Thread: What did you do with or to your Disco today

Originally Posted by pop058

Bought it and drove it home

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Does that gear stick look extended or is it just an illusion?

So I am doing up a 1997 D1 300tdi (happily nicknamed the Green Toad) and decided the seats were too dirty to clean. Using info on this site I found some Range Rover P38 HSE leather seats and fitted them. All electrics except seat heaters and the memory function on the drivers seat work fine! So much more comfortable than the originals.

If only I could work out how to add a pic.......

My D1 drivers seat diaghram just went for the second time (unfortunately replaced first one with a second hand one and that too split a month later) and damn, if that P38 seat doesn't sound like a great idea!

Originally Posted by cripesamighty

My D1 drivers seat diaghram just went for the second time (unfortunately replaced first one with a second hand one and that too split a month later) and damn, if that P38 seat doesn't sound like a great idea!

Mine went last Thursday.
I remember it well too. I was driving dad to the docs. Sitting at a set of lights, I felt this strange sensation that I've accidentally hit the pneumatic switch on the truck seat to lower it down .. except I'm in my D1!!
Just went down slowly like it deflated, then after a few seconds, it felt like I was sitting in a 'bucket' seat.

I bought a rubber replacement about 18 months ago(cost a small fortune too, for a flat piece of rubber), and it's a well known aftermarket brand with the additional hooks for the front and rear support bars(ie. not just the side hooks).
Had to drill right through the frame on the front and rear lateral supports to connect the additional hooks, about 1/2hrs work all up .. posterior is properly positioned and propped now.

Originally Posted by AK83

Mine went last Thursday.
I remember it well too. I was driving dad to the docs. Sitting at a set of lights, I felt this strange sensation that I've accidentally hit the pneumatic switch on the truck seat to lower it down .. except I'm in my D1!!
Just went down slowly like it deflated, then after a few seconds, it felt like I was sitting in a 'bucket' seat.

I bought a rubber replacement about 18 months ago(cost a small fortune too, for a flat piece of rubber), and it's a well known aftermarket brand with the additional hooks for the front and rear support bars(ie. not just the side hooks).
Had to drill right through the frame on the front and rear lateral supports to connect the additional hooks, about 1/2hrs work all up .. posterior is properly positioned and propped now.

Had this happen to mine and didn't know that it was a common issue.... At the time I looked under the passengers seat and saw what the previous owner did to it so I did the same..... I just cut up one of the foam squares pieces that u buy from the camping store that u use for your camp shower floor and cut it to size, then just found one of my old rachet tie-down straps and used that under the seat, chris-crossing from one side to the other and then tied it off..... Worked a treat. I'm now actually slightly higher than previously....

Just throwing this out there......

Has any Disco-1 owner swapped their 1.2 ratio Transfer Case over to a Defender 1.4 ratio Transfer Case at all? With running the larger 235/85 tyres, I would have thought this would be a good solution to bring back to almost standard gearing?

Originally Posted by Robmacca

Just throwing this out there......

Has any Disco-1 owner swapped their 1.2 ratio Transfer Case over to a Defender 1.4 ratio Transfer Case at all? With running the larger 235/85 tyres, I would have thought this would be a good solution to bring back to almost standard gearing?

I've read some folks done/doing that setup(can't remember if it were here or on other sites tho).

But I see the downside to doing it this way would be that you'd raise the low ratio gearing by the amount of percentage difference that the 235/85's have over the std Disco tyres(I think usually 235/70's)

So a 'better' mod in an overall sense would be to change diff CW&P.. both to a stronger type, and lower ratio to whatever gives you the equal percentage difference between the tyres.
I have a vague recollection that something like 4.11:1 over 3.54:1 .. or something like that.

Ashcrofts have various options to suit(or close too) balance the differences. About 200 GBP per diff.

The advantage with the CWP change is you maintain low ratio gearing, and the diffs are strengthened.

yeah, I understand the difference with LowRange but that hasn't been a problem when 4wdriving but I'm looking for some benefit for normal driving around town etc. I normally run 235/85's and even though it goes ok, I've managed to get some standard size tyres to test out and I can really notice the difference. The off the mark is greatly improved, so it got me thinking about the 1.4 defender TC's and from working out the ratios, if I was to run 235/85 tyres with the Defender TC(1.4 ratio) I would be back to standard gearing or actually about 5% under.
If I was doing 100kms/hr with standard gearing (1.2 TC) & standard tyres (235/70), at the same RPM, I would be doing 95kms/hr with Defender TC (1.4) and taller tyres (235/85).... if that makes sense.....

Originally Posted by AK83

I've read some folks done/doing that setup(can't remember if it were here or on other sites tho).

But I see the downside to doing it this way would be that you'd raise the low ratio gearing by the amount of percentage difference that the 235/85's have over the std Disco tyres(I think usually 235/70's)

So a 'better' mod in an overall sense would be to change diff CW&P.. both to a stronger type, and lower ratio to whatever gives you the equal percentage difference between the tyres.
I have a vague recollection that something like 4.11:1 over 3.54:1 .. or something like that.

Ashcrofts have various options to suit(or close too) balance the differences. About 200 GBP per diff.

The advantage with the CWP change is you maintain low ratio gearing, and the diffs are strengthened.