After investigation I found this part is a ballast resistor for the coil, which drops the coil voltage from 12v to 9v, except when starting. Disconnecting it let the coil have 12v all the time which it seemed to like, but over a period of time this fries the coil. Next step is to try a new coil...

My 1995 Discovery 3.9 v8 has had idling problems. On the LT positive side of the coil there are three wires attached. One of these wires leads to a small squat cylinder that is bolted to a plate near the coil and radiator. If I disconnect this wire the engine runs great. Obviously this is not a...

That's an interesting thought, the boot floor is getting a bit rusty around the edges, I might have a look and see where the extra seat fixing would go. Cheers

Thanks for that, it sounds like it would be a very involved job, certainly beyond my capabilities. It'll just be a case of relying on the lap belt I think. Cheers

I'm sure you're right, but I wonder if you could just make that a bit clearer. I'm guessing the Discovery 1 has two mounting points for the lap belt and I thought the actual inertia reel was fixed onto the seat back of the Discovery 2 seat. Is it that the lap belt fixings are not strong enough...

Rear seat on my 1995 Discovery has two 3 point belts and a lap belt on centre seat. Having three 3 point belts would be ideal. Looking at some threads on this topic I haven't seen any mention of putting the rear seat from a Discovery 2 into a Discovery 1, so I assume it's impossible or very...

Thanks, I'll have another look at them, sounds as if they should come out OK.

On a 95 Discovery is it possible to change the bulbs in the switches which are in the binnacle around the instruments? i.e. the rear windscreen washer + wiper switch and stereo control switches? Or do you have to replace the whole switch to get it to light up again? Cheers.

Tried most of the things suggested but no improvement. Eventually gave in and took it to local independent garage. Where it turned out to be failing air flow meter. Expensive fix, but it works. Thanks for all advice received.

Have checked pretty much all of these and no real improvement.

Thanks for those. Battery and alternator are OK, have checked for vacuum leaks and can't find anything. I'll have ago at the distributor over the weekend. I don't think I've got the equipment to check ECU readings. Base idle and throttle linkages are OK. Might change the plugs if things don't...

I've not noticed mine is affected by slopes, it seems to stall in any situation, if it feels like it.

Hi My 95 3.9 efi v8 has a problem with cutting out when idling. It doesn't do it all the time and happens cold or warm, but more often when warm. When idling the revs will begin to rise and fall, until eventually they fall enough to cut out. The more load there is on the engine, e.g...