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    your thoughts on 2" lift on discovery 300tdi

    Last year i fitted terrafirma 2" suspension lift kit medium duty and larger tyres to my discovery since then i have gone through UJ's and a rubber doughnut on the prop shafts. Steering is a little heavier with the caster angle change with the lift. I have cured the doughnut wear by lengthening...
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    300tdi turbo

    Needing help with finding a decent supplier of a new cartridge CHRA for my 300tdi. Not after an upgrade just a good standard turbo. Mine has started letting oil through to the intercooler and intake manifold. Got a 1000mile round trip coming up next weekend so it would be good to get it sorted...
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    Discovery 1 1997 central locking

    sorry flash when unlocking not when locking
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    Discovery 1 1997 central locking

    no the interior lights go out when i pull the fuse. also noticed indicators dont flash when locking the car with the remote fob but flash when locking
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    Discovery 1 1997 central locking

    yes the connector was unplugged
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    Discovery 1 1997 central locking

    right so i found the circuit that was shorting out by unplugging f6 on the top satelite fuses . which happens to be the aux/trailer lights. so back to the original problem of no rear wiper and interior lights on all the time . would suspect it thinks there is a door open. This may also explain...
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    Discovery 1 1997 central locking

    well i discovered I have got a short some where because when i disconnect the earth from the battery and put a meter across the earth lead and earth terminal on the battery I'm getting a good 13.7v. So my next step is to pull every fuse till i get rid of the short and see what fuse that...
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    Discovery 1 1997 central locking

    right thanks nip out and try that, well it locked but wouldn't unlock when reversing the polarity.Had to re connect the amr 6429 to get the central locking to open the doors.
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    Discovery 1 1997 central locking

    just tried putting 12v to pins 2 and three on the green c274 plug to see if i could get the doors to lock unlock no joy there. wonder if i put 12v to pin 7 on the other connector. do i have to earth out any of the ground wires of the 2 connectors? thanks for that
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    Discovery 1 1997 central locking

    Had the usual electric faults with my disco interior lights always on and no rear wiper. Replaced the mfu with a tested one still no joy . Disconnect the 2 connectors on the alarm central locking ecu amr 6429 under the glove box hey presto all electrics working as they should. Now i cant start...
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    300tdi replacement engine

    I don't understand this post I removed my cooling fan 6 years ago and have never had a problem with 300tdi over heating. Don't even carry it around in the boot anymore if any thing there over cooled . And 3.5 tons on a disco 300tdi is asking for trouble not enough power to pull that. max I...
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    Disco 1 300tdi bigend Bearing replacement

    My disco is going to get its 170,000 service next weekend. And I was thinking about replacing the big end bearings on the con rods while i'm at it . Do I replace them with standard bearings or +10 Thou (0.25mm). The crankshaft has not been reground its just as is from factory. Also...
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    Discovery - How to repair a leaking sunroof guide

    I tried all the fixes with the sunroofs out but a year later leaking again. Never use them any way here in Scotland and they rattle when you open them even more so when you slide them back. So I'm going to try the vinyl wrap way cover the roof in carbon fibre wrap and cut two rectangles out to...
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    Tarrafirma tf 201 kit

    so what the offset bushes do is rotate the axle to bring the caster back inline with original speck. So if you are looking at the drivers front wheel it would rotate the axle anti clock wise is that right?
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    Tarrafirma tf 201 kit

    Well I got my terrafirma spring kit yesterday morning fitted it straight away and went out for drive later that morning.I went with the tf 202 kit medium load in the end . I was a little worried about it being to hard but its spot on handling is much improved .Braking improved as well because of...
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    Tarrafirma tf 201 kit

    Hi All just fitted new bearmach standard springs all round and Armstrong shocks to my disco 300tdi 1997. What a load of crap. worse than the soft original springs I took off. going down our lane which is a bit of a dirt track the disco bottoms out on the bumps stops never had that happen before...
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    stub axle bolts

    Needing help with bolt size had a bolt shear on the disco 1 it was one of the bolts holding the disk on to the hub and it destroyed the heads on the bolts holding the stub axle to the swivel housing. so needing to replace bolts. That one bolt head smashed the disc destroyed the hub where the...
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    battery discharge

    Think I solved it the light in the ignition switch was shorting out will leave it for a few days and see . No arching when connecting battery earth terminal now.
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    battery discharge

    Brand new 100 amp alternator fitted and power still been drained with alternator disconnected. Battery fully charged with charger over night . Battery good left disconnect and went and checked the voltage tonight and still holding a good charge since sunday . Disco started first turn of the key...