It's a 22 year old vehicle so I would expect that various items will need replacing ,other named brands would have been crushed and sent back as Chinese steel
Nothing too impressive, but it's the little things that make you smile. Especially with how often you find yourself under it. I don't expect anyone but me and the MOT inspector to enjoy it though. :D
Try JLR Classic for the sensor number. I'm not sure which one would apply but it would either be 5 or 8 I should think. It looks like 5 has one pin and 8 might have 2.
Few bits of fun today. First was changing out the washer fluid cap for the Volvo(?) funnel. Love it already.
Then replacing the fuel cap retainer. Nice to not have to find somewhere to put it now.
Lastly the whole tailgate housing came off, and...
Ever since I got my 2003 TD4 Sport, the turbo lets out a growl or a rasping noise when it is working, say when the car changes down on a hill and the turbo comes in again.
At 53k miles, I didn't think it was a turbo bearing, now at 68k it has...
Fitted new Moog front roll bar bushes and HD drop links. Time elapsed? 15 minutes a drop link, 30 minutes cleaning and fitting the bushes. Oh forgot, an HOUR to get ONE of the 10mm bush retainer screws out of the subframe!! Another 5 minute...
That was another option that was available, along with missile launchers and smoke screens. I don't need the latter obviously as that's already built in as standard.
Fitted a new bit of tech today. Luckily as I don't have the heated front screen I even had a good location for the activation switch. Can't believe what a lucky coincidence it is that the switch is the identical size too.
Replaced glow plugs. Waiting for tomorrow morning to see if it starts without smoke now.
also replaced intake manifold for one i cleaned out earlier.
Learned valuable lesson: if you use a pressure washer to clean the manifold out, don't stand...