1. Melly

    Please help, juddering when in gear

    Rubber donut bout 80 quid to change, get it done before it cause some serious damage
  2. Melly

    Intermittent starter motor on TD5

    Have you tried just going underneath with a wire brush and a tub of grease, take of the wires on back of starter and give it all a brush and then coat with grease, then put wires back on. As you will see where it is situated it gets a lot of road crap straight on to it. Mine was doing the same...
  3. Melly

    Diff Lock How, What and Where?

    yes, with traction control you have no need for diif lock or so the landrover boffins thought, although i am led to beleive that some of the disco 2 do have the facility still on the gear box but the centre console does not reflect that, but with a little tinkering you can have diff lock if your...
  4. Melly

    Alarm and p1ssed off neighbours

    had similar in cornwall last year whilst on holiday, the nice man from the AA spent some time under the bonnet before finally replacing the battery in my key fob ( as a last resort he told me) with a new one, he said the one in the fob still had a charge but once they get so old they need...
  5. Melly

    anyone seen this video on youtube

    and its not horible, its nice
  6. Melly

    anyone seen this video on youtube

    Hull is divided by the river Hull, east and west, Kingston upon Hull in on the banks of the Humber !
  7. Melly

    anyone seen this video on youtube

    bugger , why wont my link work ???
  8. Melly

    anyone seen this video on youtube

    :eek: I cant believe how much they put this disco through, I knew they were tough but come on, amazing !!!!!! part 1 and part 2 //http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtexoMZJ7Y0 //http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnzmVDP1Nnw
  9. Melly

    Bumper feels rough and yet smooth

    I have had the peanut butter one on a program on the telly and actually got a the jar from out of the cupboard amnd was most suprised to find that it works better than back to black !!! I now own a 2001 TD5 and can confirm that my wheel arches are the same as if some one has sandpapered the...
  10. Melly

    side step brackets

    thanks again for that, , i will get on the phone again tomorrow for one last time and ring all the advertisers in the magazines. failing that i will just have to make some
  11. Melly

    side step brackets

    Hi thanks for reply, the steps are genuine landrover jobbies and the local main dealer told me that they dont sell them, once he realised that I had an older landy he wasnt interested, i rang Britpart who where very helpful but again siad that they dont do these brsckets, he said somthing about...
  12. Melly

    side step brackets

    I now have a 2001 TD5 adventurer which I love, with it I was given a pair of 'oasis' side steps without brackets, I have rang several of the parts companies who advertise 'landrover international' and they all claim that I cannot buy the brackets for these steps anymore, does anyone know where i...
  13. Melly

    300 t.d.i auto towing power

    Hi I know its a bit late on in the thred but before I got my TD5 I went down to Cormwall approx 350 mile in one go (from Hull) pulling 1050 kg my caravan with 2 adults 3 kids and a roof box,. I noticed that at the recomended 60 mph the rev counter was just hovering above 2000rpm on the flat...
  14. Melly

    Tdi to TD5

    I have just got rid of my 300 and bought a 2001 TD5 about a month ago, and never looked back, new car is fantastic, fast (compared to 300) quiet, more comfortable and with the ace pack on it handles suprisingly well.
  15. Melly

    TD5 mpg

    Im know the picture is of a 300 but that has gone now, just not got round to changing it, I now have 2001 TD5
  16. Melly

    TD5 mpg

    I am getting about 30 ish from mine thats probably a combined figure, I would also be interested to hear more about the BP ultimate and Shell V power, is it worth the extra per litre ?
  17. Melly

    my new disco

    will upload new photo soon
  18. Melly

    my new disco

    my blue 300 just gone, got meself a 2001 TD5 Adventurer !!! completely different kettle o fish, wish i had done it sooner
  19. Melly

    my new disco

    dont see many in that good a condition, well done good buy, shame its red though :-) make sure you T cut it soon before it turns pink..........
  20. Melly

    where do i start

    My father inlaw (N reg) my friend (P reg) friend at work (R reg) other friend at work (N reg) and mine all make groaning noises at parking speed ! I am no expert but live with it, it just the way they are, incidently mine has new tyres, fluid topped up and no play in steering but still makes noise