Bye bye Disco. See you soon?.

Marmaduke said:

My discovery has never during my ownership seen the back of a recovery truck but it has seen quite a few green lanes and river crossings. View attachment 161270 View attachment 161271

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Nice pics

That 2nd pic looks like our SH1 (M1 equivalent!). If you think that is not possible, here is a pic I took on SH1 last year...



Here's a pic of my Freelander taking on a gravel crevasse up the side of a very steep hill...



Woops, that is of course a pic of my last Disco - a very capable truck, on one of the rare days it was working!

Here's an actual pic of my Freelander on a Kiwi river bed...



Admittedly, I did get stuck shortly after this and was recovered by a 130 in the group. The test was to see how far I could take a 2WD Freelander - I found it

Marmaduke said:

My discovery has never during my ownership seen the back of a recovery truck but it has seen quite a few green lanes and river crossings. View attachment 161270 View attachment 161271

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Fair play to yer. Not many disco owners on ere would admit to getting a Ka. Needs must I guess. They say it's going to be a harsh winter. Best leave yer heap at home and go out int Ka int stead.

Big Phil said:

Just testing if I have found out how to load pictures to the forum.

Disco lifted from home and taken off to have its auto box and torque converter replaced. About a week to have the job done and dusted.View attachment 161145

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Oh dear..... Well there's an overweight transit flatbed if you've never seen one

1988smithy said:

@Big Phil looks a nice one, must be worth it to you to keep it on the road

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Aye, it's a clean motor and was a joy to drive, until this disaster occured. Anyhow, got it back now, all's well, except for my pocket which is over 2k down, a lot of brass for a pensioner to stump up. I was shown the Torque Converter, the inner bearing had collapsed completely and smashed the internal fins big style. The new TC is the uprated version, so I expect it to tow our small caravan quite comfortably. The gearbox changes are smooth and the lock up works fine, all good now.