katluke

Vehicle now gone lads.

It's just laid there lads not getting used,be ideal for green laning or plenty of bits on it for a project.

This hasn't moved for months just been sat on the drive so it's free to a good home if anyone wants it. Tax ran out and 1 day of test left,it had 1000s spent on it while I've owned it and has some decent parts fitted. ST tyres HD suspension HD trailing arms Single box exhaust Recon engine and host of parts when Washington Landrover fixed it for me New clutch was fitted New water pump Head gasket Loads of other stuff like new cills,rear floor etc. FREE to good home.

Just got back from Offshore for the Mrs to inform me that the clutch pedal on her car goes flat to floor and stays there,she did manage to get it home by keep lifting the pedal back up to change gear. I've been told there are two cylinders on this unit,one on the pedals and one inside the gearbox. Not sure if this info is correct so any more info or how to fix this problem would be great. Thanks for any replys .

How is the passenger side sill on yours ? I've worked on a few now and the passenger side always seems to be the worst, always a few other areas also needing a repair once you start stripping the sills out. It's not as daunting as it first seems to be repairing the sills , and the box section is a lot stronger job. If we didn't repair these old Discos with rust issues there would not be many left lol.

If your sills are totally rotted away like mine where and you need to fully replace them ,when you cut it all out be sure to leave the piece of metal in place that runs along the bottom of the door frame opening that holds the door seal in place.(Hopefully your sills won't be as bad as mine were). I used this to clamp the box section too as it puts the box section exactly in the correct place and at the correct height it needs to be fitted at. There is a few pics of how I done it in " Made a start " . Hth .

Well the engine went bang on this last year (2014) and ended up taking it to Washington landrover who fitted a recon bottom end,turbo new water pump,clutch,head gasket, etc basically a full engine overhaul.Test ran out on it and It had been off the road for about the last 6 month but I renewed the vaccum pump and got it all road legal again , also had to do a repair/modification to the auxiliary bolt that had stripped but it's back in daily use again.

This one had been repaired with a helicoil and when I stripped it down it was all broke up into little pieces so didn't fancy doing it that way again .

I only drilled through the outer casing at the 10o'clock posistion and through the centre housing that the bolt fastens into. The length of the hole drilled is about 55mm. On the pic it looks like the dowel goes through the casing on the opposite side of the housing but it doesn't,the dowel is just pushed hard up against it.

After having enough of the tensioner/ belt squeeling like a pig on my 300 tdi I decided to fix it. Firstly I bought a new bearing for the tensioner wheel but this didn't cure it so decided to investigate further. What I found was that the long bolt that fastens the tensioner unit to the casing was loose. Easy fix I thought get a 15mm socket and just tighten it up ! However the bolt just kept turning and I realised that the threads in the casing for the bolt were stripped. After calming down and getting over the shock I composed myself and searched the net for an idea how to fix this. There is a few ways from using heli coils a new casing or stripping casing from engine and putting a new bolt in from behind. What I did find was that people had just turned the bolt around and inserted the longer threaded part of the bolt into the casing and this had caught any remaining threads. I stripped the tensioner unit from engine and when I removed the bolt a broken helicoil and other crud came out from the bolt housing. Luckily I tried the bolt in reverse and it did indeed catch onto some remaining threads.I cleaned out the bolt housing then I put some Locktite onto the bolt and tightened it as much as I dared. I was waiting for parts to be delivered so had a bit time to think about fixing this bolt more securely as I wasn't 100% happy with it. I'm not sure if it has been done this way before but this is what I came up with. I drilled a 3mm hole at the 10'oclock posistion through the casing and through the bolt housing,through the bolt and out the other side of the bolt housing. I then slid a 3mm stainless dowel through the hole and then cut it off 10mm proud of the casing so I could remove it with pliers if ever needed. This should now hold the bolt very secure and allow me to torque the nut up on the tensioner to 45nm and with no chance of the bolt failing and the tensioner falling off. I will keep checking it from time to time just to be sure. Here is a photo of it . Edit to say could have probably used 2 mm stainless dowel but I didn't have any.

Thanks for the advice Snagger it had been fine before the trailling arm snapped,but now you have ponted it out I will have a closer look when I replace the seal.

Yes they were OEM ones that were fitted. Sorry no pics the local scrap men took them out the garden. It had broke off at the base ( t piece ).With it swaying about getting it home the seal at the front of axle is leaking now ( were prop bolts into ) So thats another job that needs doing.

Well i eventually got round to fixing this,turned out one of the trailing arms had snapped.Now repaired with a pair of new heavy duty type.Thanks for the replys.

Jumped in the Disco tonight to call at a friends and ended up having to turn back home due to the back end feeling like it was swaying all over the road ?? Basically I drove over a couple of speed bumps going down the street and then when I went to turn right the Disco was all over the place.I stopped straight away and got out to check to see if I had a puncture but I didnt, but could have sworn thats what if felt like ? I nursed it home and then tried it again on a farm track near the house and its all over the place.I will have to have a good look at it in the morning as it was too dark when it happened.Any ideas what it could be as it honestly felt like the back axle was loose ? Thanks for any replys.

Heres how I done mine http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=65387 hth