The Land Rover Appreciation Group.

[Daniel Jiggins]

I guess this is the right place to be asking since I'm in the market for a 300tdi disco....

 

What should I look for when inspecting a possible disco? I know rust is a issue, but where exactly? I know about the boot floor, bulkhead and arches, but more help would be needed

 

 

I keep thinking of selling mine after buying a Disco 3, PM me if interested.

[Chris Sheppard]

I guess this is the right place to be asking since I'm in the market for a 300tdi disco....

 

What should I look for when inspecting a possible disco? I know rust is a issue, but where exactly? I know about the boot floor, bulkhead and arches, but more help would be needed

 

If it's a 5 door, check where the rear doors shut as any rust there is close enough to the seatbelt mounts to fail the MOT. Though that piece is a doddle to replace, it could be a good bargaining point.

 

Driver's footwell seems to rot out too, or did on at least two I had.

[waz77]

A gaggle of land pigs

[waz77]

Some more

[mendiplogs]

A gaggle of land pigs

 

Hi WAZ them Land Rover look good mate thanks Jon

[skyhuck]

I guess this is the right place to be asking since I'm in the market for a 300tdi disco....

 

What should I look for when inspecting a possible disco? I know rust is a issue, but where exactly? I know about the boot floor, bulkhead and arches, but more help would be needed

 

Chassis, mate of mine bought a minter, the body is perfect, but he had to replace the rear quarter and patch a lot of the rest for the MOT:thumbdown:

[skyhuck]

I keep thinking of selling mine after buying a Disco 3, PM me if interested.

 

Nice aren't they

[Daniel Jiggins]

Nice aren't they

 

 

Yes very pleased with it

[Ty Unnos]

Anyone running a V8 defender as a work truck?

 

I have seen a 110 hicap V8 with LPG and am considering it.

 

With LPG I think I should get 20-25mpg?

 

What are they like for towing compared with say a TDI?

[Chris Sheppard]

I've not had a V8 Defender, but did have a V8 Discovery 1 and found that on gas it was no dearer to run than a Tdi Discovery, but had a lot more go about it. Towed really well too, but mine was the 3.9 EFI so something like 180hp

 

One thing I did notice though with mine, was that it had a bit less power on LPG than it did on petrol - it might have been the type of LPG system but on the whole it didn't bother me much as you could always flick to petrol briefly if you needed full power.

 

The biggest thing I found was a PITA with the disco and the LPG'd subaru legacy we had, was that the tanks get in the way and generally are quite small (or really take up space).