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

Originally Posted by WillsTdi

Removed all of the carpet, underlay and sound proofing from my Disco today. It was all wet, and I'd say it had been that way for a very long time.


Turns out I had holes on both sides, the passenger side the worst though most likely from years of a heater fitting leaking. I've screwed alloy plates over the offending holes until I can have it welded up. Luckily no structural damage, and the rear floor and cargo areas were fine.
Plates fitted.

Hi WillsTdi.

I had a similar issue. Turns out it was the aircon drain tubes in the tranny tunnel blocked and filling up with condensed water and overflowing inside, soaking the carpet. So just check that also.

LesH.

96 TDi SE7 Manual

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Is that one of the cheap ebay I/C's ?

Yep...will let you know how it goes. Hope it doesn't crack under pressure. Seems to be made well enough.

LesH.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

What is the gauge you used Rick ?

Just 2 cheap digital volt meters from eBay. $2.78 each free postage. 3 different colours available. A bargain.
Item 391039528077

I had to trim the housing a bit with the Stanley to make them fit.

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Originally Posted by WillsTdi

Removed all of the carpet, underlay and sound proofing from my Disco today. It was all wet, and I'd say it had been that way for a very long time.


Turns out I had holes on both sides, the passenger side the worst though most likely from years of a heater fitting leaking. I've screwed alloy plates over the offending holes until I can have it welded up. Luckily no structural damage, and the rear floor and cargo areas were fine.
Plates fitted.

I will be doing this soon as mine is crazy wet after the massive storm we had, I also need to get my windshield resealed as it runs down the inside in crazy weather.

Originally Posted by harbspan

Hi all,
Installed larger intercooler. Needed some cutting and shunting as was not a straight drop in...never are. Increased core from 65mm to 115mm so had to move radiator mount back around 15mm to clear aircon cooler core. Needed to cut radiator frame to fit larger intercooler as can be seen, then cut unused steering pivot under this on chassis (for LHD vehicles) as cooler now wanted to sit on top of this making it all about 20mm too high.

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Then used some door bump strip D/S tape to fix some foam concrete expansion joint material cut to size around cowling to ensure air was drawn through intercooler instead of around behind.

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Hope this may help someone else contemplating the same mod.

LesH.

Did you cut the radiator support panel at all? I'm looking at fitting one of these in a defender and think I'm going to run in to trouble.

Removed both front and rear sway bars.

set of goodyear wrangler duratracs
new front wheel bearings
diagnosed the problem with my hand brake
led light bar and led driving lights
fitted a 2 way
fitted recovery shackles to front
bought a snatch strap
fitted a mounting on spare wheel for my high lift jack..

things to do next..
winch
fix hand brake
rear donut...
... think of other things to buy lol

Managed to shear the rear brake line driving on slightly corrugated roads.

Not even 4wding, just driving on a rubbish road in Deep Creek and managed to lose almost all my brake fluid and braking abilities.

Called a mate and managed to bodge together a solution the next day (luckily i intended on camping) but didn't have the tools to properly bleed the brakes so the drive home was pretty interesting.

Have not fixed it yet but have organised new pipe and set aside time.

Did consider swapping the brake lines for braided lines though (apparently $100+ per metre compared with $1 per metre)