if you are going to swap one axle, then make sure the ratios inside are the same otherwise your front and back wheels will be turning at different speeds. :mad: So if you use the unit off the Discovery, change front and back at the same time. This would obviously have the benifit of disc...

Thanks for your comments - I am weary of insurance based warrenties (and rightly so given your comments) but I had heard it was possible to extend the original Land Rover warrenty. Think I may be better of keeping the money and dealing with things as, when and if they arise. Thanks for all...

I am looking at a 2 1/2 year old Disco 3 which has 6 months of the original warrenty left. Does anyone know if it's possible to extend this to five years and if so, how - all google seems to give is details of the wrrenty from new...

Thank you. Wider than I thought, good job I didn't get the trailer with the 6' wide bed..! Thanks for the offer of the lightweight, but was aiming for something with free tax.

The problem with this is if you have an accident or are pulled over by the police - the point of having insurance in the first place. If you have an accident and your insurance isn't in order then your insurance company may dispute the claim (happening more regularly in these financially hard...

The reason for this is that they're no longer allowed to put side facing seats in.

I am looking for a Series Land Rover which I can restore with a view to teaching my son to drive in when he's old enough and at the moment an 88" 2a Truck Cab Diesel is looking favourite. All the ones I am currently watching on eBay are going to need a trailer to get home..! Please can someone...

I have just fabricated one from sheet - had a local forge bend it up into channel and then fabricated the rest with the welder, in all cost me around £30 which is a fraction on what a replacement would have cost and is a lot stronger as well. The best reason I can se for using channel over...

i can't see how that would be any different to patching a hole in the chassis which happened to be where the chassis number used to be..?

...and if your worried about the missus whinging, just put some pretty wrapping paper around the box and she'll think you've hidden a present up there for her - then she'll forget all about it, job done...

You need to keep your welding rods in the airing cupboard - solves the dampness problem...

disconnect the battery otherwise things can fry. the thing to remember with fuel is that it's the vapour that burns and so an empty tank is lethal. fill it with water if you want but surely it's easier to remove the tank than to get water out of the fuel system once you've done the repairs...

i have just done my rear cross member on my 110. i too thought that the prices were very high and so chose to fabricate my own. a local steel work company bent up a piece of 3mm sheet into the basic U channel and then i went from there. they charged me £25 which included a rumage around in...

if you're not keen on insuring it in your parents name (generally speaking to do this the vehicle would need to be registered to them - with only a few exceptions) then insure it in your name with a parent or low risk driver as a named driver as some insurance companies will give a reduction...

thought as much...

I have recently had the rear body off my 110 in order to do some fairly serious chassis repairs. Having now put the tub back on, I quite like the look of it without a roof..! However there is obviously nowhere to fix the seatbelts to. I there any way that it will go through an MOT like this?

In the past I have used something I believe was called 'Conseal TU' and was made for painting shipping containers - so it was pretty tough. The key thing is your preparation, get rid of all the crap first and use a zinc based primer in order for it to stand a fighting chance. You may also...