What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

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Originally Posted by Lemo

Pretty easy to do, I needed to drop the tie rod off and have car up on chassis stands to get the axle hanging as far down to get the sump between the cross member.

Also needed to loosen the front coolant hose metal section and the auto lines and tied them clear of the front of the sump.

Replacing sump gasket I put it up on the block first, did the sealant across the rear main seal and front timing cover and then used some small cable ties in every second hole to hold the gasket in place.

Pretty sure there's a heap of tutorials on here, I've read a few used some of the tricks mention to make it easier.

Also used the cardboard template trick to number each bolt as removed then used that to do the correct tightening procedure as per RAVE

Cheers Lemo

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I only did the cardboard bit. I put the car up on jack stands and the sump slid right out without drama. Didn't loosen any hoses or take off the tie rod. It's tight but it fits. Check out the discovery 2 uk site for a great breakdown on the procedure.

www.discovery2.co.uk / TD5 "Famous" Oil Pump Bolt

Got into a smash. (Everyone is ok :D) Was hit from behind by a newish CRV. I have a steel rear bar. She didn't. Guess who came off 2nd best?

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Originally Posted by gusthedog

I only did the cardboard bit. I put the car up on jack stands and the sump slid right out without drama. Didn't loosen any hoses or take off the tie rod. It's tight but it fits. Check out the discovery 2 uk site for a great breakdown on the procedure.

www.discovery2.co.uk / TD5 "Famous" Oil Pump Bolt

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Do you have standard suspension??

I found there was no way of getting the sump out without taking off the tie rod, I did give it a good go first, before relenting.

Re the front pipes I could have juggled the sump in there but laying on my back with oil and dirt getting in my eyes, I wanted it going as smooth as possible.

Was a bit of a juggle getting the sump back over the oil pressure/pump that hangs down!!

Cheers Lemo

took out the front drive shaft.

now i have a rear wheel drive ls1 d2.... what would possibly go wrong

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Originally Posted by Eevo

took out the front drive shaft.

now i have a rear wheel drive ls1 d2.... what would possibly go wrong

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It will be fun finding out[emoji38]

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Originally Posted by Eevo

took out the front drive shaft.

now i have a rear wheel drive ls1 d2.... what would possibly go wrong

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I had one over the summer, well a TD5 rear wheel drive. Nothing went wrong.

the driveshaft will go back in next week when its repaired.

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Originally Posted by Bluetoes

So cleaned out all the plugs replaced the injector loom and rocker cover gasket still no go looked at the fuel pump relay looks ok but will give a test tomorrow thinking maybe fuel pump??

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Tested all electrics all seemed good (im no leco). Ordered new fuel pump it arrived quick smart (surprised the poo out of me). Fitted said pump, relatively easy and straight forward job, and the beast fired. (well as much as a TD5 can be a beast) Hi - Lo runs again, ran her until it got to operating temp all good.
So two more items on the list ticked lots more to go. Still loving the disco they are so easy to work on. And if it snows at the Barringtons in the next day or two like predicted we can drive to the snow yeha. Sorry no pics just to much to do tonight.

in the last week:

first ls1 oil change. did 6000km
fitting an rpm emulator which will allow the aircon to work
added a treg hitch and a change from rectangular to circle trailer plug
discovered the cause of sound/vibration. dry uni joint on front shaft. took out, getting someone who knows what their doing to look at it.
found an oil weap from transfer case. perfect time to get an ATB thingie.
fitted HID lights
fixed belt squeak. pulley alignment.
fitting fridge bracket/tie down. not sure im happy with it


things still to do next week:
wire up fridge and triple battery system
Speedo corrector

things to do later:
roof/head lining
compass mirror
less dark window tint

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Originally Posted by Lemo

Do you have standard suspension??

I found there was no way of getting the sump out without taking off the tie rod, I did give it a good go first, before relenting.

Re the front pipes I could have juggled the sump in there but laying on my back with oil and dirt getting in my eyes, I wanted it going as smooth as possible.

Was a bit of a juggle getting the sump back over the oil pressure/pump that hangs down!!

Cheers Lemo

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I have a 40mm lift. Maybe that was the difference.