Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by jwb

For the second time!
Rear sway bar link failed and allowed the ACE pipes to float around resulting in wearing through and leaking.
Fortunately this time driver noticed the red ACE warning light on the dash and we didn't lose all the fluid resulting in a destroyed pump last time.
In the market for some replacement pipes if you have any lying around.

When I blew out an ACE hose on my D2 coming down the Karanda range I had a hose company (ENZED if memory serves) cut the flex lines off the old lines and weld on some JIC fittings and make up some new flex lines. The best part is if it happens again you can just have a new flex line made up by any hose mob and just fit it with no need to find the Land Rover lines.

I might have one of the Land Rover ACE lines (NOS) under the house. I haven't seen it in years but I'll have a look.

Originally Posted by FisherX

When I blew out an ACE hose on my D2 coming down the Karanda range I had a hose company (ENZED if memory serves) cut the flex lines off the old lines and weld on some JIC fittings and make up some new flex lines. The best part is if it happens again you can just have a new flex line made up by any hose mob and just fit it with no need to find the Land Rover lines.

I might have one of the Land Rover ACE lines (NOS) under the house. I haven't seen it in years but I'll have a look.

I'm thinking of going this route this time. Was lucky to get some good condition pipes last time which worked.
Will the hose company need to know the pressures in the system - I think it's pretty high but then most hydraulics are.

the current pipes are swaged onto the metal part then a banjo joint on the actuator.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Roverlord Off Road Spares sells the pipes.

Ask Mario what it's like to blow the hose at the block in the middle of the car. Made for some very interesting skid marks...

Err, on the road.....

While still saving to build a set of D series Pioneer system, I temporarily install these 2x R1 Rockford subwoofer 150W / 300W peak which are driven by a 2 channels Clarion amp 600W staying on top of my Titan rear storage drawers.

To my surprise that those 12" subwoofers really do the job quite well. Although they are considered a cheap sub but the result is definitely more than average. You can shake earthquake the whole D2 with just 1/2 volume capacity. Listening music with Spotify via Wireless Apple Carplay is really pleasant then.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

Oh cool. Also grab the driver door handle with the lock also.

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The key/lock decided to stop working today. At least the fob will still let me open/close. For the moment.

Originally Posted by maxperformance

While still saving to build a set of D series Pioneer system, I temporarily install these 2x R1 Rockford subwoofer 150W / 300W peak which are driven by a 2 channels Clarion amp 600W staying on top of my Titan rear storage drawers.

To my surprise that those 12" subwoofers really do the job quite well. Although they are considered a cheap sub but the result is definitely more than average. You can shake earthquake the whole D2 with just 1/2 volume capacity. Listening music with Spotify via Wireless Apple Carplay is really pleasant then.

Mate, where did you get those cup holders?!

Originally Posted by shayne86

Mate, where did you get those cup holders?!

Supercheap, he reckons. Look at his build thread.
I want some too.

James's D2 TD5 2003 Manual

Originally Posted by shayne86

Mate, where did you get those cup holders?!

Tins (above) already helped me to answer your question and he actually made me a bit of motivation to update my build thread, enjoy it if you love something I build for my rig.