This checker usually quotes the cost but sometimes gets it wrong when the rates just changed... (free) car-check.co.uk

Forward is Lo on mine (D2)... Sounds like you need to ... fit the linkage and... start your own thread... (?)

My 1975 mk3 Cortina had typically useless 1970's locks, which Ford could not be bothered to improve. After a theft attempt in 1979 I fitted deadlocks to the front doors; sent a bolt through the bottom of the door pillar. These worked perfectly and successfully thwarted the scrotes subsequent...

Just to be clear - I was poking fun at the technology via references to the Terminator's SkyNet A.I. system... Forgot this is an international forum with participants who may not be aware of the Arnold Schwarzenegger film series... My apologies but...:cool: I'll be Back !

Best to use the satellite internet system Lets call that.... SkyNet ... That will rarely go down and if it does, it will be self-repairing, so AI will be back :cool:

Maybe it would be good to have that new AI system take charge of car security, all linked by the internet - with countermeasures available for defense purposes... could call it - CarNet... ???

youtube's Lockpicking Lawyer proves that an expert can undo any doorlock or padlock within a minute or so with no damage. Keyless car locks clearly can be opened in seconds, with no expertise, other than a thief wielding dodgy tools. Biometrics / face-recognition / fingerprint / keypad codes...

My mate has a 2016 petrol Evoque auto & likes it - main surprise was when he took it to the local landrover specialist, they said his was the first petrol one they'd seen.... o_O

Sister's Disco 200tdi clutch cost her £850 about 15 years ago... was told it's an "engine out" job...

In which case I would be even more glad that I didn't spend £40k+ on a new one in 2024. In 26yrs time I'll be 94 so probly a fair comment from that perspective. Any 94yr old drivers on here...? :vb-confused2: :vb-sleeping: :vb-smoke: :vb-wave: :vb-wavey: :mexicanwave: OP -sorry to...

OK so... £40,000 would keep my D2 (cost £2k) in tip-top condition for the next 26 years... and the last 9 of those would be free of road tax :D

£60K + for a new one, would keep my D2 in tip-top condition for the next 40 years...

If it was a Defender TD5, it might be £4k+ without even looking at it. But as it's a Disco TD5 & with your description it might be only scrap value unless you can justify why it should be more. I sometimes see ebay adverts with no picture and almost no information & wonder if they are...

ok but he bought 4 cans... so for a one-off, pay the same and get it done properly... (?) ChrisFix did a YT video on how to do it, I assume it's worth buying the kit if you've got more than 1 car to do... link to chrisfix youtube video

The recharge kits & cans etc are expensive - If it's to be a one-off event, surely would have been cheaper to get a garage expert to do the work? Or do you have repeat work planned?

Trouble is, you paid £1250, but if it needs a new clutch and windscreen there's probably £2k needed for that... You might be best looking for the scrap value, or strip it for parts...?

Might be unrelated to your issue, but repeated journeys of only 4 miles can't be good for a battery... Seem to recall reading somewhere that a 20minute run is needed to replace the Amps drawn at startup? Anyone able to confirm or refute this? My brother used to have a half-mile commute (+home...

Your connectors look clean and dry compared to mine, which was running just fine even with all that oil in there. Replaced the injector loom on mine anyway. I found even more oil when I levered-out the white pin-guide on the loom side. No sign of any "white rectangular seal" on mine either...

No idea personally, but I'd imagine experts on here would want to know for sure, like, is it petrol or diesel, rather than make any assumptions, like I dunno if SD4 and TD4 are that different, etc. If you don't know, some engine pictures might be nice...

I got a mobile mechanic to replace my starter instead of doing it myself (I blame my arthritic fingers & thumbs and the bad weather, else I would have done it myself, honest). Anyway, 2 weeks later I removed the top cover to clean the MAP sensor and found 2 other issues... 1. immediately to the...