I did mine, back & front all new when I removed the ACE, one of the front ones failed at the ball joint after about 15000 miles. I just replaced the pair again, and it must just have been a faulty joint, because the others were all still tight, but the one that failed was all rusted out, it...

The Disco 2 discovery has exactly the same one... I removed mine as it's a pain in the a** to get at stuff with it fitted. I never bothered re-fitting it, as it makes access easy. It's hanging up in my garage. I may get round to re-fitting it one day, but to be honest my Disco 2 facelift...

Just been on holiday for two weeks.... building myself up to tackling my Discovery suspension problems. Drove the car yesterday, for some reason suspension was all quiet ?? As I got home and parked up, I saw something behind the front drivers side wheel.... it was the drop link from the...

Depends on your frame of reference.... by "standard" I mean bog standard non-active suspension... I removed the ACE completely and fitted the ARB's and links from a Disco2 that didn't have ACE... but I guess it could be interpreted as non-standard as my Disco originally came with ACE.... either...

After two years of nearly complete neglect & daily use, shifting junk, pulling my trailer, pulling cars out of ditches etc, my Disco 2 finally needs some TLC :) Suspension is clunking, banging, creaking, knocking, generally sounding like bits are falling off, so I'm launching a full assault on...

Fixed today :-)_ Replaced the fuel filter and air bleed valve, purged the air out and it now sounds great, no more whining & gurgling from the fuel pump. It whirs for about 20 secs then stops when the pressure builds up. When the engine's running I can't hear the pump at all. I suspect that...

OK.... I did change the fuel filter around 15,000 miles ago. I'm happy to change it again though. I'll fit a new fuel filter and air bleed valve and see how it goes. Thanks Mat

OK I have some more information :-) I noticed today that when I returned from a drive out, the fuel pump was still running, and seems to be making a noise like a swarm of bees, buzzing and gurgling from by the fuel filter /tank. If I stop the car and then just turn on the key, the pump seems to...

OK thanks... one thing that may or may not be relevant.... it seems that if I switch it to the on position so that you can hear the fuel pump priming, then off and on again about three or four times before trying to start it, it fires up much easier ?? I only noticed this by accident when...

Just to be sure, that air bleed valve is accessed by just removing the fuel filter ?? Thanks Mat

Hi, OK thanks for the help. I replaced the injector loom and cleaned out all the ECU & red plug about 15,000 miles ago, so hopefully that should be OK. I was thinking injector washers after reading a few other posts, but I'll look at the fuel filer air bleed first. Thanks Mat

My 2003 facelift TD5 has always started first turn of the key, no need to really wait for glow plug light to go out, even in winter. Just get in turn the key and it's fired straight up. Now it's started playing up :-( first thing in the morning or when left for a few hours, if I just turn the...

I'll take a look at the back door, although it sounds like it's coming from underneath. I did think at first it was the spare wheel coming loose. Last year I removed the complete ACE system and fitted a pair of standard Anti-roll bars and all new bushes, that was only about 4000miles ago, so I...

Hi, it sounds a bit more of a deeper sounding knock than that, but I'll check it out..thanks

Hi, I've got a Disco 2 facelift.... not raised a spanner to it in the last 15 months due to being overwhelmed with work from a house move... it's been totally reliable :-) Passed it's MOT with no advisories on Friday too... Anyhow, I've noticed that for the past 6 months, it's developed a...

"IMO the radio is fubar nothing from the interior fusebox would cause such thing unless there's some short to supply on the auxiliary circuit." Having looked at the circuit diagrams I concur.... I completely removed relay 7 and the radio was still on, the only feed to it was the permanent...

OK thx for the heads up, I'll check it out. When I pulled the fuse yesterday I didn't see any signs of water though, but I'll double check.

Hi, I dug out the RAVE diagrams yesterday... I got the car to exhibit the fault, ie it turned the radio on on it's own, I then pulled out RL7 and the radio stayed on. The only way to get the radio to go off was to remove fuse F20 in the fuse box under the steering column, this is the permanent...

After nearly 1 whole year of completely trouble free running, not getting out the Hawkeye or any tools apart from an oil & filter change, pulling my trailer, shifting crud, and generally working every single day, my disco 2 (facelift) TD5 has a little problem :-( Last week I went to get in it...

Hi all. 2003 Discovery 2 Tdi facelift model. I noticed that the brackets that hold the rear wheel mudguards to the chassis have rotted through and snapped (well one has and the other's on it's way) Are these available as spare parts ? or do I just need to bend up some pieces of galv/stainless...