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This is the front-end of my Land Rover Discovery flexing. Below, the pose I put it in shows that it doesn't take much of a hill to unload the front end of the Discovery (RTE 3" springs), and how when the front end is unloaded, it mostly fails to flex. As you can see, the driver's side wheel is...

I'm looking at getting a spare carrier fabricated. My Tactical Rovers rear bumper has the mount built-in, but I understand TR is still working on their carrier design which may end up having a lot more features than I'm looking for anyway. I talked to a local fabricator who can do whatever I'm...

I'm looking for a raised spare carrier or adapter plate. It doesn't work to flip the D1's carrier. I'm just looking to see if anyone has something used.

I just put some spacers on my front axle. I wanted a wider track with the 3" lift and when I get to taller tires, I want a decent turning radius without rubbing the radius arms. As it was, the 245's were rubbing with the factory steering stop adjustment. I'd like to space out the rear so the...

I made a little movie on my lunch break yesterday. Some of you have been amazed in wonder at the subjects of my muse, so I thought I would show you that I actually drive the Land Rover sometimes. It's just around a field and down some fire roads. I hope you enjoy it. Part 1...

Soujourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and soon, Curiosity. Those are Rovers. They don't have four-links, or even coilovers. They don't race Baja, or even go fast. They're closer to crawlers, crater crawlers to be exact, and total trailer queens, but after all, their trailer can hit mach 10! The first...

Being new to Land Rovers and offroad suspensions with long travel, I'm starting to understand the problem of the rear springs, although it's obviously nothing new, it's new to me. After installing my aftermarket "lift" springs, I found them to be short and stiff. In fact, I found all the coil...

I'm interested to see the result of modifying Discoveries. If you've added a lift, changed springs, tires, radius arms, put a non-selectable locker or TrueTrac in any differential, removed swaybars or done anything to a stock Discovery that affected the handling, no matter how little or how...

I failed this hill climb on the weekend. I couldn't afford to risk the use a lot of inertia so I crawled up as far as I could. I failed just below the white outcropping that appears just below the top (the hill is actually a lot higher than the photo shows but it gets less steep over that crest...

Exactly what is it that fails? The vacuum pipe? no-return valve? The servo assembly? Mine works most of the time, but when it doesn't, all the pressure I can put on the pedal barely causes the brakes to hold the wheels on a hill. Can I fix it or should I swap in hydro-boost? If it just...

On some occasions I seem to lose power brakes and I have to stand on the pedal as hard as I can to get the brakes to work at all. I have new pads, rotors and I thoroughly cleaned and inspected the calipers as part of a routine procedure after I bought it. I also replaced the rubber brake...

JLR adds 1000+ Solihull jobs: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-15670539 This follows a report in April of the addition of 1000 engineering jobs, and 1500 apprenticeships. JLR has basically doubled it's headcount, and reported over a billion pounds profit last year, and is...

I broke my rear spring retainer this afternoon going through a narrow twisting ditch. It was of the stock design but thicker metal. It broke because I had retained the spring at the upper perch with two hose clamps, which increased the stress on the lower retainer. After enough fatigue, it...

Is it normal for AllMakes4x4 ball joints to split the rubber boots prematurely? (as in 3 weeks after install?)

I have a new headliner, installed by the indy shop owner from whom I bought my Discovery 1. It would have been fine if I didn't offroad, but it's starting to come apart from the hits. It's separating around the sunroof openings, the rear A/C switch knocks out and that whole middle section is...

What is the filter change interval for the ZF 4HP-22? I changed my fluid out twice recently, once intentionally and the second time to replace the cooler hoses. I've got the pan filter and gasket on my tool box, but I'm not looking forward to this job because I've already spent too much time...

How do you determine when you change out the ignition wires? Obviously one that is causing a misfire, or is damaged, cut, broken, burned, arcing, etc. calls for replacement, but if they all look good, what other criteria do you use? I checked resistance on mine and got from 1450 to 2100 Ohms...

On a '98 Discovery LE with rear air, the front driver's side is cold, but the passenger side feels as if it's without A/C, just ambient air. I pulled the glove box off and inspected the linkage from the passenger mixer knob. Everything appears to be correct but I've never looked at or adjusted...

My A/C compressor clutch won't engage automatically. If I power the contacts, it engages and runs fine. The 30A fuse for the clutch and fans is fine and the dash switch powers the fans, but won't cause the compressor clutch to engage. I pulled the multi-plug on the dual pressure switch and if I...