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  1. 1st January 2018, 10:23 AM #1
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    Red face towing with a disco1

    Happy New Year Disco Owners, I have just taken delivery of a 88 Viscount Caravan and need to find out if the ole Disco (98 tdi) needs a WDH or not i cannot find anything specific to this model, cheers Brett.
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    We tow our 19" road star with a Tdi D1. I have air bags under the bum and no WDH. Loaded correctly, I have had no trouble towing ( lack of horsepower excluded )
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    Quote Originally Posted by pop058 View Post
    We tow our 19" road star with a Tdi D1.
    Gee, I would have thought a D1 would have no trouble towing a 19 inch van, Paul.
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    Quote Originally Posted by johntins View Post
    Gee, I would have thought a D1 would have no trouble towing a 19 inch van, Paul.
    yep, but 20" is stretching things!
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    Quote Originally Posted by johntins View Post
    Gee, I would have thought a D1 would have no trouble towing a 19 inch van, Paul.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pop058 View Post
    .... I have had no trouble towing ( lack of horsepower excluded )
    If that's the 0.003Tdi model .. makes sense.
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  9. 3rd January 2018, 11:11 PM #9
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    I towed a camper trailer with a 300Tdi Disco 1 for years OK, but you have to manually change down the auto on hills.
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    With its small rear overhang it should tow better than the D2,,
    mind you the specs on the D3 show why its a vastly superior tug,,
    13(!) inches longer in the wheelbase, and a 2 inch wider track than the D1
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