discodrivercumbria

discodrivercumbria

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well after selling my d2 back in may, ive upgraded to an absaloute reliable, economic, nice to drive modern but impractical for my use HILUX, so ive just bought a 04 discovery, 7 seater with the sprinkler system installed, on d3 wheels, bit tatty here and there, solid chassis, 180k manual 11 months ticket, service history er think that’s bye the bye, but wait for it, no clutch, so tomoz it will do the same mpg as the HILUX, as it will be trailered home, then my bank account will get back to normal service buying d2 parts and other stuff to get this as a practical mode of transportation for our needs, lol.ps anybody wanna a HILUX in june as I might have one spare, :)
 
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Well I must admit sort of looking forward to getting it, summat to do, HILUX is top notch but nothing other than washing it, plus there forum is boring as it’s anal what size and breed of tyres and mpg, Boring!!!!!.... nowt hardly breaks, so will post pics tomoz, maybe a bag of ****e!! Who knows,
 
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View attachment 168340 Well I must admit sort of looking forward to getting it, summat to do, HILUX is top notch but nothing other than washing it, plus there forum is boring as it’s anal what size and breed of tyres and mpg, Boring!!!!!.... nowt hardly breaks, so will post pics tomoz, maybe a bag of ****e!! Who knows,
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Looks very strange with the later wheels.
 
Welcome back, hope the clutch swap goes noce & smooth - hope you havent sold your angle grinder/penetrating oil / blow torch / bolt extractors - get them back out the garage & re-join the Disco baby!

Got any dastardly plans, or just get back on the road for now?
 
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Welcome back, hope the clutch swap goes noce & smooth - hope you havent sold your angle grinder/penetrating oil / blow torch / bolt extractors - get them back out the garage & re-join the Disco baby!

Got any dastardly plans, or just get back on the road for now?
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Just going to put it back on the road,
 
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£710 quid, got there, 1 st impressions were ok, the guy was a genuine dude, not started it, stone cold, 2 full sets of keys, in he got, more life in a dead chicken,, o I thought, new battery for a start, jump start, 1st crack with life she fired easy, no rattles, purrs away, so we left it running whilst I set the trailer up etc, had a look underneath, solid as he said!!!!! So I thought things are good, had a look inside, what a fooking tip!!!! God I ain’t seen owt as crap up for a long while, so then looked at everything to see what spec as the dude didn’t know jack ****e, diff lock, heated seats, leather, park sensors, power fold mirrors,heated screen, air sus and ace all still on, original 6cd changer,Harmon lardons etc , loaded up and got it home, 20 mins with Henry, 2 times to empty, jobs looking better already, got steam cleaner out and gave it a good prewash, inside door pockets, door sills trim, small rubber mats etc, looking better again, then shampoo and sponge,came up a treat, took rad cover and engine cover off, bit of pre wash then jizer, came up well, don’t even think it has been egr’d, then daylight was going so as much as I got done,AE7D05A0-425E-416B-A554-115F32459E25.jpegE004AE15-B893-4B8C-AAFF-E9CB13C7A608.jpeg
 
pourickleboy said:
I think I saw 5p on the floor in the back - have you still got those hoover bags?;):p
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i actually got £1.35p, 2 earings, 4 boiled sweets, god knows how many receipts, half a lego set and an empty pepsi can, had to empty Henry twice, steamed the doors and the small rubber mats, and thats only the start, Minging!!!
 
discodrivercumbria said:
View attachment 168379 View attachment 168380 View attachment 168381 View attachment 168382 View attachment 168383 View attachment 168384 View attachment 168385 View attachment 168386 Well it’s home, bought blind 80 mile away topside of Manchester off flea bay,
£710 quid, got there, 1 st impressions were ok, the guy was a genuine dude, not started it, stone cold, 2 full sets of keys, in he got, more life in a dead chicken,, o I thought, new battery for a start, jump start, 1st crack with life she fired easy, no rattles, purrs away, so we left it running whilst I set the trailer up etc, had a look underneath, solid as he said!!!!! So I thought things are good, had a look inside, what a fooking tip!!!! God I ain’t seen owt as crap up for a long while, so then looked at everything to see what spec as the dude didn’t know jack ****e, diff lock, heated seats, leather, park sensors, power fold mirrors,heated screen, air sus and ace all still on, original 6cd changer,Harmon lardons etc , loaded up and got it home, 20 mins with Henry, 2 times to empty, jobs looking better already, got steam cleaner out and gave it a good prewash, inside door pockets, door sills trim, small rubber mats etc, looking better again, then shampoo and sponge,came up a treat, took rad cover and engine cover off, bit of pre wash then jizer, came up well, don’t even think it has been egr’d, then daylight was going so as much as I got done,View attachment 168379View attachment 168380
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I paid 10x more for similar spec and age (but auto), however owned for 5 years.
 
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i actually got £1.35p, 2 earings, 4 boiled sweets, god knows how many receipts, half a lego set and an empty pepsi can, had to empty Henry twice, steamed the doors and the small rubber mats, and thats only the start, Minging!!!
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....still, it's not every motor that saves up for its own repairs, PLUS birthday pressie for the missus and sweets for the kids - the Disco that keeps on giving :cool:
 
Got underneath it today, looked at slave, Ok! found peices of clutch in bits so gonna be box out, new Velo clutch going in, DMF, spigot and release bearing, oil all over rear of engine so cam seal too, watts linkage fooked so another job, chassis is top notch, inner wings are a bit rusty but nothing a wire brush and plenty of paint where liners and mud has sat,
 
update ! Box coming out, only got so far today, right out tomoz, new clutch kit going in, Watts linkage already to do, genuine bushes from island 4x4
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oil everywhere, rocker cover and rear cam seal, what a mess!
 

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got her running this week, steamed all box off in and out, changed all fluids in box, new plate, flywheel ok as old clutch we dont think had been in long, holed the fork, new fork, new oil seal pressure plate release bearing and spigot, clutch slave and master, all done, drive shafts greased etc and watts linkage all done whilst my mate had it on his lift, put back together to run, test drove tonight, goes really well, gearbox smooth, plenty of power no whines really pleased, next phase strip inside out and seal sunroofs,
 
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