Disco 2 info.

**crash** · 9th March 2018, 03:57 PM

Auto or manual?
With 250K on the clock - the auto maybe getting a bit tired and should budget for a future rebuild - only if it has not been done recently.

**jezzarezza** · 9th March 2018, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by johntins

If you are lucky enough to find one in a wreck grab it! They are hard to find and usually expensive. There were after market solutions as well. I reckon that with a bit of thought you could rig up a solenoid and have it operate by a switch.

Ashcrofts do a kit: Disco II Diff lock

I’m on the hunt, see how we go!

**jezzarezza** · 9th March 2018, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by crash

Auto or manual?
With 250K on the clock - the auto maybe getting a bit tired and should budget for a future rebuild - only if it has not been done recently.

Auto. Good call. It’s cheap enough for me to put that in the budget. I prefer manuals tbh. Maybe a future mod might be worth a thought

**Tins** · 9th March 2018, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by johntins

I reckon that with a bit of thought you could rig up a solenoid and have it operate by a switch.

Actually, I have a vague memory that AMV in Melbourne did something like that. Could be dreaming.

**Tins** · 9th March 2018, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by crash

Auto or manual?
With 250K on the clock - the auto maybe getting a bit tired and should budget for a future rebuild - only if it has not been done recently.

Yes indeed. Budget a LOT.

**Roverlord off road spares** · 9th March 2018, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by johntins

Actually, I have a vague memory that AMV in Melbourne did something like that. Could be dreaming.

John it was basically just a windscreen wiper more modified to do the actuating.

**Tins** · 9th March 2018, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

John it was basically just a windscreen wiper more modified to do the actuating.

Thanks, Mario. Did it work?

BTW, big fella, how are you? I was serious about helping, you know. Not sure how I would have found the energy, but I would have somehow.

**jezzarezza** · 10th March 2018, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by johntins

Actually, I have a vague memory that AMV in Melbourne did something like that. Could be dreaming.

I figure this will be interesting for anyone that finds this thread. It’s an electric switch conversion.

Discovery 2 Actuator Install - YouTube

**Carnut1100** · 10th March 2018, 09:54 PM

I just traded my 2000 model auto on a 2003 D2a manual.

i had 360,000km on mine and running strong.
Head was done at 285,000. Auto either done a long time ago or still chugging on...

i was was changing the auto fluid every 20-30,000

MSB ecu from early models can be hacked and the chip replaced.
I have a chipped ecu with a TRS tune on it, goes like stink.
Ive kept it when selling the old car so it's now surplus, as the new one has a flashable ecu and it's a manual...

CDL from a 2a is hard to find but bolts right in. www.discovery2.co.uk has a write up with step by step photos of how to do this, an excellent site well worth reading!
I left my linkage on the car as the 2a I bought came with it factory installed...
I think I paid around $300 for the linkage and considered it a very good price indeed...new they are something like $700 plus...
electric actuators have a reputation for dying...

one mod mod I did was fitting the trans sump from a D1...needed a bit of tweaking but they have a dipstick tube for easier level checks.
I had to do much trial and error but eventually got the tube gently bent so it fits between the rear two intake manifold runners and hides nicely under the acoustic cover.
Removing the acoustic cover to check the fluid is easier than going under and pulling the bung with engine running....and filling the trans is so much easier!

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