Breadsnapper
New Member
I recently bought my first "old" car in 16 years and it happened to be a 16 year old Disco 1 300 Tdi.
When I got it I wasn't too happy with the smell and set about cleaning it. A simple task you'd think, but no! Every internal panel, carpet, door card and seal has been removed. Washed in soapy water, cleaned with kitchen cleaner before a liberal dosage of Autoglym interior cleaner( not the carpets). 16 years of cobwebs, dead spiders, dirt, sweets, food, dust and generally unidentifiable gunk has been removed.
The result a lovely smelling clean Disco, however it hasn't been without problems. I have now found out where most of the rust is, luckily mostly superficial and now needs treating. The leaking windscreen isn't actually leaking it is the driver's side alpine which has a leak and causes water to run the full length of the Disco along a nice shiny painted channel!!!!! My sagging headlining sags no more, after lots of cleaning it is now a nice charcoal grey colour thanks to B&Q paint anywhere.
This is the reason I have always had new cars, but also the reason I haven't had so much fun. I have loved every minute of it, doing manly things to a car.
Even my normally mild mannered wife has commented on my new obsession.
Not content with this my next task is new disks, pads and callipers all round. I can't wait
and maybe my wife has a point.
When I got it I wasn't too happy with the smell and set about cleaning it. A simple task you'd think, but no! Every internal panel, carpet, door card and seal has been removed. Washed in soapy water, cleaned with kitchen cleaner before a liberal dosage of Autoglym interior cleaner( not the carpets). 16 years of cobwebs, dead spiders, dirt, sweets, food, dust and generally unidentifiable gunk has been removed.
The result a lovely smelling clean Disco, however it hasn't been without problems. I have now found out where most of the rust is, luckily mostly superficial and now needs treating. The leaking windscreen isn't actually leaking it is the driver's side alpine which has a leak and causes water to run the full length of the Disco along a nice shiny painted channel!!!!! My sagging headlining sags no more, after lots of cleaning it is now a nice charcoal grey colour thanks to B&Q paint anywhere.
This is the reason I have always had new cars, but also the reason I haven't had so much fun. I have loved every minute of it, doing manly things to a car.
Even my normally mild mannered wife has commented on my new obsession.
Not content with this my next task is new disks, pads and callipers all round. I can't wait
and maybe my wife has a point.
