StreetDragster

I have a spare, if you cover postage i'll send it down to you first thing monday gratis? BTW i fitted a bigger battery in my Disco, and fabricated a battery strap in no more than 10 mins from a bit of steel from B+Q Thanks Matt

Thanks for all suggestions, i'll get under the car and have a look this week at the diff, do the prop disconnect test, and probably order the bearing for replacement next weekend Cheers Matt

Roger that, thanks very much i'll try and do that test this week Thanks Matt

Thanks Les, Any pointers on how i test the rear diff bearings for wear? Are they replaceable in situ? Thanks Matt

Hi All, Right, the other week i had a wheel bearing fail on me, the rear drivers side on my 300tdi manual disco. So i replaced it happily with timkin one and all is well. Just before an offroad day at the weekend, i checked all the wheels for play and noticed a bit too much movement in the rear passenger side bearing. So i nipped up the nut a little bit to take up the slack, re-greased the bearing, re-assembled and happily went off to the off road day. All was well, but on the way home after maybe 70 motorway miles a noise from the rear became apparent, distinctly similar to the sound i heard when the other wheel bearing failed, but on the other side. So when we get home, i jacked up all four wheels and gave them a spin and a rock, there was no play in any wheel, and no nasty noises as the wheel turned by hand. So, is it likely that the wheel bearing is failing, running on a bad bearing seat or something, but i just can't hear it at the low rpm's you get when turning a wheel by hand? I'm preparing to change it anyway as its not expensive and relatively straight forward to do, just wondered if anyone had experianced anything similar? Thanks Matt

Now i had something similar on an old fiesta, everything pointed to the starting system, i changed batteries, starter motors, wiring etc and it still wouldn't start properly Until a friend of mine put a spanner on the crank and tried turning it by hand, and it was super tight, turned out a piston ring had wedged in the bore. I would try and turn your engine over by hand just to check its free and easy to turn Thanks Matt

Well i repaired my wheel bearing today, i would say its a contributing factor, its much better now, but still a slight pull to the right. Next stop is to check all the bushes and bearings, i'm not convinced its anything to do with the brakes at all. Thanks Matt

Which way you pulling the lever? On my non EDC 300TDi, upwards (which for my car was the wrong way) was around 1/2" travel, but down and towards the engine was a full sweep and i could feel the fuel pumping Thanks Matt

Well after going to 4 different garages, i'm utterly annoyed, "its 4x4 it can't go on the roller" was the plain blank responce, they didn't listen to me when i said you can neutral the drive fromt he transfer box, it has an open front/rear diff anyway, and even when i took it with the rear prop removed (for something else BTW) they weren't interested. Frustrating , However, i have discovered my rear drivers side wheel bearing is knackered, very noisey on rotation but no additional play when jacked up, i'm about to fix it this weekend, whats the chances this is causing my braking problem? Thanks Matt

The further you wind it out, the less steering lock you will have. All that happens is the head of the bolt contacts the hub, so the bolt being further out, means the head will contact earlier and steering lock will be reduced. Thanks Matt

It was actually a little steeper than the picture suggests due to my mrs being stood on the incline when taking the photo, but it was great fun. Taken at www.hillnditch4x4.co.uk incase your wondering Thanks Matt

I sellotaped a spacer (a highlighter pen in this case which was the correct ~10mm thickness) to the radius arm and then turned the steerign to contact it, adjusted the lock stop on the other side and then swapped over, done in one swift go. Matt

Perfect thanks, should isolate whether i have a brake, or a suspension/other problem here becuase i'm just not getting anywhere investigating these calipers Thanks Matt

Hi All Quick Question If i go to an MOT place, put the cars transfer box in neutral, can i use their brake test rollers to confirm brake efficiency on each axle without damaging anything? Thanks Matt

Hi All, Going to check/change my swivel oil at the weekend, a friend with a defender pointed me towards one shot grease and suggested i asked the following question.... Is there any reason why i couldn't/shouldn't put one shot grease in the swivels for lubrication instead of oil on a 300TDI Discovery 1? Thanks Matt