Thread: Just got given an ES Discovery! , need some help :)

Try posting it in the series 1 discovery area and someone will be able to help.
Cheers, David.

Invest and get a RAVE disc from the shop section. It'll show you what to do.

For the seats, there should be a hole near the electric motors somewhere. That should let you return the seat to the upright position with a screwdriver to manually turn the cable.

For the fan - sometimes the Ford version from a similar aged sedan works if you trim the blades.

i was looking for this hole near the electric motors, does anyone have a photo to show me??? i couldnt see anything...

Hey Kendrick, thats my surname! Hello
-Mark

Originally Posted by langy

For the fan - sometimes the Ford version from a similar aged sedan works if you trim the blades.

The Ford Viscous will only work on engines with the old V-belt, and has a LH thread,
The Disco Being a 97, it will have a sepentine and the viscous coupling has a standard thread so you physically can't screw the Ford one on.

Yeah $250 seems to be about the standard 4 a new one.
ERR3443 is the part no,
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so in regards to my fan issue, is the viscous all i need to fix it? you cant turn the fan by hand, but it works when the motor is running.. it just permanently turns with the motor, it sounds like a big truck fan!!!!

can anyone have any photos on where this screw is on the electric seats to manually wind up! it really does sux having the passenger seat on a 45 degree angle!

Originally Posted by longing4alandy

Hey Kendrick, thats my surname! Hello
-Mark

It got me!

I logged on and thought you'd finally changed your username, and scored a Disco!

Originally Posted by kendrick

so in regards to my fan issue, is the viscous all i need to fix it? you cant turn the fan by hand, but it works when the motor is running.. it just permanently turns with the motor, it sounds like a big truck fan!!!!

The viscous coupling sounds like it has seized,
It's not supposed to be permanently locked that way, basically it works like a slipping clutch, depending on the temp of the air thats come through the radiator, theres a little heat coil on the front of them.
They usually still roar at start up, but free spins at normal running temp and kicks back in when detecting more heat.

But yes, a new coupling will fix that, just refit your old fan blade to the new coupling and screw it back on the waterpump.
Easy job.
Luke

P.S For future ref, The coupling can stuff up in opposite way to yours, as in continually free spinning when engine getting hot, and not drawing air through the radiator, but you shouldn't have to worry about that 4 a while if you fit a new 1.