Problem solved replaced oil and filter!!! Simply poor Basic maintenance. I consider myself to be an anal mechanic and car owner as I work my disco hard, I try and change oil every 5000km and filters every 10000km, it just go's to show how important good oil is. the oil I just changed was only on...

Sounds like a good idea I'll get a secondary oil pressure guage, never fitted one before where would you plumb this in? I use 10w/40 oil in summer, and thinner 5w/30 or 40 in winter. Change oil every 5000km, and filter every 10000km. Which reminds me should change the oil as allthough I have...

Hi Guys, I wonder if anyone can indicate to me if I should be worried. I have a disco 1 200 tdi, the vehicles been fully serviced its whole life. Rescently I have been doing some hard towing with it, I live in the mountains so it needs to climb some steep hills with reasonably prolonged climbs...

Hi Guys I wish to change the steering wheel as the whopping 16" wheel doesnt give much room for me to get my legs under (If I had rake adjustment would solve this...but I dont) so considering putting a smaller wheel on. Does anyone have any experience with fitting a 15" or even 14" wheel on...

Hi I have just bought and fitted some HD plus 2" terrafirma springs, and shocks. I put the slightly thinner springs on the front, thicker on the back. The trouble is it now doesnt sit level the front is higher, by about 1". I will see if this changes when I fit the winch bumper and winch. If it...

Thankyou so much to everyone that contributed to this thread. I appreciate your help, and it really helps keep my old vehicle running. It turned out in the end I wasnt going mad as when a mate came round we re bled the entire system and it worked fine. I think when I bled it before there might...

Hi James martin thanks for the excellent response, which nipples on front caliper corrispond with which hose (circuit). I see where the pipes go in but how dies this relate to the nipples?

Please could someone tell me which way to plum uo the front brake caliper on an early duel circuit disco. I need to know which pipe to whice hole. Thankyou for the help, Jim

Discool, I did read that in the book. Maybe you can clarify for me, does it mean, the two rear (towards back of car), or the two rear (two innermost towards engine) should be blead together. Also you wouldnt happen to know which hoses go to which lines. I thaught I copied the orriginal but am...

Hi could someone with early duel circuit brakes please on a disco 1 do me a favour and see which hoses join which pipes from the caliper to the fixed lines. I have changed the flexible hoses (2 per caliper) and cant remember which hose went to which pipe. School boy error but after bleeding the...

Ok I am surprised to be having to ask how to bleed the breaks on my 92 disco 1. I have bleed many car brakes before with no problems. I have just replaced the front brake hoses and one fixed line to the master cylinder. I then topped up master cylinder and went to bleed brakes, allthough i didnt...

Hi I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on how to make the rear floor in my Disco watertight. There is no rust holes in the floor, I have checked from both sides and outside, it is wax oiled and in reasonable shape. The boot floor has been changed at some point in its life. Over the winter...

Ok so todays problem, I have begun to notice on cold days the steering feals strange, heavy like the pump is lazy or simaler to when the belt slips. It is hard then easy to turn the wheel, then hard again, not smooth and constant the resistance. I notice this is worse to the right then the left...

Hi Guys, I'm planning on putting 300tdi axles on my 200tdi, as I wish to reduce the drive train back lash. I notice that my 200tdi has twin brake lines going to the caliper but the 300tdi axle has just a single line. Has anyone came accross this problem before, do you just change the caliper...

Hi Guys I wish to add a set of arbs to my early disco 1. Its a 92 and I think its the last year that did not come as standard with arbs. Has anyone done this modification, or heard of anyone doing thsi modification. I have seen you can by kits from britpart, but I presume I still need to get...

Hi Guys, I'm looking for tips on improving the on road handling of my Disco 1. I do about 500km a week on snow/ice mixed road conditions on very windy roads. Allthough the disco is quite capable off road it spends most of its time as my daily driver, and keeps threatening to kill me by...

measured toe in and toe out and wheels are definately toed out, hence why it sits straight without returning to natural centre. I think once I get the wheels toed back in tracking will be ok, and steering wheel will be aligned again....only one way to find out. Cheers Jim

Ok so prilimimenary tests complete. Vehicle not noticably crabbing. Hub to hub both sides equal. Chasis not visually bent. When you take hands off wheel, travels straight (as it did before) Steering locks left down full at steering wheel (r road wheel almost at stop) Steering lock right...

Some good solid suggestions, I will get checking in a minute. The car was fully comp so I am intending to rebuild it but so far insurance is just assessing it from cosmetics. Just want to know its safe to drive as well. If it runs into to much work sadely the car will be written off then I hope...

I think its not crabbing as if you let go of the steering it go's in a straightline. steering wheel just appears now off