Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

I had the same happened to my old disco, changed the balancer and then the fan bearing went

It's quiet now

Originally Posted by Four Loko

That's odd timing after just doing your balancer? coincidence much haha. Have you noticed much from doing that ?

Time to replace the starter battery in the Disco. No worries, easy job, 30mins and I'll be cooking dinner and watching Netflix.

Or so I thought!

I lost the battery clamp hook and I looked everywhere! Literally, I worked out where it would have fallen, trajectory, under tyres, skirting boards, tool boxes, I even checked all through the house in case I or the dog walked off with it, I kid you not that I even checked my bed incase the dog took it there!

4 hours later...... I packed up and thought **** it.

... then I found it in the vacuum cleaner. FML!

So I replaced the flexible brake hoses today in my 2002TD5 auto.
The replacements are Goodridge stainless hoses . They come with copper washers in the kit. The new hoses do not have an index protuberance onto the caliper like the OEM so you have to just guess the alignment.

It went pretty smoothly except there is always 1 wheel that is stubborn. The union to the metal pipe on the LH front was VERY tight and then to add insult, the damn union refused to start for quite a while.

I cleaned off the unions with a stiff fibre brush, then a squirt of penetrating fluid to make those damn slide locks easier, then some electronics cleaner .

I placed glad wrap with some rubber bands to seal the master cylinder so that not too much fluid lost, but it still goes everywhere.

The unions are AF 7/16 and 9/16 ( or BSP or whatever) and the new Goodridge hose has a 17MM nut at the top where it joins the metal pipe. I am buggered if I know why they are not metric. I guess another carryover from series 1.!!!

One strange thing I noticed was that the LH front wheel has a very sharp turn just near the wheel into a bracket. At first I thought that I must have incorrectly fitted the bracket when I was changing the hub, but it only goes on one way.
I have a pressure bleeder so that part was relatively simple. I then used the hill descent control to ensure no air in the system.

I cannot really say that I noticed much difference in the pedal travel as mine is very good to start with , although the brakes seem to be more linear when you press harder.
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by PhilipA

So I replaced the flexible brake hoses today in my 2002TD5 auto.

I cannot really say that I noticed much difference in the pedal travel as mine is very good to start with , although the brakes seem to be more linear when you press harder.

At some point the front brake calipers piston diameter and the brake booster were changed. The pistons became smaller. I cant work out what changed on the booster, I can only assume they increased the power assistance. I wonder if this is why you had a good pedal to start with, where others have a soft pedal. Of course you probably also have it well maintained.

Did you change the middle hoses?

Originally Posted by PhilipA

So I replaced the flexible brake hoses today in my 2002TD5 auto.
The replacements are Goodridge stainless hoses . They come with copper washers in the kit. The new hoses do not have an index protuberance onto the caliper like the OEM so you have to just guess the alignment.

It went pretty smoothly except there is always 1 wheel that is stubborn. The union to the metal pipe on the LH front was VERY tight and then to add insult, the damn union refused to start for quite a while.

I cleaned off the unions with a stiff fibre brush, then a squirt of penetrating fluid to make those damn slide locks easier, then some electronics cleaner .

I placed glad wrap with some rubber bands to seal the master cylinder so that not too much fluid lost, but it still goes everywhere.

The unions are AF 7/16 and 9/16 ( or BSP or whatever) and the new Goodridge hose has a 17MM nut at the top where it joins the metal pipe. I am buggered if I know why they are not metric. I guess another carryover from series 1.!!!

One strange thing I noticed was that the LH front wheel has a very sharp turn just near the wheel into a bracket. At first I thought that I must have incorrectly fitted the bracket when I was changing the hub, but it only goes on one way.
I have a pressure bleeder so that part was relatively simple. I then used the hill descent control to ensure no air in the system.

I cannot really say that I noticed much difference in the pedal travel as mine is very good to start with , although the brakes seem to be more linear when you press harder.
Regards PhilipA

What middle hoses?
I bought a kit so assume that is the lot.
regards PhilipA
had a look at RAVE this morning and there are two more next the chassis LH front.
Knowing how hard it is to get at that area , the fact that my existing hoses looked OK and they are protected by the chassis and don’t flex much, I intent to leave sleeping dogs lie, unless someone posts that they are prone to failure.

That's the one they expand under pressure, I got hel one delivered today $370 and got the 6 piece

Originally Posted by PhilipA

What middle hoses?
I bought a kit so assume that is the lot.
regards PhilipA
had a look at RAVE this morning and there are two more next the chassis LH front.
Knowing how hard it is to get at that area , the fact that my existing hoses looked OK and they are protected by the chassis and don’t flex much, I intent to leave sleeping dogs lie, unless someone posts that they are prone to failure.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

What middle hoses?
I bought a kit so assume that is the lot.
regards PhilipA
had a look at RAVE this morning and there are two more next the chassis LH front.
Knowing how hard it is to get at that area , the fact that my existing hoses looked OK and they are protected by the chassis and don’t flex much, I intent to leave sleeping dogs lie, unless someone posts that they are prone to failure.

the middle hoses are in the LH front wheel arch and easy to access and replace. I recall there was a bracket or guard to move but I just bent it out of the way.