my 1st LR could this be a lemon?

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Originally Posted by mcrover

My last 80 series sahara was......:D

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1hd-t with an A440:cool:

Shame about the economy:mad:

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Originally Posted by mcrover

Cant believe im going to say this as im going to cop a lot of flack for it but.......What is the best Disco 2 to be looking for.

I had a drive of Rangiemans new Deefa the other day and other than being manual (I have buggered knee's so cant work heavy clutch pedals for very long anymore) it went like a rocket.

Ive been looking over my poor old Disco over the last 2 days and some rust is coming through in places I dont want it to as well as things are getting tired but it's only done 317,000kms.

I very much doubt that a 300 Tdi would get the same power as the TD5 BUT....I dont really think that it is all that nessesary either.

I would love a Deefa but there is the problem with them being manual and the other with me being.......FAT and so I struggle to get comfy though the Extreme seat felt good and the park brake wasnt hitting the permanent bruise from all the times Ive driven older Deefas in the past.

SO.....unless someone has an around 2001 Deefa extreme with auto conversion done for a very reasonable price, what should I be looking for in one of those good for nothing D2's.....or should I just go back to a Landcruiser :twisted:

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IMHO probably the 2000-2001 and then the 2003+ facelifted ones.

I just say thing because the 99's were the first batch, the late 2001-2002 didnt have the CDL nut on the transfer and the 2003+ had everything and were probably the best of the bunch - these are also flash upgradable.

I wouldn't have thought an early ZF onto the TD5 Deefa would be complex - that said, I've never done it.

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Originally Posted by rovercare

1hd-t with an A440:cool:

Shame about the economy:mad:

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OOoooh yeah.....what economy :mad:

The best we got was about 15l/100kms but then again, we only had it a short time before a drongo in a 1 tonner decided to pull out infront of Amanda from a side street on Halam rd and turned it into a bannana :mad:

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Originally Posted by Slunnie

IMHO probably the 2000-2001 and then the 2003+ facelifted ones.

I just say thing because the 99's were the first batch, the late 2001-2002 didnt have the CDL nut on the transfer and the 2003+ had everything and were probably the best of the bunch - these are also flash upgradable.

I wouldn't have thought an early ZF onto the TD5 Deefa would be complex - that said, I've never done it.

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Thanks Slunnie.

Im not a fan of buying a new car and then pulling it apart to make it fit so I doubt we will end up with a Deefa.

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Originally Posted by rovercare

1hd-t with an A440:cool:

Shame about the economy:mad:

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I don' reckon Toyota got the diesel/auto combo as right as LR did at the time. Besides any rolling speed over 30 and the 1hdt pulled 5th anyway:cool:

Ahh, this is how the Roman empire fell:D

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Originally Posted by B92 8NW

I don' reckon Toyota got the diesel/auto combo as right as LR did at the time. Besides any rolling speed over 30 and the 1hdt pulled 5th anyway:cool:

Ahh, this is how the Roman empire fell:D

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I feel dirty considering a TD5 D2 but I dont really want to be driving a Toyota again, I loved it but it did have it's badpoints and they were many in comparison.

A 2003+ D2 looks to be anywhere between $24,000 and $35,000 ish so it will probably be another year or so before we could consider one by the looks of it. as I would want to be able to afford the extras (Bull Bar, cargo barrier and the other stuff which I wont be able to transfer over.

I thought the Toy auto pulled and drove nice, it tended to hold the higher ratio's longer and didnt like windy stuff all that much, but plenty of go.

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Originally Posted by mcrover

I feel dirty considering a TD5 D2 but I dont really want to be driving a Toyota again, I loved it but it did have it's badpoints and they were many in comparison.

A 2003+ D2 looks to be anywhere between $24,000 and $35,000 ish so it will probably be another year or so before we could consider one by the looks of it. as I would want to be able to afford the extras (Bull Bar, cargo barrier and the other stuff which I wont be able to transfer over.

I thought the Toy auto pulled and drove nice, it tended to hold the higher ratio's longer and didnt like windy stuff all that much, but plenty of go.

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Talk about a new year's resolution.

There's going to be a lot of posts that have to be edited.

:D

Simon

found out haw many k's it had was bout 340 000 but it's sold newayz thanks for your input got abit of topic but thanks all the same. might start lookin 4 a 300tdi cause wana b able to work on it my self is it true 97 300tdi is the one 2 go 4.

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Originally Posted by 2keen

found out haw many k's it had was bout 340 000 but it's sold newayz thanks for your input got abit of topic but thanks all the same. .

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hhahaha.... it always gets off topic on aulro.... you were gone for to long!

There's no reason why you cant work on any of them yourself. An engine is still an engine, a gearbox is still a gearbox and a diff is still a diff, they still have a fuel pump in the fuel tank and a starter motor on the side. When I serviced my Disco yesterday..... well, the only thing that I did differently to any other car that I've owned was to change the oil filtering centrifuge also - and thats a good thing. They really are not a complex vehicle and like the 3.5 V8, 3.9V8, 4.0V8 and 4.6V8 the TD5 has a little black box (actually its silver) beside it that plugs into the motor and tells it when to squirt fuel (and a few other things). Nobody bats an eyelid about the electronics in the V8, but freak about the TD5's thinking its all going to melt down as soon as you hit dirt. This is just my opinion to clarify, not at all to deter you from buying a 300Tdi (BTW, I'd get a 98 as it was the newest).