Discovery suspension "down grade"?

**Discodicky** · 6th April 2020, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by INter674

Has anyone been on a group trip and had NO issues with any of the vehicles??

I haven't 🙄

Much of this rests back with the owner/driver and not the vehicle per se. Lack of checking vehicle and the carrying out of maintenance prior failure.
My first trip out with the local L/Rover club way back in 1978 and a chap had probs with clutch hydraulics in a Series 3. Master & slave cyl rubbers hadn't been replaced for umpteen years.
Similarly a trip 2 yrs ago with the local Ford Mustang Club, an engine with chronic overheat. During discussions on the roadside the owner mentioned that he knew it had been losing a small amount of water for some time.......... the water pump seal failed big time on our outing.
In the mining industry they always replace pre-failure to avoid unplanned downtime. eg, based on their own experience and manufacturers recommendation they replace a turbocharger at say 8,000 hrs regardless of whether it has failed or ok.
They plan for it, budget for it, and by doing that they hopefully avoid any surprises and costly failures as unplanned downtime is to be avoided at all costs if possible.
If you take your vehicle to remote and inaccessible areas then you should be maintaining it along the same lines as the Mining Industry does, in order to reduce the chances of inconvenience and potentially costly problems.

**Graeme** · 6th April 2020, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by INter674

Has anyone been on a group trip and had NO issues with any of the vehicles??

If 2 is a group then yes, last September Prado and my L322 but I can add a few more single vehicle trips of mine starting with my 84 RRC in 96.

**scarry** · 6th April 2020, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by INter674

Has anyone been on a group trip and had NO issues with any of the vehicles??

I haven't 🙄

Not a group,but,

We generally travel solo,done thousands of k's all over the country including numerous remote area trips,since having LR's,for the last 20yrs plus.
Never ever had a break down,not even a tyre failure.
I just hope Murphy isn't listening....
Our vehicles are serviced correctly,and tyres replaced well before they are completely worn out.

But on our travels we have come across many broken down vehicles of all different types,with no particular brand the main culprit.

**Moggymitch** · 6th April 2020, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by INter674

Has anyone been on a group trip and had NO issues with any of the vehicles??

I haven't 🙄

Did a 5 day trip along the Border Track and district with my father in a GQ, friend in a Defender and me in my 80.

As soon as we can travel will take the D4 on the same trip, don’t think the dunes will be much of a challenge this time though!

**loanrangie** · 7th April 2020, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by INter674

Has anyone been on a group trip and had NO issues with any of the vehicles??

I haven't

Yes, never had any failure in any lr that couldn't get me home in 26 years of landy ownership.
Even had a balancer come off 500m from home, I just walked home grabbed a spare bolt and was on my way in 30 mins.

**DieselLSE** · 7th April 2020, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by loanrangie

...never had any failure in any lr that couldn't get me home in 26 years of landy ownership.

I can up that to 45 years.
And I mostly travel on my own or with one or two passengers. Off the top of my head I've had a rear diff and fuel pump failure (SII SW

, broken front axle (SIII LW

requiring an eight hour capstan winch down hill in deep snow, and headlights and driving lights failing early one morning on my way back home to go to work (SIII LW

. Add another eight hour uphill winch plus a handful of other winching out episodes and that's about it. On each occasion I had the spares and knowhow to either fix the problem or work around it.
Mind you, I'm fastidious about preventative maintenance and doing any work properly and seeking advice where needed.
I'm not saying I haven't had other issues with Landrovers, and I recall a broken rear axle, probably on the SII and an intermittent miss in the engine on the LSE before I converted it to diesel, but these happened around town and didn't stop the vehicle.
Just remembered that the steering drop arm bolts on the SII SWB came loose in the butcher country. From memory (this was early new year 1977) one bolt had disappeared and I couldn't tighten the others. Funny story now I think of it. I must write it up one day. But I got out OK.

**AK83** · 7th April 2020, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by DieselLSE

I can up that to 45 years.
....

No way I can even come close to that.
But my old '79 Rangie did give me 500K klms(totalled 650K klms all up) of 'get me home' travelling over most of this country too.
Always got me home, had it's issues as any vehicle will and could have, but the rangie never failed to proceed ... homeward bound.

**INter674** · 7th April 2020, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by AK83

No way I can even come close to that.
But my old '79 Rangie did give me 500K klms(totalled 650K klms all up) of 'get me home' travelling over most of this country too.
Always got me home, had it's issues as any vehicle will and could have, but the rangie never failed to proceed ... homeward bound.

Brilliant car..don't care what the knockers say..still look good..and still v good off road..I wants one now😚

**PhilipA** · 7th April 2020, 02:16 PM

But my old '79 Rangie did give

me

500K klms(totalled 650K klms all up) of 'get me home' travelling over most of this country too.

You mean you never had a ticker ticker stop ticker tickering in the middle of nowhere?

I had one go about 100-150Kms out of Riyadh alone in the desert.

Luckily I had a spare on board and was able to fit it accompanied by much petrol in eyes.
Regards PhilipA

**rick130** · 7th April 2020, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by Tombie

Here’s a crazy idea.

As vehicles age and wear... replace the ****ing parts

People seem to be surprised when a vehicle used off-road (or even on road) needs upkeep to keep it working as it should.

This ^

Hoses, belts, sealed bearings, O rings, seals deteriorate with age (heat cycles and UV degradation) and not necessarily miles.

They are all consumables like brake pads and filters.

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