Just ordered my sahara bar!

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Originally Posted by dm_td5

Do you want bead lockers with that?

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Yes please! And a low mount winch, custom winch bar...and while you at it convert her into a ute, shorten the chassis and put on a competition tray thanks! :lol2:

Angus

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Originally Posted by McDisco

Yes please! And a low mount winch, custom winch bar...and while you at it convert her into a ute, shorten the chassis and put on a competition tray thanks! :lol2:

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... you don't want much do you:D I could just overlay a pic of a bob-tailed rangie with all the fruit on it or would that be too obvious:p

Poo poo Derek! Who wants a rangie?...they are common as!:D

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Originally Posted by dm_td5

Sounds like it might have sold then. But I don't remember it having a pretty blonde as an accessory when I traded it in;) Do you think its gone to a new life as a Toorak Tractor or will we see it on the forum?

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hi dm_td5

no such luck as yet with the blonde driver toorak tractor for your td5.

Been looking at this car at a dealer in melb to replace a defender td5. A few reasons for this but largely having trouble justiflying keeping the fender as well as 2 series ones. disco can do the job of family runabout as well.... or so i'm told :)

Car drives well but curious with your signature "broken, fixed and traded". Any info you can share on the car, accessories, problems.

can't promise a life of bitumen for it but would other landies to live with.

thanks

Dane

G'day Dane.

I'm sure Derek will pop in and explain... but this will give you a start:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-ch...ide-disco.html

Cheers,
Mark

thanks Mark

Look forward to Derek's comments. The link is fairly self explanatory though.

I did ask the dealer about the shiny transmission and new front shaft ... be interesting to see the response. Bothers me more that this seems to be a relatively common occurence. No dramas on my td5 fender at all in 150,000 k's.

Cheers,

Dane

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Originally Posted by dane h

hi dm_td5

no such luck as yet with the blonde driver toorak tractor for your td5.

Been looking at this car at a dealer in melb to replace a defender td5. A few reasons for this but largely having trouble justiflying keeping the fender as well as 2 series ones. disco can do the job of family runabout as well.... or so i'm told :)

Car drives well but curious with your signature "broken, fixed and traded". Any info you can share on the car, accessories, problems.

can't promise a life of bitumen for it but would other landies to live with.

thanks

Dane

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I've seen the hottie driving around a few times since, most recent was this saturday. A D2a in monte carlo blue with a coded sahara bar is a pretty generic concept, I'd daresay a few are around.

Which yard is Derek's vehicle in?

Considering that the automatic gearbox alone is probably the most expensive component on the entire vehicle to replace, I'd have thought a prospective buyer would be very happy to know that the transmission is new.

So what did the dealer say about the new transmission and shaft?

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Originally Posted by dane h

thanks Mark

Look forward to Derek's comments. The link is fairly self explanatory though.

I did ask the dealer about the shiny transmission and new front shaft ... be interesting to see the response. Bothers me more that this seems to be a relatively common occurence. No dramas on my td5 fender at all in 150,000 k's.

Cheers,

Dane

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Dane,
The Disco drives very well. The reason for trading it is that I can't afford to have any problems with a reconditioned gearbox as there is no one who could fix it without me spending a few thousand dollars in freight. Other than that the Disco is fine.

As for the drive shaft failure. I would have been replacing the DC joint with a greaseable one after what happened. Defenders don't have a DC on the drive shafts. In over 5 years there was only two things went wrong with the Disco: DC joint exploded and roof lining collapsed.

Did they mention it has an oversized intercooler and a remapped ECU?