Thread: My dream Disco..... just purchased

Originally Posted by Wiltshire Lad

Hi Y'all,

I have recently purchased a Series I 300 TDi manual from Diesel Dan on the forum. We drove it home and are so excited to get it registered. It needs a bit of work: A swivel hub seal, steering box seal kit, a replacement LH headlight and hopefully not much else. It is my dream spec: a manual 300 TDi with 390,000ks on the clock. It is a tribute to Dan's committed maintenance as it is such good nick. The only problem is my wife now wants it.......

It is leaking through the windscreen. Is this common? Would it just need to be re glued back onto the frame at a windscreen place?

Glad you like it
Hope all is going well with the little fixes!
Funny you mention your wife, I think mine misses it more than I do!!

About the windscreen leak, check out the lower LH (passenger) side of the screen, underneath the plastic cowl thing. I spent ages chasing that leak and got most improvement there. There's a join where several panels meet, along with a drain hole. I cleaned it all up and sika'd the panel joins, making sure the drain hole was clear. That was many years ago though, so the sika is possibly cracked.

If you do go down the path of taking it off and regluing it, get in touch with the guy who fitted my replacement (details should be on one of the receipts) as he is one of the few people around Melb area who takes the time to salvage all the rubber/trim bits. He may know of someone your way who he could recommend, or you could have another trip to Melbourne!!

I've also found the special security socket/key for undoing the spot lights, so I'll post it on to you!

Cheers.