cheers wammer i was fiddling about with the cowlings off unplugged the reed coil multiplug for the ignition key and its started every time since might just be coincidence but will see if it plays up after my lunch. Thanks

Pulling my hair out with this range rover as per the title intermittant non start. Key fobs do not work on plip but car has always started and unlocked by key in lock. All doors unlock with key in door and led flashs nicely on remote. Can shut windows etc with key in lock aswell. No warning...

Right well we've pulled the ird and ordered a 2 wheel converted ird from freelancer specialist. Worst part of the job was getting under tray off lol and the top bolt closest to the block couldn't even see how to get to it until we removed a heat shield. Pity she is gonna end up front wheel...

hi guys cheers for the help again. Been on to bell engineering this morning and he is only supplying vcu's with a 2 week lead time he recommended i call freelanderspecialist.com does anyone concur with this are they ok? Got prices for tyres this morning accelera - £80 a piece scorpions - £145...

Anyone got any recommendations for new tyres for this hippo it has 18's on a mix of Dunlop and accelera's at the moment. Muchos gracias

Thanks for all the replies people just to make it clear this isn't my freelander I would only play with real landys usually (I've got a 110 and a 90 and fancy a disco 1 as well but no freelanders :) ) The rear diff doesn't seem that bad no huge back lash and everything seems to spin freely...

Tyres were the first thing I noticed when I had a look. So you think the ird is dead for sure then. I'm worried about the tapping noise when driving with no prop couldn't isolate whether it was front or rear when driving but had the windows up as it was persisting with rain :) What damage is...

Hi guys got a freelander that was clonking massively on full lock forward or reverse. Its a a 2005 td4 with 73,000 on the clock so due for a viscous coupling by all accounts. The car has very worn tyres on the rear close to legal limit different make to the front with has one year old tyres :(...

will do was a bit dark when we rolled her off the trailer cheers fella is it a common fault for the block to crack around core plugs??

Hi guys i have been given a 90 with a 4.2 range rover classic engine and box the prob being the engine has a crack around a core plug so looks to be shagged. My old man was gonna scrap his old 3.9 classic so i grabbed that up. This classic has been sat up for about 7 years and i want to get it...

For anyone interested this seems to be a much better thread for my interests but he ripped the disco 2 gear out like i suggested and replaced with disco 1. It also states the input shaft must be changed aswell as the bell housing. 300 tdi into d2

Hi guys yes i was meaning convert a disco 2 to 300tdi. Adapter plate? Surely you can swap the bell housings just had a look at the disco box in the corner of the workshop and the bell housing does unbolt- is there a significant difference in the bellhousing lengths? The main problem i can see...

We have enough bits to make a dodgy disco td5 minus the engine as it blew up quite nicely the truck is only gonna be used as an offroad work vehicle - towing trailers etc on festival sites so doesn't need another £1000 worth of td5 engine. The 300 tdi uses the same gearbox but what do you...

well he went for it part way through a gearbox and engine conversion at the moment :)

Been playing with a friends 90 which has a leaking rear axle seal oil coming out over the disc and into the hub. Didn't think much of it then remembered we had done the rear stub axles and seals 2 years ago. Both bearings had gone and the stub axle seal mounting areas had rusted out on the old...

Oil pump bolt was fine nice and tight when i removed it. What sort of tension is there meant to be on the oil pump chain drive? Seemed a bit slack to me will have to get a manual and have a read. My mate won't spend that on it by the sounds of things been offered a cheap accident damaged td5...

Well the outcome is this i haven't done much testing to confirm but i think the head is cracked. Most likely on no 5 because when the head came off there were the valve marks on the piston. When rocking the engine back and forth on a bar with the head off no five piston was not reacting in the...

glow plus out can't either mine or my mates compression tester connected into the truck though. My crappy sealey one doesn't want to hold pressure so as soon you stop cranking the figure leaks away so can't be very accurate. Had the same probn when testing my transit (the sealey was a total...

Well trying to get the glow plugs out at the moment to give her a compression test tried unplugging 1 injector at a time to see if it effected the noise. It made no difference at all which was strange so cannot be fuel or combustion related still knocking like thors hammer what ever. Listening...

Hi guys my mate has broken his td5 (1999 disco 2) pretty nicely today was driving down the motorway when the temp gauge rocketed so he stopped pretty quickly but it seems to have done some hefty damage. Was chucking it down when the problem occured which i think delayed his response the top...