Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Photos of the cup holders and my new leather gaiters for gearbox transfer case and handbrake.


Sourced mine from Rovers North

http://www.roversnorth.com/Land-Rover-Parts/376

Cheers, Chris

They are an odd size,, too big to hold cans, too small to hold a foam stubby cooler.

You know you can get inserts for them right....

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Just because-

I had to drive to brissy today from the Sunshine Coast and around Lutwidge I checked the outside temp,, and it said 40,,
in fact trips both in and out were around 39,,
so we sat in 3 lanes of bumper to bumper traffic for 30 minutes each way once we hit Brissy outskirts,

while its not the red centre, and I didnt have a caravan on, 40 is still 40,, I figure the fact the cars temp never got over 92 is a result for my D2 cooling system,,

I'm suspecting that you drive a well maintained vehicle, correct me if I'm wrong.

I on the other hand, because of need am driving a cheep (there's that little bird again) DIIA that I have just purchased and not had time to go over properly.

Radiator hoses blew up like balloons, air conditioner condensor fins closed over or full of dirt not to mention two big driving lights in front of grille. And speaking of grille, isn't it nice to be able to undo three fasteners and it comes out (DIIA).

Overheating has seemed a problem for this car, it has a huge alloy radiator fitted, I'm told to watch for cracks in solid alloy radiators.

What else I have found out, centre diff does not lock, with it locked I should be able to drive rear wheels only shouldn't I?
I have a 2000 unit, can the nose piece with the diff in it fit 2003?

That's because the double cardan joint is shagged and the shaft is out, so what is the best way to fix this? C/Over, different joint or simply repair the existing.

That might be what I do for the rest of the day, oh, after I fix the BIG fuel leak.

Actually I don't get out of it too badly, I bought the silicone hoses and fuel pressure thingy for the last car and wrote it off before I got around to fitting them!

Cheers

Mike

Took a throttle pedal out of a car that is being dimantled, drove home, took my pedal out, swapped over the orange clip, fitted "new" pedal into mine - test drive all
Ok. Hope my intermittent loss of power problem goes away now..!

Finally replaced blown interior light bulb with and LED repalcement from JAYCAR,

Replaced all three, nice and bright now inside.

Cheers Chris

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

You know you can get inserts for them right....

and they dont help in any way,, as far as I can tell from years of research, all they can do is hold (old!) mobile phones,,

there is a secret stash spot under all those inserts

I'm suspecting that you drive a well maintained vehicle, correct me if I'm wrong.

repaired rather than maintained

I on the other hand, because of need am driving a cheep (there's that little bird again) DIIA that I have just purchased and not had time to go over properly.

Radiator hoses blew up like balloons, air conditioner condensor fins closed over or full of dirt not to mention two big driving lights in front of grille. And speaking of grille, isn't it nice to be able to undo three fasteners and it comes out (DIIA).

Overheating has seemed a problem for this car, it has a huge alloy radiator fitted, I'm told to watch for cracks in solid alloy radiators.

Nothing wrong with alloy rads, millions used daily world wide, think yourself lucky you have one

What else I have found out, centre diff does not lock, with it locked I should be able to drive rear wheels only shouldn't I?
I have a 2000 unit, can the nose piece with the diff in it fit 2003?

Should just bolt up? you will need the early linkages, the car is not designed as a RWD so act accordingly--

That's because the double cardan joint is shagged and the shaft is out, so what is the best way to fix this? C/Over, different joint or simply repair the existing.

Do your research. lots of great posts in here about different fixes. Choose one that suits you.

That might be what I do for the rest of the day, oh, after I fix the BIG fuel leak.

Actually I don't get out of it too badly, I bought the silicone hoses and fuel pressure thingy for the last car and wrote it off before I got around to fitting them!

Cheers

Mike

actually Mike my post was a dig at the notion that for a D2 to survive hot weather you must change the layout of the rad hoses.
and it just aint so.