Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by Reddirt204

Ok, my young bloke rang late last night, his D2a is playing up again..... he went to try to start it and no go, I have a set of starter contacts waiting for me as I know they are playing up. He said, nope not the starter, he couldn't get the key to turn in the ignition and also the steering wheel is locked up. He tried locking unlocking on the fob and the door, still no joy. I told him to put the battery on charge (probably on the way out) so far still no luck.
Soooo brains trust, what now? is it a barrel lock issue? battery? a remote locking issue? or something else random.... Also just as a side note, due to over heating it previously and subsequent head gasket replacement, the electric fan runs constantly, I haven't found anyone yet with a Nanocom to reset this and scan for errors (anyone in the south west WA???) would this be a factor in the no start issue?? Previous to this it has been running like a dream instead of the nightmare it was when we got it...

cheers

Reddirt204

Lots of dry lube and then some graphite into the barrel to free the sticking pins may get it going.

Originally Posted by Reddirt204

Thanks V8Ian

Yes, he's tried wiggling, turning and using all sorts of four letter words, begging and pleading even threats of violence and boxes of matches

but sadly he borrowed our car this morning. It has been playing up occasionally but nothing this bad, so looks like I know what my project will be over the weekend.... I have read about the Defenders having barrel lock issues, something about the back of the lock giving way and then it doesn't disengage properly, hopefully it will be an easy fix.

cheers

Reddirt204

The wheel will turn slightly one way, against tension, hold the steering wheel still and try the key. It does seem that the steering wheel is preventing the key from turning.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Lots of dry lube and then some graphite into the barrel to free the sticking pins may get it going.

Tombie

You were pretty much on the money. I was chatting with the young bloke last night (I'm away with work) told him to get some CRC (I'm not a bit fan but it will do the trick) he squirted some in the barrel, messed around with the key for about 5 minutes with no luck, just as he's about to get a box of matches (well not quite but he getting very frustrated at the Red Rig..) then old Disco decides to just start as if nothing had ever happened. So this another little job to deal with on the weekend, strip the and clean the barrel.

Funniest part was my young bloke, one minute he's ready to burn the Disco to the ground, next minute so happy his Red Rig is up and running again, must be a Land Rover thing

thanks to all

cheers
Reddirt204

Originally Posted by Reddirt204

Funniest part was my young bloke, one minute he's ready to burn the Disco to the ground, next minute so happy his Red Rig is up and running again, must be a Land Rover thing

I think a lot of us have these mood changes. I know I do.

It's a pretty common ailment tbh

Nothing so much has happened, but is in the process of happening. Bit of a small side project for the ol girl. Started painting up the original factory 18's that came on the car when i bought it. Picked up some fairly good condition rubber for cheap to go on later.

Keep in mind that the previous owner had done an appalling job painting the rims (and half the bloody car ) so as far as i was concerned the wheels were basically stuffed and couldn't be returned to standard.

Good way to test the beadlocks

That’s why I ran internal bead locks. Both beads covered and no potential rim damage.