What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

**PhilipA** · 5th July 2017, 07:43 PM

A good tip when removing and refitting diffs is as follows.
If you have a garage jack that has a big cup on top like most do, you can drill 2 holes that match up with the two holes on the bottom of the diff nose.
Then get the correct bolts to screw into the diff to hold the steering arm guard and damper weight or just use the ones which are already in the diff.

On most garage jacks you can remove the cup from the top of the arm.
So attach the cup to the diff by placing the bolts through the cup and then into the bottom of the diff.
Lift the diff onto the jack by dropping the cup into position.
You can then trundle the diff under the car and onto the bolts.
I can tell you it is much easier than trying to lift it.
The reverse also applies . Just undo all the nuts and pull the jack backwards.

Regards Philip A

**Roverlord off road spares** · 5th July 2017, 09:41 PM

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

You mean Roverlord doesn't stock them? If not there are options from o'seas, but can't find the link where I bought from in UK.

No Gavin , we don't stock them, I tried tanning kangeroo skins for the fine leather to getting Heather to sew them up for sale, but she can only do 20 jobs and refused,

Plenty avail on ebay, I bought Italian leather ones from Gaiters Uk I think they were called on Ebay over the years and they were real quality and not too expansive.

**Tins** · 5th July 2017, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

No Gavin , we don't stock them, I tried tanning kangeroo skins for the fine leather to getting Heather to sew them up for sale, but she can only do 20 jobs and refused,

Plenty avail on ebay, I bought Italian leather ones from Gaiters Uk I think they were called on Ebay over the years and they were real quality and not too expansive.

Why blame Heather? You could knock a few up while you are pretending to catch fish, surely?

**thai_tiger** · 5th July 2017, 10:55 PM

I used this one about a year ago and all good not stingy on the leather and good stitching

FOR LAND ROVER DISCOVERY MK1 MK2 95-04 AUTO HI LOW & HANDBRAKE GAITER TAN ST | eBay

**Lemo** · 6th July 2017, 05:48 AM

Did a coolant flush and change on the weekend now fuel cooler leaking!!
Changed orings for what I had spare in the shed, will order viton for later as needed D2 on the road!!
While doing found thermostat spring broken

What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Can this be replaced??

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 6th July 2017, 06:01 AM

Originally Posted by Bohica

FOR LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 1996-2004 TDI TD5HANDBRAKE GAITER ITALIAN LEATHER BOOT | eBay

was the handbrake gaiter all you needed Bohica?
I thought the two console gaiters were joined at the hip..

**Bohica** · 6th July 2017, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

was the handbrake gaiter all you needed Bohica?
I thought the two console gaiters were joined at the hip..

The gaiters are all separate pieces.

**crash** · 6th July 2017, 01:36 PM

Dropped the D2 off at the mechanic to repalce injector Orings and copper washers.

Captain Emerald · 6th July 2017, 05:18 PM

flashin m+s lights when i started it at work to come home... tranny was funny and it died 200m up the road on a roundabout.

turned it on and off a few times and it seems to have cleared....

of to the local landy guy on sat to get batt test done... *sigh* all part of landy ownership i guess!

**John_D4** · 7th July 2017, 12:33 AM

So a 15 minute basic oil change turned into 2 hours. Refitting the rotor filter cover... bolt on engine side ok...passenger side refusing to go in. I think the top part of the tapped thread is stripped. Long story short I found a longer M6 bolt which was long enough to reach the good part of the thread.

Frustrating when it happens mid afternoon when ur going away the next day...

Luckily it all ended well

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