I was just driving home when there was a very violent shaking up front and it really felt like a wheel was coming off. I looked underneath and the front left wheel axle-thingy has split. I'm just about to try and find an exploded drawing of it to see if I can replace part of if it's the whole...

Thank you all for the advice. this morning i let the coil (choke on mine) light go out and it started first time. I guess i am a jerk.

Poor exciter wire> What is that?

My battery is a Banner rated at 90Ah. I will try the glow-plug thing tomorrow morning. yes, i know my diesel does not have a choke, but that is a choke symbol in my diesel motor which is masquerading as a coil symbol. An impostor.

I'll give that a go tomorrow morning. My dash does not have a coil light, it does have an ignition or choke signal light which comes on and goes off after a while though. I'm sure the manual said that i didn't need to do this, but i will tomorrow. Thanks for the advice. I've added a couple of...

Should i be waiting for the glow plugs to get hot? My D90 is a 1994 and i was told i didn't need to wait for the glow plugs to get hot. Could this be the problem?

Thanks. If i check them how do i tell if they are good or bad?

It will initially turn over, the starter motor is working, but you don't get many goes at it before the battery is flat. When the AA came he attached a battery back and it started and then it stays on fine and the battery charges up, it's just that initial start when all is cold and the battery...

The battery in my D90 TDi300 is less than 2 years old but whenever it's cold it struggles to start the Landy. It's a Banner battery rated at 90Ah. The AA had to come to me today and said there is no drain in the Landy and the battery is charging up properly, but come the cold weather and it just...

Sound advice. Anyone got a cheap TDi200 engine to shift?

maybe, sounds like it. are they replaceable? if they were stretched could it sound like bad valve clearances?

Sleeve? I'm not sure, only going on what someone told me. if you can picture the piston rod big end, is there some sort of sleeve or shim in there which can distort and need replacing. I'm in the dark here, so go easy on me.

Last year i overheated my D90 300Tdi due to a water pump leak and had to have the head skimmed and despite valve clearances being correct it sounds like a typical tappets noise. I am told that the piston arm shims or bushings are probably stretched and need replacing. I did the work on the head...

Still have play, despite going through the whole list. i changed my track rod ends and now i'm pulling to the right slightly, despite measuring and counting exposed threads and turns. If i am pulling to the right and the adjustable track rod is over on the left, does it need to be wound in a...

Thanks. I put a new steering damper in this evening and new track rod ends tomorrow. Drop arm new a year ago. Bearings checked and tightened two weeks ago. Tried reaching in to the wheel and looking at uj's under hood but can't see anything slack in the steering arm. Yet to drive it with new...

I've got a 94 Defender 90 and I have My MOT on Friday. Most things have gone well in the pre mot servicing I'm doing but I have some play or spongeyness in the steering. Any idea what might cause that?

No, not the one, but thanks.

Has anyone got a broken Discovery II Alpine radio i can have for parts? Just the face section would do.

What can i do to resolve it? The rub is driving me nuts.

Can you explain the 'offset' for me.