The cause of the tapping noise when hot has been found and its not good news... as you can see, the liner has shifted but not by a lot. I have acquired a GEMS 4.6 short engine, allegedly one that was built by Turner Engineering in 2008, I know I have to do something with the crank sensor and...

Silly question, but how do you diconect the fuel rail from the fuel pipe? Having looked at rave and at my Disco it would appear impossible to gain access to the relavent union which would appear to be on top of the gearbox belhousing. I need to know so I can change cam, tappets and rockers and...

This is odd, I can't seem to find a front crank seal for the 4.0 V8 in my disco, I have the bits to rebuild the pump with but I can find the seal for the old V8 but not the updated THOR version, is it the same, if not where can I find one, it does not seem to be listed on the usual suspects sites?

Did you repalce the rockers? I ahve the same issue but I have read there is a steel insert at the pushrod end that can become loose when hot, so it won't be aparent when cold

I have investigated this a little more (see my thread on the temp guage) turns out teh temp guage had been disabled inside the instrument cluster, all fine now (if you ignore the taped over warning lights!). The engine runs at normal temp, guage pointing halfway and tapping noise aside seems to...

It is an unusual Disco2, it's a V8 with manual gearbox and no SLS, and it's never had SLS. Its a 5 seater one as well, SLS was an option on the 5 seater but always fitted to the 7 seaters. The spec gets odder, It also has climate control, 2 sunroofs with no leaks, cruise and the harmon kardon...

I have no doubt that the light can be disabled! Just the method may be internal to the ACE ECU, but how or what does it is not so important as it would seem it has been done :( but I will leave it alone till the three amigos have been exorcised! Then get it looked at with a T4 or Nanocom and see...

Well I bought one of those OBDII devices see what I can see when it arrives!

The ACE light was covers with tape, this has been removed but it still does not light up on start up. RAVE seems to indicate that it is directly controlled by the ACE ECU, I wonder if it's conected! I guess it's worth a look! Oh I know the LED is a two colour one, by which colour I meant is it...

Stange I was just looking at that! I shall get one I think, ALthough I guess its no use with ACE, however what I may do with that is if its possible get hold of another ACE ECU, as the system has fluid, and seems to be leak free, But I'd like to know what colour bulb was being hidden and I...

I have to say would initialy agree with you on the sensors, as if the system behaves like most ABS sensors I belive the first test is to check they are there, and previous experiniance with an ABS light that never goes out it has been the case. However the ABS appears to work which is an oddity...

I had another look at the instrument pack this evening.. Right on the money with the insulting tape, one on the TC, the ABS, both the HDC lights and the ACE. While unscrewing it I also noticed that one of the screws for the temp guage was not all the way in. Put it all back together and it...

The car had no SLS. However it does have ACE, but apparently not warning light for it! Or ABS or HDC or TC warning lights! Examination of the PCB under the cover does not reveal any tinkering but I have not tried to take it out to examine the other side! I have bought another speedo unit to see...

Right as I had some time I have had a look at the instrument panel, it's been open before as the static precaution stickers were broken. However prior to this I did notice the over heat warning light does come on just after the ignition comes on and then goes out. I also noticed that the ABs...

Hi, yes I have a multimeter! And develop automatic test gear for the railway signalling industry for a living! And the heater is the best I have ever known in a landrover, and going by how quickly it warms up I suspect the thermostats is doing its job (but appears to be the 88 degree one not...

The temp guage in my newly aquired Disco 2 V8 is not working, in fact it has not been working for some time as it was like this for the previous owner and was like this before even he had it. I originally suspected a failed/unplugged sensor however having examined the relavent sections of RAVE...

Hi I have aquired a Disco 2, V8 'Thor' engine with a 5 speed box but I have two issues with the engine. I think at some point it has overheated and its possible someone has tried to hide this issue as the temp guage is as dead as a doornail, either that or the sensor has failed The other...

It can be done without removing the AC but its not nice, and I was worried about damaging the pipes or the evaporator. I was hoping that there was a better way (bear in mind this is a working R12 system so not cheap to regas. As for the heater box having to be an AC one, are you sure there is...

My heater blower motor has failed, for the second time, this time filling the car with smoke! I did repalce the whole heater box as I had one on the shelf. This I no longer have, but I do have the heater box from an earlier RRC. This looks to have the same mounting positions and the matrix...

Be carfull assuming the heater blower is working at all.. There are in fact 3 blower motors on the late hard dash, 2 of them only come on with the AC, the third is for the heater. If the blowers only work with the AC in the chances are the the heater blower is dead. If the resistor has failed...