Ok i can weld, spray and rebuild an engine. My son as works for a garage, i am looking for something to restore to a good standard then keep for myself to use when i go shooting etc, i dont mind hard work but dont have piles of money to throw at it. but can spend bit by bit if you understand me

I am looking to buy an old land rover 90, 110 or defender to restore over the summer. What should i be looking for and how much should i be looking to pay for an old one? your advice would be great before i jump in Regards Steve

Ok i have got a decent head gasket set sorted, my lad works at a garage and got me a set at a fair price along with a new water pump and stetch bolts but he can not get the uprated oil rail, i have scanned the net and found nothing on these, just seams there is lots of talk about them but no one...

Upto now the head has never been done, I was going to buy a set with the gaskets and bolts in it. But the oil rail is new to me, is this in the gasket set or a separate item? And I have seen loads of sets on eBay all seam to be the same but the prices range from 40 quid to 140 quid??? The head...

I think you are missing the point, i am not fixing anything just fitting uprated parts to prevent the problem happening to start with. The K engine does have its ups and downs granted but for what my mrs needs it for its fine, I have a tdi discovery but i do alot more with it. I am just looking...

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Ok as some of you may know i have got the mrs a 2001 freelander 1.8 petrol. I got it for a good price and its only had 2 owners and covered just over 62000 miles. I have a good look over it and only found the rear diff mount needs changing and i have bought one ready to fit when i get a break in...

I do only need to surrport the rear diff and nothing else dont i??

When doing this does the rear diif need to be help up with an axel stand? Thanks

The two rear mounts look fine, none of the rubber looks cracked or perished, the front one is harder to see, I have not tried a bar on the vcu mounts though, i just tried moving the prop by hand and looked at the vcu mounts when i did this and could not see any play there. After doing some...

What do you mean? Basicly all i did was get underneth and gave the prop shaft a good tug, and that was soild in all directions. So then i went to the back and tried to move the rear diff by hand, it seamed ok so then i got a bar to see if it had any play with a bit more force, when i bared it it...

How much play if any should there be in the rear diff mounts? It is starting to knock when at low speed changing from 1st to 2nd. i tried to move the prop shaft and there is no movement there at all, so go a bar to the rear diff and it moves a touch???

Could this not be replaced straight away if she got it?? there must be up rated parts for them if they are that bad?

Hi everyone, i have a disco and my mrs is looking at freelanders and she has been offered a 2000 reg 1.8 petrol freelander with 61k on the clock and only 2 owners from new. Now i have been told different things by alot of people 1 of them being the head gasket going??? any advice on this would...

Cheers, the battery holder is missing all togther does any one refurbish these or is it not worth the hassle?

When i got my Discovery i got a remote with it, its a land rover single button fob and the guy i bought it from never used it. I tried it nothing so i opened it up to get a new battery, this where the problem it there is no sign of a battery or even a battery holder??????? Can anyone shed any...

I read a similar thread on hear the other day, same problem, heaters were cold, it turned out they ended up doing the head gasket but did not have the head skimmed, when it was removed and checked it was warped and needed a mil of it. Just seen you had the head done and the only other thing...

cheers will keep you posted

Well i fixed the temp gauge works spot on now:) Still not got to the bottom of the battery light stopping on though? There is some oily crud on the back side of the alternator were all the wiring is so i think i will give all that a good clean and see what happens.

do some reading on the net, and this is a comman fault with discos of this year. I did not know this but do now and it seams you can get a dash repair kit to basicly hold it down and cover it up. But i cant find any where that sells them???????