Renewed my membership today to the owners club, making this my third year. Not a necessary expense when unemployed but i managed to shift some gear on ebay to pay for it. Still hope to get to at least one of the shows this year, but dont expect to be at the annual gathering.

Still running the motor with a mix of Diesel and Sunflower oil. The strongest mix I've used so far is 60:40 which showed no obvious difference in performance, just a stronger smell of chips ! Doing this means I can keep my car on the road despite being nearly broke for the last 3 months !

TTFN

Happy New Year

2012 is upon us already! One minute you're getting ready for Christmas, and there it was gone!

Disco still going pretty well, despite a couple of minor issues.

We're approaching 3000 miles since the head gasket was changed, and glad to report no oil in the water or vice versa. That's right, mileage now at 150200.

Current issue is with an - as yet - unidentified noise. When accelerating hard through the gears / or uphill, there's a noise somewhat like someone drawing breath. Yesterday i had a good look round, but nothing jumped out at me. During the course of my investigations I topped up both the transfer box and front diff with approx 0.25L each of EP90.

Also found the 4 bolts that secure the flange on front of propshaft to the diff were all loose. These were tightened as good as possible with a 15mm spanner, despite finding out later the actual size is 9/16". Note to self : Buy some imperial spanners !

Also, there appears to be a lot of adverse movement in NSF wheel bearing.

Thanks to the DOC users forum, a fellow member has agreed to help me out with some repairs. This was scheduled for today, but bad weather forced us to reschedule. I'll update soon.

Thats all today.

TTFN

Discovery Owners Club Membership Renewal

Just completed mine today.

For no other reason than it saves me a packet on my years insurance.

Comes with 6 club magazines a year, and a forum with enough help and advice to last a lifetime.

TTFN