Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by knuts2au

And did i mention the nut on the top of the starter motor! Some design engineers need shooting.

Tests your patience, doesn't it? I found a collection of 3/8 drive wobble extensions works. You wind up with the ratchet somewhere near the radiator.... Last bloke had used about a bottle of loctite on mine..

When you do figure out the magic combination take a photo so you don't have to spend the time figuring it next time

Another afternoon under Leaky and it's all back together. Only had a litre of oil for the transfer case so will have to wait till tomorrow for a test drive. Fixing up a few other small bits as i go, like the broken tabs on the centre console that hold the window switch panel and the broken exhaust heat shield bracket.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that the cargo barrier is secure, it's not much use just propped up there.

I'd rather the safety, or other aspects get mentioned, just in case, if not for me, for others.

Originally Posted by johnp38

Attachment 175978 This is the way it is set up from factory, because it starts from -70 Celsius to 133 C and the percentages they have put in you only get the 3 positions.The gauge does not move linear in relation to the percentages either, so 0 percent, 50 percent and 100 % is not quite where you think it would sit.


Attachment 175979 After some reading on discotd5.com I learnt how to change the temperature readings in the header as you can't just click in and change the figure.

I then changed to the temps to readings that suited me.

The percentages are all done by trial, put in a percentage, run out and plug chip in, see where it sits, not where I want it, unplug, back inside reprogramme rinse and repeat. Always chance of damaging pins on chip or socket so had spares on hand. However if I was working with a NNN ecu not much quicker due to the minutes of thumb twiddling as Nanocom backs up/uploads even though no need to physically handle the ecu.

There is some other stuff involved like how to fool the ECU that it is reading the various temps when the car is not running but this is not the tech section.

I am using Tunerpro RT which is free, the XDF files which are needed to show the data in human friendly (non geek) tables are on Offtracks discotd5.com site and can be accessed by receiving a password via email and logging in after making a small donation.

This also enables you to do your own mucking around with fuel tables which is not complicated at all, and you can just load up your original backed up file if you suddenly turn your car into a black smoke belching machine.

You will still need the experienced tuners like Shack and others to sort out the weird niggles (like using oversensitive V8 auto controllers on the td5 !! ) or making fuel tunes for different turbos and other mods etc. but on the whole the basic fuel tuning mods on stock motors anyone can do themselves.

You can PM me if you want these changes done for the temp gauge, no charge, I am an inquisitive owner not a tuner.

Help me find contacts of the site owner "DiscoTD5.com".
I sent him a private message, but he didn’t show up there for over a year.
I recently became the owner of Discovery 2 and want to study my TD5 motor.
Ready to become a doner and receive xdf files and other technical information. However, I can’t register and donate without his contact information.
I will be grateful to you.

Replaced my wiper blades a few months back and they already disintegrated.

Wasnt going to track down more of the crappy factory D2 style so just bought some D1 arms and now I can get blades anywhere.

Did the same already with the rear wiper, D1 arm just seems to work better than the plastic d2 arm if you are willing to go without the washer jet on the rear.

Pretty sure that Learjet pilot in the US "reasonably assumed" that the licensed mechanic had reinstalled the landing gear correctly. But he hadn't and the pilot died and two aircraft were destroyed.

Assume all you want.

Originally Posted by DCOA

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Did the same already with the rear wiper, D1 arm just seems to work better than the plastic d2 arm if you are willing to go without the washer jet on the rear.

you can actually get a washer jet for the rear too.

It's a kind'of hack, but should work:

wiper arm mounted washer jet on ebay.

hopefully you kept the hose mostly intact.