Well - when the battery in the fob was low if I remember correctly the symptom was one bleep of the horn and a flash of the sidelights - cured by replacing the battery not that long ago - 18 months or so - this is different. It's not the horn bleeping or the lights - it's bleeping in the dash...

recently and occasionally when I enter my 2005 facelift F1 the alarm light flashes and bleeps at me for about 10 seconds - what is it telling me?

What weight were you using? 5Kg at 1.2 Metres or 8K at 1.2 Metres

My '05 plate td4 has a belt to the aircon pump with no tensioner - has anyone come across this before? - could it have anything to do with the engine having been transplanted from a Rover 75 (I think) As someone has cut the wires to the airco pump clutch I am guessing the aircon is not charged...

GG - I found a photo of the Daughter's engine label and it is L20 LRG7030 82555062 - so that is exactly what you would expect to see

OK - Thanks Guys - I am a little further forward in as much as we believe my mill is from a Rover 75 - I just hope it was a nice low mileage unit when the previous owner sourced it. Actually it runs very well........ so what the hell Would there be any significant differences? I have no idea how...

Ooops - sorry - (shamefaced)

We don't have swirl flaps do we?

- and where do you guys get this information? Grumpygel - tdvan ? The current Land Rover contacts I have can't tell me other than the barcode label is the reference during the build. Can you date our engines from the information on this barcode label?

Thanks mate - Do you know if the R40 indicates that mine came out of a Rover 75 - or what?

Hi GG - no - read again - my Daughter's is original fitment as per her logbook (don't have a photo) - it's mine that has the funny engine - and that does have R40 as top right - so that would that confirm it's a Rover 75 engine? - my next question is can any Rover 75 owner tell me the...

Ooops Sorry - forgot the picture of the barcode label on mine - my Daughters has an LRG****

When I asked how I could date or identify my car's engine number before I did not get very far - so let's try to throw a little light on TD$ engine numbers. Firstly it is not where Rave says it is. Stick a mirror or a camera down the back of the air filter housing - towards your right hand side...

Just check under the left front wing and you will see a 1" dia silvery pipe - that's the exhaust of you Fuel burning heater - typical behavoir that - goes smokey on mine as it switches off and purges

Better slip an oil drip tray under that to save your carpet (;-))

Which is which?

Cows are nice people - and very curious - I have a beard and more than once to amuse the grandchildren I have gone and sat in a field of cows to have them gather round and eventually come right up and stick their nose in my beard to check if it was edible. Had more trouble with horses =...

Also as nodge says - your one off change still has the cleaned off dirt in solution so it would be a good move anyway and not so expensive as the ravenol

I used Ravenol JF506E on the basis that it was developed specifically for the Jatco box and is a much later specification than the original Land Rover N402 spec. It's much more expensive than the Carlube - but my changes are silky smooth on my 05 plate TD4 facelift auto at 130,000miles - only...

I have driven that coast road a couple of times on the way from Christchurch to Cloudy Bay Winery - based on the time it took to stabilise and repair the landslip up at Kawakawa Bay where my Bro in Law lives - it'll be a bit more than two years - complete sections of road have just disappeared...