The Rangie has just died.First time it's done it. Was coming home, and
it conked out. After much cranking, during which it fires a bit then
dies, it ran. About 30 seconds later it stopped again. Now it cranks,
starts to fire, idles about 200rpm for about 10 seconds then stops

Recent law in France mate, you need a flouro vest for all peeps in the car.

Guess who having prblems again! I have 2 for the experts here to
ponder over :
1) Front tyre wear on inside of tyres.  Had tracking checked and thats
fine, tyres are correct pressures, this is the second set its killed,

The experts here having solved the previous issue several days ago - I
hope they may do the same with this one.
My farmer neighbour recently bought a few years old Freelander TD4 -
with the current TD4 BMW engine.

Part of the winch challenge.  
It was the first time I'd seen the winch challenge teams and was a bit
gobsmacked by what they could do.  For some unknown reason, though,
there's only one video on my phone though I took many.  Not great

All,
I have quite a lot of water coming in my 110, definitely through the
windscreen (well, from around it ;-) and probably from around the right
hand side roof window. (Oh, and the rear door window is also leaky, but

Off to the Bakewell Show this weekend, not a Landrover show, but never
mind.
Anyone got any pointers for good green lanes in the area?  Anyone fancy
meeting up to do a few lanes?  Saturday would be best as 'the show'

Crikey, that was a bigger job than I expected.
2 hours to do the whole lot, drilling bodywork always make me wince ;(
Now to fit the new side vents, oh hang on, i need to take the front mudflaps
off for one bolt ffs.......

I'm getting kind of peeved now.
Couple of weeks back had to tow the boss back, she was in the v8.  On
her way along the motorway it had been losing power, then as she got
onto Bluebell hill she got 1/2 way up, and had to abandon the car in

Due to the silly price of diesel I've been mixing cooking oil & diesel
in my TD300 - but of course the more cooking oil - the harder to
start, especially in cold weather so can't go much more than 50/50.
But what about going say 90/10 cooking oil/petrol. Would the petrol

Mrs_D informs me Tesco have the 5p off offer on again.
Thought it may be of interest :-)
Lee D

I was changing the brake pads on the Defender today, and noticed a fair bit
of play on the back wheels. Consulting the manual suggests that there are
two taper bearings on each hub. The only job listed in the workshop manual
is replacement, and I was wondering if they are ...

freecycled today ...
# 20" bow saw (for lane clearance Mr D)
# Rear light guards for L/R (model unspecified)
and kudos to the chap placing a 'wanted' for a conservatory - what a lot  

I have a '52 plate Disco 2 ES with the SatNav fitted. It works fine in
as much as it always seems to know where I am. Which is more than I can
say for myself.
When I first got the car, I used this toy and generated a few routes.

Good evening,
I am the proud owner of a scottish, 48 years old,  Serie II, now retired in
Brittany
Spring blades, exhaust pipe and manifold has to be changed one year ago...