Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Daisy the Disco got a new air filter, new oil filter, new oil and the gear box and transfer case topped up. Putting the LT230 filler plug was very easy, first time. Normally I cuss and swear for 10 minutes or so before I get the nut started. Maybe the higher suspension gives better access? I cheated by loosening and tightening it up with my Milwaukee electric wrench.

There is no brass in the TD5 motor, right? I don't recall seeing any on the strip down. Just did my first 1000km oil change on my freshy but before I did the oil, I topped off the tranny and used the same bucket for the overflow that I dumped the oil in. and found a bunch of brass looking stuff non-ferrous when I emptied the bucket.

I would have thought it would sink in the ATF fluid and not come out via the overflow fill.

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Spot what I did wrong :P and no I did not fix it.

Originally Posted by Four Loko

There is no brass in the TD5 motor, right?

The valve guides.

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Wow you've got room for a hoist....not sure about the brass in oil though

Originally Posted by thai_tiger

Wow you've got room for a hoist....not sure about the brass in oil though

Yeah, it's a great workshop but not mine, it's my folks place 27 acres up near Pipidinny. Unlucky for me they are going to be selling and downsizing soon and I will lose the workshop . I did have the concrete scanned and its able to support a hoist, was all ways on the wish list

Originally Posted by Slunnie

The valve guides.

True! I hope not, the material kind of looked like wire brush bristles, like as if it came from them small toothbrush cleaning tools.

I just finished pulling the oil filter apart and its clean of bits, so either I did not do a good clean on the drain bucket or it came from the tranny spill over. :/

Originally Posted by Four Loko

Spot what I did wrong :P and no I did not fix it.

So you ended up doing up the flex plate to TC bolts through the inspection plate?

Originally Posted by Four Loko

True! I hope not, the material kind of looked like wire brush bristles, like as if it came from them small toothbrush cleaning tools.

Nothing in the TD5 that looks like that, so you should be alright there at least. Have you got a pic of the material in question?

Is that a custom air filter or out of something else?, D2's looking good

Originally Posted by discorevy

So you ended up doing up the flex plate to TC bolts through the inspection plate?

Yep, too excited to get the motor back in and was not thinking.... contemplated pulling it back out and doing it proper but gave up on that idea just did them up tight and some Loctite hopefully holds.

The air box is just a s/steel canister universal style which houses a big pod with modded inlet and outlets it was from a local shop, but they don't do them anymore instead only focusing on the common cars. It's also insanely noisy with the VGT, makes it car sound like it's some kind of massive truck turbo spooling gets great turbo flutter but..

I did some car builders deadener and insulation in the roof when doing the roof lining and that keeps it manageable in the car now with windows up.