Hi KiwiTDI, In NZ, I guess?My 2001 Disco II, TD5 had a jubilee clip on the cooler inlet pipe when we had acquired it @ 96000 km, 4years ago, so I suspect that the pressure is not too high. It's a long story, but cooler lines were replaced a few months ago, about AU$200 for the OEM pipes...

It's a sump off job. But! make sure that you have the front axle fully dropped. Either do it on a 2 post hoist or jack up the body before you start, then it's failry straightforward. Otherwise you arre stuffing around trying to lift the front end to get sufficient clearance over the axle to...

Have a TD5 Series II, auto, and do a lot of heavy towing - with horses - that means live load and when things get hilly and twisty, things have to be done S L O W L Y. The ZF auto handles all this without a murmer. Hot? This is in South Australia, towing in an amibent temperature of 35C is...

Thanks CharlesY, but the problem I am faced with is not the usual amount of T/C slippage but the fact that the trans lets the engine drop back to (almost) idle whilst we are merrily going along, and accelerating. I am not talking high road speeds, say 25 to 60 kph, but with the engine idling...

Thank you Lerk for asking the question I was going to ask. My problem is with heavy towing (horses, 2.5+ tonnes total trailer weight) I have to change back to 2nd & sometimes 1st in order to anything like engine braking, even then it's hard on the electric trailer brakes! A lower speed lockup...

Not at all! I presume that this is just another of those unfortunate printing errors, just like the one about only changing the engine's centrifugal oil filter at 60K kms?

Couldn't avoid this thread. Just acquired our TD5 a few weeks ago. 98K (kms) on the clock and always serviced by an L/R dealer, except for the last two 10k services. Decided to 'baseline' the whole car and changed every fluid/oil/lube including all filters (yes, the auto filter as well)...