Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

I finally bled the brakes. Now I push once on the brake to slow the car down. A first for me with this car. One thing, If I push the brake harder, it gives, pish harder again and the brake pedal gives again, i.e. the pedal moves down. Is this normal? I put 1.25L of brake fluid through and did a a modulator power bleed.

I also fitted the muddies, ready for the long weekend.

I find that a hill descent practice or even just an ABS application really firms up the pedal for quite a while. So find a steep hill and go for it.
regards Philip A

yeah the D2 pedal is a bit squishy,, they do work very well though.
better than the brick wall that was the D1 pedal

Inspired by Mr Swift, I finally extracted my digit and replaced the rear rotors, pads and hoses plus a flush and bleed late this arvo after it stopped raining.
They've only been sitting here for near twelve months.....
Actually only just returned from a bedding session.

I think the old girl had had more love in the last three weeks than the last eighteen combined .

With the brakes, I get the squishy bit happening when stationary. When slowing down, a slight push is very effective. Only one push, not the push, release and push for effect.

I had to cut down and remove a rather large peppercorn tree yesterday because it had a lot of dead wood on the top of it that was threatening to fall onto my boat.
I wouldnt have been able to do the job without my trusty old D2a as I used the winch to ensure the tree fell exactly where i wanted it to so that it didnt take out the fence and i had absolutely No trouble dragging the entire tree which I estimate to be about 2t out into a paddock to be burnt come winter time.
I have used the disco many times for similar jobs around the place But this is the biggest tree I have had to remove and I was a bit sceptical of the truck being able to drag so much dead weight without having to cut the tree up into smaller pieces.
All I had to do was select low range/lock the centre diff and the old girl pulled the lot away like a tractor, A little bit of wheelspin at first but once she got going there was no stopping her
It never ceases to amaze me just how Capable and strong these old trucks are

Originally Posted by rick130

Inspired by Mr Swift, I finally extracted my digit and replaced the rear rotors, pads and hoses plus a flush and bleed late this arvo after it stopped raining.
They've only been sitting here for near twelve months.....
Actually only just returned from a bedding session.

I think the old girl had had more love in the last three weeks than the last eighteen combined .

and you replaced that screw,,, belts and braces for you!

40 degree day here and with ac going flat out I turned left at idle into our road and noted the steering went heavy for a second. Did the same a few minutes later too.

Ah .#$@ not another problem I thought.

Lifted the bonnet and found no leaks from the PAS system but of course everything was stinking hot..so left it to cool o/n.

Next day I could not replicate the issue so I presume the hot weather caused either the pump to "fail" or perhaps the belt slipped momentarily ..but no ign light came on. If genuine then the pump at near 300 k klms is probably due for rebuild or replacement.

The steering unis are good as are the links ball joints etc.

Q: is it worth pump rebuild or just get new? ?