Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by Bohica

I though the car would tip over. It was so scary I did it twice.


Julian

That's the way

Originally Posted by Bohica

This was on a LROCV training course.
A mate of mine called the car "Boaty McBoatface"
The first photo was the scariest. It was I am told a long way from the tip[ over angle. It just didn't seem that way on the inside.
The second photo was almost tranquil, I got into second, low range of course.
The third photo does look a bit low in the water. I wondered if water would get in as I was driving through. It didn't.

Yes you were beyond the D2s recommended wading depth - did they warn or caution you about that - i hope so. I did that course a few years back and had the water rolling over the bonnet up to the windscreen whilst driving in the soupy mud pits and the river section. Some muddy water got in through join gaps in the rear door weather seals down at the floor level and got the carpet a bit wet but not worrysome. What was a concern though was when i got back home and began to clean the D2 i discovered that the airbox had injested that much muddy water that underside of the near new airfilter element was mud caked and I'm surprised the TD5 was able to breathe at all and on further inspection found that the airbox duckbill valve in the front left wheel well had gone missing. Water would have been sucked in through there as well as through the inner mudguard air intake. I was very lucky that the TD5 wasn't hydraulic(ed).

I was so green back then - now I have a snorkle and have the airbox sealed water tight.

onebob

Originally Posted by onebob

Yes you were beyond the D2s recommended wading depth - did they warn or caution you about that - i hope so.

No they didn't.

Maybe biased to the D3's and 4's who have the air intake on the drivers side.

One of the guys did comment that it was deep and that the air intake was on the passenger side, after I had gone through.

I'm still green, but not as bad as before, These Discos are really capable.

I put the tip over switch back on the firewall, it had been relocated to a brake line near the ABS brake block thing, held in with zip ties.

The car did have a second battery at some time but no battery or wiring when I had bought it. I took the tray out when I changed the engine mounts.

Originally Posted by Bohica

I put the tip over switch back on the firewall, it had been relocated to a brake line near the ABS brake block thing, held in with zip ties.

The car did have a second battery at some time but no battery or wiring when I had bought it. I took the tray out when I changed the engine mounts.

Maybe consider putting the tray back - the 2nd battery tray is where i installed an onboard Air Compressor, worth considering....!

WENT FOR A 5 HOUR ROUND TRIP TOWING MY TANDEM AND A DISCOVERY 2 ON THE RETURN TRIP EEEEEEEEEEASY

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Side angles feel so wrong, but are so much fun

Today...uhh...
Mine got cold...

That looks a bit chill! You can do a replay of the LR addvert where they sweep snow off a D2 in the Arctic and it (might) fires straight up

Originally Posted by schuy1

That looks a bit chill! You can do a replay of the LR addvert where they sweep snow off a D2 in the Arctic and it fires straight up

It is Muppets car Do you want to rephrase that