Excellent! Thank you so much for that investigative work – I shall look further on the vehicle!

Thanks for your response, very definitely a early D1 V8 registered 1990, Jay as they are sometimes called - I was surprised to find brake pad wear connections when I started stripping down the front brakes but it definitely has them. Photo below shows the lights, parking brake on to the left of...

The brake pad wear warning light on my Discovery 1 flickers when the handbrake is applied, ignition on, never goes to a solid light. This is the only time the brake pad warning light comes on, all of the brake pads are fine. Someone suggested it might be a bad earth, or possibly a partial...

I’m in the process of refurbishing the front brake callipers on a Discovery I, they are in a pretty poor state with two of the pistons almost impossible to get out. Looking at the LR manual and a couple of online videos it is stressed that the two halves of the calliper should not be separated...

Brief update – with the aid of an induction heater, which I have written up in my other post on getting the swivel bolts out, all of them came out cleanly using a 9/16 ring spanner only. Probably no surprise that all of the bolts are of the same diameter so whoever had the swivel off last...

I did try with the ring spanner after using some penetrating oil it was clear that we weren't going to budge or I was going to ruin the heads. Following is the link, you can get the basic kit or other ones with more coils etc

Your suggestion for an induction heater got me thinking so I started looking at what’s available and given the number of seized fasteners I’m going to have to deal with on this vehicle I took the plunge!, picture below. Got this from Amazon after reading some reviews and looking at them being...

Tomorrow, hopefully, I will be attempting to get the swivel ball away from the axle on the D1, no doubt with quite a bit of swearing and cursing! I am sure this is common to Discovery, Defender and probably Series but I didn’t know till today that one of the seven bolts, dowels as the Land...

Thanks for all the responses to this – at the end of the day there is no shortcut so I think I need to prepare for a bit of pain!

Thanks for that suggestion, I have looked online for Kluber release spray this seems a manufacturer a lot of different sprays for various applications – you don't happen to know the particular product number or name do you?

Looking for some wise advice! I have a swivel oil seal leak on Discovery 1 which needs fixing. I have looked at the alternative to removing the swivel such as cutting the seal and fitting it to the swivel housing that way but it doesn't seem recommended. So the only alternative is to separate...

Finally remove the complete dashboard, consoles etc to reveal the heater unit, remove from vehicle and, with much effort, separate the two halves to release the heater fan. It is completely fried and as this is an early Discovery. 1990, not quite so easy to identify best replacement. The...

Hi all, I know this question would have been asked a number of times but I can't seem to find the right answer on the forums, at least not for an early vehicle like mine. I recently acquired a 1990 Discovery 1V8 and the heater blower isn't working. I have checked the fuses & relay and power is...

A few days ago I posted about my heater control panel split in two and one side split asking about methods to repair or replace. I had a few good responses, so thank you for those, including a link to buying second hand one from eBay. I was about to go for that but then thought about repair and...

Thanks for finding that! I tried eBay but I think I must be using the wrong description

So I knew the heater control panel in the Discovery 1 I bought was cracked, but I didn't know it was actually in two pieces till I removed it today! I have had a quick look to see if I can find a replacement with no luck – if you or you know someone who has one I would be very grateful...

Thanks for that, you have confirm my thinking that the pump does run all the time – had a Morgan with same engine and the pump that used to run continuously. I have a feeling the choke cable is not correctly adjusted so expect is an issue going through all of the points you suggest plus the carbs