Thread: High km V8 Discos

Originally posted by PhilipA
Sorry, you got Hijacked there by Ben.
I reckon the highest risk is the ZF auto transmission. They are about 3K-4K to reco and they last about 250-300K. If you got one with a reco trans it would be a bonus. Manuals had lots of problems about then but at 200K it would have been fiixed. Diffs go forever.
Motors can run over 400K., with a few headgaskets etc on the way.
Other than that the usual electrical suspects like alternators, starters , power window motors, all of which are painful but not ruinous.

Parts are cheap vs Japs, and there is a thriving specialist scene, with local aternatives for lucas crap etc.
Regards Philip A

So the major thing I would be looking at would be the auto box. So if I could get a well maintained high km car for perhaps $4000 less than a low km car I would be ahead. As both would need the box rebuilt eventually anyway.

I had a good look through those cars again and only one really captures my eye. The others are either higher spec, manual or 3 door etc. I will keep my eye on that one.

Originally posted by BRS
Read my Post "Disco engine meltdown". blah blah blah,, blah !! blah#### blah!
Ben.

mate your post is like a fart in church,
everybody knows the dic##ead that did it,, but the congregation is too polite to say anything.

still,,
why dont you toddle off and buy that lowlux? and leave the rest of us in peace.

Originally posted by Pedro_The_Swift+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pedro_The_Swift)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-BRS
Read my Post "Disco engine meltdown". blah blah blah,, blah !! blah#### blah!
Ben.

mate your post is like a fart in church,
everybody knows the dic##ead that did it,, but the congregation is too polite to say anything.

still,,
why dont you toddle off and buy that lowlux? and leave the rest of us in peace.[/b][/quote]

My thoughts reflected. And on BRS's original post I suggested that "meltdown" was over the top.

Serial monogamy...buy you car new and change your car every three years...what is the cost of that?

I had a major failure on a three year old Disco. Engine rebuilt and I still own it and would only dispose of it under duress.

I have a rule at work...come to me with your solutions and not your problems because we all have them and we need to work it out for ourselves with a little bit of help from our friends.

BRS should take up the challenge or shop around...where is the commitment....divorce your car.

Don't be too harsh on him. The poor bugger has had a bad experience with his Land Rover, and anyone would be ****ed off and feeling like telling a few people. The odds of it happening don't seem to be high, but every so often someone cops something like this. Happens to all brands, but that doesn't make it any easier to stomach when it happens to you.

Originally posted by spudboy
Don't be too harsh on him. The poor bugger has had a bad experience with his Land Rover, and anyone would be ****ed off and feeling like telling a few people. The odds of it happening don't seem to be high, but every so often someone cops something like this. Happens to all brands, but that doesn't make it any easier to stomach when it happens to you.

Yes you are right.

We have to pick ourselves up and get on though.

Let the emotions fade and get on with the hard choices.

The reality is that owning a machine involves taking a risk:

All machines will fail sooner or later

My Land Rover is a machine

My Land Rover will fail sooner or later

Is that true?

It works for any make.

So back to topic:

If a motor has done high mileage then there is an increased risk of failure ...on the other side it has lasted this long so all the usual issues have been dealt with. That is why I hang on to my Tdi..it is the devil I know.

The buick block is robust...the transmission issues are known and rebuilds are well documented...on balance the total package is very good.

There are many early eighties RR's still on the road and driven with pride...more than can be said for Toyo's and Holden Jackaroos

Originally posted by one_iota+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(one_iota)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-spudboy
Don't be too harsh on him. The poor bugger has had a bad experience with his Land Rover, and anyone would be ****ed off and feeling like telling a few people. The odds of it happening don't seem to be high, but every so often someone cops something like this. Happens to all brands, but that doesn't make it any easier to stomach when it happens to you.

Yes you are right.

We have to pick ourselves up and get on though.

Let the emotions fade and get on with the hard choices.

The reality is that owning a machine involves taking a risk:

All machines will fail sooner or later

My Land Rover is a machine

My Land Rover will fail sooner or later

Is that true?

It works for any make.

So back to topic:

If a motor has done high mileage then there is an increased risk of failure ...on the other side it has lasted this long so all the usual issues have been dealt with. That is why I hang on to my Tdi..it is the devil I know.

The buick block is robust...the transmission issues are known and rebuilds are well documented...on balance the total package is very good.

There are many early eighties RR's still on the road and driven with pride...more than can be said for Toyo's and Holden Jackaroos[/b][/quote]

Here endeth the lesson in deductive reasoning.



Cheers
Simon

Could be worse....
He could have a 55 Series Cruiser

G'day Utemad,
I bought my 97 v8 at 198,000km. Virtually all highway km from what I could find out.
It still drives like new at 257,000km now.
Only significant expense has been $800 for radiator recore, power-flush and thermostat.
Had a few niggly little problems, but nothing I wouldn't expect from a car of that age/mileage.
Correction: actually less than I expected and significantly less than all the LR critics warn.
Find a car that has been looked after and you shouldn't have any serious problems. Having said that, as Simon warns, everything wears out/breaks eventually.

Happy hunting,
Ian