v8 3.9 disco es .1996 there is a new alternator fitted by garage before i bought it and i was wondering if there is any adjustment available to the drive belt as it seems to be a little bit tight and is making a hell of a whine through the alt and into my speakers . So the main thing i need to find out from someone (please) is can the belt be adjusted and if so how? many thanks phil