Thread: Land Rover ... Not a series

Originally Posted by Beetroot

The biggest headaches I've had with my Discovery was trying to fix other peoples "improvements", instead of buying a $10 part the previous owner decided to run his own wires here, there and everywhere, and he was certainly no autosparky!

Failing to fix mechanical, electrical and water tightness issues before the become headached is what seems to kill most vehicles.

My RRC is a lot more water tolerant now, just need to finish off the snorkel

Originally Posted by Chilli_Dog

My RRC is a lot more water tolerant now, just need to finish off the snorkel
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Arsehole that little pod filter off of the rockercover and plumbback into the intake if you intend going deep enough to need a snorkle.

I love my series 1 Disco.
Went from driving a Rav4 to the 300tdi Disco and it's better in every way. More comfortable, less road noise way more space and even uses less fuel.
By brother now owns the Rav4 and he has had more problems and had to spend more on it that my Landy dispite having done 50,000 less kms.

It's definitely not perfect, but the $2000 it cost me to buy and get back on the road was well worth it!
A Hilux surf would've cost me 4 times as much.

Gearbox shit itself in my discovery and electrics in my wife's Freelander were dismal. Never ever again, but I put BMWs in the same never box, the ultimate driving machine? Yeah right!

Originally Posted by Maca49

Gearbox shit itself in my discovery and electrics in my wife's Freelander were dismal. Never ever again, but I put BMWs in the same never box, the ultimate driving machine? Yeah right!

The Freelander is actually not a landrover.

It's a Honda CRV

Interesting the gear box and diffs have both let go in a number of my toyotas... However I don't think toyotas are crap in particular...

Originally Posted by Dr. Watson

The Freelander is actually not a landrover.

It's a Honda CRV

Interesting the gear box and diffs have both let go in a number of my toyotas... However I don't think toyotas are crap in particular...

I know nout about Toyotas no intention of owning one, if the Freelander was a Honda I would have expected even more!7

Originally Posted by Dr. Watson

The Freelander is actually not a landrover.

It's a Honda CRV

Interesting the gear box and diffs have both let go in a number of my toyotas... However I don't think toyotas are crap in particular...

CRV, but with a disgusting Rover K-series engine. Yuk yuk yuk yuk more yuk

Disco 1 has a handbrake that locks the prop shaft not wheel brakes

I think the bit I'm most surprised about with that photo, Doc, is that you got out and took a photo with it sitting there at that angle. Mind you I cannot see where it runs out to below. The seat would be well attached to my puckered cheeks.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

I think the bit I'm most surprised about with that photo, Doc, is that you got out and took a photo with it sitting there at that angle. Mind you I cannot see where it runs out to below. The seat would be well attached to my puckered cheeks.

I think this might be the photo????

I'd like to know how carefully the door was closed before the photo was taken.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

I'd like to know how carefully the door was closed before the photo was taken.

Haha... It was sliding slowly the whole time

My dad owned a series 3 so I've learned never to own one, but I also know how damn capable they are.

Cripes, what the blazes is a rocker cover...

Borrowed a v8 manual disco while in WA once, lovely to drive. Dropped a slave cylinder about 800kms out of Norseman. There she sat for 3 weeks waiting for that one part. Got her home and then the clutch went being a range rover guy the owner blamed me for all its problems, told me that his truck knew I was a Japanese truck owner