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  1. i very much dought that its the steering damper, gas or not..... as it did it before the damper was fitted, it did it when there was no damper on,and it does it now with the new damper on..... thanks for the reply tho, as all info is very welcome to help us thanks
  2. ok some serious help needed here, as me and my dad are totaly confused.... he owns a 1995 300TDI disco which was in ok condition when he bought it a few years ago,just the usual wear and tear on landrover parts, and hes bought loads of new parts for her to get her running perfectly (maily running gear).... hes done a few jobs for me in the past which included towing cars including a disco on a trailer, and when doing this he has noticed that it hasnt been the easyest car to drive, especaily at speed, its abit hard to keep in a straight line....... So hes bought alot of up grades, and replacment parts for the suspension recently, to try and help with towing, and get rid of a horrible wobble..... hes replaced all the track rod ends, a drag link bar, wheel bearings, swile bearings (swile kits), 4x ball joint drop links on the anti roll bars, rubber dough nut, 2x UJ's in front prop..... hes upgraded all the bushes to polly bushies including the shock rubbers, drop link rubbers, stearing damper etc. heavy duty A-fame ball joint, front and rear heavy duty springs (no extra lift), heavy duty super GAZ shocks front and back (no extra travel), super GAZ steering damper.... as you can imagine it looks brilliant under neith with all the new parts, and is mechanicaly sound.... only problem is that we have done all this to her to make her perfect for towing, but she has a horrible wobble now and again towing or not towing, and it feels as its snaking even tho it hasnt got a trailer on her, and its even worse with a trailer on ...... i used to own a 300tdi disco and i could happly drive at "cough" 90 on the motor way with one hand on the wheel and the other on the stick, and would happly drive like that for hours..... but when i drive his i wont go above 60 and have both sweaty hands on the wheel for when it has a dodgey wobble on her.... ive even drove my V8 offroader with low inflated tyres filled with mud, and knackered shocks easyer then i drove his....... god nos how he manged to tow with it.... can anybody please help us with this problem, we just dont understand why it does it,and its abit worring to drive now, any coment welcome
  3. oh im not worried about damaging her or even breaking her...... you should see the state of the body at the moment, there isnt a straight pannel on her including the roof.... she did used to be a cracking daily drive for me but after getting more and more into offroading i was pushing harder and harder to go the extreme route and things started to break more regular, ive broken 2 detroit locks, auto gear box, half shafts, ripped heavy duty bumpers in half, ripped of wings, poped out lights, bent my track rod about 90 degrees, ripped tyres completely off the rims.. so you can emagine its not in the best condition ..... so now she is been cut down to size and then trailered everywhere...... ive already learned that the body of the disco isnt the best size for off roading so this is why im collecting info on challenge events..... dont want to spend time and money building her up to find that some events wont except her mods..... ive noticed that some places wont except locking diffs,but some of the people that go there have them, so how do you get around that????
  4. oi you!!!!!! leave my bloody V8 out of this, theres nothing wrong with it, i think your just worried if you see me oneday at a winch event with my V8 barbling..... TOO MUCH POWER anyway stop slagging my disco off and help me out abit with trying to get into what you call "your favourite sport".... i need to know what i can i cant do to my disco and what else i need to have
  5. this is what i mean, i dont know anything about the sport and how to get into it, expert or beginner i wouldnt say ive got loads of experiance, but i have had plenty of off road practice on some extreme terrian. no real practice using my winch properly in an event..... you cant realy say pulling some 1 out of a hole with a winch like ive done is good practise for an event..... i just want to start at the bottom and work my way up
  6. ok im realy intrested in winch challenge events, but im totaly new to this sort of stuff and have no idea how to get into it all ive seen that some (maybe all) events need to qualify to MSA standards, so thats something else i need to learn all about and need to join.... ive alread got a quite moddiefed discovery, and im in the prosess of doing loads more, but its only been used on play days, which i think is abit of a waste.... im ready to make/install a roll cage, but im worried that if i want to get into events its going have to be up to standards, or im i worring to much???? basicaly i need to know all the ins and outs on getting into this sport thanks
  7. yes we all no that it doesnt make sence why i started it and i still dont no why i started, but thats not the point, im sure its not ment to do this even with all the imputs missing....... and it had no chance of revving its self to death, that why i stood there with my hand on the ignition keys except for the butter fly valve on the throttle been missing i cant see there been to much of a problem, ive ran my engine while the air flow meter has been off before to see if that was a fault, and ive ran it with out the potentionmeter on aswell...... its still getting fuel from the injectors (fare enough it might be to much fuel) and its got the correct ignition timing so its got a spark..... its like a poorly running carb engine but i dont see them spitting flames out the carb!!!!!!
  8. ok im still having problems with my V8, and ive chequed alot of the electrics and all seems ok so far, i also found a problem with the dizzy (had abit of water inside ) so now its running better but not 100% and im still getting popping through the air box!!!!! its time to start to take things apart now to see if its something mechanicle... i realy want to see if the cam is timed up correctly, i tryed to work it out through the oil filler cap but the cam that i have must have a flat apex on it as the exhaust valve stays at its peek for atleast 8 degrees so i cant find the exsact point of where its fully closed so i cant tell if its timmed up properly..... i started to take parts off and got to the plenum chamber when i found out this happened... god nos why i started it but kinder glad i did.... i know the fueling is going to be messed up as it hasnt got the stepper motor plugged in, the air flow meter, the potentionmeter, and the trummpets are fully open....... BUT IS THIS REALY MENT TO HAPPEN??????? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4nhfG6nB37c
  9. OPPPSSSS this is the video of the readings off the airflow meter when the ignition is turned on and the engine is not running it should jump to .5 - .8 and shouldnt take any longer than 3 seconds to drop to .3 other wise something it wrong..... well so ive read anyway http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PTlDDWZNlq4
  10. well it only started to do this after last time i went off roading on sunday every other mod i have done to it never gave me any trouble but in creased performance ive had recon head, which are also slitly ported ive got the gems airflow meter KnN air filter timing is set to 10 degrees BTDC with great response from centre fugle advance and vacuum advance a FSI fule pressure reg piper torquer cam shaft the plugs are fine and only about 6months old spent £40 on a set of 8 my KnN has got the oil on it, i thought it was stupid to try and block the air flow with the oil... i no what the oil is for BTW so dont say i think i may have sourced the problem i took my air flow meter off and guess what, muddy water has some how manged to seep in past the plastic welds so took the thing apart and just have a look... i also made i little video again and you can hear it popping through the airbox still and take alook at these readings.... for the people who no what it is ment to read they will no that this is bad http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nF0abjWwbu8 here is another one and its running just aswell as it has been in the last few days and on sunday, stinks of fuel but runns sort of ok just struggles to idle, but that exsactly how its been running even with the airflow meter on http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_-xskY38CEw
  11. im not trying to over pressuries the fuel rail just got the FSI to getting it running at the correct pressure.... how is the KnN going to make the problem worse, all it does is increase the air flow from the standard filter????? well if i have got an electrical problem i didnt realy fancy jet washing my engine bay and covering it in water so just left it for the time been
  12. ok i dont no my self what the problem is, all i no is that its strugguling to idle and is back firing up the airbox which IMO is BAD!!!!!!! if you see the video it shows that it trys to stall when the airbox lid is taken off like i said i only got the FSI valve just so i could tweek it to the correct pressure which my old standard one wasnt doing, i havent bought it so i can over pressurise the fuel rail and damage my injectors, just so i no its at the factory settings
  13. hold it hold it hold it!!!!!!! first off the dizzy is NOT under any vacuum.... first off with having a 3inch snorkal attached to the side of the airbox its not going to have enough suck to suck throm my breathers, plus in the dizzy i have put another pipe in it which runs up inside my front windscreen pillor to the roof which fresh air is sucked in by from the air box.... in pipe in, one pipe out, no way can there be a vacuum in there..... and no i dont need to put pressure in the dizzy to keep water out, as i sealed the cap and whole unit up and have no problems keeping water out, its just i have proplems from condensasion build up inside it, hence the breathers
  14. i have a FSI boost vavle which i souly bought just to get my fuel pressure running at the correct 35psi, my old OME fuel pressure regulator was only running at 29psi.... my newer pressure reg has an imbuilt pressure gauge and i saw that it was running at 38psi, so dropped it down abit.... dont worry abot the air pipes off the air box, they are the breathers for the winch and a home made breather for the dizzy
  15. ok just been messing with my V8 today to see why its not running right.... well just before the videos i made i took out all the plugs and did a compresion test and cleaned all the plugs up, look at some of these pressures all in psi 10.5........(8 7)........10.5 10.5........(6 5)........10.5 11...........(4 3)........10.5 10.3........(2 1)..........11 not bad for an engine with a compression ratio of 9.35 that what you get buying recon heads that have been shimmed, the compression goes up well fair enough i started it from cold and it may have been running at full temp but when i usualy drive it it gets hotter than this so some of the temperature reads are lower than i recon they do get, but doesnt matter cuz it still wasnt running right.... the sound on the video wasnt as good as i was hoping but just before i mess with the fuel pressure you should hear it back fire through the air box, and just after it does it aswell that cant be right!!!!! (DAMB VIDEO IS TO LARGE TO UPLOAD ON YOU TUBE WILL TRY SOMETHING LATER) ok here is another video which realy confuses me totaly, i thought while the engine was ruuning id take the lid off my airbox to see if there was any blockagies, but asoon as i started to take the lid of the revs started to die at first i thought that i might of been bending the inlet hose and blocking air flow but no this wasnt the problem, i tryed squeezing it to prove it..... every car i have had including this V8, when i take the air box off the engine usualy picks up abit as the air flow isnt restricted, but this does the exsact opisit!!!! the sound file is abit hard to hear as all you can hear is the suck of the air, so i filmed the power stearing pully spinning, and asoon as i lift the air box lid the wheel slows down!!!! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DTAYq2lDmsk can anyone explain this to me cuz im lost
  16. ok the title might confuse afew people so heres what i mean.... ok i have done quite alot to my disco in terms of off-roading mods, and is no where near in standard form, but i also have a second car which i use everyday to get to work and back and do the usual in. plus if (when) the disco breaks i have got another car to jump into..... i only ever use my disco to go offroading in and maybe to shift something big in..... the biggest problem i have got is that they are both road legal so that means i pay twice on tax, insurance, fuel, parts, etc..... i worked it all out and i most proberly spend £2000 a year to run my car that includes fuel tax parts etc and i was considering about getting rid of it and just use my disco as an everyday car!!!!! ok at the mo its a V8 which does on average 12MPG (loads of weight been added) so wudnt be a good thing to do, and thats why i originally got my second car.... but im going to convert it to a 300tdi... ok ok it most proberly will use more fuel than my car does now (about 33MPG) but if i'm going to save £2000 a year from not running it which ill make that back up!!!!! but whats worrying me is, what about if i break it, which i used to do alot, but im having a good spell at the mo !!!!!!! so back to the original question, how many of you lot have a serious off roader which you also use as an every day car???? plus what sort of problems do you have to get around when it breaks and you don't have any transport????? i think you lot might no what I'm trying to say now
  17. yeah there was something serouisly wrong, its called going into seriously deep water with a V8, i thought i had water proffed everything and i just finished making my snorkal so thought id see how much of a good job i did yeah rite that worked!!!!!! work ok for a while but after a couple more attemps it started splutring and judering, and was struggerling to idle, plus it stunk of fuel!!!! so in my eyes it wasnt running to well
  18. im famous now now be nice, you dont no the full story yet why i got stuck.... i didnt care about getting stuck i just wanted to test out my snorkal so was finding the deepest water i could find, only problem was it was a bit too deep and with that hill i dont no what happened i make it very easily usualy but this time i was abit too cocky and cut the corner at the bottom and ended up going up side ways, it got to a point where it was trying to tip over so gave up for a bad job!!!!! i usualy find it that easy to do i thought id go around the site backward the month before, and oh look i made it..... dead easy just watch this video from 1.09 its the same hill http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kIhySKYgF-g oh and just to be a smart ass this is how easyily it does the axle twisters aswell, the other guy didnt look to impressed afterwards http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=77p1rDPDTOk ive been thinking what vehicle you where in and was it a dark blue disco???? i hope youve got loads more pictures because id love to see them all
  19. sorry guys, just joined up with LR4x4 and my post didnt come up for a while, then had to go to work, should of realy given more info, im just used to posting on mud-club and alot of people no what modle mine is well yep its a 3.9 V8 early 300 series L reg ES model yep was up weston coyney on sunday, wouldnt realy call it red its the dark burgandee colour, the one that you can hear from the other end of the site
  20. ok enough is enough, i think ive made my mind up, i think its time the V8 disapered from engine bay and replace it with a 300TDI i love my V8 but i also love playing in water, and after all the things ive done to try and water proof it, just has fully worked, it will work for a while and then it will start splutering!!!! plus its got an electrical problem at the mo which makes it idle irratic and takes agies to settle, and one of the biggest problems with my V8 is the fuel comsuption........ put £20 in on sunday went to a play day and got 13miles out of it before it was empty which i think works out at 0.33 MPG yep defo time to get a diesel ok first off my disco is a late L reg 300 series 3.9 V8 auto (zf4 hp22) and i want to convert it to an early 300TDI to match it to the year of my truck.... i am quite mechanicaly minded and shouldnt have any problems in the conversion, ive rebuilt axles diffs engines etc so shouldnt be a problem for me, its just id like to no whats involved in the conversion???? ive been told that ive got to move the engine mounts but in what way have i got to do this???? will the 300TDI but up to my auto box or will i have moddify it to fit???? exsept for the obverse radiator and intercooler what else have i got to change???? basicaly every little bit of info will help me loads thanks for anyone who replys ad
  21. ok im 100% sure that after going through some seriously deep water on sunday, that ive damged my alarm ECU as while i was stuck in the water, the imobilser kicked in and i couldnt start my engine.... after getting back to dry land i tryed to turn it off with the key fob but no luck with that.... i had to disconect the battery and put it back on well anyway now my key fob will not lock/unlock my truck and sometimes the key in the drives door lock wont open/close all the doors!!!! basicaly i need to find the ECU that controls all this but i dont no what im looking for so dont no where to start can anybody help???
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