Makes perfect sense, thank you. I appreciate it.

Hello Okay, the new DM clutch is in and I need to fit a tow bar. My TD4 never had one fitted. I sourced a used genuine LR tow bar with OEM fasteners and was about to fit it. I read the fitting instructions posted in the forum from 2008. I see in step 6 on page 3 there are 2 spacer plates...

Hello all I would appreciate your ideas since I don’t have a monopoly on clever thinking… or money :( My TD4 has 230,000 miles, I am getting 45mpg REGULARLY. This last year I had to replace all the prop shaft bearings and joints. This last week full new LUK DM clutch and hydraulics (I have...

Just another afterthought... when I introduced the inline mod' and had removed the standard thermostat, I was paranoid about air locks since I had removed ALL the coolant from below and backflushed with a hose to get as much debris out of the system as possible. I jacked the front right wheel...

If you don`t remove it to check it for functioning, how do you know it isn`t stuck part open and impeding flow and creating an airlock without the bleed hole modification?

I would say it is unlikely but not impossible that you have an air lock? When I fitted my inline thermostat, I recall filling and running the engine for quite a while without the coolant tank cap in place and topping up a few times. Also, if the thermostat is closed, the engine block side got...

Clutch is done and it all feels like a new Hippo at the pedal. Was it worth doing? Hell yes. 806km, 50,5litres today. 45mpg. This car has a lot to give yet.

Clutch is done and it all feels like a new Hippo at the pedal. Was it worth doing? Hell yes. 806km, 50,5litres today. 45mpg. This car has a lot to give yet.

806km, 50,5litres today. 45mpg from my 200K miles TD4. Very happy.

If you don`t remove it to check it for functioning, how do you know it isn`t stuck part open and impeding flow?

My rover 75 inline mod has full flow, the temp gauge gets to 12 o'clock VERY quickly. BUT, I did remove the standard TD4 thermostat too to improve the coolant flow. Yes it was stuck open but for me, to leave it in situ seemed very foolish.

All of the clutch system on my 2005 TD4 is being replaced this week. £1700 to include all the hydraulics from pedal to plate, Bimass flywheel INCLUDING labour. All LUK parts. I am at just over 200,000 miles and I reasoned the following; the engines purrs and is serviced regularly. Last...

To anneal copper you should heat to a DULL cherry red and quench immediately in COLD water. Copper work hardens and becomes brittle. So for sheet copper work where you bend and shape it, thereby deforming beyond the elastic limit of the material, the annealing process is invaluable to prevent...

Also lubricants absorb moisture from the air (they're hydroscopic like hydraulic fluid) increasing something called TAN (total acid number). This then "encourages" the lubricant to attack any brass in the bearing, sometimes in the bearing cage. This leads to failure by leaching the zinc out of...

Earlier this year, summertime, stuck in Austria with a failed alternator on my TD4, I was forced to use a Bosch Service centre to get it changed. Great service centre that specialises in injectors. The curious thing is that after a new Bosch alternator, I started having starting problems. The...

Thanks Andy!!

Do any of you know the LR standard time for a TD4 manual transmission clutch change including the pedal and slave cylinder etc? I searched but cannot find a definitive answer. Thanks in advance and I send my compliments of the season to you all ✌🏻

I removed the OEM thermostat and replaced the O-ring. It required ingenuity with adapters and a full range of spanners and sockets. Before I put the housing back in place, I took new stainless hex fasteners, ground grooves in their theads in the first 2 or 3 thread forms, some WD40 or similar...

I had this happen on my TD4 this year while travelling between France and Hungary. At first I thought a wheel balance issue. It became progressively worse but also with an intermittence. The driveshaft UJ bearings were coming to the end of their life. The rear UJ was almost falling apart...