Can't believe how tight these nuts are, the steel and alloy must have truly melded together. I talked myself out of buying a 3/4 inch socket and bar on the way home and instead came up with the crazy idea of using a ring spanner and jack, the 1st one I tried cracked off beautifully, the next one...

Great... Will do, thanks

So, now the brakes have free'd off I thought I'd better take a look at them. Fronts first, I took the wheels off no problem, started to remove the pads and as i removed them the friction lining separated from the back plate! Ok so I checked the callipers and only one of the pistons was...

Just come back in, thought a little brute force and ignorance would do the trick, quite right Mark L, low range and a bit quick off the clutch did the job. The brakes are still operational but certainly not good enough for the road. Some further investigation & time required. Thanks All.

Thanks, I was thinking things over and I don't think it can be much else, hopefully not too big of a job

Can anyone help? I have a Discovery 1 V8 Manual, the vehicle has been parked in the garage for about 6 months, when put I put the vehicle away it drove fine, all gears ok, handbrake fine although wouldn't ratchet up. Today I have lubed the ratchet and handbrake lever mechanism and this now...