Thread: Towing a Disco

each to there own is all i can say.

i just came back from a trip to the tip of cape york with a mate of mine, he owns a 2 y.o. $50k troopy camper. on the trip he replaced 1 side window that randomly cracked and gearbox died twice. first at hughenden cost $2500 for some rear housing that was cracked. second time was on way back into townsville and the whole geabox implded and that cost over $5500.
Meanwhile D2 had a ose clamp let go which i replaced for $2.00 and some coolant dropped. i think i win

Originally Posted by Rosscoe68

each to there own is all i can say.

i just came back from a trip to the tip of cape york with a mate of mine, he owns a 2 y.o. $50k troopy camper. on the trip he replaced 1 side window that randomly cracked and gearbox died twice. first at hughenden cost $2500 for some rear housing that was cracked. second time was on way back into townsville and the whole geabox implded and that cost over $5500.
Meanwhile D2 had a ose clamp let go which i replaced for $2.00 and some coolant dropped. i think i win

Cruiser gearboxes...

We just had one that spat reverse gear. At 60K. The cost of repairs etc due to the damage to the housing and all meant it was cheaper to buy a new trans.
The most amazing thing about this is that there were 126 of these gearboxes in STOCK, ON THE SHELF!!! Apparently the mines go through hundreds of them.
They are a V6 Forerunner box in the later 79 series, and just can't handle the diesel torque.

(I'm allowing myself a few 'gloating' smilies here!)

JC

some of you blokes bite pretty hard.

Originally Posted by justinc

Cruiser gearboxes...

We just had one that spat reverse gear. At 60K. The cost of repairs etc due to the damage to the housing and all meant it was cheaper to buy a new trans.
The most amazing thing about this is that there were 126 of these gearboxes in STOCK, ON THE SHELF!!! Apparently the mines go through hundreds of them.
They are a V6 Forerunner box in the later 79 series, and just can't handle the diesel torque.

(I'm allowing myself a few 'gloating' smilies here!)

JC

Only on the N/A models (1HZ), that's why you buy the Turbo (1HD-FTE) it has the same gearbag as the 100 series and is much stronger

My old boy sold his 78 troopy and bought a 79RV for this concern

Toyota reliability? well its done over 100,00kms, simpson, cape york, kimberelys, canning, alot of it towing a Kimberely Kamper

Troubles?................the clutch slips on hard 1st high range launching with the trailer on in sand, that's it




Back to the original question, without one eyed opinionated BS from both sides

No, you can;t tow it like that, it has a centre diff and all will be destroyed rapidly

Originally Posted by mcrover

the last good Landcruiser they made

They made a good Landcruiser?

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

I can't believe the lot of you.

The question was about flat towing a Disco but everyone had to get all their feathers ruffled because he decided to move to another marque. That's his choice and maybe he was rude but you lot were no better.

Diana

Been away for a few days, you beat me to this,
another example of how some people are treated on this site, no wonder he said he had bad memories of it.
People buy and drive cars and 4wds that suit their needs!
A question was asked and in the replies that followed , he was publically shamed in a manner that has become all too frequent on this site.
Being grumpy or gruff is no excuse for not being civil and polite.


john

Originally Posted by pawl

You know, somehow I think it had nothing to do with moving to another marque, it was that smart remark at the end of his first post. If he had only asked the question and kept it at that, he would've got helpful responses.
But..... he had to throw that last line in, on a LR Forum and he expects not to get the responses he got!! come on, go and try that on a Toyo or Nissan Forum and see how popular you become.

I could not leave the site the way I did, so

Firstly, if I offended anyone, I am sorry. I do apologize.

Secondly, the "smart remark" is called banter/humour. Something Aussie that is being lost more and more from our culture as we change more and more from a selfless to a selfish country/people.

My Disco was a piece of SH.T and even more so when I compare to how my Cruiser goes, not only in reliability and also grunt. I never said to anyone here that their own Disco was a piece of ****. The closest I may have come to that was to say that with all the Toyota's and Nissan out here in the bush and on the mines it is obvious that they have a good name compared to LR.

Anyway, that's all I want to say.

CU all later