ACE is it worth waiting for

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Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

I'm fairly sure that somewhere in that great resource that is The Good Oil Forum
there is a listing for a belt to use if your ACE carks it.

Just add one to your box of spares, it'll fit neatly alongside the airbag, coil, plug, tube, bulb, assorted spanners, various hoses, etc etc ;):D

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No good mate, The shorter non-ACE belt would run through the middle of the ACE pump. You need to remove the pump to fit the belt.

Happy Days.

I carried a 8PK1560 belt trimmed to 7PK1560 that did the job without having to remove or change anything. It didn't have as much contact with the PS pump pulley but it didn't slip in my testing.

Hi guys,
Apologies for dragging this thread out - but did ACE come standard on ES model disco 2s? I know of a bloke selling his 2000 v8 ES - seems like a good car, leather seats, low kms and newish (10k) motor. Interested to know whether it has ACE. He didn't seem to know and I haven't yet seem the car up lose yet.

Cheers
Morpheus

I forgot to mention that my short belt was for a TD5.

If he doesn't know about the ACE,,
what else doesn't he know about?

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing... He said he has only owned it for a year though.

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Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

If he doesn't know about the ACE,,
what else doesn't he know about?

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I have to agree with this. My Disco is my first Land Rover and I know now there is plenty I didn't know to look for and the guy that owned it before me knew far less and he'd owned it for at least 5 years.

Happy Days

Not everyone is as passionate about their landies as we are, to some people it's just a car that takes them from A-B.
They're clearly immune to leaky charms.

Well, after developing a leak on the ace pump pressure hose I decided to remove the ace entirely. Fitted non-ace anti roll bars and ace pump delete idler and 7PK1800 belt.

Cannot feel any difference cornering, the D2 has a smoother ride and I dont have worry about failing again.:)

The advice to hang out for ACE is fine...but you might hang for a LONG time. Dont let lack of ACE put you off a good well serviced D2. Its hard enough finding a well serviced one. It was an option that I didnt go for when I bought my D2 new. D2'''s handle very very well without it. Obviously with it they handle better again. Mine handles well and better with a few PSI in the Coilrites. ACE gives you the best of both worlds on and off road, but its not a deal breaker. As for being the best Reliability of the techy stuff in the D2, that might be correct until option B is done on the ABS system and then the ABS becomes very reliable.

Cheers