Thread: Advice Re. Buying Discovery

Hi John

It's a High K, 15 year old ride

Originally Posted by lane

what to look for .....

The cooling lines + system.
The cabin heater for leaks.
All rubber of tie rods
Your old greaser clothes / A large rug and about an hour of your time looking for where all the oil leaks are .... Where ever you find them will = work $ required
+ the whole car in general

Originally Posted by lane

.... what price to pay?

Have a look in the Markets for a comparison

link to markets


Cheers
Mike

Thats a lot of km's imho.

Unless its very cheap, i would stay away.
Alarm would also go off if the water pump is gone and the chances of a cooked motor are very high but with that many K's, a new motor is not too far away.
Remember also though that the rest of the car will have done high km's also so whole car is pretty well worn.

Have a look at Young Angus on here, he is selling his V8 on gas and by all accounts, he has spend a small fortune and its running sweet atm.

Just a thought.

you'd want it to be a super cheap deal.. km's are super high!! check belts are not to warn, if water pump is gone, you may be looking at heat damage to engine, radiator service may be due... breaks and bearings.. and look for oil leaks, particularly on cooler lines..

Any ideas on what to look for and what price to pay?

Really you buy Ks before end of life in a used car.
This one does not have many.
I would be looking for a good straight body with no rust, so look under carpets , and at the rear floor especially, around the skylights and at the bottoms of the doors(lumps)
Virtually everything will have to be replaced within say 50KK-100KK.

My advice would be to look for one with under 160KK if possible.

This one I would pay maybe 2-3K for if registered and budget 8-10K for repairs.

Trans -3k ( if auto), engine 5K, transfer -1k, axles/diffs 1.5K,plus all the "little " bits like electrics etc.

Regards Philip A

Hi,

Thanks for the info. Am now going to look later this week. It's very cheap and he says it's straight and rust free, and it has a new radiator. He also was careful not to cook it.


Cheers,
John

if its a hobby car and going for 2-3k, you'll be fine

Hi have a look at "www.Perth.gumtree.com"there's heaps going quite cheap and some look pretty good ..Gary

Originally Posted by Gary S11

Hi have a look at "www.Perth.gumtree.com"there's heaps going quite cheap and some look pretty good ..Gary

Thats where it was and it was advertised for 800 bucks so it was very cheap..its now gone so somebody got it!
Brad