Thread: What did you do with or to your Disco today

Installed a raised led brake light.
The original one was damaged when I broke the window and the new window (out of a 93) doesn't have the metal strip on it for the brake light.

Finally got the ol girl back on the road today after about six months sitting in the back yard with brocken transmission, all seems to be ok at the moment, and it felt good

Decided to fix a few little things on our new 1998 D1.

They include ; fr passenger door switch not switching courtesy light on ( power had come off and cable was short ) right rear door handle not opening door from inside ( actuator had come out of plastic fitting as it had split a little ) fixed with super glue and a cable tie , replaced TC level and hand brake lever gaiters , left rear door lock button was dropping and could not open door from outside always ( lock tensioning spring had broken) so just fitted a loop of wire behind the pivot section to make some artificial ( but not too much ) resistance.

Made and installed a work light bar for the spare wheel carrier. Used 25x40x3mm angle and 20x20x2mm SHS. I should have used 25x30mm angle as the bar rubs in the spare at the moment. I didn't have a welder so used lock nuts and bolts. My son gave the light to me as a birthday present.

The work light cable is run to the dash but no power as yet. I ran it under the door sills on the driver's side. I'll set up a separate fuse block under the dash and run power to that and then any accessories off that fuse block. Next week's job.

(Also managed to snap a spare wheel carrier stud so will look at getting that fixed.)

Future improvements are to make it telescopic when I have more time.

Some photos for those interested.

After having parts sitting at home for a week I finally had time to fit my Roadsafe Trailing Arms and adjustable pan-hard rod.

Hopefully tomorrow I can get the APT Extreme Duty Coil Retainers in.

The Trailing arms ended up pushing the axle back about 1cm which makes it the guard spacing a lot better.

Originally Posted by MYT14

After having parts sitting at home for a week I finally had time to fit my Roadsafe Trailing Arms and adjustable pan-hard rod.

Hopefully tomorrow I can get the APT Extreme Duty Coil Retainers in.

The Trailing arms ended up pushing the axle back about 1cm which makes it the guard spacing a lot better.

Whats the cost of the arms ?

$315 delivered.

After being at the babysitters (mechanic) for a month or so, I have got "my" white TDI back on the road.

I purchased it late last year as a non-runner and left it with my mechanic as a slowtime fill in job. It needed headwork done and a new alternator and I had other minor stuff (new hoses, clamps, belts, etc.) done at the same time, but is now registered.