See http://www.yachtinguniverse.com/print.php?sid=3389
I know this charity from my sailing and hospital connections - they do a
fabulous job supporting those who are affected by cancer and I'm livid that
some scumbag should nick their transport.

As a follow up to one of my earlier posts.
The dim charging light got slightly brighter.
The battery got flatter.
The 110 wouldn't start!

As the owner of just one 19J (running quite nicely thank you), I'm now
heading for nervous-wreckdom. But I had a good smile too...
Regards,
Simonm.

I recently went away on holiday, left my Freelander locked with the alarm
on, was away just over 2 weeks. Landrover assured me the battery would cope
with the drain for 2 weeks no problems!
Not the case I'm afraid, this happened last year too, I replaced the battery

Several of you will have met my younger son, Jonathan, 5; and I know you
will all wish him well, as he goes into hospital (Alder Hey) today for
major surgery on his hip tomorrow morning. After that (and two days or
so on morphine....heyyyyy) he is in a Spica or frog cast for ...

Suddenly the key will not turn in the ignition lock of my 1997 Disco
TDI. The key goes in freely but refuses to turn, same result with the
key I normally use and the less used spare. Anyone have any ideas?
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Hands up all those with pressure washers?
Have you remembered to fully drain them before you put them away in the shed
/garage? ( pipes off turn on side to remove any water/detergent/whatever)
Probably a good time to check!

Well Martyn's been busy , more to get the membership renewals up on line but
the rest of the sites structure is looking good.
I especially like the random picture function :0) ... nothing to do with a
piccy of Morph as a Baby being on there you see!

What is people's experience. Is it 'abuse' or inevitable on a
particular engine.
The 1.8 Freelander engines are obviously a bit prone to it but the same
engine didn't have problems in the Rover cars so this would indicate

Friend has just bought a cheap (silver) 4x4 from an auction.
What appeared to be dust all over the glass, etc. has turned out be
over-spray from a really cheap 'n' dodgy bonnet respray.
Anybody got an any ideas on how to best remove it?

Thanks for the earlier replies ref the thermostat, will check it out in the
morning.
The only other problem with the car (which is otherwise in great nick for
under £3k!) is that I can't engage the diff-lock. The lever won't push

OK Judith the sealant I used is made by a company named "Granvile" and is on
a card covered with a clear plastic bubble. It is about the size of a large
toothpaste. I would imagine that most silicon sealants would do the same but
I can vouch for this stuff.

is it the freeloader TD4 that has a diesel-burning heater to supplement the
normal one?
if it's gonna be cold, I wouldn't mind one on the minibus... anyone know if
this is so or if it's available either new or s/h and how much?

No, I'm not planning to re-use it myself!
Thing is, I've had a few sets of brakes to bleed recently, resulting in
about 2-3 pints of bled-off fluid.
Last time I went to the dump I forgot to take it with me, but asked the

Had the Disco in to the garage as it wasn't warming up, it needed loads of
water in the cooling system, a bleed through and a new temp gauge sender
unit. Gauge now rises to the normal mid point after a run but the heater is
still blowing cold in the cabin. If I accelerate I hear ...