Maybe the rad has seen better days. But I took the rad off and cleaned it out earlier, was full of filthy water but it is flowing freely now. Hopefully after cleaning everything out and flushing the system it will be ok.

If it doesn't get hot all over what would that point to?

Maybe the thermostat was knackered? I could only get it to cool back down by turning the heaters on full

The Discovery was overheating - I think it was caused by an airlock, as on the top of the thermostat housing the wrong bolt is present. It was also leaking a lot of water from there. So I bought a replacement thermostat housing and thought it would take me about 45 minutes to change it over...

Hi, I had similar problems fitting a new fuel lift pump on my 300tdi. Turning the cam over made very little difference for me. When you say it doesn't sit in, how do you mean? The arm on mine was hitting the cam, but obviously the arm moves up and down - so i had to hold (push) the lift pump...

Thanks I appreciate the feedback! Haha, no problem - If what I'm doing gives you ideas for yours then that's great! I was meant to go last Sunday, but it was cancelled due to the site being double booked - probably won't go for another couple of weeks now. Foz

Just been through the flickr album, love the pictures on standard size wheels haha! You've put a fantastic amount of work into this, and it shows.

Unfortunately off-roading was canceled today due to the site being double booked for a different event. Instead here are a couple of progress pictures. How I bought it vs now. A couple of days after I bought it vs now. I've also compiled a list of things I've bought so far, which I now...

Great job, a real head turner! Any pictures of the rear?

The Disco was in the garage this week to have the timing belt done. Today I cracked on with a few bits, as tomorrow I'm taking it off-roading. Fixed the winch, it was caused by a bad earth but all good now! I have oil leaking out of one of my hubs, I suspected a blocked breather to took...

Winch had a bad earth, all fixed. Thanks for your help!

Great little project you've got there, wish I knew enough about electrics to do bits like this

Thanks for the replies. When it was on the vehicle I tried earthing it from the battery and it didn't make a difference, i still got the same clicking. I have also tested with a multi meter, and no power it getting to the winch - I've also tried tapping the solenoid (casing) with a hammer and...

Hi, My winch was working perfectly fine, I removed it to have the front bumper modified and painted, put the winch back together and there is now a problem with it. The problem is inside the little control box. When I press "out" on my remote, the control box will click a couple of times. If i...

My winch has developed a problem, when I press the button (in or out) it just clicks and doesn't do anything. After a few clicks I started to get some smoke out of the isolation switch - I'm pretty confident it's wired up correctly, perhaps a bad connection inside the little control box. Any...

What a difference, looks brilliant. Good job! Any pictures of the inside?

I've been wanting some new tyres for a while, since mine were 8 years old and they don't hold air too well. I found a set of 33x12.50x15 with steel wheels for a reasonable price and picked them up today. I removed my wheel spacers since these new wheels have a larger offset, and in the...

I changed most of the oils today, engine, diffs, and transfer box all done. Still gearbox oil left to do. So, I understand that the transfer box takes just over 2 litres of oil - I realised something had gone wrong once i noticed i had used 4 litres... Like an idiot i was filling through the...

Haha, yeah - I do have a lot of bottled water! :)

Thanks - I'm glad you're finding this of interest :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Whilst the front bumper was off, and as I'm due to get it back soon I removed the steering guard, cleaned it up and painted it. Yellow, of course, to match the tank guard...