new owner advice

**perthpete** · 31st December 2018, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

No no ...dont let him drive your Disco !!

The OP
You could drop it past me and I will happily tell you everything thats wrong with it. Most of the items I could prolly guess right now

Gavins D2a is a good example of how a Disco should run

Pm sent

**perthpete** · 31st December 2018, 10:48 AM

At the risk of sounding like a fool. I bought this car without a service history. I'm not saying it hasn't been looked after in its life, but the people who had for the 12 months before me just treated it as any other car. Never had an interest in it really. So now I need to get a list together of jobs to do. I've deleted the EGR and I'm flushing the coolant this week, and I'll just have to work through my list.
I'm looking forward to it. Good to have hobbies
Pete

**jonesfam** · 31st December 2018, 12:10 PM

A D2 isn't a Hobby!
They are a bit like a marriage, a long term commitment with lots of ups & downs!

**perthpete** · 31st December 2018, 12:41 PM

That's a worry, I'm recently divorced, hope this goes better

**RobMichelle** · 31st December 2018, 01:40 PM

They both suck the life out of you and leave you broke and drinking to much

**AK83** · 1st January 2019, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by perthpete

That's a worry, I'm recently divorced, hope this goes better

I worked out(after many years of stress!!) that divorce was the best money I didn't ever want to spend. Hindsight is a wonderful thing

Marriage to a LR(D1 in my case) is far easier by comparison .. I don't complain anywhere near as much with this one, as I used to in my other marriage.

**INter674** · 2nd January 2019, 06:14 AM

Without our D2a I would never have been able to channel swags of cash into tools including a rotary car hoist and many vehicle mods simply because it is the tow vehicle for wife's horsey addiction!

I have also become a back yard master mechanic in the process...skills which have transferred to the boys supposed ultra reliable patrols (×5 ).

Btw when they break down or they need to tow anything including 3tonnes of firewood...guess which car they go for 😎

**Bluetoes** · 5th January 2019, 06:00 AM

Originally Posted by PhilipA

I think that the tune of your TD5 depends on your mood, whether you are wearing your hearing aids, the temperature of the day and probably whether a Haitian has stuck pins in a voodoo doll replica of your D2.

Soemtimes I drive along and think gee the old girl is going well. Other times I think geez that vibration is a PITA . Is it getting worse?
The things to check when you buy a D2 are many but the most serious are "has the previous owner ever replaced the oil pump bolt? Have the battery terminals been replaced with real world ones? has the bloody fuel pressure regulator been replaced or is it leaking? Has the fuel temperature heat exchanger had new orings, or is it leaking? Has the handbrake backing plate been welded and new shoes fitted or does the thing sound like an anvil chorus at 2100RPM? Are the engine mounts sagging down to the hole ( yes probably), Are the bottom front shock mount bushes still there? Do the three amigos light up when the ignition is turned on or has someone removed the bulbs? Does it start first pop or are the injector washers leaking ( probably),Has the injection loom got oil in it? ( yes probably)and has it reached the ECU? Has the fluid ever been replaced in the auto? Are the auto hoses leaking? Do the bottom ball joints still have boots?
Just the start.
Regards Philip A

With that list you made me feel sick to the stomach having done most of those fixes but mine has taken me and our family to places we would never have thought of going. Last trip was Fraser and it never missed a beat. Love my D2a even if it does keep me poor

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