The camping and caravan thread

[Hooli]

Stick the Disco in low box, surely that's slow enough for parking a pikey wagon?

[DodgeRover]

This arrived today - soon to be fitted (by me and possibly a mate) so I don't burn out the clutch on my Discovery any more than I have so far.

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Does it not have a low box?

[AMCrebel]

Yes it does, and I use that but I still spend a lot of time slipping the clutch - if I let the clutch out on a low/no throttle the car kangaroos - it's always done it. I am starting to believe the driver at the Land Rover Experience who said the autos are a better all round choice.

[Hooli]

My D1 did that in reverse if there was any load on it. Turned out to be a failing gearbox bearing on the input shaft, never made any noise though.

[AMCrebel]

I dare say my Disco is faulty in some way - I can say with a degree of certainty that a second hand motor mover is cheaper than most of the repair jobs I'd face on the Disco.

[DodgeRover]

Yes it does, and I use that but I still spend a lot of time slipping the clutch - if I let the clutch out on a low/no throttle the car kangaroos - it's always done it. I am starting to believe the driver at the Land Rover Experience who said the autos are a better all round choice.

That's weird, it's probably something and nothing that would require a months solid diagnostics to find... Does flicking the air con on (which normally increases the idle slightly) stop it surging?

[AMCrebel]

Yes it does, and I use that but I still spend a lot of time slipping the clutch - if I let the clutch out on a low/no throttle the car kangaroos - it's always done it. I am starting to believe the driver at the Land Rover Experience who said the autos are a better all round choice.

That's weird, it's probably something and nothing that would require a months solid diagnostics to find... Does flicking the air con on (which normally increases the idle slightly) stop it surging?

It's not a major kangaroo - more of a surging, but it always does it - my ALDI A3 was the same, in first gear and at low/tickover revs there was always some jerking - in the days of throttle cables you'd have said a slack cable.

Aircon makes no odds - it's climate and it's usually on auto but the electronics keeps the idle constant - I think those higher idle speeds were before we had ECUs to manage the fuelling rather than just the idle speed.

[AMCrebel]

Slow progress being made. Just need to adjust it and tighten all the bolts then do the wiring.

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[AMCrebel]

I thought the smaller tube was for extra stability but it turns the cam to engage the rollers onto the tyres - so you only have to wind them on from one side.

[AMCrebel]

Do people think it will be ok to route the cables through the hole with the gas pipe (To the left on this pic)? I have some plastic ribbed trunking to keep the cables together.

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