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    Ball joint

    thanks guys sounds like it's more than a 5min job :( oh well it was only an advisory so plenty of time to sort :) as to the alarm its a 96 model and i'm pretty sure its the fob thats dodgy so will have to have a look when she gets home. Can you get replacement fobs?
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    Ball joint

    Hi Chaps just got the disco back from the mot with an advisory on the ball joint on the aframe above the diff. Is this an easy replacement or does the whole arm have to come off to then be pressed out? Also my wife has the truck today and called me ina bit of a flap as she had parked up to let...
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    Veggie power

    wifey just emptied our local asda of the 82 ltrs they had left :) Got some very strange looks at the till with atrolley full of diesel :rolleyes:
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    aaarrrgghhhh

    brilliant thats the kiddie, just need to get me a garden sprayer :D
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    aaarrrgghhhh

    phew panic averted then. Do i need to plug the hole? and where is the drain cos i've looked at the manual and it says on the bottom but i can't see it? Its a 300tdi manual cheers chaps :D
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    aaarrrgghhhh

    IMG_20110312_121401 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! hope that makes it clear which ones missing
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    aaarrrgghhhh

    I'll take a picture just a mo
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    aaarrrgghhhh

    just changing the oil in the swivels and noticed that the drain in the gearbox is missing!!!!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: anybody know what size the bolt is and where i can get the gearbox oil from as i guess its bone dry!!!! must have been like this for ages as theres no oil on my drive since i...
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    urgent help !

    thanks for that i'll give it a bash at the weekend :)
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    urgent help !

    thanks for the help, can you tell me where the relay is? and which ones to bridge? I went for a spin today and it was fine no buzzing or abs light :confused:
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    urgent help !

    looks like another greasy weekend coming up. If its not the relays causing it to stick and hum any other ideas?
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    urgent help !

    is the relay on the unit itself? Now i have unpluged it and plugged it back in it's stopped. (apparently the abs light was on on the journey back home) hoping for an easy fix really, don't like going to the stealers! cos im a tight arse :) and i like to know i can fix things for myself.
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    urgent help !

    Yeah just looked and its the modulator your right. Whys it buzzing when the ignition is off?
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    urgent help !

    hi fellas need a bit of urgent help. Wife got back from a day out turned the disco off (disco 1 300tdi) and a very loud buzzing coming from the engine bay! Its coming from whatever is at the back of the air filter between that and the washer bottle, large block of ally with pipes in! sorry don't...
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    new stoopid question

    thanks fellas :) just what i wanted to know, i dont mind a bit of grief always up for a larf and a bit of banter :) sneakily doing this at work so can't trawl a lot of posts without being too obvious !!!! cheers
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    new stoopid question

    ok its that time again:rolleyes: how do i operate the diff lock and high low range? should there be a light on the dash to say its in? what does it actually do? Sorry for the muppet questions but my musso was all lectrik so was just turn a dial for 4wd and i dont have a mnual for the disco :(
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    just a few more..... ringers

    how can a 1972 be on an R plate and be tax exempt :confused: you cant put a plate on a vehicle to make it appear younger, so hes either really stupid or can't be arsed to change the reg :confused::confused:
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    leaky roof windows

    No im, a tin top, so i'm pretty sure it's coming in through the roof lights as they are a bit cracked and scabby. Although i suppose it could also be the roof bars or ariel :( But its dripping in directly below the bottom corner of the passenger side one. I noticed after it had been parked up...
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    leaky roof windows

    Thats the ones, if its that easy i'll give em a bash:D
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    leaky roof windows

    did a search but obviously i'm putting in the wrong terms as most of the posts are about sunroofs :( Any pointers ?