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Hi Boffins I recently replaced door spring in N/S front door, now while the door unlocks, it will not open when either the inner or outer handle is pulled. I have had it all out again ( yawn) could see nothing out of place but it worked OK for a week now it has started playing up again. Some christmas present any one having any clues as to what I've missed please let know. In any case everyone have a great Christmas Cheers Dave

Hi Gentlemen Thank you for your thoughts which have given me things to mull over. My real annoyance is that once I weld this lot up it will be necessary to do all again. Anyway thanks again Dave

Yes you have to look hard it is very slight. As to your clutch I had the same thing no leaks and clutch going further down until I lost it completely if yours is the same as 300Tdi you may find that the clutch lever fulcum post has bored a hole through lever,wonderful,added to which the new lever is the same as the` old one and mine is 12 years old no mod. Hope it isn't good luck Dave

I had a similar leak which seemed to be the gasket but further examonation it turned out to be a hair line crack in the plastic filler nut on top of the casting, it took me weeks to pin point it. I must have been over enthusiast tightening it up after bleeding the air out. Dave

I have a 1996 Disco with rot in all the wrong places and withthe advent of all the electonic wizardry in later vehicles I wondered about the possibility of fitting my engine and gearbox to a recent Disco or Defender if it became necessary due to the problems I have read with the BMW and Transit engines and running gear. Having been a follower of the forums for some time, although not posted much as there are so many people out there who beat me with the answers, I wondered if any one knows if 300Tdi bits would fit straight in or if not any modifications that would be necessary. Any thoughts would be appreciated before I rush out a buy a massive problem. I enjoy playing with Landies but I would like in on road most of the time. Cheers Dave

Hi Orange Thank you for your most comprehensive detail and photos of your repair. Looks like a fantastic job. My Disco has just reached this stage plus a load of rust in the front wheel arches but I regret I am not up to this sort of repair, anything mechanical but body work no way. I had a quote of £1000 to sort it but as it is only worth £1500 the mechanic suggested I try to buy a later one with major mecnanical work necessay and swap bits over which I thought was a good idea. The problem with that is finding that type of vehicle. I wonder if any one could point me in th right direction, I think a new good one is out of the question unless my numbers come up.

Good afternoon O Knowledgeable ones This really isnot a new topic but i did not know how to get . I sent a reply this morning but I can't find it. What I would like to know is, do vented disks just fit straight on to hub (having changed the caliper) or is there some mod that is neccesary to do with the increased width. Your help would be appreciated. Cheers Dave

Good morning to all I have been following the discussion on vented disks and as i intend to change mine i wonder if you could tell me, are the disks a straight change over ie it is not neccesary to modify the hub or reposition any thing. Obviously it requires new callpers, other than that straight swap. Cheers Dave

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Hi again Lynall Further to the RAVE saga. I downloaded Alcohol 120% ran Rave through it opening the file I have lots of icons none of which start it but some give error mesages that some addins are missing in Adobe. does not say which one, there are twenty or so. A Warning. A friend suggested a programme called Magic Disk for ISO files I tried it. It did not work that well so I left it. Next day my computer would not boot, finally got on to Dell they tried but due them giving me the wrong rescue disk they culd not progress it, they said they would send disks. In the meantime my fiend suggested I boot in SAFE mode I did and got in. Dell had asked if I have done anything different but I had forgotten Magic Disk. So having got in I unistalled it Bingo computer back to normal. AVOID Magic Disk Cheers

Hi Bog Monster You are probably right, if I leave it unlocked for a time when I come back it will only start after it has been locked and unlocked. As you say it works like that but I am a devil for poking about Cheers dave

Hi Sotal It is a 1996 entry model Disco manual transmission. I did not ask ATS to clean it up as I had this fluid and dying to use it, so far so good. I heard of problems with the steering with it in but as it is the rear it semms OK cheers Dave

Hi Lynall Thank you for that, I've downloaded it and now to get an ISO reading software. I am learning more and more about computers the more I repair my Discovery. keeps you out of mischief Dave

Hi Boffins I have removed the spider and put in the jumper kit, now the fuel solenoid is never faulty but i get the car icon in the dash and the starter is immobiised. I I lock the door with the remote and unlock the icon is gone and starter works. Does any one know the answer or have an alarm/ immobilizer wiring diagram. Haynes has every circuit but the alarm. On another matter one of my alloy wheels allows air out through the rim, ATS say it can be cleaned up ( at some cost) but I have some solution to go in the wheel claims to seal up to 1/4 holes. So far so good I will se how it goes and let you know

Thanks First fleet I did just that , got three and at last it's right. One point I did not know the left and right sides are different have not found out why yet too happy to get it finished. A real pain trying to source parts that are out of the normal run of spares from LR. Another one for the tech archive Bog Monster ? Cheers dave

Hi fattyrbuckle Thanks for that I will get in contact, I have spent 2 days on the web with sping people and for a one off they need £60-£100 for one spring so £4.50 is great. Didnt think of e-bay Cheers Dave

Now there a thing, my rear door spring has just broken and what do I find just the answer on first page. Wonderful. fattyrbuckle, you say it is a bit of a fiddle but my problem is that the spring on mine is the little round one with two legs on it that trips the leverto engage the rod that opens the door. If that is the one you mean where the hell do you get one, I have tried many spring manufactures. They all say they can make me one £60- £100. If you can help I would be very grateful Cheers Dave

For some months I have found I have had to top up header tank, which is unusual. Last Friday I find a large wet patch under the vehicle and on investigation there was water on the front left hand corner at the bottom of the block and lip of the sump. This I found strange as I had replaced the water pump gasket not long since for the second time. (This being a well known fault) Nothing for it, get stuck in, on removing the fan I found water laying in the fan cowling and this had not been there on previos occaisions. A liitle more investigation was indicated. Topping it up and running the engine, water appeared from the plastic plug on top of the thermostat housing. The O ring HOOray. Regettably not. On undoing the plug with a spanner the top of the plug parted company with the bottom and it was obvious that it had been fractured for some time, That will teach me not to over tighten plastic, Remove T/stat to aviod damage-- ream out plastic with fie tang-- cut through plastic with pad saw in 4 places on plug circumference avoiding cutting into threads-- carefully chip out plastic between cuts-- clean up housing threads( a 15mm compression stop end turned out to be the right thread) Insert new plug not overtightening it . Hope some one fins this help ful

I have had the same problem. Checked battery which seemed supect but OK. Found that it would start if I locked and unlocked vehicle with buttons. To check if the diesel pump solenoid was on I connected a wire to it and earth so that if it did not light it was an immobiliser fault, which turned out to be the case. As the spider , by general opinion, seemed to be most likely I substituted ti with a jumper( sold by Land Rover) To do this there is an excellent article in the Tech Archive by Bog Monster with pictures. Thank you Bog Monster-- Briliant. Regrettably whilst this fix has stopped the fuel pump being de energised on start, intermittenly no starter and small icon of car in dash. Bsck to lock and unlock. Back to square one. On putting the clock back it seems the disturbance has open ciruited the bulb. Does any one know where to get one as it seems to obsolete from my local dealer Hope this may help Dave