Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by DiscoDiscoMan

Ok I will bite... in assume they old intercooler is for an auto- Ashcroft... what are your plans...??

Yeah both I have are allisport intercoolers, the smaller one is an auto one which is gone already

Originally Posted by Kaaaiju

I could of bought an 3080 haha but instead bought an allisport intercooler manaul version for my d2,

And the view out the attached screen that unit goes into is more fun....

Originally Posted by Eevo

my next pc build





AMD Ryzen 5950x about $1200


be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler$139.00


ASRock B550M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard$199.00


G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 G DDR4-4000 CL15 Memory$281.60
G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 G DDR4-4000 CL15 Memory$281.60


big navi gpu about $1500

Was my thing, hasn’t been for nearly 2 decades now.
Enjoy...

I got the damage report from Wyatt's the other day and the gearbox is "Toast" as well as the transfer case cable
That was the Bad news.
The Good news is that they have a good used gearbox available to affect the repairs to the D2a

The work that is being done is ;

Fit a new front tail shaft.
Fit a new "Doughnut" to the rear tailshaft.
Supply and replace the gearbox.
Fit a new transfer case cable.

All up the cost quoted was about $4,000, Which seems quite reasonable for the work that is being done especially when you factor in the High quality workmanship you get when you drop your land rover of at Wyatt's

There is also about a fist sized hole in the floor under the drivers seat because the drive shaft smashed into it when it decided to commit "harakiri" that I will have to patch up otherwise the wading ability of the D2a will be severely compromised .

I briefly contemplated getting a defender or series land rover to replace the injured D2a But as I already have a very reliable/capable albeit uncomfortable 4WD ute with the 79 Series I decided to once again bite the bullet and get the D2a back on the road/track.
Oh the Joys of 4WD ownership

Originally Posted by trout1105

I got the damage report from Wyatt's the other day and the gearbox is "Toast" as well as the transfer case cable
That was the Bad news.
The Good news is that they have a good used gearbox available to affect the repairs to the D2a

The work that is being done is ;

Fit a new front tail shaft.
Fit a new "Doughnut" to the rear tailshaft.
Supply and replace the gearbox.
Fit a new transfer case cable.

All up the cost quoted was about $4,000, Which seems quite reasonable for the work that is being done especially when you factor in the High quality workmanship you get when you drop your land rover of at Wyatt's

There is also about a fist sized hole in the floor under the drivers seat because the drive shaft smashed into it when it decided to commit "harakiri" that I will have to patch up otherwise the wading ability of the D2a will be severely compromised .

I briefly contemplated getting a defender or series land rover to replace the injured D2a But as I already have a very reliable/capable albeit uncomfortable 4WD ute with the 79 Series I decided to once again bite the bullet and get the D2a back on the road/track.
Oh the Joys of 4WD ownership

Sorry to hear that , maybe they should sharpen their pencil a bit considering the shaft uni's give plenty of warning before getting to the point of letting go , unless a couple of services were missed

Originally Posted by discorevy

Sorry to hear that , maybe they should sharpen their pencil a bit considering the shaft uni's give plenty of warning before getting to the point of letting go , unless a couple of services were missed

The part on the front drive shaft that gave way didn't have a grease nipple So it wasn't a servicing issue because there was NO way that it could have been serviced.
Anyway I do all my own services except for the auto service So there is absolutely NO way that Wyatt's can be at fault for this SNAFU.
The front drive shaft failures on the D1 and the D2 is a quite common occurrence simply because of the way it was designed by JLR who in their wisdom decided that there was no need to make the driveshaft greaseable.
The new shaft that I am getting fitted WILL be greaseable because it is designed correctly and NOT by JLR

Originally Posted by trout1105

The part on the front drive shaft that gave way didn't have a grease nipple So it wasn't a servicing issue because there was NO way that it could have been serviced.
Anyway I do all my own services except for the auto service So there is absolutely NO way that Wyatt's can be at fault for this SNAFU.
The front drive shaft failures on the D1 and the D2 is a quite common occurrence simply because of the way it was designed by JLR who in their wisdom decided that there was no need to make the driveshaft greaseable.
The new shaft that I am getting fitted WILL be greaseable because it is designed correctly and NOT by JLR

Have you moved your air con rubber pipes? They drip on to the uni and dry them out prematurely. Another great landrover design

Originally Posted by SPROVER

Have you moved your air con rubber pipes? They drip on to the uni and dry them out prematurely. Another great landrover design

I won't have to now as I will simply pump some new grease into the Uni's on a regular basis