Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Off to Burra next weekend for a Rally so i thought better give the old girl the once over. Coolant leak on top hose so ditched the spring clamp and put a worm drive type clamp on. Found an oil leak on the half moon on the back of the rocker cover, so new gasket needed, still got the duct tape on the fuel filler flap, need to get another plastic clip, and the number plate lights aren't working, so time for some new ones of them. A very productive night! Now to order all the bits.

Going out for dinner last night. Got a couple of km's down the road and cruise control turned itself off and MIL came on. Engine continued running OK while I pulled over asking myself what sort of fresh hell has been unleashed now. Without turning it off plugged in the trusty Nanocom which revealed "Crank speed high". Cleared the fault, turned engine off and restarted and continued on without a repeat performance. No more faults logged.
Seeing as it's overdue for new oil and filters I've contacted Mario and Heather and whistled up the filters plus a crank angle sensor.
The burning question now is; Do I feel lucky or do I park it up and drive my wife's '97 Subaru? On reflection I reckon I'll park it up - I don't fancy being stranded.

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Too exhausted to add words.

Originally Posted by Bohica

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Too exhausted to add words.

How hard was it to install?

Originally Posted by Kaaaiju

How hard was it to install?

Hmm, not that hard, long and tedious. I used a jack to raise up the sliders, rear part upwards, i.e. at an angle. I am on my own for this. Raise it so that the cut out matches the 'B' pillar. Jack up so that the slider is level. Check the front, as the instructions say something about make sure the front wheel is clear. I used a rubber mallet to improve the fit.

Drilling the holes. Painful. I had a angled drive unit, designed for nuts and bolt, I am sure, that **** itself after half a hole. The battery powered unit struggeld with the 13mm holes. The 240V drill, running of the inverter, cut through the aluminium like a hot knife through butter, sadly this unit was to large to fit on the inside of the sill.

On the first, driver's side I drilled all the holes and threaded the bolts, then tightened the bolts, working around the jack.
On the passengerside I drilled hole fore and aft and threaded and tightened these two bolts.
Then I removed the jack and drilled and threaded, and tightened the remainder, except the two that match up with the aux battery, sitting on the air compressor shelf.
The passenger side has 6 bolts, the driver's side has 8. 13mm holes and 8.5mm holes, washers on the bolt and nut side.
THe fitting kit came with steel spacers to stop the sill from collapsing. It is aluminium after all.
BTW APT have 4 bolts per side. No spacers. All 10mm holes.

Hang on Kaaaiju, you have rock sliders on your Disco!! Why ask? It took me maybe 4 hours all up. I'm not then fastest, I try to get it right the first time.

Originally Posted by Bohica

Hmm, not that hard, long and tedious. I used a jack to raise up the sliders, rear part upwards, i.e. at an angle. I am on my own for this. Raise it so that the cut out matches the 'B' pillar. Jack up so that the slider is level. Check the front, as the instructions say something about make sure the front wheel is clear. I used a rubber mallet to improve the fit.

Drilling the holes. Painful. I had a angled drive unit, designed for nuts and bolt, I am sure, that **** itself after half a hole. The battery powered unit struggeld with the 13mm holes. The 240V drill, running of the inverter, cut through the aluminium like a hot knife through butter, sadly this unit was to large to fit on the inside of the sill.

On the first, driver's side I drilled all the holes and threaded the bolts, then tightened the bolts, working around the jack.
On the passengerside I drilled hole fore and aft and threaded and tightened these two bolts.
Then I removed the jack and drilled and threaded, and tightened the remainder, except the two that match up with the aux battery, sitting on the air compressor shelf.
The passenger side has 6 bolts, the driver's side has 8. 13mm holes and 8.5mm holes, washers on the bolt and nut side.
THe fitting kit came with steel spacers to stop the sill from collapsing. It is aluminium after all.
BTW APT have 4 bolts per side. No spacers. All 10mm holes.

Hang on Kaaaiju, you have rock sliders on your Disco!! Why ask? It took me maybe 4 hours all up. I'm not then fastest, I try to get it right the first time.

Thought u were too tired to add words?

Originally Posted by John_D2

Thought u were too tired to add words?

Beer works wonders.

Originally Posted by Bohica

Hmm, not that hard, long and tedious. I used a jack to raise up the sliders, rear part upwards, i.e. at an angle. I am on my own for this. Raise it so that the cut out matches the 'B' pillar. Jack up so that the slider is level. Check the front, as the instructions say something about make sure the front wheel is clear. I used a rubber mallet to improve the fit.

Drilling the holes. Painful. I had a angled drive unit, designed for nuts and bolt, I am sure, that **** itself after half a hole. The battery powered unit struggeld with the 13mm holes. The 240V drill, running of the inverter, cut through the aluminium like a hot knife through butter, sadly this unit was to large to fit on the inside of the sill.

On the first, driver's side I drilled all the holes and threaded the bolts, then tightened the bolts, working around the jack.
On the passengerside I drilled hole fore and aft and threaded and tightened these two bolts.
Then I removed the jack and drilled and threaded, and tightened the remainder, except the two that match up with the aux battery, sitting on the air compressor shelf.
The passenger side has 6 bolts, the driver's side has 8. 13mm holes and 8.5mm holes, washers on the bolt and nut side.
THe fitting kit came with steel spacers to stop the sill from collapsing. It is aluminium after all.
BTW APT have 4 bolts per side. No spacers. All 10mm holes.

Hang on Kaaaiju, you have rock sliders on your Disco!! Why ask? It took me maybe 4 hours all up. I'm not then fastest, I try to get it right the first time.

They look like rock sliders but are elcheapo side steps