Thread: We love our Disco, but c'mon!

Well ....... that's pretty reasonable for 8 years use. Bad luck it happened all at once though

Glad your happy with your disco, i like it when people start a thread on how much they enjoy owning a rover

CHEERS TIM.

The warping left hand front disc could be a siezed brake caliper sliding pin. I would pick the RH side because the left one may be doing all the work, OR, it could be the LH one, as the outboard pad may not release and overheat the disc on one side...
Anyway, I bet one of them is sticking/ siezed. I find it quite commonly on high KM older D2's, and sometimes the pin can't be freed, even with gentle heat so I have to buy a SH caliper and bracket.


The KM you mention is about normal for a fuel pump and front shaft, some only get HALF that distance

I'm glad you are keeping it and not going to the dark side, I could tell you PLENTY of maintenance and repair issues with the other major Asiatic brands...

JC

I'll never buy another brand of 4WD - in fact I never have! 5 Landies and counting...SIII wagon, SIII ute, County (Isuzu), this Disco and a SIIA Shorty. I love 'em all but only have the disco and shorty left around.

Thanks for the tip on the brakes - last time I changed the pads I did find the RH side caliper a little "sticky". I'm onto it this weekend!

Any recommendations for discs? I'm on my 3rd set of the factory ones, they seem to last OK but is there anything else out there that does the job better for a similar price?

Cheers,

Adam

Originally Posted by long stroke

Glad your happy with your disco, i like it when people start a thread on how much they enjoy owning a rover

Me too. I had to do some soul searching recently (this week) when my alternator died exposing me to the public humiliation of having my Disco loaded onto a tow truck. This only a couple of months after the front driveshaft was replaced. But, as mentioned previously I wouldn't want to own another brand of 4WD.

Originally Posted by crl

Me too. I had to do some soul searching recently (this week) when my alternator died exposing me to the public humiliation of having my Disco loaded onto a tow truck. This only a couple of months after the front driveshaft was replaced. But, as mentioned previously I wouldn't want to own another brand of 4WD.

I think I've told this story 1000 times, but when my 200Tdi alternator seized, I chopped the belt off and drove 320km home

Originally Posted by B92 8NW

I think I've told this story 1000 times, but when my 200Tdi alternator seized, I chopped the belt off and drove 320km home

Pardon my ignorance but I presume the 200Tdi doesn't have an ECU or anything else that needs electricity to run the engine.

Originally Posted by akelly

One last problem - the bloody amigos! But after about 80k of them I'd kind of miss the little buggers if they went away...

Buy yourself a nanocom...excellent little bit of gear and not that expensive. It can easily clear the amigos.

Angus