What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

**RRT** · 23rd September 2021, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by Matt_Rides

The M+S lights are basically coming on every time I shift into D. Gotta get a Nanocom stat!

Know if the D2 has been started for a while, the M and S lights will come on, once the battery is charged sufficiently (how ever much that is) they wont come on again. This can be a couple of turn on and turn off or 10 mins of driving with the lights on until I restart the car. How good is your battery???

**shack** · 23rd September 2021, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by AK83

Some niggles that pop their heads out after doing stuff.

So a while ago I swapped the TCU out of the TD5 and now running the V8 version.
Other than the annoyance of the highway running, mitigated a bit by not using cruise control so much ..
The other anomaly, I only noticed .. a week later! .. the gear indicator in the lower dash area is now not 'indicating'.

Strange. I'll have a poke around with the nanocom to see what settings this may relate too, otherwise ...

Only reason I noticed it so late in the test drive period is that tank is full and I only check to see how many klms I've driven so far.. and then noticed .. oooh! no D symbol.
This airbag steering wheel is really annoying when compared to the D1.

My work for this weekend will be to pull drivers seat and repad it a bit restore some height back into it.

It won't be the new EAT as such .. Unless it is faulty, and even then I'm not sure, I'd have to hit rave, most likely the XYZ switch though.

**Matt_Rides** · 23rd September 2021, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by RRT

Know if the D2 has been started for a while, the M and S lights will come on, once the battery is charged sufficiently (how ever much that is) they wont come on again. This can be a couple of turn on and turn off or 10 mins of driving with the lights on until I restart the car. How good is your battery???

Its been getting worse the more I've been driving it the past few days. It's going for a longer drive tomorrow so i'll see what happens then. I'll also get a good charger and give it some juice. I'll see how old the battery is too. Thanks for the tips!

**AK83** · 23rd September 2021, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by shack

It won't be the new EAT as such .. Unless it is faulty, and even then I'm not sure, I'd have to hit rave, most likely the XYZ switch though.

ok, thanks.

I'll double check before I play with the nanocom.
With a long weekend coming(but rain) I'll refit the TD5 unit back and see if it changes.

**mylesaway** · 23rd September 2021, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by Matt_Rides

Its been getting worse the more I've been driving it the past few days. It's going for a longer drive tomorrow so i'll see what happens then. I'll also get a good charger and give it some juice. I'll see how old the battery is too. Thanks for the tips!

See if you can borrow a quality charger with a 'rejuvenate function' on it and try that.

Now that it's warming up you may get a bit more life out, though you may have to replace it before next winter.

Just did a mates CX-5 stop/start battery and she is happy as now. Also disabled the stop/start as well.

How old is the battery? I average 6 years ( AC-Delco) out of mine.

**Matt_Rides** · 23rd September 2021, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by mylesaway

See if you can borrow a quality charger with a 'rejuvenate function' on it and try that.

Now that it's warming up you may get a bit more life out, though you may have to replace it before next winter.

Just did a mates CX-5 stop/start battery and she is happy as now. Also disabled the stop/start as well.

How old is the battery? I average 6 years ( AC-Delco) out of mine.

Just ordered a Projecta IC1000 so i'll see how that goes tomorrow after a good charge. Might be worthwhile putting in a decent new battery in the near future too.

**mylesaway** · 23rd September 2021, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by AK83

Some niggles that pop their heads out after doing stuff.

So a while ago I swapped the TCU out of the TD5 and now running the V8 version.
Other than the annoyance of the highway running, mitigated a bit by not using cruise control so much ..
The other anomaly, I only noticed .. a week later! .. the gear indicator in the lower dash area is now not 'indicating'.

Strange. I'll have a poke around with the nanocom to see what settings this may relate too, otherwise ...

Only reason I noticed it so late in the test drive period is that tank is full and I only check to see how many klms I've driven so far.. and then noticed .. oooh! no D symbol.
This airbag steering wheel is really annoying when compared to the D1.

My work for this weekend will be to pull drivers seat and repad it a bit restore some height back into it.

Just went out and checked mine. Gear indicators still showing up okay.

Am thinking XYZ switch as well...Easy enough to recon if caught early enough. Just remember to use plenty of sealant where the wires enter the housing.

"Other than the annoyance of the highway running.." What's the issue there?

cheers...

**shack** · 23rd September 2021, 09:54 PM

Usually if the selected gear disappears from the instrument cluster, it flashes, and the M&S lights will accompany your travels, preventing converter lockup and gear selection, if this isn't happening it's a very unusual situation.

Also the light down on the trans shifter will flash instead of being solidly lit.

If this isn't happening....

I guess then it could be a faulty LCD.

**mylesaway** · 23rd September 2021, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by Matt_Rides

Just ordered a Projecta IC1000 so i'll see how that goes tomorrow after a good charge. Might be worthwhile putting in a decent new battery in the near future too.

Yep, that should do it. Don't forget to disconnect any aux batteries as well.

I forgot- wondered why it was taking so long to charge up- Doh!

**AK83** · 24th September 2021, 06:32 AM

Originally Posted by mylesaway

.....

"Other than the annoyance of the highway running.." What's the issue there?

cheers...

Mine runs perfectly now(considering the mapped ECU) around town .. gear changes and TC lockup.
But at highway speeds, it's far too eager to unlock the TC say from about 80k/h and over on the almost nonexistant rises that constitute an overpass on the freeway.
More so using cruise control, and minimised a little using the good old foot method. For now, just getting to work .. I use cruise on the flat sections, disengage when coming to an overpass, then either hold pedal as accurately steady(no loss in speed) or ease off a touch(maybe lose 1k/h) .. and no worries.
The CC is really aggressive in it's operation tho.

With the TD5 TCU, on the highway it ran nicely, except lockup at about 85k/h. Annoying with all the roadworks and speed cameras around Melb at the moment.
So now with the V8 TCU it'll lockup easily at a steady 70k/h(nice) and torque it more than enough to drive with such low revs. Up to 80k/h with the TD5 TCU felt too fussy ..

On a drive down the 80k/h section on the Westgate fwy, up to 80k/h with the V8 TCU feels 'normal' with foot work, or cruise tho. She seems to stay locked with more pedal input than at over 80k/h(more like over 90).

On the Ringroad which is 100k/h .. using cruise, not only will it unlock(at 100k/h) over the insignificant overpass rises .. it'll kick down into 3rd too .. so she's screaming her head off at 3500 or whatever .. for nothing!

These insignificant overpasses I speak of really are nothing .. maybe 5m in 500m or something. Our underpowered overloaded trucks can maintain 100k/h over them .. hence why annoying.

I'll do some checking today and reply back.

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