By jmon on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 09:58 pm: Edit

driving home today the check enging light went on? abunch of engine seals where just replaced to reduce the oil leakages.plus my brake deal if you read my other post...anyway i checked under the seat to see what code was on display and it was 48 does anyone know what this is? other than that the car is running really good!!!

By jmon on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 10:34 pm: Edit

so i believe that code 48 has something to do with the stepper motor...what does this actually do? is it an expensive repair? well the car is running really good..should i worry about this guys and gals?

By Wes Legaspi (Wes) on Saturday, October 27, 2001 - 12:14 am: Edit

http://www.discoweb.org/faq/stepper.htm

By jmon on Saturday, October 27, 2001 - 01:05 pm: Edit

ok i studied the photos long and hard..and i still cannot fine the stepper motor...where is it located exactly on the engine...i could not tell from the phot..i have a 95 disco..the photos shows the end circled, but there is nothing there..i looked in the general area and found a few possibilities..but..? does anyone have a better photo or a better description of where this can be found...thanks

By Jorge P. Gutierrez, Jr. (Jpg2esq) on Saturday, October 27, 2001 - 01:32 pm: Edit

Just changed mine last week. As you are looking at the engine from the front, look for a connector at the top left side of the engine. Close to the firewall. It should be connected to the stepper which screws into the top of the engine. It can be unscrewed with an adjustable wrench. Found mine by comparing the new one and looking for the old one on the engine. Look under stepper to see the part numbers available. Hope this helps.

By Scott Hayes (Scott_H) on Saturday, October 27, 2001 - 01:37 pm: Edit

if you need to replace it, don't have the dealer do it. Buy one from nathan crabtree or rover connection or someone. It will be like $100-150. It is quite possibley the easiest thing on your rover to replace :-)

After you've replaced it, disconnect the neg battery lead for a couple of seconds (if you have a stock radio, make sure you have the security code) and your done. The dealer wanted $450 to replace mine.

By Jorge P. Gutierrez, Jr. (Jpg2esq) on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 09:19 am: Edit

Scott...

why disconnect the neg battery terminal? I didnt after changing mine and it seems to work ok.

By Kingfish (Kingfish) on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 09:42 am: Edit

I had a problem with mine a few weeks ago. I cleaned it, and the hole it goes in and the problem was solved. Mine is also a 95 discovery. Look at the top of the manifold (on back, pass side) for a plastic thing with about 4 wires coming off it. It sticks straight out, parallel with ground, you can't miss it) I unscrewed mine by hand. just unplug it, grab the whole thing with your fist and twist it out. Clean it good with carb cleaner, buy a fiber gasket (any pep boys), mine fell apart as soon as I removed it.

By Scott Hayes (Scott_H) on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 12:20 pm: Edit

Jorge
dicsonnecting the neg battery cable reset the check engine light. this seemed like the easiest way to do it.

Scott H

By Jorge P. Gutierrez, Jr. (Jpg2esq) on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 12:35 pm: Edit

Scott:

I didnt have the check engine light on at the time of the stepper motor replacement. I had reset the light in the past using the fuel injector fuse under the bonnet.