Fitted a discreet winch to the front of my Discovery 5.

Is it auto, if so it may have never towed previously, the auto gearbox puts the car in limp mode unless the ecu is told it has a tow bar fitted, when LR fit a tow bar it’s activated, a lot of aftermarket installations were never activated. as the ecu monitors the temperature of the gearbox oil...

only had mine a month, it’s a 67 plate, I bought the highest spec I could afford as all the toys are nice,lol. If your going to be using it for off road then I’d suggest looking out for one with the capability Plus pack fitted, you get an active rear locking differential, not many of them around...

I traded my D4 for a D5 recently, I don’t regret it one bit, the 5 is a better vehicle in all respects, avoid the 2.0 engine apparently has issues with oil dilution leading to failure. 3.0 is a re working of D4 engine with some differences notably a single turbo instead of twin. According to a...

The compomotive pd 1881 do.

I fitted 255/70/18 which is 32” under my D4 by removing the fibreglass wheel surround.

MW machines do the conversion, maybe they can supply some mounts

What’s the odds there, we’re both in Blackpool

Can’t say if it’s open now but it’s been levelled out May 2020. It’s no fun now.

Blue and yellow are In and out black is earth and red to live terminal on the solenoid

is that any use

All of the above is only relevant if it’s a criminal conviction, if it was then the police would of investigated the case, from what I can see without reading from the beginning it’s individual peeps having to bring actions against them

Dixon bate are probably main choice on a defender for towing and they rate there ball at 3.5 tonnes. A stuck 110 using a kinetic rope can have 5 x that amount applied to it. The ball in question survived the rescue but you wouldn’t want to tow on the highway with it...

What can the courts do if the company at fault has already folded? If it’s a civil matter and it’s a limited company there’s nothing can be done.

Which is why I advised the op to use proper off road recovery points and not the tow bar like you did!!

I’ve bent a tow ball doing a snatch recovery

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Use some proper off road recovery points, the small round eye is for on road towing and not upto the stresses a snatch recovery exerts. Also use a snatch rope for snatching as it has some stretch in it and uses stored kinetic energy to move the vehicle. A none kinetic strop is brutal for snatching.

Yeah 8 speed, stop start and add blue Makes a big difference on tax costs

I think the D4 can only store 4 pairings, if you haven’t already, you may need to delete the previous stored pairings then try to pair.