1. battenberg

    another knocking noise!!

    The symptoms are a single knock felt though the floorpan when driving a chicane at enough speed to activate the ACE, usually straight on at a clear roundabout. This is down the the ACE ram giving it some welly on the rollbar as the body roll changes from pitch on one side to the other. For...
  2. battenberg

    97 300tdi smoking badly after timing belt change!

    I think you may well be right, but it wont hurt the OP to have some more understanding.
  3. battenberg

    another knocking noise!!

    the exact problem is this: There is play in the nearside front ACE anti rollbar bush. lie under the front of the car and look behind the valance and locate the antiroll bar on the nearside bush, waggle it, you'll feel the knock new ones are less than a fiver and easy to swap, you just...
  4. battenberg

    Changing fan-belt..

    Normal right hand thread on TD5 fan!!! ...so dont go clubbing it wiv a hammer tightening the fooker
  5. battenberg

    Flashing milage

    Try switching the ignition on and just leave it for 5 mins before you start the engine. The BCU needs to re-sync with the Instrument Cluster.
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    97 300tdi smoking badly after timing belt change!

    http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f38/uncle-charles-pump-timing-55111.html
  7. battenberg

    egr removal bolt snapped ahhhhh

    OP has a TD5 so will use an allen key, that bottom bolt is a bitch! you need a mini ratchet set with an extension and the hex key 5 or 6mm on a td5. an angle drill may get in there, however, what is in the way is the egr flexable metal pipe to the inlet plenum, which you should be thinking...
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    Replacing interior lights with much brighter LED ones

    the boot light on the 300 is a problem, this LED strip took all of two minutes to stick and wire in place on the top of the door frame and is top draw on those camping trips, when your kit is covering up the boot light. It's like having a flourecent tube over the door! Ebay: 60LED 12v self...
  9. battenberg

    300TDi Squeeling belt 'Penny Trick'

    well this thread is over 2 years old now, and the penny was in way before it was posted! Budgie R.I.P. and tensioner still going strong on the same bearing!
  10. battenberg

    300TDi Squeeling belt 'Penny Trick'

    well this thread is over 2 years old now, and the penny was in way before it was posted! Budgie R.I.P. and tensioner still going strong on the same bearing!
  11. battenberg

    300TDi Squeeling belt 'Penny Trick'

    now change the bearing: http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f38/300tdi-changing-serpantine-tensioner-bearing-64147.html
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    300TDi Squeeling belt 'Penny Trick'

    now change the bearing: http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f38/300tdi-changing-serpantine-tensioner-bearing-64147.html
  13. battenberg

    Loss of traction, skidding...

    unlike the peado vikings we have rules about shagging girls here
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    Loss of traction, skidding...

    i had a girl ask me why 4 wheel drive was better the other day, this was my reply... If you imagine your engine delivers power, and we measure that power to be 100, forget what the units are, just 100. Now imagine that your tyres have a level of grip, and that level of grip is 30. In a...
  15. battenberg

    changing the fuel filter on a 300tdi

    http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/801009-post40.html
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    changing the fuel filter on a 300tdi

    yup, 11mm blind bolt, vertical on the top: undo, drop off bowl, clean out, put back... simples!
  17. battenberg

    Buying an older Discovery

    rust, rust and more rust. chassis, bottom of A pillar, rear door closure at c pillar, boot floor, front inner wings, body to chassis mounts, rear seatbelt mounts.... all these areas rust.... most will be MOT failures. Find one with sound metal, everything else is easy to swap!
  18. battenberg

    changing the fuel filter on a 300tdi

    fill the new one with diesel before you fit it. search this site for cleaning the sedementor, then do that as well.
  19. battenberg

    egr valve blanking plates ,any good,

    if you are going to fit the EGR then take the time to do it right! fit the blanking plate and ditch the whole EGR assembly, fit a new top inlet hose without the spur, remove and clean out the intercooler and inlet plenum. change the air filter...
  20. battenberg

    Body Lift

    i've done a body lift on my 300. 'cos i wanted the height to accomodate bigger tyres without altering the suspension geometry first wash the under side, you'll be cursing if you spend the day with crud dropping in your face trying to shift bolts. the seatbelts all mount to the chassis...