Mark L's D1 300tdi restoration/build thread

[Neildisco300]

What size of wheels and tyres are you running on your disco?

 

[Mark L]

Keep it coming !

How cum you got someone else to weld it? Surly that was more expensive than actually buying a welder amd learning and doing it yourself?

A mate did it at an incredible price.
I also wouldn't of had the time needed to do it due to work etc, as it already took me 8 months to get it on the road at the time.

 

[Mark L]

What size of wheels and tyres are you running on your disco?

The ones on it up to the point in this thread are 235/85/16 on 7J rims with zero offset.

 

[Neildisco300]

The ones on it up to the point in this thread are 235/85/16 on 7J rims with zero offset.

Do they rub on the radius arms? Need to get a set of wheels for mine and am running the same size special tracks as your self.
Ideally I would like to run a wider wheel with deeper offset but don't know if that's possible with a 235 wide tyre.

 

[Mark L]

Do they rub on the radius arms? Need to get a set of wheels for mine and am running the same size special tracks as your self.
Ideally I would like to run a wider wheel with deeper offset but don't know if that's possible with a 235 wide tyre.

They did initially on full lock but a quick adjustment of the lock stops soon sorted that.

You'll need a 265 width tyre minimum if you up to 8" wide rims.

The ones on mine now are 265/75/16 on 8J rims with -35mm offset.
MUCH better.

 

[discocheese]

Hahaha your dog has me in stitches!!! Looks like his wearing a wig!! Lol does he come along off roading? My mutt loves it, this is my buddy bruno...

keep up the exellent work... all best...c

 

[Neildisco300]

Any pics of the -35 fitted? Would prob be happy with 8" and -35 off set,

 

[StuRox]

Not wanting to hijack, but here is mine after fitting -35 offset 8 inch modulars with 265 A/T tyres fitted...

Here you can see when I just had them fitted, and still needed to fit the rear flexi arch (2 inch arches)...

Compared to the standard alloys with the flexi arch fitted..

hope that helps

 

[Neildisco300]

That dose mate, thanks.

 

[Mark L]

Ha - I was just about to link your thread to this to show an example, as it's not time to introduce pics of it on the wider wheels yet.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/16-x-8-modulars-35-offset-243357.html

 

[StuRox]

as it's not time to introduce pics of it on the wider wheels yet.

Intriguing

 

[chrisyleigh]

Updateeeessss??? Lol

 

[Mark L]

Ah, yes.
Sorry, very busy with work and general life stuff of late.
Will have a session the weekend.

 

[auf_wiedersehen_pet]

Come on then Mister Lee - tell the boys and girls about you upgraded (ratio) transfer box.

 

[Mr Noisy]

Finally!

 

[Mark L]

Right, I'm doing precisely jack sh*t today, so time to crack on with the progress of this thread.

Various bits were refurbished during the suspension lift.





Some heavy duty steering bars & adjustable panhard rod got caught up in the painting frenzy too.


We'll come back to the short lived presence of those wheels in a bit...

 

[Mark L]

Dear Gwyn Lewis.
Please could you send me some nice shiny bits please.
Regards

Relocated steering damper kit & heavy duty steering damper:


A couple of Bailey Morris, Gwyn Lewis spec wide angled props.


One of which will replace the troublesome 300tdi rear prop donut:

 

[Mark L]

Bargain show price winch from the 2012 Stafford in door 4x4 show.


Purchased on the same day I met fellow LZ member Mr. Noisy.
Little did we know at this point how involved he'd become in my D1 build.
We'll come back to the legend himself later. :tea:

 

[Mark L]

With absolutely no idea how old the battery was, it was now getting to the point where it was struggling to start on the cold mornings, so a new one to accompany the winch was in order.



Literally the biggest battery you can get in the standard space without modification:


A second battery and alternator set up follows later...

 

[Mark L]

Another eBay bargain with a good percentage of the purchase price going to the Help for Heroes charity. Double win.

And that spare wheel is a bit snug, isn't it...?!

However, my obsession with fresh paint meant this simply wouldn't do:


One full strip and refurb later. :brushteeth: