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    Hear my tale of woe (and go check your front shaft UJs NOW!)

    Greetings everyone. I have had an Epic tale of woe recently and thought there might be some lessons you can learn from my experience. This is a bit long, so let me get a couple of Bottom Lines up Front: When a mechanic tells you something is broken, ALWAYS look at it yourself. Scrupulously...
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    Don't Buy from Tidewater Rovers

    DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH TIDEWATER ROVERS I have given up trying to collect $650 they have owed me for over a year. I ordered a transmission for a D1 and they shipped the wrong unit. Then it took weeks for them to take it back. By then I had to source one locally. They have said several times...
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    slow cranking and parking brake cable smokes

    I thought I remembered a discussion of this, but searching has not turned it up. Occasionally, my 97 Disco cranks very slowly and I notice smoke coming out of the parking brake cable. I noticed after I did the engine swap that the parking brake was seized and just assumed I had damaged it. I...