If anyone's going to know this, it's you lot ;-)
What's the best way to demist in an older vehicle?  If heat's not
readily available, opening all the windows and blasting cold air at
the screen seems to help, as the mist appears to be moist air cooling

can tekaloid be thinned?

Hi all.
Just bought a nice Discovery II V8 which has a quality LPG
conversion. The engine purrs along beautifully, but..
.. the only thing is that the engine runs rather fast on tickover

The 101 is now on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270055995464&ssPageN
ame=ADME:B:EF:UK:11
Full details on http://www.lobsternet.org/101 as before.

For a couple of months now we've had a sporadic bad vibration, only ever
related to road speed rather than engine speed and got so bad occasionally
the CD player wouldn't.
We'd replaced a CV joint, UJ on rear of front prop-shaft, generally tidied

I have noticed that my TD5 Defender 110 (2002) has a knocking sound
when I pull away in 1st gear. It is also noticeable in second gear. If
I let the clutch out slowly and carefully it doesnt knock.
Is this something to worry about, or do all defenders have this knock?

I am fitting a 300 TDi engine into a 101 and wonder if anyone knows what
thread the unions are on the 300 TDi engine fuel lift pump as everywhere I
have been doesn't recognise them.

I'm looking for a pair of doors (lift up handle or push button type) to
fit my 90. It's going in for a respray early next year and I like a
pair to replace my current damaged (due to break in) ones.
Preferably as rust free bottoms as possible and with all the

The hot/cold air blower runs at settings 2 and 3 only - nothing at
setting 1.   I conclude that the portion of current limiting resistor
used for the slowest speed has burnt out and that the fan is OK.  But I
haven't made any tests with a meter to prove this (yet).   A study of

The auto box on my Disco 1 V8 clunks quite alarmingly when going from
forward to reverse and vice versa, seems worse when warm. Only started doing
it fairly recently, any ideas what it could be please? Fluid has been
changed fairly recently.

The time has come, the rear brakes on my 3.9 Mreg Disco are
complaining.  A quick look tonight between rain showers/tornados
reveals very very worn pads and buggered discs.  Initial thoughts are
replace discs and pads.  But bearing in mind the age of the car and the

still after a seat box for a 90/110 if anyone has one.
anywhere in the south east would be good.
must be pre 300tdi to fit over lt77 box.
also selling a six bolt power steering box if anyone is interested.

Is it normal to have freeplay in the front propshaft on a 90?
is this the reason for the clunk on take up and during gear changes?

Hi everyone.  I have a 2001 Disco with SLS.  The fault light does not come
on, but the vehicle won't lift.  If I try and put it in ORM, the light just
flashes and never shuts off; the vehicle doesn't rise at all.  Any thoughts?
Much appreciated!!

My water temperature guage appears to have blown up (it made some
sparks and blew the fuse!) and no longer seems to want to read
properly (it goes straight to high when powered).
It is a round 52mm TIM one.