Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by Tins

Mine currently has a D1 rear bar, because my old one was made of eggshells. It was cobbled together quickly for RWC purposes. It's crude, but I still like it.. And, No, it doesn't just "bolt up".. Of course it doesn't.

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IMG_20240706_163223.jpg Here's mine, I've adde3d a 20 watt floodlight above the left reflector as a reversing light. The up top reversing lights are now indicators with bright orange leds.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

Good find. What will your fix be?

Hmm... scratches head...
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We went up to camp at Whitfield and on Saturday drove with other VLROC members, the D2 performed flawlessly, better than the D5 and a D3 that had to use low range to get up a hill. I of course drove up in high range, just because I could. There were, I was told very loose and scrabbly shale. The D2 with 21 and 20 psi in the tyres walked it up. Then it started leaking oil from the rear diff and the fan blower resistor, (actually a power transistor) dies, so we had no fan or full bore. The new part arrives on Friday. The traction control gremlins struck again on the Sunday, I was able to clear the fault, yet on the drive back to the camp the fault came back and stayed. I need to put a firm joint in the cables from the sensor.
I think I need a new diff as it does not sound healthy.

Oh, after filling the car up at the Whitfield servo, the car refused to start. It seemed like the engine immobiliser was active. I pushed the upside down switch, that did nothing. I used the Nanocom, that told me that the voltage at the BCU relay was 0.0V, The fuse had blown. I replaced the fuse and all was good. (But why did the fuse blow?) Driving back I stopped for a toilet break and the car would not start. I went to the fuse box and sadly, the fuse was fine. Then all power went. no locking doors, no lights on dash. I called the RACV. he guy came out checked the fuse, wiggled the negative terminal, it was loose, he tightened it and bingo the car started. The guy said, that he does this for a living. often it is the battery not connecting!
There I was, looking at D4s in car sales!

Originally Posted by Bohica

There I was, looking at D4s in car sales!

Word of warning. DON'T drive one.... Very hard to walk away from once you do. Soon you'll be needing a GAP tool and three more torque wrenches. And a lift. And a thick wallet.... They are VERY nice to drive..

Originally Posted by Tins

Word of warning. DON'T drive one.... Very hard to walk away from once you do. Soon you'll be needing a GAP tool and three more torque wrenches. And a lift. And a thick wallet.... They are VERY nice to drive..

Ha! Yes, this is exactly the impression I have from watching your favourite German couple and their D4's! It's hard not to be jealous, but the ultimate frailty of the crankshaft would leave me a nervous wreck.

I'm wondering if in a few years or so, this will become an Ineos forum - once they come down to affordable prices and people work out how to fix them (I gather there isn't even a diagnostic tool available yet...)?

Originally Posted by Tins

Word of warning. DON'T drive one.... Very hard to walk away from once you do. Soon you'll be needing a GAP tool and three more torque wrenches. And a lift. And a thick wallet.... They are VERY nice to drive..

I did drive one a few years ago, it felt claustrophobic.

Originally Posted by johnp38

IMG_20240706_163223.jpg Here's mine, I've adde3d a 20 watt floodlight above the left reflector as a reversing light. The up top reversing lights are now indicators with bright orange leds.

Is that made from high tensile… i mean hard wood!