All sorted. He came round to run it up my road (which is private and not a public highway) and it went out after about 50 yards, in fact he hadn't even got off the drive!

Put a fault code reader on it today and there are no ABS faults logged. Strange!

Taking the bulb out is a possibility. I had heard that it should reset after driving for a couple of miles but it failed the MOT on various things (including rust) and it is only going to be possible to do the couple of miles on the way to the re-test.

A friend has a 300 Tdi which he bought with a 2" suspension lift kit already fitted. The previous owner had disconnected the ABS wires to allow for suspension articulation while off-roading. The car is now due for it's MOT so we have reconnected the wires but how do you get the ABS system to...

This one was just over 50mm, as my 50mm socket didn't fit. I managed to do it up with the tips of a large pair of grips, as James says it doesn't have to be too tight. Was it the RAVE manual you found? The Famous Four kit included Timken bearings, so should be good quality.

They are quite easy but you really need a vice to press the bearing cups into the yokes. The double cardan is a little more fiddly but not particularly difficult. Try doing a search on youtube. You will be able to detect wear in them on the car, just twist either side of each joint and...

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James, That's great, thanks. It doesn't sound too difficult. I have bought a kit from Famous Four which comes with all the seals and gaskets. Glen.

As Dave says, probably propshaft related. Ours had exactly the same symptoms at the same speeds and it turned out to be one of the u/j's in the double joint on the front propshaft. I got a GKN one from island 4x4 and I think it was only about £15-00.

Could someone give me quick run through on the proceedure for replace a 300 Tdi front wheel bearing please? It's on a friends car and only have a manual for the Discovery 2. Thanks.

Just a quick update on this. I had another look at it about 2 weeks ago and the yokes were out of line by one or two splines. Pulled it apart again at the sliding joint and re-fitted with the yokes in line and by using the grease nipple as a guide. Amazing how much easier it was when it...

That looks to be the problem. His shocks sit forward like that too. To the other posters, there is a definite area of scraping on the cone but there is just a tad more clearance on the n/s and that doesn't catch.

A friend has just bought a 1996 Tdi which was given a 2" lift and fitted with dislocation cones by its previous owner. He was getting a strange noise from the o/s front when turning left, so we jacked it up this afternoon to see what the problem was. It looks like the o/s front spring is...

Thanks James. I will give that a try. If that doesn't work I will try rotating 180 degrees too.

Yes, I should have marked it but it was pouring with rain and I was laying in a puddle doing it. I tried to ease the sliding joint back to look at it and it popped apart all of a sudden. There was a bit of a vibration there before, probably because of the worn out joint. Because the flanges...

I have just recently had to replace one of the u/j's on the front propshaft on our 2000 TD5 Auto. I unbolted the prop at the transfer box end, compressed the sliding joint fully, got it clear of the tranfer box flange bolts and pulled it off the splined joint. This left the front u/j still...

Dave, Thanks, I will take a look under the car at the weekend. Glen.

I need to replace some of the u/js on my front propshaft, can I run the car without it for a day or two, without fear of damaging the front diff? Just realised, without a centre diff lock that isn't going to work! Please excuse my stupidity.

Excellent! Thanks guys.

Is it alright to use a 10W40 fully synthetic oil in the TD5 engine. The Haynes manual says 5W40 but I have 10 litres of 10W40 spare after my BMW was written off. Thanks.