Workshop Manual.. Which one?

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Hi all.Sorry to be a bit stupid here:I've been looking on ebay for a reasonably-priced workshop manualfor my V-reg V8i ES Disco2. (You know, - the LPG one with the TC,ABS and HD warning lights on!). I want a book, - not these damnCD rips.Anyway, the manuals (and presumably the manufacture) changed in2000. However, my reg document states that the car was registeredon 27/1/2000.So, is there any way of identifying whether it is a 1999 model,or a 2000, so that I can get the correct Workshop Manual?If it's any use, the numbers are...VIN/Chassis: SALLTGM27YA242105Engine: 56DA21744Thanks, - and merry yule and all that stuff.Howie. --Apply the usual ROTten Baker's-Dozen to the following to reply by email:R-Znvy: hfrargNGpbnxyrl.pbQBGhxFxlcr: ubjvr10

Pantelis Giamarellos · Accepted Answer

Howie Merry Christmas,your Disco 2 looks like a 2000 model year.1999 model year vehicles had a "W" where your vehicle has the "Y" on itsVIN.2001 model year vehicles had a "1" instead of a letter.So it appears that it must have been assembled after September 1999 whicheffectively makes it a 2000 MY vehicle.Take carePantelis

Nige · Answer

Haynes do one, it's not great, but better than a CD rip.

Derek · Answer

Before buying you could always download a manual ( costs nowt only online time ) and check if it corresponds to your model.

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Be suspicious of ebay sellers quoting less that £5 postage I have the D1 manual it is 3 inches thick and weighs in at just short of 3 kilos. BTW 'RAVE' and for that matter Microcat are available for download at

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Derek

Dougal · Answer

There's a wider choice here:> But for the Disco 2, I think that you're limited to the 'RAVE' disc as mentioned above.... and don't expect to find anything about LPG there!

max · Answer

And what is the problem with CD rips ???

If you need to print the whole thing, user a laser, or go to your local print shop and get it bound.

I just have mine in ring binders, the 650 pages of the Discovery Electrical Trouble Shooting manual is worth every page....

A Haynes manual dosn't run to 650 for the whole thing never mind just the electrical stuff.

Max

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Austin Shackles · Answer

On or around Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:46:07 +1300, max enlightened us thusly:

the CD manuals are excellent. I have the LDV shop manual as well as one of the raves.

I also have a proper genuine LR disco manual, on paper.

Howie · Answer

||Before buying you could always download a manual ( costs nowt only online |time ) and check if it corresponds to your model. |  Be suspicious of ebay sellers |quoting less that £5 postage I have the D1 manual it is 3 inches thick and |weighs in at just short of 3 kilos.||BTW 'RAVE' and for that matter Microcat are available for download at |||Derek |Thanks. Good idea. I didn't know you could do that.  :-)--Apply the usual ROTten Baker's-Dozen to the following to reply by email:R-Znvy: hfrargNGpbnxyrl.pbQBGhxFxlcr: ubjvr10

Howie · Answer

|> Before buying you could always download a manual ( costs nowt only online |> time ) and check if it corresponds to your model. |>

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| |There's a wider choice here: |

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| |> Be suspicious of ebay sellers quoting less that £5 postage I have the D1 manual |> it is 3 inches thick and weighs in at just short of 3 kilos. |> |> BTW 'RAVE' and for that matter Microcat are available for download at |>

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Excellent, thanks.

No, I need a Landy installer who can do the necessary service and tune-up on my LPG system. I bet the nearest one to Torbay, Devon is hundreds of miles away!

Howie · Answer

|And what is the problem with CD rips ??? | |If you need to print the whole thing, user a laser, or go to your local |print shop and get it bound. | |I just have mine in ring binders, the 650 pages of the Discovery |Electrical Trouble Shooting manual is worth every page....

I'm just a bit old-fashioned like that, I suppose. | |A Haynes manual dosn't run to 650 for the whole thing never mind just |the electrical stuff.

I try to avoid haynes. But I take your point.

Howie · Answer

|>If you need to print the whole thing, user a laser, or go to your local |>print shop and get it bound. |>

|>I just have mine in ring binders, the 650 pages of the Discovery |>Electrical Trouble Shooting manual is worth every page.... |>

|>A Haynes manual dosn't run to 650 for the whole thing never mind just |>the electrical stuff. | |the CD manuals are excellent. I have the LDV shop manual as well as one of |the raves. | |I also have a proper genuine LR disco manual, on paper.

OK. I'll do as I'm told. You've worn me down. ;-)

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