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Old 25th August 2005, 05:10 PM
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Discovery 2 chassis cracking

Here is a link to some pix I took of a cracked chassis on a Disco 2. Note the cracking is around the steering box area.

It subsequently had a chassis replacement done by LR Australia.

See the directory at http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/thebeck...over/discovery/

You'll note that LR produce a chassis repair or strengthening section KUZ000120 - this may be for RHD vehicles, I don't know.

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Old 25th August 2005, 06:24 PM
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<span style="color:green">that might explain the two chassis i saw sitting in the carpark at purnell motors......


its all starting to make sense now......










ps. have you given up on your spelling.....?</span>
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Old 25th August 2005, 06:34 PM
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ps. have you given up on your spelling.....?
No, I've been drinking red wine (hic)!

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Gee... that's nasty 8O 8O
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Gee... that's nasty 8O 8O
What is??

The spelling crack?
The chassis crack?
Or the wine type?

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Nothing new ,we used to crack 60, 70 and 80 series Toyota Cruisers chassis like that in 6 months from new up the cape and gulf in the 80's and 90's. The utes were ok cause they could twist, but the wagons and troopys were no good the body holds the chassis rigid. Toyota sent an engineer from Japan out to look at the 80's, he came to Townsville to look at them. As a result they did a very similar mod (world wide)to the the cruisers, based on us wrecking them in short order. Telecom even sent a bloke up to teach us how to drive a 4x4, but he drowned a 40 series ute in a river and told us we shouldn't have been driving where we were, we suggest he carry the tool boxes and walk rather than punch the Toyota through. Based on 1000s of KM driving company Cruisers is why I own a Disco.
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Nothing new ,we used to crack 60, 70 and 80 series Toyota Cruisers chassis like that in 6 months from new up the cape and gulf in the 80's and 90's. The utes were ok cause they could twist, but the wagons and troopys were no good the body holds the chassis rigid. Toyota sent an engineer from Japan out to look at the 80's, he came to Townsville to look at them. As a result they did a very similar mod (world wide)to the the cruisers, based on us wrecking them in short order. Telecom even sent a bloke up to teach us how to drive a 4x4, but he drowned a 40 series ute in a river and told us we shouldn't have been driving where we were, we suggest he carry the tool boxes and walk rather than punch the Toyota through. Based on 1000s of KM driving company Cruisers is why I own a Disco.
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Wow, nasty cracks. Maybe the rover strengthening part actually hides the damage. I suppose I should check mine out .......
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Here is a link to some pix I took of a cracked chassis on a Disco 2. Note the cracking is around the steering box area.

It subsequently had a chassis replacement done by LR Australia.

See the directory at http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/thebeck...over/discovery/

You'll note that LR produce a chassis repair or strengthening section KUZ000120 - this may be for RHD vehicles, I don't know.

Ron
I am trying to locate the chassis repair part KUZ000120 but can't find on the web, my Disco II, GS TD5 2000 model has 230,000 km and only on the roughest roads in Namibia, my chassis has also cracked just forward of the steering box ( RHD )

Cannot seem to veiw the photos

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I am trying to locate the chassis repair part KUZ000120
The number is actually KVZ000120.

There's over 400 of the patches sitting in LRs Australian warehouse.
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