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LZ is more than just a car forum. It's therapy too.

Its been a mad 3 days. I've had to deal with this episode and at the same time another van that has a type of handbrake that makes it easier to get to the back from the front of the van. When you engage it, it then goes floppy and the handle...

You gotta love dealing with the public. 🤣

Had to call the police today to stop 1 of our campers/customers. We've had a customer complaining the brakes on the camper he's rented are really bad. So we tries to book him in to a garage to get them looked at. We managed to get him in to 1...

i had a very worn cam (in the end) it presented as popping under acceleration.it was actually blowback into the inlet when the inlet valve opened, as the exhaust valve wasnt opening

NGK. I've never had trouble with them. Dad used to have a marine shop and used many, many thousands. Had one faulty one, ever. I run NGK in my VWs and the Disco 1 (actually, everything, in honesty 🤣 ) High RPM misfire can be a worn cam too, if...

I've had dozens of various Land Rovers vehicles with V8's in them. For the love of God please don't waste your money on Champion plugs. The quality is terrible in my experience. I only fit NGK, or Denso. Get a set NGK BCP6ES for a road car or...

Chuck it in the bin and start again, I spent an age recovering my 90 headlining and reinforcing the bit by the alpine windows, this has now sagged again!

Probably the thermostat stuck part open - that's the more usual way for them to fail, so warmup take ages, if at all...

Doing the above is not good for the alternator and can result in damaging the voltage regulator.

Huh? Guessing you haven't owned one then, or maybe didn't know where to look? There is a MASSIVE range of "aftermarket" parts for BMW, even from the manufacturers who made the originals: Lemforder, Valeo, Bosch, Bremi, Beru, etc, etc, etc. They...

It's trying hard to reduce the fuelling on the even bank. A new sensor does NOT gaurantee it's OK. Also needs the wiring checked. The 14CUX is pretty basic, A lambda sensor fault is NOT usually caused by a reading that's a bit out of range, but...

I keep thinking this thread is about a Freelander that does 2 mog!!!

You have no excuses for dirty smalls now! Hope the job works out.

Really Anaconda? A 20 year old original hose with 20 years wear / tear and temp cycling, will still be better than a new Britpart one? Are Britpart that bad?

Holy crap. Opposite of up here! I was sweating my balls off! Must have been 90% humid, but "only" 26C. Prolly doesn't help that I changed jobs - no longer in Public health, where you get to do stuff-all for double the pay... I now work in a...

I took my 1.2:1 Disco box out and fitted a 1.4:1 with the V8 5th gear. The D2 box was awful, made my 300tdi as flat as a pancake in the get up and go department. My mpg was lower too as I was always pressing down with the right foot, any hill...

Because they snap cranks and they snap cranks and if you have been on the receiving end of a snapped crank on two occasions in the same vehicle in short succession, then looking at alternate engines for an otherwise very nice and comfortable...

Yes the M57 is a superior unit, It's been done but I imagine it wouldn't be easy.. But no engine conversion ever is. If you decide to go ahead with it, post the progress ;)

I'm in NZ, but use www.spareto.com although I only buy brands I know from there. I've never had an issue and have probably spent about the equivalent of 5000 UK Pounds for BMW's, VW/Audi, Subaru, Land Rover and some oddball other cars.

Here, On a Disco 1 This is with the wing removed, and the plastic scuttle cover, at the very base of the A pillar Door on the left of the pic, corner of bonnet of the right (green): But that ENTIRE seam on Disco 1's lets water in, once the...

At the base of the windscreen, where the pillar joins the inner wing and scuttle area, there is a hole from manufacture. It *had* sealer in it, but it dries out - just like the ****ty crap the used in the gutters. The whole seam is a leak point...

Did all of these suggestions aside from the roverguage and advancing the timing from where it currently is set. Rovergauge will be in a week or two depending how long the cable takes to reach me. I had already cleaned the hell out of the...

You don't HAVE to use the correct plug - I just got a plug off a VW loom in my junk pile, and soldered it's wires to the pins in the original socket, then wired my Rovergauge to the matching VW plug. I still have both plugs under there, if I...

Get Rovergauge. the car is NOT OBD compliant. The hunting idle, if not related to a vacuum leak or poorly set idle bypass etc, often comes from running rich. If the emmisions are that bad, it probably IS runing rich, but SO MANY people try to...

An auto box should not be able to stall an engine. If the engine stalls when the power steering is in use the it’s an engine issue, or idle setting. IMO. J

Quite coincidental this because I used the manual gear selection in my F2 for the first time this weekend. We went over a pass where plenty of vehicles burn their brakes out by the time they've got to the bottom. I was using it to brake rather...

You probably just have to do it properly. If you don't activate the kickdown, it'll hold 2nd. Full torque request is reached before the kickdown is activated. It's a saftey feature that makes a lot of sense. What if you need to suddenly...