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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: simon15 on January 05, 2007, 20:47:54

Title: What to look for on a disco 200 tdi
Post by: simon15 on January 05, 2007, 20:47:54

Right im going to look at a 'G' plate disco 3 dr in light blue tomorrow.

Just wondered what in particul;ar i should look out for?

its only done 115k and is regularly serviced, has 2" lift, 6 months tax and test, mud tyres, steering guard, and never really off roaded. just to tow his sj out of sticky situations.

Title: What to look for on a disco 200 tdi
Post by: bezzabsa on January 05, 2007, 21:19:06

rear boot floor
rear crossmember
inner arches
door bottoms
rear seat belt mountings
saggy door hinges
poor central locking - and droopy door catches
heater motors
leaky sunroofs

Title: What to look for on a disco 200 tdi
Post by: simon15 on January 05, 2007, 21:23:53

he said there is a couple of small patches that will need doing for mot and the heater only works on speed 3.

Title: What to look for on a disco 200 tdi
Post by: landroverkeith on January 06, 2007, 06:33:21

Quote from: "simon15"

he said there is a couple of small patches that will need doing for mot and the heater only works on speed 3.

lol well thats means you`ll warm up faster then lol  :roll:

Title: What to look for on a disco 200 tdi
Post by: barmiebrumie on January 06, 2007, 08:24:15

Quote from: "bezzabsa"

rear boot floor
rear crossmember
inner arches
door bottoms
rear seat belt mountings
saggy door hinges
poor central locking - and droopy door catches
heater motors
leaky sunroofs

+ sills & inner wing's, but none of these are really that bad to repair as we do these quite often on the west mid's maintance days.
raelly depends on what sort of money you going to pay for it & if you can do the work your self.

Title: What to look for on a disco 200 tdi
Post by: Guardian. on January 06, 2007, 09:24:51

i will let you swap it for my heater if you want as that doesnt work on speed 3.
or2.
or1.

Title: What to look for on a disco 200 tdi
Post by: thermidorthelobster on January 06, 2007, 09:44:49

Saggy springs, leaking PAS box, but I'd say the most expensive one would be free play in the transmission, which could easily be the input shaft on the gearbox, which is quite expensive to sort out.

Title: What to look for on a disco 200 tdi
Post by: simon15 on January 06, 2007, 15:17:20

went and looked at it and didnt agree with the swap.

He loves my car though so think he was a bit dissapointed.

There was a lot of rot on both tops of the inner front wings, rears were also pretty bad, and didnt think a 3dr was practical enough...

Also dont know if its right but when stick is in neutral all you do is push up for 1st??

Is this right surely neutral should be middle of the box? (i.e 3/4th)

Title: What to look for on a disco 200 tdi
Post by: simon15 on January 06, 2007, 15:18:31

oh and the heater is crap.. and the sunroof started leaking on the way down..
Also lots of wires floating around the engine bay looked a bit dangerous.... :o  :o

Title: What to look for on a disco 200 tdi
Post by: nickW on January 08, 2007, 09:10:09

how much is your car worth out of interest , also you should be able to find a disco pretty cheap on here as there have been quite a few cheap 200's floating about recently

Title: What to look for on a disco 200 tdi
Post by: simon15 on January 08, 2007, 09:24:09

yeah there are quite a few cheap ones going. but I'm fussy I want some toys on it. :)

my car is worth around 1500.

its in the for sale section if u wanna look ;)

Title: What to look for on a disco 200 tdi
Post by: nickW on January 08, 2007, 10:17:16

Well with the price that disco are selling for now, you should be looking at quite a good one for £1500