If its made it this far is it likely to break?

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Gents, Thank you for the feedback.

I have decided to roll the dice on this car and will be picking it up, or towing it home tomorrow lol. I will post up some quick snaps here for those wanting to see the farm car as is and will then start a thread showing progress on cleaning up the car and getting it working as desired.

Fingers crossed it all works out but either way I am sure I will have some fun tinkering with it be fore it explodes in my face.

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& covering me in egg. [smilebigeye]

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Originally Posted by 4bee

& covering me in egg. [smilebigeye]

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Ha Ha yes, would not be at all surpised to find it was used as a chicken coop at some point, certainly smells like it.

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Originally Posted by MJR

Gents, Thank you for the feedback.

I have decided to roll the dice on this car and will be picking it up, or towing it home tomorrow lol. I will post up some quick snaps here for those wanting to see the farm car as is and will then start a thread showing progress on cleaning up the car and getting it working as desired.

Fingers crossed it all works out but either way I am sure I will have some fun tinkering with it be fore it explodes in my face.

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Great. Look forward to reading your Members Rides thread.

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Originally Posted by MJR

Ha Ha yes, would not be at all surpised to find it was used as a chicken coop at some point, certainly smells like it.

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My dream scenario in this situation, assuming you were going to throw some bucks at it, would be to take body off and really go through it with a fine tooth comb.

Can fully inspect turbo, park brake, radiators etc and remove EGR plumbing and address any fluid leaks etc etc.

The labour saving on these and various suspension work would be of net benefit and your confidence levels would be sky high.

Get the farmer to lift the body off for you wif his tratrrr😆

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Get the farmer to lift the body off for you wif his tratrrr[emoji38]

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I saw on Disco3 some Farmer Palmer did do a body off (conventionally) rebuild to his beloved D3 and went right through it which was a piece of cake comparatively.

Over there the steel brake lines rust through which cannot be fixed without body removal.

What do you get when you spend $5k on a Disco 3? A christmas tree on the dash lol

Picked up the old girl today and although she got me home (hour trip) I think every warning that could go off did LOL.

On the drive home I noticed there was a service sticker on the windscreen which indicated the next service was due at 375,000 k's and the car is currently at 370,000 so at least I know it has had some sort of service in the last few K's.

Rang and spoke to them and I am going to go in a see them and they will help me with history etc on the car.

The car stinks so bad, I am going to have to do some serious cleaning there was even Hay in the OBD port.

Finished the day going and getting a CTEK and hooking it to the battery. It indicated the battery was about 50% so i am hoping after a charge some of the issues on the dash may disappear. (wishful thinking I know.)

I wont post in this thread anymore and will start a Member rides thread called $5k Disco and document my journey there.

Once again thank you so much for all the advice and feedback its really appreciated.

Good luck...looks like a challenge that you are up to.

Reminds me of our attempts to save a beat up ex loggers ZD 30.GU Patrol ..but not quite as challenging in your case I'm sure☺ OMG Nissan parts prices 😐

Wot yer sayin' Willis, they are worse then Land Rover? You were correct inserting the OMG![biggrin]

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Wot yer sayin' Willis, they are worse then Land Rover? You were correct inserting the OMG![biggrin]

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Yup...full engine rebuild lasted almost exactly one year!! All with genuine parts too. It's still in the shed soaking up cash waiting on parts to complete the stupidly expensive TD42 conversion. We're in too deep now to back out🙄 but...never again....