Thread: Disco 1 Boot System

Very nice! How do you get to the gaps in the side? Just through the back door, or is there access from the top?

Originally Posted by Judo

Very nice! How do you get to the gaps in the side? Just through the back door, or is there access from the top?

Well the original plan was to have some access from the top, like little hinged panels or something, but the top piece that is currently there used to be shelf that sat about 300mm off the floor of the boot, so all i did was raise it hight enough to clear the fridge, then never got any further

So far I've found that the left side is a perfect gap to chuck in some small stuff like folding shovel, shackles, snatch strap, so I think i'll just leave it for now. On the right side, thats where I'll be mounting my inverter and compressor, then probably blank off the opening to make it look a little neater..

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I only bother worrying when it stops leaking oil...usually means it's run out..

'96 Disco 300tdi

Just a thought,
the fridge might be suffering from lack of ventilation.

Looks good.

Does the whole thing come out easily, in case you need to get to the fuel pump.

Originally Posted by jboot51

Just a thought,
the fridge might be suffering from lack of ventilation.

Yeah I was worried about it, so I looked up the specs in the manual, and there is plenty as it is. plus I attacked the divider with a 13mm drill bit and now there is plenty of airflow around it

On the few tests I've done, running it for several hours, it seemed happy enough shall wait till summer then see

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I only bother worrying when it stops leaking oil...usually means it's run out..

'96 Disco 300tdi

Originally Posted by OlliesLRover

Looks good.

Does the whole thing come out easily, in case you need to get to the fuel pump.

Uuuuhhh

Can't say I've even thought about it!! It would come out with a bit of work, the drawer and fridge slide just slide off the rails, the rest is simply screwed together...

Now that I've done all this it's bound to be the next thing to go eh? I've owned plenty of bombs in the past, done plenty of random jobs/fixes, not a fuel pump... probably why it never crossed my mind... ohwell.... thems the breaks

Thanks for the pointer though
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I only bother worrying when it stops leaking oil...usually means it's run out..

'96 Disco 300tdi

Originally Posted by mistajoel

Uuuuhhh

Can't say I've even thought about it!! It would come out with a bit of work, the drawer and fridge slide just slide off the rails, the rest is simply screwed together...

Now that I've done all this it's bound to be the next thing to go eh? I've owned plenty of bombs in the past, done plenty of random jobs/fixes, not a fuel pump... probably why it never crossed my mind... ohwell.... thems the breaks

Thanks for the pointer though
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I only bother worrying when it stops leaking oil...usually means it's run out..

'96 Disco 300tdi

Your signature says you have a 300TDI so the fuel lift pump is on the engine block and not in the tank.

Originally Posted by Discomark

Your signature says you have a 300TDI so the fuel lift pump is on the engine block and not in the tank.

It's true. TDI doesn't have a fuel pump in tank. TD5's do.