Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by rick130

Hahaha, I used the winch on the old Deefer more for recovering cows outs of dams, straightening fences, pulling bull bars straight on Patrols, etc. than actual recovery work.

I have used mine a few times to get other 4WD's out of trouble But Yes I mainly use it around the paddock, Bloody handy bit of kit

Originally Posted by rick130

I undo the bleeder when doing a pad change, that way the crap fluid gets pushed out of the caliper to waste, not back up the line.

"why me sarge? " 'Cos your here son, 'cos your here, here to learn."
I am learning a lot. Next time, I'll undo the bleeding bleeder.

Brake fluid flush tomorrow. It is really bad, so spongy. I am not used to brakes like this since I sold the HK wagon in 1986

Originally Posted by Bohica

"why me sarge? " 'Cos your here son, 'cos your here, here to learn."
I am learning a lot. Next time, I'll undo the bleeding bleeder.

Brake fluid flush tomorrow. It is really bad, so spongy. I am not used to brakes like this since I sold the HK wagon in 1986

Julian if you have a nanacom, also do a ABS modulator power bleed

As I have a Nanocom, I'll power bleed the modulator and the brakes and flush out all the old brake fluid.

Disco got a service on the weekend; oil, filters, new tension pulley and drive belt....
That was the successful part....

The service and maintenance list was very long but a combination of lack of skill and time so all the other items like,
sump gasket
oil pump bolt
replace trans cooler lines
replace trans cooler
install additional trans cooler
install oil catch can
replace coolant
replace thermostat

Are still on the list.....

Oh started to remove the cross member to remove the sump and rounded off the heads of first two bolts.... that stopped that job. Yes I was using a 10mm hex socket and a long breaker bar
How do i remove a stuck rounded off bolt? Angle grinder to shape the head and vice grips or spanner or something

Sigh.....

and i stripped one of the centrifugal oil filter bolt threads...aluminium.. but its not leaking oil, so thats ok!

I am also going to buy a set of fan removal spanners... anything in front of that engine is a PIA with the fan in the way.... list never gets shorter....

Most socket manufacturers make sockets specifically for rounded off bolts, and they work.
Except when you just shear the damned thing right off!

Originally Posted by DiscoDiscoMan

I am also going to buy a set of fan removal spanners... anything in front of that engine is a PIA with the fan in the way.... list never gets shorter....

I've got a single spanner - 36mm??. Hold the pulley with a big screw driver wedged on the bolt heads and give the spanner a whack.
Use anti seize on the threads before putting it back on then a whack on the spanner is all you need to loosen next time.

Originally Posted by DiscoDiscoMan

How do i remove a stuck rounded off bolt? Angle grinder to shape the head and vice grips or spanner or something
try banging a 3/8" socket on, the combination of banging it on and being a slightly smaller size usually does the trick


and i stripped one of the centrifugal oil filter bolt threads...aluminium.. but its not leaking oil, so thats ok!
​replace the stripped bolt with a longer one for now

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