Many reasons NOT to buy a discovery 2. Broken again.

[tom13]

Ah I was sure it's was Peter C's Cooper S

[TheOtherStu]

3 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

ULEZ reject?

I'm going for a Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag.

Right country, wrong marque 🤣
Well done for saving it.

[sutty2006]

100% ULEZ victim. Guy was lovely. 1 owner ex demonstrator 186k. Drives really well in all honest. A bit boaty mcboatface but meh. 
 

 

Has all the options ticked too. Nice spec. Small amount of rust in nearside front inner wing which I’m taking to be sorted out tomorrow. A/c works but needs REGAS M9. 
 

stopped at Leicester forest services for a munch. 

[adw1977]

15 minutes ago, sutty2006 said:

stopped at Leicester forest services for a munch

I hope that's a munch for you, not the Land Rover having munched through a £100 of diesel already. 

[HMC]

1 hour ago, adw1977 said:

I hope that's a munch for you, not the Land Rover having munched through a £100 of diesel already. 

IIRC they have a  huge 95 litre tank, first over £100 fill for me still hangs in the memory.

[sutty2006]

1 hour ago, adw1977 said:

I hope that's a munch for you, not the Land Rover having munched through a £100 of diesel already. 

Nope. We had another burger queen to feed the stomach. 

got back to it and noticed a pool. OMGSCRAPIT. No, just water off the aircon. Still needs a regas m9 but at least it works. 

 

made it home safe and sound. 160 miles completed ✔️. Used just under 1/4 of a tank of derv. Happy with that. 
 

box of spares in the back, anyone want a rear wiper? Guy must have had a “thing” for rear blades. 
 

 

 

 

[sutty2006]

1 minute ago, HMC said:

IIRC they have a  huge 95 litre tank, first over £100 fill for me still hangs in the memory.

It had just over 1/4 of a tank too! I’ve not missed those days! 

[bezzabsa]

nice kwalitee , surprised it hasnt got the Led headlamps everyone was nicking and fitting!!

 

[sutty2006]

20 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

nice kwalitee , surprised it hasnt got the Led headlamps everyone was nicking and fitting!!

 

I actually prefer the older headlights. The D1 has these headlights fitted too! 

[sutty2006]

5 hours ago, 320touring said:

Holy fuck! It's always a hoot when public transport is the most reliable mode in a collection thread🤣

1 hr 30 mins to get from stoke station to Euston. And it cost £6 with “mates rates”. Wasnt worth taking the car. Saved a fortune! Had to sit next to a Spanish lady on the way down. Shame that. We found the CD changer has 5 “how to get your pilots licence” and 1 “learn to speak Spanish” cd in it. Too late! 
 

 

Buenos Noche! 

[loserone]

That disco looks very smart.  I would.

[dome]

Excellent purchase. And by excellent I mean crazy. In a good way.

[DaveDorson]

2 hours ago, sutty2006 said:

Nope. We had another burger queen to feed the stomach. 

got back to it and noticed a pool. OMGSCRAPIT. No, just water off the aircon. Still needs a regas m9 but at least it works. 

 

made it home safe and sound. 160 miles completed ✔️. Used just under 1/4 of a tank of derv. Happy with that. 
 

box of spares in the back, anyone want a rear wiper? Guy must have had a “thing” for rear blades. 
 

 

 

 

If they're the same as an l322 uses, I do actually need one 

[DaveDorson]

Top collection.  Like that, sorry you lost your egg in the Gala pie though, I'd have been raging.

[sutty2006]

4 minutes ago, DaveDorson said:

Top collection.  Like that, sorry you lost your egg in the Gala pie though, I'd have been raging.

The whole of London knew I was raging. Shame. I have spare gala pie for tomorrow 🤣 so ALL IS NOT LOST!

[DaveDorson]

I mega want a gala pie right now 

[Dave_Q]

Sales of Gala Pie go through the roof nationwide

[High Jetter]

Gala pie is an anagram of Aga pile. Also Gape ail. It also makes me heave...

[sutty2006]

8 hours ago, Dave_Q said:

Sales of Gala Pie go through the roof nationwide

My work here has been successful. 
 

1 less 12.50 a day to the khunt in charge of London, and an increase in gala pie sales. Beautiful! 
 

first job today, the discovery is going into my mates garage for welding. Getting it done now before winter sets in. 

[chaseracer]

19 hours ago, juular said:

What have you started?

Christ alive David, that looks a bit* past its best*!  Supplementary poo count...? 😉

[TheOtherStu]

13 hours ago, sutty2006 said:

Nope. We had another burger queen to feed the stomach. 

got back to it and noticed a pool. OMGSCRAPIT. No, just water off the aircon. Still needs a regas m9 but at least it works. 

 

made it home safe and sound. 160 miles completed ✔️. Used just under 1/4 of a tank of derv. Happy with that. 
 

box of spares in the back, anyone want a rear wiper? Guy must have had a “thing” for rear blades. 
 

 

 

 

Poundland were selling these for a while.
I wonder if he thought he'd offer them to his other Disco mates, but they'd already ditched their ULEZ scrappers.

[eddyramrod]

If that has a proper gearbox it'll almost compensate for the Fuel Of Satan.

[sutty2006]

1 hour ago, eddyramrod said:

If that has a proper gearbox it'll almost compensate for the Fuel Of Satan.

Shift-o-Matic 9000 👌

 

today, it’s been dropped off for inner wing and bulkhead welding. Probably get it back next week. 

[Saabnut]

Yay! Great news! I have been waiting 4 years for the Merlin roffle, the acquisition of a Disco 2 has brought that day much closer!

Nice buy, a good D2 is wonderful, a bad one will drive you to insanity, which is the only driving it will do! Best of luck with it. Think I have 2 brand new in the box chinesium indicators left over if you need or want them.

[Pieman]

*Got over-excited by this thread and joined in*

 

(edit) And true to form, both halves of egg fell out the moment I picked the slices up.

[sutty2006]

8 hours ago, Pieman said:

*Got over-excited by this thread and joined in*

 

(edit) And true to form, both halves of egg fell out the moment I picked the slices up.

Top man!

 

yes, the egg part fell out just outside Euston station near the bike racks. Was gutted. At least the southern pigeons will have been grateful 

[yes oui si]

On 9/14/2023 at 9:12 AM, Keymaster said:

Shoes off poo! Decadent.

Normal at home, brave in public. 

On 9/14/2023 at 9:54 AM, sdkrc said:

Top off poo if you're a true connoisseur 

The real experience is the cold, naked and damp one when it hits mid-shower, and you have to shuffle out and across to the loo. 

On 9/14/2023 at 11:03 AM, High Jetter said:

Anyone else read that as minus 1?

 

[sutty2006]

So, i knew buying one of these would piss me off. 
 

5x rear wiper blades supplied with this heap. 5x rear wiper blades all wrong. They don’t fit. The Bosch ones are completely wrong fitting and size. The 2x unknown ones I’ve managed to file the top edge down so it will just about clip in. 
 

 

the interior lights don’t work. Massive no no. Must sort that out. I got the front working by messing with the bulb. Dodgy contact? Well, it stopped working again today. So I dive in. 
 

it’s a funny set up. It’s got a plug with two wires, but the earth runs through that right hand 8mm nut. 
 

we have 12v, no problem. We just don’t have earth.

 

the earth runs through the bolt hole on the left, and the 3x contacts it’s the left most brass looking nodger. The switch has a brass wotsit inside that scooches along between each post. I cleaned all of those up. Making sure clean contacts. And I also stretched the spring inside a little to help push the wotsit onto the nodger. STILL DOESNT WORK. Fuck you landrover. 

[sutty2006]

It’s raining. 
 

“Do the sunroofs leak?”

 

”no no, never had an issue”

 

FUCK OFF. You lying cunt. 
 

 

anyway. The more I dig, the wetter I get, and the more confused I get. 
 

interior light sits on a metal base. Which I’ve removed. 
 

 

it looks like it should have an earth lead plugged into it. But I can’t find anything? Why? Wtf is going on?

[andy18s]

Maybe the earth wire has made it's way into the sunroof drain......