Discover the rust. A tale of Discovery ownership and its many flaws. Found more rust :(

[bezzabsa]

13 minutes ago, sutty2006 said:

I hunted out my spare radiator as driving over 60 causes it to get a tad spicy. It’s buggered, half the fins fell out. But no wonder it overheats…. 
 

 

Jet wash needed....then copious bottles of cheap cola!

[bear-in-the-air]

That looks an awful lot like my dad's jimny's radiator after a weekend of mudmaster. We only overheated once that weekend though, when the fan belt broke. 

[sutty2006]

That’ll be next, a good soaking and a gentle jet wash …. 

[sutty2006]

I can confirm, 70mph is achievable without overheating now. However, it’s not recommended without roll bars front n back….. scary. So I’ll stick to 60-65. 
 

A good weekend was had with the 4x4 response lot. 

we did some failed hill start training for the newbies. Then in the afternoon a “what3words” orienteering exercise across the whole site. Fun! 
 

first time in a long time I used my tent., wish I’d booked a hotel. 3am saw heavy rainfall. Tent leaked a bit despite having the gazebo over it (which pooled up and over flowed onto the sleeping area. 

 

but the Landrover leaked in as well. Probably should have put the gazebo over the disco. 
 

 

today was more of a familiarisation for the newbs and a play day for more experienced drivers… the site was easy yesterday in the dry. Much harder today in the wet. 

 

Much harder….. it wouldn’t come up here. And I couldn’t go back down. So I used the new winch. 
 

 

 

all in a days work! 

[sutty2006]

A little while back I replaced the wheel bearings at the front, to try and cure a crunchy grindy fault. It didn’t. So I replaced the front right drive shaft and stub axle off another front axle I have spare. It cured that problem…… however this weekend, said front right driveshaft started typically “clicking” when turning……as they do….. great!

[sutty2006]

Pictures for the hell of it. 
 

 

it performed well over the weekend. So it was treated to a wash…. Very lucky indeed. Then put back into dry storage. 
 

[bezzabsa]

throw some 750's on it....a la defender...loads better in mud

[sutty2006]

Too narrow for this. Similar size tyres worked well on my 90 county but this has 265 65 16 special tracks for mud flinging. The ATs it’s got on now are for going on the road 🤣

[sutty2006]

Todays been good, 100 ish miles of green laning through the Peak District. 

buxton old road

 

peak trail

Stunning views and great weather. We left at 0830 this morning in dreadful rain, but it soon cleared up!
 

 

more lovely views

 

steady now old boy… 

 

[sutty2006]

It’s that time of year again. MOT next month so thought I’d better get the mig stick and hammer out. 
 

 

first up, body mount offside front 

 

 

that was 3mm thick steel. Had to warm the plate up with the gas axe to get the welder to penetrate. 

[N Dentressangle]

Now that's a garage

[sutty2006]

Yeah more holes. This one wouldn’t fail mot but thought I’d cover it up anyway. Boot floor and rear arches are spongy 

 

no one need see this…. 

[sutty2006]

3 hours ago, N Dentressangle said:

Now that's a garage

Luckily it’s not mine. It’s the end bay at work. Proper dump for a Mercedes main dealer. Boss is nice enough to let me use the workshop for the annual weldathon. 
 

This needs addressing. Drivers door seal lip. Gone. 

 

yep. Floors fucked too. Meh. 

 

bringing back the lip…

 

she fits. Coated it in chassis paint before leaving. 

This was the third pile of rust/mud/crap I swept up. It just kept coming! 
 

[N Dentressangle]

Nice work.

Disco rot is a never ending work in progress, but at least it's all weldable with plenty of repair panels for the trickier bits. A properly sustainable car! 😉

[sutty2006]

Get this. 
 

An MOT happened, and with a pack of chocolate hob nobs it passed. 
 

 

luckily I’d hit it with the welder before Xmas….  900ish miles since last mot. Boy that’s quite a lot for us!!

 

 

[sutty2006]

I went to the 4x4 expo show on Sunday, helping out with the 4x4 response lot. Picked up a new synthetic winch rope. Then I had to buy another fairlead, and some stainless steel Alan key bolts. 
 

 

the weight difference is intense. The steel cables weigh a ton. 

[bear-in-the-air]

Very shiny, the new rope looks lovely in there.

[sutty2006]

I haven’t yet had chance to try the new rope out but hopefully in the next few weeks I’ll test it out. Need a new snatch block as the old one I bought is for steel cables

 

[sutty2006]

Can’t remember the last time I took this to Tick Hill pay and play. Probably pre covid. 
 

Didn’t take many pictures 

 

 

met some friends up there. Simon in his discovery has spent thousands on uprated halfshafts, diffs, etc and broke a prop shaft trying to get up there. 

I didn’t go too hard at it today. I’ve got a training weekend planned next weekend with the 4x4 response team so I didn’t want to break it. Only broke a seat base 🙄

[sutty2006]

Another day of off roading. This was supposed to be a training exercise but last minute changes meant it wasn’t going ahead, so it turned into a relaxed day. 
 

there were 3 areas that we were told we’d get stuck in. I tried all 3 and got stuck in 2. 
 

I only dipped my toe in this one and it was soft at the bottom. Once back wheels were off the ground it wouldn’t move. 
 

 

[sutty2006]

Abandoned? 
 

nah just sent it in. Hard. Lol

 

[sutty2006]

So my rear diff oil leak got worse. It has started leaving a lovely pool of oil after a drive. 
 

so I bought a new 4 bolt flange kit. It’s possible that the old flange has ripped through the seal. 
 

 

but after taking the prop off, the 24mm nut is way to tight, so I’ll have to pick my nut buster 3000 up from work tomorrow to gun it off. 
 

while I was there, I spotted a hole in…….the rear chassis ladder frame infront of the fuel tank. That’s not good. 
 

near a body mount too. 
 

so I did the right thing and went poking. I found more than I bargained for. 
 

What’s that? BLOODY MEECE HOUSE! Is what it is! 
 

No idea how long that’s been in there for, probably years, and now with all the mud and moisture, has rotted the ladder out. Fuck. 
 

 

After cleaning it out, what remains? 
 

not much 🙄😭

 

 

i fucking hate landrovers!

[somewhatfoolish]

TADTS

[PicantoJon]

Hi-tech weight reduction.

Just don't mind the breeze when you're driving...

[Mrcento]

Is it even a Discovery if it's not leaving chunks of itself on the floor?

[sutty2006]

8 hours ago, Mrcento said:

Is it even a Discovery if it's not leaving chunks of itself on the floor?

At this rate it won’t be a discovery much longer! 

[N Dentressangle]

That's quite rotten.

And a bit of PITA to bring back around.

Arse

[sutty2006]

I think I’ll have a go at it. If I can rob some more thick steel from somewhere. 
 

More importantly, the diff leak was solved

New flange vs old

Old seal was toast

 

old flange was causing seal to fail

 

quick drive round the block and it’s no longer leaking. Need to change the oil now. 
 

[sutty2006]

Took the turd off roading today. 
 

probably the last time it’ll get. before it’s mot runs out and I take it off the road inevitably. 
 

got stuck. Wedged nearside door. Need a tug. 
 

 

oooops 

 

No trees around. So grabbed a defender. 
 

who winched us out. 
 

 

then we spun round and had to go back out to the right of where we are in that picture. 
 

one route was impossible. One route was blocked by a stuck discovery. They told us we couldn’t get through this but because of a tree. They were right. But I’m clever, and formulated a plan to winch the tree off our left side. 
 

 

and it worked!