Mark

Fitted one supplied by bearmach the other day to my 300tdi disco, and I was more than happy with the fit and finish, and quality of it.

Nice write-up Kev. I would suggest we add it to the tech archive for future reference. Cheers Mark

yep, 3 and 5 door ones are the same.

Have you tried boring the kitten, rather than stroking it to get more power???

have a look on the Discovery Overland Mods Thread

should do. should be a straight swap.

I can bring a 300 one for you henry if it's any use?

As I warned before, progress is slow, as it needs to fit in wih a lot of other stuff.... Anyway, a couple of pictures, just to keep people interested... This is about where it's up to... chassis is shorter and repaired where the rust had taken hold: and the shell has lots of holes in it... At some point I will make some more progress, but it's a bit stalled at the moment while I sort some other stuff out, go to the states, and try and afford some new wheels and tyres! Cheers Mark

Orange and I are planning to be there, selling a few bits, so come and say Hi. details here. Anyone else going? Mark

Looks very tidy Steve. You know there it lots of plastic that can come off the t-max...

like this?

Tom, It's not a LR part - it came from QT when I bought the sumo bars. It is however nothing more than a bit of box section with a hole drilled in it, and the end cut off at a 45 degree angle. I think i modified the chassis end too to get it to sit at the right sort of angle, but it didn't come like that! hth Mark

Nige I have a set here on the project if you want them. They are currently holding the chassis off the axles, but I can swap them out for some others if you are interested? Mark

Morning Jon.

I believe they also had a starting handle stashed down there too.

Does the vehicle have anti roll bars fitted?

You can get covers that fit into the trim in place of the seats which give you tall thin storage area - it is just a panel though rather than a 'pod' as such. hth Mark

Well, if you can stand it not being supercharged, the meteor was the same basic engine badged as a Rover engine wasn't it??? should fulfill all the rules.....

Before I forget, could the guys that borrowed the ATF from me at round 4 make good on thier promise to return it at round 6? Cheers Mark

pete, that sounds entirely feasible. I has assumed the issue would be inside the box, but that makes a lot of sense. cheers.

John, light was coming on last time I towed the truck on the trailer, before the rad change... and yes... I have a focus too, but that gets even more upset when I hang a 90 on the back of it thanks for the lateral approach tho....

I have to admit I have been surprised at the lack of effort required to get the warning light to come on... The engine has also got warm in the past, so I changed the radiator for a new one on saturday, and the needle hardly moved at all on the way down (and up and down) to bristol. The light has never come on without a trailer. The begining of the journey was a mixture of country lanes and dual carriage ways, but I was surprised at how quiclky the light did come on. Bish, I have no intention of touching anything till I have spoken to Ashcrofts, but I feel that it really does deserve an oil change after the smell of roasted ATF that was coming off it on saturday evening.... Chris, the gearbox cooler is a single core bog brush style cooler, but I am also running 245/75-16 tyres, which whilst being a larger rolling diameter than standard, I would not have thought cause that much more stress. I was half hoping Dave may take a look in here, but I will give them a ring tomorrow. Anyone got any thoughts on the kick-down mechaism? Cheers Mark

Thanks ralph, really appreciate that.

Having dragged Orange's 90 from Horsham to West Harptree (Bristol-ish) the Autobox on my Discovery was well and truely cooked... the gearbox temperature light was on for a good proportion of the journey, both at the start and the end (ie the non-motorway bits) and it now leaves me with some issues: It would appear that the Kick-down mechanism has seized. Is this a by product of the heat, or is there some other coincidental reason this might have happened? Anyone know if it is something I can fix in-situ, or is it a box out job? The vehicle still drives, although the seized kick down leaves me with only half the pedal travel that I should have (which is why we drove both vehicles back from the event - for anyone who watched us leave and thought we had forgotten to put the car on the trailer!). So, I think an oil change is the very least I can do. Can anyone suggest if there will be any other lasting issues with the box? And lastly, anyone got any suggestions of how to increase the cooling capacity of the ZF 4 speed auto box to make it relaible for this sort of activity? Extra coolers? fans? pumps? etc.. any ideas welcomed.. Cheers Mark