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My Disco progress so far
« on: March 22, 2008, 09:47:41 »
Picked this up a couple of weeks ago with a 1 inch lift and 265/75 16 Insa turbo's





Got it stuck almost straight away!




Swapped the alloys over for some modulas I had. The rear arches were catching so they got the cut along with the doors  :lol:




Also the front tyres were catching the bumper with the lower offset wheels, so that came off and I made this with some friends




Sorry for all the pics, but we all love photos  :roll:
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Re: I'm new, my Disco progress so far
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2008, 13:07:45 »
Nice job on the bumper :clap:
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Re: I'm new, my Disco progress so far
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2008, 03:10:56 »
Isn't it :)
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Re: I'm new, my Disco progress so far
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2008, 15:55:44 »
Nice work mate  ;)
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Re: I'm new, my Disco progress so far
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2008, 12:23:16 »
Thanks, i'm really pleased with it. Fitted some recovery eyes and a tow bar to it, and wired in the spots.



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Re: I'm new, my Disco progress so far
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2008, 16:34:09 »
 i must say i do like that bumper looks very nice a tidy :clap:. might give it a go making one for my disco :lol:
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Re: I'm new, my Disco progress so far
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2008, 15:05:58 »
That Bumper is spot on! you dont fancy knocking up another one for some beer tokens do ya!!! :lol: Keep bending my current one :(.
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Re: I'm new, my Disco progress so far
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2008, 18:13:25 »
I do like the lights in the bumper mate, well done very nice.

Theres only one other person, well a company which have done that.
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Re: I'm new, my Disco progress so far
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2008, 18:58:34 »
very nice job and i do like the lights as we no with landy lights there not the best but im sure they will light up the road a bit better
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2008, 19:11:23 »
I haven't seen any with lights in before, apart from my mates on his SJ  :D

I found I have wet carpets after a trip to Marlborough so thourght i'd get on with welding up the sides of the floor and front inner wings.




Out came the grinder



Seat belt mount was shot



2 small holes by the rear door




Welded new sides of the floor in



Sills only had one small hole!



Both inner arches had holes where the mud flap brackets were




Drivers side inner wing was shot all the way around, even under the headlight





Passenger side wasn't as bad





Took me 2days of welding, although my welder has gone wrong  :angry: The new floor pannel I used was a RR clasic one which I had in the garden. Had to cut it down about 3 inches, then rivited in. I did disturb the fuel return pipe though so I had to change the sender unit, luckily I had another tank though.
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2008, 17:16:46 »
Lordy, it's become a bit of a project already :(
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2008, 19:29:01 »
Yea it is a bit, but I knew this when I bought it. Needed doing before June for the MOT anyway :lol:

Getting the towbar off to drop the tank (forgot to cut a hole in the floor so I could get at the sender  :oops: ) was a mission, had to cut 4 of the 6 bolts off! I'll be making a removable version when I make a rear bumper I think.
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2008, 19:47:29 »
Quote from: TDi.Si on April 15, 2008, 19:11:23
Took me 2days of welding

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

keep up the good work my friend. Far too many good LRs fall by the wayside because of tinworm.

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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2008, 15:51:56 »
good work mate, i had a similar project when i git my disco, never buy a car in the dark  :oops:. its good to see another disco getting fixed.  :)
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2008, 20:03:06 »
..when can i book mine in?? :lol:
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #15 on: April 19, 2008, 18:13:15 »
Had a search on here and thourght i'd look at why my rear door doesn't lock. Didn't even have to take anything apart, One screw was missing and the other was loose on the catch, replaced the screw and tightened it all up, works a treat now. :D
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #16 on: July 20, 2008, 19:20:30 »
Got a superwinch x9 off my cousin nice and cheap  :lol:
So set about modifying the bumper this weekend to fit it. Just cut a hole where the tow ball was, fitted a fairlead and a nice thick piece of sheet steel to the back as a winch tray.
turned out like this:





Hid the winch behind the grill and fitted the cut out switch in the grill.
Really pleased with how it turned out.
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #17 on: July 20, 2008, 19:29:13 »
that looks really smart , a credit to you.  When i first saw it I thought that the holes where jacking points!

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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #18 on: July 20, 2008, 19:42:35 »
im impressed!keep it up, looks brilliant so far. :thumbup:
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #19 on: July 23, 2008, 07:59:00 »
mate that looks the bollo*** the way you have hidden the winch has really changed my mind about getting one as i havent wanted to spoil the look of the front of mine a stroke off genius my man well done!!!
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #20 on: July 23, 2008, 17:30:22 »
That was my aim to get it as far back as possible to get a good approach angle. Just need a good departure angle now!
I'm also going to get a plasma rope when I can find one that works with an internal drum brake.
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #21 on: July 23, 2008, 21:44:13 »
awesome buddy superb job what did u use to seal it on top?
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #22 on: August 10, 2008, 11:10:17 »
Cheers for the comments, the winch was stripped and resealed with silicone before it was fitted. I'm still getting a click from the solenoid occasionly so I may put a heavy duty solenoid pack in there.
Was out playing the other day when the truck started making a noise like dislocating springs (which it can't do as I have +1 springs and standard shocks!) when I took the truck out of difflock it wouldn't move. Took the shafts out and they were fine, then I noticed this leak:



Was a very small hole in the diff pan, and it had dents in the diff pan. Took out the diff and this is what I found!




So I swapped the whole rear axle for one on a mates scrap RR.  :roll:
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #23 on: August 10, 2008, 11:33:12 »
 :) it would make me think twice about lifting a tool if i found that every time , credit m8 keep it up
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #24 on: August 10, 2008, 11:43:04 »
I would just fit a fresh diff out of your mates RRC.

By the looks of it the diff pan is shot and fabrication isn't a problem for your so why not take the oppertunity to cut of the laminated cigarette paper origional and replace it with more substantial one. Mine are know made from the end caps for a pressure vessel and at 6mm thickness there is now no need for diff guards.
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #25 on: August 10, 2008, 11:49:05 »
welding a hole up in a diff pan can be a pain. pin holes = leaks

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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #26 on: August 12, 2008, 18:14:31 »
I would have welded it up and swapped the diff, but mine was 24 spline and the RR was 10 spline.So swapping the whole axle was the quickest and cheapest way of getting it back on the road!

Need to change the wheel bearing in the back axle though.
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Re: My Disco progress so far
« Reply #27 on: August 12, 2008, 19:00:42 »
I have to take my hat off to you mate - your Disco is looking fantastic and I love the hidden winch....!!!!

Keep up the good work.

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