Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

new additions to the car.

traxide dual battery system
led light bar

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It's been an interesting morning ...

After an early morning call from a mate with a Disco II who suffered loss of all forward gears just outside Dubbo (heading for Parkes) I headed off in my DII down to my tame battery supplier to get a new start battery for the V8 DI. On the way back up the Southern Expressway to work there was a load bang from the back and the sound of something showering over the road. Vehicle continued driving fine but Inspektor Rex in the load space at the back looked a bit startled.

I got to work and walked around the vehicle to see what had happened, assuming I had driven over something - all looked good looking around towards ground level. Then I opened the rear door to let Rex out for a drink and a pee - I noticed a bit of shattered glass on the floor in the back. Then I looked up and found the alpine light mostly gone!

A good look outside and it would appear to me that the roof rack (an ARB half-rack) on the roof has stressed the opening around the alpine light and caused the glass to shatter with the additional wind-load from driving at 100km/hr on the expressway being the final straw.

Still better it happens here where I can get it repaired than on the highway heading up to Melrose next weekend!

Spoke to Brenton and Phil at TR Spares in Lonsdale and they're getting a good glass cut out of one of the DII's in the yard and I've got the boys at Complete Windscreens in Prospect (who have 4 disco's themselves) tee'd up to fit it next week.

I'm hoping the rest of the day goes down with rather less drama.

After waiting 6 weeks for my winch bar to finally arrive at ARB Geraldton I have just been informed that it will be another 2 weeks before they will be able to fit it.

I am Not that impressed with the service provided especially as I paid "Up Front" for the bar and fitting fee

Originally Posted by trout1105

After waiting 6 weeks for my winch bar to finally arrive at ARB Geraldton I have just been informed that it will be another 2 weeks before they will be able to fit it.

I am Not that impressed with the service provided especially as I paid "Up Front" for the bar and fitting fee

Get a fitting refund and pop around to Whyatts?

My replacement timing cover went on, and the sump went back on. Not a fun job but not the worst. Oh and I found this

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

My replacement timing cover went on, and the sump went back on. Not a fun job but not the worst. Oh and I found this

Wow seems someone has been heavy handed on the tools with this car

Yeah curious about it. I've not touched the sump before, and my mechanic didn't mention it. Thankfully I don't think it will cause any issues, but annoying none the less

Rather than replace it I guess the sensible option is to rip it all out and stick an M57 in there