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I’m still trying to finally confirm with the choke control should be on a 1990 V8 with SU carburettors – someone kindly suggested it should be mounted on left of the upper steering column shroud but is there anybody running a V8 that can finally confirm this before I try and look for the part...

Thanks for the responses, I checked the official LR manual can't find anything regarding automatic chokes but it very definitely shows and discusses the manual choke.

Can someone with an early Discovery 1 V8 tell me what the choke control should look like? Picture below shows choke knob exiting from dashboard, it looks to me like there was originally a plate or something like it behind it as it looks like there's an impression of something oblong having been...

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I'm trying to get a wash/wipe stalk switch for my D1and I found out that the same switch is in early RR classics, only they are also difficult to find. However, Land Rover Treasure Shop Cyprus has them NOS, but I have never used them before and in these days of scams are they legit?? Anyone used...

Thank you so much! I guessed that square in the diagram must be all one unit, your confirmation saves me a lot of time. Difficult to test this fully, other than the relay itself, FW6, but I just looked at them online and they are between £10 and £12 so no big deal to change once I've checked out...

Can somebody help me understand where all this stuff is!! Washers not working so I'm looking to locate the relay which I believe is behind the panel on the passenger side – but which one is it? Also all the other items on the diagram below FW 7 through FW 14 of these all in one unit or...

I'm about to try and adjust the mixture on my 3.5 V8 with SU's and seem to recall from a Morgan running the same engine that is not as simple as the carb of the left feeds the left bank and the carb on the right on the right feeds the right, there is a crossover. I seem to recall that each carb...

Excellent! Thank you so much for that investigative work – I shall look further on the vehicle!

Thanks for your response, very definitely a early D1 V8 registered 1990, Jay as they are sometimes called - I was surprised to find brake pad wear connections when I started stripping down the front brakes but it definitely has them. Photo below shows the lights, parking brake on to the left of...

The brake pad wear warning light on my Discovery 1 flickers when the handbrake is applied, ignition on, never goes to a solid light. This is the only time the brake pad warning light comes on, all of the brake pads are fine. Someone suggested it might be a bad earth, or possibly a partial...

I’m in the process of refurbishing the front brake callipers on a Discovery I, they are in a pretty poor state with two of the pistons almost impossible to get out. Looking at the LR manual and a couple of online videos it is stressed that the two halves of the calliper should not be separated...

Brief update – with the aid of an induction heater, which I have written up in my other post on getting the swivel bolts out, all of them came out cleanly using a 9/16 ring spanner only. Probably no surprise that all of the bolts are of the same diameter so whoever had the swivel off last...

I did try with the ring spanner after using some penetrating oil it was clear that we weren't going to budge or I was going to ruin the heads. Following is the link, you can get the basic kit or other ones with more coils etc

Your suggestion for an induction heater got me thinking so I started looking at what’s available and given the number of seized fasteners I’m going to have to deal with on this vehicle I took the plunge!, picture below. Got this from Amazon after reading some reviews and looking at them being...

Tomorrow, hopefully, I will be attempting to get the swivel ball away from the axle on the D1, no doubt with quite a bit of swearing and cursing! I am sure this is common to Discovery, Defender and probably Series but I didn’t know till today that one of the seven bolts, dowels as the Land...

Thanks for all the responses to this – at the end of the day there is no shortcut so I think I need to prepare for a bit of pain!

Thanks for that suggestion, I have looked online for Kluber release spray this seems a manufacturer a lot of different sprays for various applications – you don't happen to know the particular product number or name do you?

Looking for some wise advice! I have a swivel oil seal leak on Discovery 1 which needs fixing. I have looked at the alternative to removing the swivel such as cutting the seal and fitting it to the swivel housing that way but it doesn't seem recommended. So the only alternative is to separate...