Advice on a circa-10k Rangie or Disco

"But often to get to these places around Brisbane there are long distance commutes - and I really wonder about my wife and I's sanity on doing these long trips in the old Rangie. The old Rangie would be great as an 'extreme' truck ... but hmmm."

nothing wrong with the ride in the early Rangies I'v done a couple of Sydney trips in my 80 2 door...very comfy.

There's something about the looks of the old 2 door that I really like'

I am seriously considering putting the TDi300 into the 80 instead of the 93 Vogue and selling the 93

The TDi300 I've aquired is actually in an early Rangie at the moment and I'm keen to see what shape the car is in...it's claimed to be very good.

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Mine had the original steel spare, not an alloy. From what year did they fit an alloy spare - just interested, that's all. Mine was also missing the load space cover (I now have one) as it seems owners take them out and lose them.

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check out www.rangerovers.net for a heap of usefull info

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I agree (after all, I wrote some of the pages and provided a number of photos for that site. https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ )

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I think that the alloy mag as a spare was from 97 onwards.

And Ron I am very impressed with your input on the Rangerovers.net site.

I need to change the o-rings on the aircon to stop the coolant leak on the floor. I saw your guide on how to do it - is it a very hard job to to???? and about how long should I allow to complete?

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The 89 Rangie, that woudn't be the one at Nothgate would it? The pics it looks okay but beig a 17 year old rangie it's hard to tell.

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That's it. Its near my work.

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There's also a 93 in your price range for $9K. The obnly drawback it';s go ABS and possible air suispension unless it's already been converted to coils. see link below-

http://www.tradingpost.com.au/addisplay.as...arch&origpage=1

Something to keep in mind.
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Yeah, going to ring up about that one too. I don't mind - I want ABS, and the EAS wouldn't be so bad (I'm electronically minded).[/b][/quote]

The EAS is a good system but for any sort of 'hardcore' off-road work I stil perfer the reliability of coils.

A bloke in our club (Hardy with the 99 P38A) seems to do well, with his air suspended Rangie and does most of my trips as well without incident.

The ABS parts are now cheaper, plus if you buy a 93 and the module decides to die, I have one of those going cheap,.

But the 93's are great Rangies, like I said I had one for 4 years and it's still the best Rangie I've owned.

Trav

Grab the January edition of the Just 4x4's i was reading it at work on the weekend and there was a 94tdi in there for about the 12k mark with pretty low Km's. Failing that V8 discos are as cheap as at the moment, you could get one, put it on gas and still have a couple of thou to spend on accessories with a 10k-12k budget. Matt

Well went and had a look.

The 93 was already sold :cry:

The other one wasn't in their yard, but in a different yard. So I'll look at it tomorrow. He did tell me it needed some tidying up ... so shall see.

And in other news, I confirmed I definately cannot fit in a Series I Disco :cry: My left knee touches the dash and my right knee is pinned by the door. So no Disco for me.

Saw a great RR Vogue in one yard, lovely condition ... and they wanted 19k for it :!:

The way I'm going I should just buy another cheap Freelander (since I know enough about them) and put in a lift kit and snorkel ...

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Originally posted by DionM
Well went and had a look.

The 93 was already sold :cry:

The other one wasn't in their yard, but in a different yard. So I'll look at it tomorrow. He did tell me it needed some tidying up ... so shall see.

And in other news, I confirmed I definately cannot fit in a Series I Disco :cry: My left knee touches the dash and my right knee is pinned by the door. So no Disco for me.

Saw a great RR Vogue in one yard, lovely condition ... and they wanted 19k for it :!:

The way I'm going I should just buy another cheap Freelander (since I know enough about them) and put in a lift kit and snorkel ...

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Or you could have yours turned into one of hose Freerangers that Hiline posted a while ago. https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

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Originally posted by Ace

Or you could have yours turned into one of hose Freerangers that Hiline
posted a while ago. https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

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I saw that post https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Naturally I was joking :wink:

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Or you could have yours turned into one of hose Freerangers that Hiline
posted a while ago. https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

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I saw that post https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Naturally I was joking :wink:[/b][/quote]

Ah, but it would be cool to turn up off road and give the Overlander boys a hiding in a freelander. https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

I remember seeing somewhere on here :?: that you can turn the runners for the Disco seat around and you end up with extra leg room. Who has done it and how much difference did it make?
This mike make it viable to go for the Disco https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Andrew

Dion,

I'm the MOTBO (master of the bleeding obvious): did you check the steering wheel adjustment in the disco to make sure it wasn't set in the low position.

I have long legs and manage quite well with the wheel up and the seat set 1 or 2 notches from the rear setting. But with the steering set in the low position I can't use the clutch.

I can't sit comfortably in an 84 Rangie or a Defender but the Disco is grand.