1. DiscoRay

    Wanted Left Hand Drive Headlights

    Hi All, I'm looking for a pair of reasonably priced left hand drive headlights for my 98 Discovery 1. Ideally the 300TDI lights are what I'm after but I believe that the early TD5 Discovery 2 lights will fit so I'd be equally as happy with a pair of those. Regards Ray.
  2. DiscoRay

    Steering feels "loose"

    Tyre pressure too high maybe
  3. DiscoRay

    TDI300 Flexplate problem?

    Hi, if you do end up scrapping the car I would be interested in the headlights, I drive down to Greece every year for the summer and back to the UK for the winter and although I can buy a new pair of left hand drive headlights here in the UK, the cheapest I have found is £80.00. I would rather...
  4. DiscoRay

    Spare wheel carrier confused

    Failing that if anyone else has got one i'd be interested, I can't post in the wanted section.
  5. DiscoRay

    Spare wheel carrier confused

    I'm looking for a decent replacement carrier at a sensible price for my 300tdi, how much do you want for it?
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    Interesting old Disco

    Ah I see, now it makes sense, I thought it was a uk car with left hand drive which didn't make sense but now I get it. I'm sure you are right, it must have been brought back here at some point and probably had the clocks changed at the same time as they are mph not kph and it seems very low...
  7. DiscoRay

    Interesting old Disco

    Have I misunderstood something? I thought that the second digit in the vin denoted the market the vehicle was produced for, so in this case being an A meaning UK.
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    Interesting old Disco

    Low mileage too according to the clock
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    Interesting old Disco

    Maybe it's something to do with the bellhousing, I don't know or pretend to but I'm sure someone will.
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    Interesting old Disco

    From my understanding the ninth digit in the vin denotes the gearbox and in this case it is an 8 which is LT77 left hand drive.
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    Interesting old Disco

    Hi all, stumbled on something that got me scratching my head, maybe some of you chaps could throw some light on it. https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/24731769 Correct me if I'm wrong but when checking the vin it seems to be a uk car with left hand drive, I thought it must have been converted for...
  12. DiscoRay

    REAR LIGHTS CONVERSION

    I recently carried out this conversion on my 98 300TDI and it was a piece of cake. Essentially all that was needed was to find and connect a loose wire entering the connector block that had never been connected from the factory, if I remember correctly it was on the nearside, I found it just...
  13. DiscoRay

    300tdi auto edc stalling (video)

    A few years ago I had a similar issue with my old 200tdi, that had a manual gearbox so not so much of a problem but it had me guessing for a long while, if I remember correctly it was caused by a leaking hose on the vacuum pump.
  14. DiscoRay

    Disco 1 300tdi EDC Auto hesitation

    Ok thanks, I’ll give it some thought, you probably worked out already it’s not something that I know much about, would you have any recommendations or advice?
  15. DiscoRay

    Disco 1 300tdi EDC Auto hesitation

    Thanks for that, probably way out of my price range anyway. Be good to find a bit more performance for not too much money but never mind. Thanks anyway.
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    Disco 1 300tdi EDC Auto hesitation

    Yes but it can quickly tell you if its a box or car problem so narrowing your search. I had a 97 EDC auto and the throttle was like a switch press and wait! then I bought a box which was good, then I went to see Mr Fearn initially it didnt seem much better but once on my regular routes I could...
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    Disco 1 Starting and Stalling Problem

    The symptoms you describe are exactly what I had with my old 200tdi a few years back and I solved it very easily by pumping huge amounts of sealant around the area where the two metal fuel pipes entered the white plastic housing on the sender unit, where cracks were starting to appear. Not the...
  18. DiscoRay

    98 300tdi Rear light cluster modification

    Hi, thanks for that, I've done quite a bit more searching now and what I've found seems to agree with what you say, that I should be able to just plug them in. Have to find some now at a sensible price. thanks all.
  19. DiscoRay

    98 300tdi Rear light cluster modification

    Thanks, I tried searching with the wording you suggested and several other headings as well, but I still don't know whether I could just change the cluster or if I would need to modify the wiring in some way. Could you possibly post a link to the relevant info for me please. Sorry if I sound...
  20. DiscoRay

    98 300tdi Rear light cluster modification

    Hi all, I've done a fair bit of searching and I'm still confused. I've got a 98 ES auto and as much as I love the old girl the rear lights are a terrible design, (sidelights and indicators in the bumper and fog lights, reversing lights and brake lights in the main light clusters), now please...