Thread: Disco 2 info.

Firstly, probably should be in the Discovery 2 section (I'll alert the Mods to shift it - more likely to be seen there).

In no particular order:

10P will be NNN ECU - non programmable, but I believe the chips can be swapped out. Someone may care to elaborate.
The only way to tell if it has steel dowels is to remove the head and have a look! Unless there is something written in the service history about the head being removed, I would assume it is standard plastic dowels. Don't sweat it too much. Many of these are approaching 300K with the original dowels/gaskets still in place.

If it has the CDL internals, you should be able to feel up on the transfer case (above where the front driveshaft comes out) and find an actuating stud sticking up. Do a search on this forum for D2 CDL, should give you more info.

What mileage does it have? What sort of driving are you going to do? How well has it been serviced in the past? Does it use oil/coolant? These and more are questions I would ask before looking at altering the state of tune. Many of these cars have towed heavy caravans for 10's, if not 100's of thousands of Kilometres in standard tune, with very few issues, and often with better economy figures than the Toyotas, Nissans etc doing the same thing.

Nanocom - yes it works on all ECUs for Discovery 2. I would strongly suggest getting one.
Search for Nanocom Group Buy on this forum. Colin (from BBS) will usually run a discount for group buys of 10 or more. They come up fairly regularly. If you go back through the thread you'll see the last one actually had over 20 participants, so the discount was even better.

Enjoy! They're a great car!

Originally Posted by donh54

Firstly, probably should be in the Discovery 2 section (I'll alert the Mods to shift it - more likely to be seen there).

In no particular order:

10P will be NNN ECU - non programmable, but I believe the chips can be swapped out. Someone may care to elaborate.
The only way to tell if it has steel dowels is to remove the head and have a look! Unless there is something written in the service history about the head being removed, I would assume it is standard plastic dowels. Don't sweat it too much. Many of these are approaching 300K with the original dowels/gaskets still in place.

If it has the CDL internals, you should be able to feel up on the transfer case (above where the front driveshaft comes out) and find an actuating stud sticking up. Do a search on this forum for D2 CDL, should give you more info.

What mileage does it have? What sort of driving are you going to do? How well has it been serviced in the past? Does it use oil/coolant? These and more are questions I would ask before looking at altering the state of tune. Many of these cars have towed heavy caravans for 10's, if not 100's of thousands of Kilometres in standard tune, with very few issues, and often with better economy figures than the Toyotas, Nissans etc doing the same thing.

Nanocom - yes it works on all ECUs for Discovery 2. I would strongly suggest getting one.
Search for Nanocom Group Buy on this forum. Colin (from BBS) will usually run a discount for group buys of 10 or more. They come up fairly regularly. If you go back through the thread you'll see the last one actually had over 20 participants, so the discount was even better.

Enjoy! They're a great car!

Thanks, wasn’t sure about where to post.

Good news about the k’s people are getting on the 10p.

I have seen something about the actuating stud, was worried i might mistake it for something else. But sounds like it might be a bit more obvious. I will try and find the thread. The aulro app seems to be a bit weird when trying to search, i will have a look on the full site.

Has done close to 250thou. Previous owner seems like he took care of it well (came from a dealer before that) mechanically it’s great, externally the same. I’m in no major rush for tune, just thought it might actually help increase engine life. I realise these are good on fuel, it was a big consideration.

Good news about nanocom, I will hunt the bulk buy thread down. Do they work on both disco and defender or do you have to chose only one (i may look at a defender in a few years)

From what i have these can be an awesome car. In terms of bang for buck it seems to me the D1 and 2 would be hard to beat.

When searching, go to the full site. At the bottom of the page is a search box that says something like "Search Aulro only". That's the one to use.

The Nanocom comes set for one model (E.G. Discovery 2 Td5). Other models can be added later, for around $75. It really is a good investment.

Yep D1 and D2 are pretty awesome (I've got one of each!) And a P38A, but that's another story!

Early D2 had the MSB ecu non reprogrammable the NNN in latter D2`s is able to be tickled

Originally Posted by rangieman

Early D2 had the MSB ecu non reprogrammable the NNN in latter D2`s is able to be tickled

Ooops! My bad!!! Damned Alzheimer's!!

Originally Posted by jezzarezza

Thanks, wasn’t sure about where to post.

I have seen something about the actuating stud, was worried i might mistake it for something else. But sounds like it might be a bit more obvious. I will try and find the thread.

Here's a picture that may help a bit. It's taken from the top, with the centre console removed, but it will show you where the spigot is. At the top left of the picture is the universal joint for the front driveshaft.

CDLparts.jpg

Originally Posted by donh54

Here's a picture that may help a bit. It's taken from the top, with the centre console removed, but it will show you where the spigot is. At the top left of the picture is the universal joint for the front driveshaft.

CDLparts.jpg

Legend! I hadn’t seen anything anything quite this clear yet. Thank you very much

Originally Posted by rangieman

Early D2 had the MSB ecu non reprogrammable the NNN in latter D2`s is able to be tickled

Quite correct, but Don is right as well. The chips can be swapped. Mine had a chip done at Ritters. I imagine that there are cheaper solutions than that!