Hmmmm, I can imagine it has. I am at that stage where free time is as common to me as unicorns roaming the streets, and my disco among other things in my home that need working on are starting to look like they may have to fend for themselves a while longer..... Disintegrating rear prop donut, worn transmission mounts, oil leak somewhere on the engine, rear shocks needing replacing, slow leak in left rear tire, high beam intermittently working, fog lamp relay needing replacing, intercooler pipes on the verge of splitting open, and driver side door lock needing adjustment would all have to waitSo, all looking good, no leaks now. Down off the stands and topped up fluid, ready for a swerving test drive. Now would you believe it, bloody brake line has burst! Brake fluid all over the drive now. Seems I must have pulled on the brake line getting the ACE pipe in place. My own fault for not dealing with the corroded brake line sooner; it might have stood up to a bit of tugging better.
... Later, have now made up and fitted a replacement brake line. Lots of crap in my eyes clipping it on top of the chassis but job done. Test drive went fine and fingers crossed, I'll get a bit of peace for a while. Getting a bit fed up with rotting Discos now; the novelty has definitely worn off!
Didn't empty the tank Sierrafery; I sealed it with a bit of polythene before undoing the block and banjos to stop it flowing out. I then topped up the tank before running the engine and again as the level dropped down as it filled up the new pipes. I swerved the f*** out of it on test drive and seems ok.
Sorry if this has been asked before but is there a certain technique to get the front ACE pipes out of the block??? Thanks in advance
sometimes you cant bu an old pipe can be cut to leave an inch or so a 10mm bolt stuffed up and twist both out using molegrips
Thanks guys, have tried the 10mm compression fittings for now to stop the leak we can see and we will see how it goes, fingers crossed I'll get a few more months out of the old girl yet
Curious as to how you secured the pipes going to the rams, new brackets screwed on the chassis or did you reuse the old pipe brackets? And that awkward bit up over the front strut mounting. Was thinking of using flexi stainless when I do mine, but at £25 a metre won’t be cheap.
doesn’t set well with me, so I have strip right back to mid-way point of the chassis, axel is out and now the ACE unit but need new pipes or repair, I will weld new plates on where it is needed, I did think about an half chassis but i think a good repair will last for some years if it is done right.so easy to replace pipes for the ACE unit,its just finding the the right way to do it with out spending to much like £200 + on new pipes.i will buy new fitting to hold the pipes in place or make them up to suite.
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