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    Would youn rally a Disco?, talking point

    I saw this and thought it would maybe raise some topical debate as to rallying a Disco, it looks errm shall we say .....different? None the less someone has spent some hours on it, like it or not. LAND ROVER DISCOVERY RALLY /OFF ROAD / RAID | eBay UK
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    TD5 ECU Remap

    I cant agree more, Mike did mine some time back, great difference! Although within a few weeks i warped my manifold, some say due to the increased pressure?? some say it was going anyway??, none the less reground manifold fitted by JE Eng. in Coventry and bobs ya uncle, effortless power in all...
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    anyone selling their TD5 Discovery auto ?

    will look over the weekend and upload them not sure if I have that many, is it best i send them by email direct?
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    anyone selling their TD5 Discovery auto ?

    Mines not advertied anywhere but have toy'd with selling it for something more practical and wife friendly. 2001 es Auto, 7 seats, 107k miles.... i would want about £5700 Its had full service to about 40K and i have endevoured to keep all recipts ever since, its had its head done 3 yrs ago...
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    Head Gasket?

    There are multiple reasons why you can loose water from header tank coupled with smoke, is it a td5,300 or 200. either way if your smoke is blueish or black its normally oil ior diesel burning, when my HG went it was plumes and plumes of brilliant white smoke, I have a td5. Header tansk are...
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    I saw this, is this good value?

    Well i have been toying with the idea of changing me baby for something else, disco 3 or even dare i say a VW Torage thingy, something the wife would handle better, anyway saw this and thought f***k the wife i could have a toy and she can have a fiesta.... Used Land Rover Discovery 4x4 3.9 V8i...
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    bobtail discovery!!!!

    Its mad i know but by searching with the words "bob tail pics" it brings back this for you. http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/bobtail-discovery-build-up-project-thread-105727.html
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    sagging rear sorted

    Im not 100% but would it be advisable to tell your insurance company about the changes, or is that more for 5 seat to 7 conversions, or does a change to the suspension need declaring? Just a thought
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    Is there an easier way, TD5 oil leak?

    Thanks folks for all the help and advice, i will get it booked in but i do fear the worse. Matt
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    Is there an easier way, TD5 oil leak?

    Its an Auto td5, and im only going by what im told, where engine and gbox meet, i presume?
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    Is there an easier way, TD5 oil leak?

    Thanks for the replies, I love the "whip the engine out and have a look comment" no chance im afraid. Im sure its the bell housing seal as my remap warped my manifold so i had a new manifold fitted at JE Engineering in Coventry (highly praised on here) and they told me about the problem. Is...
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    Is there an easier way, TD5 oil leak?

    Dont shoot me down here as im not that clever around the spanners, so I already know im possibly into big bucks. My 106k mile TD5 is leaking trans oil from between the bell housing and engine??, is there an easy fix to temp stop this, if not is it a big bugga off job to replace the seal and...
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    cheap comercial on ebay

    He dont mince his words does he in the ad,lol!
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    Insurance Question, and i have searched honest

    Your right, I phoned them......but.... Most bizzare!! i rang them and the remap isnt modified enough for them to cover me? I have little time to buy a snorkel fit and reinsure through them despte the 'possible'saving, although worth remembering next time. He said " we only insure through...
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    Insurance Question, and i have searched honest

    Cheers, but frank pickles site will not let you get a quote for a none modified LR, unless I declare my chip of course?
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    Insurance Question, and i have searched honest

    well after phoning around to all suggestions on here and filling out all the known comparison sites im staying with my current ins company One Call (although i still have until Feb 1st), as i said i stupidly over looked covering my NCB and after 15 +yrs of no claims have reduced it to only 4yrs...
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    chirp chirp

    Please correct me but the penny trick dosnt work on TD5's does it?, I have a chirp/squeak and i think its a bearing or water pump gone will try the talc trick though.
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    Insurance Question, and i have searched honest

    Cheers all for the replies I will ring Lancaster and not use the web site so i can explain it all, i will post in the next week or so the outcome.
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    Insurance Question, and i have searched honest

    Cheers for the reply, I think i will phone around as 10 yrs no bumps and then some silly bint stops on green/amber light, all 4 of her wheels were 10yds over the line and I was stopping as well at low speed but just hadnt anticipated my weight and her being where I thought i was going to stop...
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    Insurance Question, and i have searched honest

    OK 2001 TD5 auto with 106k I reckon about £6k worth, just been quoted £1200 full comp me and misses, I had one bump in it last year first in 10yrs or so and had no cover on my No claims (oversight on my behalf wat a ****), I nudged a car that stopped on a green /amber light and of course being a...