Thread: ACE is it worth waiting for

Originally Posted by brisbrutale

How can you tell if there's ACE or not?

ACE light on the dash, Power Steering reservoir will be split, one for PS fluid, one for ACE.

If it corners like a F1 car it has ACE. I have it and love it. The one downside is that all the stuff on my console ends up on the floor. SWMBO does not like it.

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

If it corners like a F1 car it has ACE. I have it and love it. The one downside is that all the stuff on my console ends up on the floor. SWMBO does not like it.

You get that with non ACE models, I managed to leave me favourite pair of sunnies in the middle of a busy roundabout once

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

You get that with non ACE models, I managed to leave me favourite pair of sunnies in the middle of a busy roundabout once

That's because the vehicle was leaning over that much that they fell
out the window.

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

That's because the vehicle was leaning over that much that they fell
out the window.

Not really, I have exceptionally stiff springs. Makes flex a bit of a non event but it still handles nicely
Now the lifted GU with no sway bars I followed, that's a different story...

I notice a few comments here about the ACE being pretty reliable. Well bugger me the other stuff must be pretty bad.

Maybe I've just been unlucky to have a failure but it has the potential to leave you high and dry (or wet if it's raining or your in a creek).

I had the flexible hose running to the front drivers side ram burst. It had worn through and weakened the sheath enough that when I was pushing harder than usual (it does handle well) around a corner it burst.

Started with the ACE light orange. Ended with it flashing red and beeping.

I made it home without damage but I didn't know just how bad it could have been. I have red that if the system runs dry, you are pretty much guaranteed the pump will seize. If the pump seizes, the fan belt will break. You could carry a non ACE fan belt but due to the pulley location, you'd need to remove the pump before fitting the shorter belt.

I removed the blown hose. When they build Discoverys, they start with this hose. The hose has a teflon core so no field fitings. I had to get fittings brassed on the end of the metal pipe and then a new flex peice made with screw on fittings. Good thing now that if it happens again it's just a matter of unscrewing and a new bit of flex hose.

It's an absolutly fantastic idea and I love how it handles all whilst still allowing max flex but there aren't many spares you can carry to patch it up to get you home. SLS is excellent too but if you carry a spare air bag and fitting to pump it up by hand you can replace a punctured bag eaisly and isolate the rest of the system and pump up the bag by hand. Hydraulic rams and pumps aren't that easy.

Just thought I'd give my opinion. I live in the NT now and I'll still take it to some reasonably remote places and cross croc infested creeks and rivers but it's something that sits in the back of my mind to worry about.

Happy Days.

Originally Posted by joel0407

I had the flexible hose running to the front drivers side ram burst. It had worn through and weakened the sheath enough that when I was pushing harder than usual (it does handle well) around a corner it burst.

That should have been picked up in a service, checking for Chaffing and rubbing is essential on all vehicles nowadays.

I had a coolant hose rub through on mine, managed to fix it well enough to get home, but I now pay extra attention to all hoses that have the potential to rub

Originally Posted by SiddersC

That should have been picked up in a service, checking for Chaffing and rubbing is essential on all vehicles nowadays.

I had a coolant hose rub through on mine, managed to fix it well enough to get home, but I now pay extra attention to all hoses that have the potential to rub

I had only had the vehicle for just over a week so I hadn't got to those kind of things at that time.

Thing is you can patch a coolant hose and top up with water from what ever source you can to get you home but high presure hydraulic oil is another thing. Even if you compare it to high pressure diesel lines. They run around the engine bay at the most. ACE lines run to all 4 wheels and are suceptable to all kinds of damage. Brake lines can be isolated too. Front and rear brakes are already seperate and as much as vice grips will often be enough to stem a brake line.

Happy Days.