Bumpyride

Gents Refitting a brownhurch roof rack after a number of years (10), the rack fits fine but the rear ladder, when lined up with the rack mounting points, doesn't line up with an holes on the rearcross memeber / panels. I would have thought it was secured by the rear cross member / bolt bolts. But requires the reversing light to be moved upwards by 10mm. As it was orginally fitted this seems odd. have i lost a lower bracket which goes between the ladder and rear cross member? Also there are 4 bolts on the securing plate, i presume i use 2? Can someone post me a picture of a ladder fitted. cheers

cheers called LR dealer Beadles, they say it was a standard factory fit spare. You apparently only got a full sized one if you specified that option. anybody got any experience driving with them?

Gents A simple one, I have recently purchased a 1999 TD5 discovery, which is all very posh for my usual rides. I forgot to check the spare, having now brought and in preparing to do a long trip, I notice the spare is a different size to all others. The fitted front and rears are all 255-60-R18, and match the size listed in the owners manual. The spare is 255-65-R16. All are "official Discovery Alloys", so I'm puzzled why they are different sizes, the rest of the vehicle is pristine and is main dealer serviced, so it seems a bit odd, especially as it has a original spare wheel cover. Would LR have supplied different sizes? But in any case the main question is am I OK to use the smaller spare, as backup or do I risk damage to the driveline components if I need to fit. As always Cheers guys

i've tried ADAC also, but had a similar experience - no replya

Gents Any advice or past experiences? with red star equity european recovery. Am insured through sureterm, they inform me that i'm automatically covered for fully comp insurance in europe. Plus offered a european upgrade to the uk recovery option which i took out when signing up to the insurance. Breakdown cover by red star insurance. I have a 25year old defender, which makes it hard to get breakdown cover for in europe. So this seemed ideal, plus its only 30quid to extend it to europe. The word suggests they will recover to the UK if i breakdown and also offer the replacement vechicle etc. However as the AA / RAC etc and the carvavan club all quote 100-125pound then i'm a bit nervous of the quality of service the red star cover will offer.

In doing some other work on the 110, i came accross the rear offside and front drivers side hub bolts being loose. All had become loose and started to undo, by about 3-4mm. I seem to recall using a spot of loctite when doing them up. Has anybody else had this problem? Any idea of causes? Do it suggest any vibration problems?

cheers guys. ill go with the standard springs - on the paddocks site they are all aftermarket parts, i assume britpart. Is the advice these are not so good? If so whos spring should i be buying?

-cheers guys, nice suggestions. Both pretty much the same price. 90-95 quid each. For info Paddocks no longer do the Kumho KL78 AT apparently not inported to the UK anymore!!! Not so sure if i believe this! cheers again

Gents Tyres again, i'm sorry, checking through some of the old posts but most seem to be on the mosre aggressive tyres. I current have Marshall 235/85/R16's All terrain’s. I find them not too noisy, pretty good off road, only poor when it gets really muddy. However most use is daily to work plus green laning weekends. The old bus (1987 110 hard top) generally rattles along at 50-60mph. The Marshall need replacing and have the same tread (same company) as the Kumho KL78 AT of the same size, currently best i've seen is via paddocks at £89+vat. I'm planning on treating the old beast to four new ones, and keep one old one as a spare. What’s the general opinion of these tyres? are there better buys out there, I don't want to be spending big bucks and don't need mud terrain. I've also tried GOODYEAR LT235/85R16, these i found pretty noisy. Cheers in advance

Gents While minding my own business driving over a road hump, i had a nerve gangling bang, after investigation this proved to be the passenger spring snapping. Thus i need to replace both the driver and passenger side springs. I was going to also replace the struts and possibly the cones as well. Can i check what bushes do you also need and do these come with the struts? Plus was planning on the standard height,heavy duty Britpart springs with their new Cellular Dynamic Front Shock absorbers DC6000. Anybody have any thoughts on this? LR is a 1987 110 hardtop, not a lot loading typcially. cheers?

cheers, checked alternator belt - there is play, but under no load no sweeking.

Gents 200 tdi engine - no major problems todate. Recently a squeeking noise at start has been getting progressively worse. When idiling there no noise only once accerlator is depressed about 1/4 of the stroke. Thought it was the alternator belt slipping, but.... Really gets quite loud tonight. Nearly enough to pull over. After 5 mins it stopped, so thinking along the line of something warming up. engine oil fine and doesn't sound like an engine fault, more aulixary. Suggestions Water pump? Viscous fan - this is usually locked on so runs constantly regardless of engine temp. thanks in advance

cheers guys, thanks for the offfer of the sides, but by the time i have changed the sides, repainted and then the cost of pick-up i think it i'll be better off arming myself with a jigsaw.

Gents I am planning on fitting side windows, to my hardtop 110. i had until reading threads on here planned to fit the the sliding 90 style ones, however have seen reference to fixed ones for the 110. Looking for the cheapest option. As far as i can find the paddock sliding ones (non deluxe) are the lowest cost, they are not orginial equipment. Anybody had any experience with the paddock ones, are they any good? Also any other advice? cheers

Cheers for your comments But I've seen references on other forums to change of status for hardtops Can Anybody shed any light on this? Also anybody got a filter fitted?