Thread: Pro's & Cons For Disc 89 to 96

shaunp noted thanks. :wink:

This goes for both Manual & Auto boxes ?

To butt in here the input shaft issue is common to both. (gearbox to transfer case)

The timing belt issue is 300 tdi (post March 94). I think that there were two or three modification kits depending on the year of build.

www.lrenthusiastforum.com has a lot of discussion on this which can be found via a search. But regardless if you buy a 300tdi then evidence of belt changes and modifications should be looked for in the service records.

Originally posted by LRHybrid100
6 hours 8O

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That will teach me to type in the dark with failing eyesight [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

I meant 7.

It ain't a stealth fighter. 8O

I also have a strong bladder.:wink:

7 is still bloody good going!!!

LRH

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I left early and travelled with the Truckies on UHF 40.

Now that was entertaining.

Originally posted by PhilipA
I dunno you guys.
I proudly drive my 92 3.9 Rangie with unichip , modded heads and exhaust
1 Who WANTS to drive 6 hours straight!! you have to stop for a pee anyway, so why not at a servo.

I have good bladder control

2 If you are in a group you have to stop for the shortest range car anyway.

Whilst they pour fuel from a jerry can and I can have a ****top.

3 I can actually OVERTAKE other cars on hills, particularly diesels who are keen to show me their torque.

And watch the fuel guage descend

4 The savings on fuel cost are bugger all. I once went to Carnarvon Gorge from Sydney with a mate in a bistsa****ty diesel. the fuel cost difference was $40.

Bitsa****ty not LR

5 I don't gas everyone else off road. Ever been behind a Disco on a slow trail. Have mercy on your mates.

Wear a mask or lead

6 I can actually ACCELERATE from lights. When my 3.9 was standard , a TD5 tried to out accelerate me from the toll booth on the Hills Expressway. He was empty , I had 5 people in. He held me for about 20 metres. Even a chipped TD5 accelerates slower than a standard 3.9 (Land rover world tests in UK.)

First to the next red light wins

7 Good luck not getting filthy at the diesel pump

Slippery and smelly. Buy some Wipes


Summary, get a 3.9 petrol. unichip, exhaust. about 15litres/100 on the open road. If you commute around the city they guzzle, but you could put a brick under the accelerator and go like a diesel.
regards Philip A

As i said a never ending story [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] :wink:

Originally posted by AussieHolden
shaunp noted thanks. :wink:

This goes for both Manual & Auto boxes ?

Goes for both but really only effects the 5 speeds as the main shaft is not as hard and dropping the clutch every gear change doesn't help.

Has anyone had any major drama's with the automatics ? :?: