FINALLY! my new(ish) D2a Td5

[wardy1]

Hooray! I finally picked up the D2a today. Already fitted the LED spotties:D, although they won't be wired up until the weekend.

Here are the long awaited pics of my $8,000 toy
Pictures by alanward1956 - Photobucket

Dammed if i can get the photo bit right on here lol

[LSD_AUTOMOTIVE]

congrats on picking her up!
for the image try the [ img] code, hopefully that will work

[wardy1]

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YAY!
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[big guy]

Stonker of a deal. Well done.:)

[Fluids]

That's alot of Disco for _very_ little money.

Nice pickup!

[simonmelb]

Absolute bargain. I paid nearly 3 times your price!

[Fluids]

Absolute bargain. I paid nearly 3 times your price!


Me too !! :(

.... and the only extra bling mine came with was an ARB dual battery setup, and some 255/70*16 tires.

[crash]

What a bargin, at $8,000 you did not buy it you stole it!
Wardy1 can you do me a favour and take a measurement for me on the cargo barrier - I would like to know where the top cargo bracket is mounted to under the alpine window eg distance from rear of of trim to center of the bolt along that line, and possible a photo during the process as a reference. There is suppose to be a nut under the trim that is used for this purpose, If I can avoid ripping the trim out to find it would be good.
Does anyone have the fittment instructions for a cargo barrier would be helpful also, as there should be a template for it.
I am in the process of building my own cargo barrier.

[robbotd5]

Nice. The steel wheels look good. I'm interested to hear what the LED lights are like. How many K's?
Regards
Robbo.

[Ace]

nice, those LED driving lights look interesting.

[INter674]

crap, I paid more than that for a D1 V8 and then another 5K for the pleasure when the engine siezed!!!

..hum maybe the bloke who owns one down here for sale like that one will come down from 20K to 8K....hum...

[wardy1]

OK, in order of questions...
Fluids: Sorry to say that there is an ARB dual battery system. The battery was crap but I 'rescued' the near new Alrounder Deep Cycle/Starter from the x.

Crash: Happy to measure up the hole under the alpine window and take a pic for you.

Robbotd5: The LED's ARE interesting hey! They are bloody brilliant. The 2 top rows are set up as a spot and the 2 lower are floods. I haven't got it all working properly as yet, but a play down a side street showed brilliant light to about 600 metres from the spotties and a fantastic cover from the bullbar out front amd wide from the floods. I'll have a decent camera this week and will take some pics from a drivers point of view.

Robbotd5: You also asked about the k's on the vehicle...... I'd never be so rude as to ask her age!

But she has 245k up there, all well serviced long miles.

[hiline]

what happened to your other Disco :angel:

i thought you had it all set up ready to take on the Kubota :D;)

[Ranga]

Lucky bugger - how did you manage to grab it so cheap?! :eek:

[wardy1]

G'day Ray, long time no see!

The old disco was written off after challenging the Avon. Auto ECU got drowned. Got all the lockers etc out, so now I'll get his one up to s similar standard by just after (grrrr) Christmas.

How did I get it so cheap? Well I was just in the right place at the right time. I have to say here that she is a bit rough around the edges. Quite a few minor scuffs etc but hey, if I bought one in perfect nick for $20k or so, it'd soon have them anyway.

Did I say thet the auto was replaced only 50km (thats 50kilometres!) ago:twisted:.

[BigJon]

Got pics of those lights in operation yet? :D

[nice1guv]

Here are the long awaited pics of my $8,000 toy

But she has 245k up there, all well serviced long miles.

Did I say that the auto was replaced only 50km (that's 50kilometres!) ago:twisted:.

I don't think there is any Disco owner on this forum that likes you at the moment! :p

[Brian]

Wardy1
Any chance that we can find out about those spotties, like where you got them and how much.
Very interested.

Brian

[wardy1]

I bought the lights from a forum member who imported some to see what they were like. I think he'll be bringing in some more soon. I'll let him know that you're interested and he'll get in touch. (Not trying to be cute here but he only had a few and so didn't put them up on the verandah as he would have been inundated).

The light bodies are die cast including the ends. They are water/dust proof and have stainless mounts. They come with a relay (the wrong type in my case...oh well, only $9) and a switch which is a pretty horrible toggle. I used an LR binacle switch.
Price is around $850/pair.

As for the pics of them in operation.... I still don't have a camera that will take the pics, maybe santa will be kind:angel:

They are absolutely bloody BRILLIANT lights, cleanest whitest light I have ever driven behind.

[shibby73]

WOW good price did anything need doing to the motor when you got it?

I'm looking for the same thing one at the moment

[wardy1]

The motor is fine although I had to get the fuel regulator done yesterday.... NICE right on Christmas:twisted: