1. M

    d2 fried after plasma cutting td5

    god me to will there be visible damage to the board
  2. M

    d2 fried after plasma cutting td5

    it's a good start the dashboard us all off so it shouldn't be to difficult god I hope it's that lol
  3. M

    d2 fried after plasma cutting td5

    hi all im in the middle of building a disco pickup and finally after much waiting and tonnes of anticipation we finally cut the back off. but in our excitement we forgot to disconnect the battery. a schoolboy error. and now we have dash lights we can hear the fuel pump and we can hear the relays...
  4. M

    d2 starting electrics from bad to worse

    it's running I couldn't get a sparkly so I began to look at the earth points and the main earth from the battery to the frame and the engine was not connected to the frame it was just resting against it and me bridging the live to the frame was a red herring purely coincidental all's well that...
  5. M

    d2 starting electrics from bad to worse

    this is proving to be a tough one I'm getting power to the ignition to. my be time for an auto electrician
  6. M

    d2 starting electrics from bad to worse

    the battery is in place and connected up in the disco so the brown wire is getting power from the fuse box I'm essentially using my piece of wire as a test light for continuity wow half 12 bet time lol
  7. M

    d2 starting electrics from bad to worse

    yeah we have power to the brown wires (by means of connecting a wire from the battery- to the brown wire) . . ..
  8. M

    d2 starting electrics from bad to worse

    yeah they are all good m8
  9. M

    d2 starting electrics from bad to worse

    sorry sierrafery FLs?
  10. M

    d2 starting electrics from bad to worse

    what about emobliser ok my limited knowledge of electrical has told me to connect a battery to the car. then run a wire battery- to brown wires and if I get a spark I have power to that component. not the most cutting edge equipment I know but it's Sunday night 9:40 and I am getting power to the...
  11. M

    d2 starting electrics from bad to worse

    ok all it looks like I'm not getting any power to the fuse box inside the car. the fuse box under the bonnet is fine though by ideas guys
  12. M

    d2 starting electrics from bad to worse

    yeah I pulled the battery out but but I still had it connected by jump leads dow☹ square fusable links right will check them thanks
  13. M

    d2 starting electrics from bad to worse

    hi all at first I had what felt like a loose wire between the key and the starter. but after some tinkering it got a whole lot worse I've got nothing at all no lights no nothing. I've done a lot of work on the arches and footwell and pulled the harness through the bulkhead so every connection...
  14. M

    trayback build knowledge

    this is a picture of the same kit and by the looks of It the sill will be heavily reinforced and lengthened to mount the front portion of the cage to which is not really an issue. the question is do you think the tube will pass through the outer wing? if so it will require some clever cutting
  15. M

    trayback build knowledge

    yeah i was also thinking of being a bit noughty and leaving the front end as standard as possible for the iva then after work on the front but non the less still build it sensibly with no sharp edges. keep everything with a radius. on the other hand I could drive down to the local DVLA with some...
  16. M

    trayback build knowledge

    https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Landrover-Discovery-2-Tray-Back-Roll-Cage-Kit-Form-Td5/112326104187?hash=item1a2728547b:g:0bMAAOSwhkRWcLYx hi thanks for the link to that thread that's a good one I hope to build a similar front end and I think give a lot more headaches for the IVA sadly. hears the link...
  17. M

    trayback build knowledge

    unfortunately the plan is to chop the chassis at the rear which adds complications to the road legal side. the role cage kit I've got my eye on has some heavy reinforcement just behind and above the cab. and I will need to make my own fuel tank as well
  18. M

    trayback build knowledge

    hi all I'm building up before I even touch my d2 a bank of knowledge on heavy duty trayback discovery construction. I'm a welder by trade in automotive industry so fabricating is not a problem for me but I do have some questions and hear they come. 1 sourcing the role cage. a full trayback role...
  19. M

    hello all

    hello all I'm Mark i come from the old would of tdi defenders but I decided to modernise into the td5 discovery. I sold my amazing f reg 110 which was in superb shape for what I paid for it and I bitterly regretted it. my friend was selling a rust bucket d2 and couldn't resist having a land...