Thread: My mates Disco 4 ..... uh oh

looks prity standed , nothing crazy there

How long does it take to lift the body off???

My mechanic said about 2hrs work, quicker with practice.

Usual practice and actually pretty quick

In that case it would be very cost effective to do that for the difficult to access areas rather than the skinned knuckles, choice language, and a job possibly not done in the correct manner but the easiest.
I know on certain aircraft I will put off an almost impossible job until it is absolutely necessary due to an access problem.
Certain manufacturers seem to hang the most frequently changed component in the middle of the hangar and build the aircraft around it.
Landrover has obviously learned from BAE and all their previous incarnations (Vickers, Bristol, Hawker Siddley, and Handley Page etc.) how not to do it, hence the easily removable body shell.

Mine getting the same thing done.

The mechanics are going to just love the job of lifting mine to do the turbo because of the caked-on mud everywhere. Its bad enough removing the engine and gbox shields on a regular basis to get rid of the dirt and stones that cause the exhaust pipes to vibrate.

Originally Posted by Graeme

The mechanics are going to just love the job of lifting mine to do the turbo because of the caked-on mud everywhere. Its bad enough removing the engine and gbox shields on a regular basis to get rid of the dirt and stones that cause the exhaust pipes to vibrate.