Well after buying my D2 V8 and then being told by my local LR specialist it needs more than £2k's worth of work doing I decided, with great support on here to tackle the jobs myself, which included:

1. Front renewal of ACE Ram and torsion bar as bushes were shot - I found a second hand one on ebay fully functional for £40 delivered, my ACE is now working again even though the system bled itself after a few twisty turns One comment though if you decide to do this job yourself get someone to help you as its a proper bitch to do on your own, as I found out, took me an hour to hook back in the torsion bar brackets

2. Full brake rebuild front and rear, I replaced the front discs and pads, a very easy and straight forward job once you've done one, well worth doing yourself and saving a few quid

My next challenge is the rocker cover and inlet manifold gaskets, along with possible coil pack renewal as there is a definite misfire, sure its firing only on 4 cylinders lol !

Now, i've been quoted £250 to do this job as I have all the parts and sounds very tempting, but I have come this far I may take up this challenge

other than oil / plugs / leads service its pretty much there and ready for the MOT ?

In total i've spent just over £300 on parts (ACE actuator £80) but saved circa the same on labour and VAT.

All in all i'm happy I stuck with it and considering i've hardly lifted a spanner historically i'm well chuffed...

Morale of this story...........don't be afraid to have a go :clap2:

Thanks to all memebers who given me advice thus far :clap2:

Good on ya. I'm in the same boat experience wise but keen to learn as well. Discs and pads first on the list :thumbup:

torch1 said:

Good on ya. I'm in the same boat experience wise but keen to learn as well. Discs and pads first on the list :thumbup:

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When you've done the first one, the rest are obviously the same. I did the rears including removing and replacing in less than an hour, which included a cuppa