Thank you, there’s plenty of plans yet to come so watch this space!

Today, I’ve removed the G4/ES Premium roof bars. It was a bit of a swine doing so without removing the head lining but it is possible. They are up for sale if anyone is interested, I’m looking for £250 inc postage.

Look on the map under the LZIR forum pages.

It does the job and is a lot cheaper than the car shops will sell you.

This is the sort of thing I used, I just cut off the lance so I had about 4” left to stick in the hole (oh matron!). Stick a gallon of ATF in, pump up the pressure and squirt it in. All the fluid is contained so no mess to clear up after...

I can only recommend José at TD5 Inside, he really knows his stuff and has made my truck much better to drive! I had my previous vehicle (Skoda Octavia) remapped and that made a big difference from standard. All I can say is that if the remap you had gave you that much trouble then José will...

It appears that my TD5 had already been remapped which I had half suspected. It was certainly the quickest of the 3-4 that I test drove at the time. José was honest from the start that because of that I wouldn’t she the big gains that I would have from a standard map but he was sure he could...

Do the TC & HDC come on at all? It wouldn’t be the first time someone had put tape over them to stop them showing to get through an MOT (tho it should fail on them not showing in the first place...)

Not quite done yet but in the cue for a TD5 Inside remap!!

I can’t give you details but but I know you have two options, the cheap one is to fine a certain wire and install a switch but I don’t know which wire or where it is... option two is to get a later SLABS unit that is updated to eliminate this issue. I’m not sure if you can update your current...

Well, it’s remap day!!! A 50 mile journey through storm Denis being blown all over the place and wading through semi flooded lanes and I’ve arrived at Goodwinch just outside Barnstaple. I’ve got my name on the white board and just gotta wait my turn. Can’t wait to see what José from TD5 Inside...

You make a valid point!

I’m not entirely sure you will even need to remove a cross member... when I was under my late D2 the other day I was looking at it for when I drop the auto ‘box sump and couldn’t see why I would need to remove a cross member. There is one under the t’box and one under the engine but none under...

@norseman thats quite understandable. I’d be surprised if the labour took an hour, with a ramp it’s probably a 20-30 minute job to change the fluid and an hour to do the filter. Just the first fluid change has made a huge difference in the changes in my ‘box. It’s well worth doing.

Not wishing to sound rude but why can’t you do this yourself? You don’t need to remove the cross member to drop the fluid. That’s only needed to remove the sump to change the filter which is not needed to just change the fluid. It’s just two different size hex keys, one for drain, one for fill...

Yikes! Chunks isn’t so good! there was plenty of that metallic paste on the front diff magnet but it’s certainly been years since it was last done. I’ll probably do both diffs again in the autumn and see how it is then.

Another busy day! Rear Diff was done easily, again the fluid was black and horrible... onto the front diff, pulled out the drain plug and found this; First thought “WTF is that?!” The oil was black with a silver metallic tint... obviously something is wearing but considering it has not been...

Yes, I did read that right, an auto defender 90! A rare beast! I’ve just changed the fluid on my D2 auto and it came out almost black... I’m guessing it may we’ll be the first time in its 170k Miles... As said above, change the fluid, if you feel it needs it do a couple hundred miles or more...

Yeah, the sprayer made life much easier! I’m planning on draining the ‘box again in a few weeks as you suggest and potentially another time or two after that, until I get relatively clear, red ATF coming out at which point I’ll drop the sump and change the filter too. I’ve picked up a gallon of...

Thanks @02Disco2, I’ll update my build thread after it is done.