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    Chassis rear out rigger

    Cheers for that I will keep that one for future use, I have finished the job now did a bit of fabricating pushing half in side what was left of the chassis half finished up better than I thought.
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    Chassis rear out rigger

    Sorry forgot to photo at start, but chopped half off body bit and spot welded and MIG welded the rest. Will post finished job.
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    Chassis rear out rigger

    Forgot to take pictures to bloody cold.
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    Front axle

    I have done both the pig for me as the bolts the muti hexagonal heads had gone, so I had to batter on an old under sized socket to get them off, it was straight for ward after that buy new bolts as well.
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    Chassis rear out rigger

    Cheers Gents fabrication it is. The only site I found was Rimmer Brothers but it is now out of stock.
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    Chassis rear out rigger

    Any one know if a rear chassis to body out rigger can be bought, drivers side rear. For a DISCO 1 200 TDI
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    D1 boot floor repair

    Ok in your world it never happend, but in my world I drive round in it every day, so I am living in never never land. 200 tdi 1993 white 5 door 7 seats Disco, if you still dout, I will try to find some photos or take some for the douting Thomas.
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    D1 boot floor repair

    Hi have I fitted ali checker plate cross braced with new steel struts bolted in place with stainless steel bolts and penny washers, redrilled the holes for seats and belts that was 2 years ago and it keeps passing it MOT,l solid as a rock and no rot .
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    Disco 2 Disco 1 series 3

    I have a disco 1 200 TDI 94 and I have had it 14 years, my Mrs said get a newer one, no chance I cut out the floor last year and put in 3mm ali checker, this year new inner wings, they go on for ever. Enjoy it, its a big tonka toy.
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    Why did you buy a disco!!

    2nd buyer, I thought I would buy it on my way to a Td5 Disco, 13 years later still got it, and its so reliable, 200 Tdi 1994, knocking out 30 mpg, plus its all mechanical. Why change. I love it.
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    Cheapest place for tyres

    Had to get them fitted and balanced, still quids in, in Manchester Avon Rangers 16" £140 each. £240 fitted and balanced. Camskill £85 each £5 delivery £10 each fitted and balanced. £195.
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    Cheapest place for tyres

    Try Camskill I always buy my Avons from there, nearly half price. And last time £5 delivery very quick too.
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    Plastic inner door lining

    Heavy duty black plastic on a roll for concrete in Wickes or
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    head gasket blowing from back end ? .. how long

    My disco 1 blew in the same place towing back from North Wales, with my Ranger caravan on, it came back fine, but got very loud, when I did the head 2 days later a small groove was just starting in the aluminum head, along the blow hole line, do it as soon as possible to save a new head (£200...
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    Alternative method to bleed cooling system?

    A trick I use, after running when topped up, run the front up ramps for 5mins then down, and I find the air comes out of the system and your level drops in the header tank.
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    HELP cant get my brakes back

    A trick I use, do the last cylinder, and close it down a little at a time until the pressure builds, just until it gets rock hard, use some one in the car to pump, the other thing I do is to close the nipple after the one pump when the pedal is at the bottom of the stroke, then let it up when...
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    Disco rebuild project

    A little tip, I repaired the inner wing, because the water comes out of the hole above the cross support from the windscreen catch area, I fitted a nipple in the hole and ran a pipe from it to the plastic inner liner, and it drains on the top of the tyre, and leaves the inner wing dry, so no...
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    clutch woes.. think this is gonna be expensive!

    Mines has just done the same, the slave had gone but I had no leak, I had lack of fluid, so I took the slave off and felt inside the bellhousing and a found puddle, the seal had turned to mush. (It had only been on 10 years.)
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    efficiency tips

    Put K & N air filter on it they like to take a lot of clean full of air .
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    HELP !! battery light and engine stall ?

    I had similar problems, found my alternator was going down, the bearing had collapsed that keeps everything working and not touching at the diode end. Had to run on battery till it went flat, on Exmoor at the time, new alternator fixed it, might be worth a look.