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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: mikiep1986 on March 25, 2008, 19:33:02
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my brother and dad both do greenlaning and i enjoyed going out with them so my dad said if i can find a disco or a 4x4 for about £500 i caould have it so i found this on ebay and got it saturday?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=130204732140&_trksid=p3984.cWON.m313.lVI
hope the link works as i cant put pics up yet lol :roll:
took it out sunday round a few local lanes and got it muddy hehe :lol:
let me know what you think .........
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look to spend about £300 on welding minimum, plus the power steering pump wants topping up or changing, tyres need changing from a safety point of view (100 - 200)
cheap to buy but believe me it will take all your money....we all know this :lol:
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Yer you've got a bit of work on your hands mate, but its probally your sort of stuff weding and that. Good luck and have fun with it! ;)
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Looks like a good start - you do need to get on top of that list of jobs though, particularly the brake lines, tyres, and rust before you buy anything else. Might be worth changing the timing belt too, and I'd get shot of the bull bar. You don't need it and they're a lot of extra weight on the front end, to say nothing of the insurance implications.
Edit, I'd second the suggestion to check the power steering fluid level. Mine had the same symptoms which were rapidly traced to a leaking steering box.
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yea that was the worse bit about it was the welding side but my mate can do all that cheap :dance:
goind to get some power steering fluid the weekend
this will do me for my 1st offroader then i can build it up he he hopefully going to bobtail it next year or later on this year ??
yea it will take all my money he he but i love it ...
will keep everyone posted on the progress...
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Try getting some decent tyres and keeping it standard for a while, see how it goes. You'll be amazed where it will go without modifications plus it'll teach you how to get the best out of it.
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Try getting some decent tyres and keeping it standard for a while, see how it goes. You'll be amazed where it will go without modifications plus it'll teach you how to get the best out of it.
yea took her out sunday round a coupleof local lanes and even with those tyres had no troubles well only 1 turned between some trees and it didnt grip and slid so i gently tapped the tree hehe
just going to get a body lift maybe and tyres and leave it for a while
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Pick uo some decnt S/H tyres and try it as it is.
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Bought my 1st disco off eblag a few weeks ago,spent a tad more on it tho ,to avoid most of the welding issues......so i thought! Sills etc fine ,due to the side steps catching all the crud,which are held together by the rubber tread bits!
Boot floor looked ok from underneath just afew rusty bits where the under seal has peeled off.So i had alook under the carpets and sodden rubber bit and found afew rusty patches which i poked holes in with my big screwdriver (for poking holes in landrovers with).About a six inch long hole in the outside channel bit just over each shock and a few along the back .Filled them with bits of ally and filler for now ,4 months mot left,but I reckon i could get away with welding a few patches in.
Brilliant vehicle!wish I had bought one years ago! :D
Got stuk in some sodden kentish wealden clay ,diff lock and low range work fine!
Have got 3 good tyres ,need a matching nexen(!!??)one for the back or a matching pair of some thing else cheap.
power steering fluid seems to be leaking from base of resevoir but have tightened clips and hpefully that will do.
the disco feels much lighter to drive than a jeep g.c.(doesnt have so much body roll in every corner!)though it does feel more like a van with all the space in the back!cant get the thought of an austin maestro van out of my head :)
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be nice 2 see a g reg one looking all smart again, shop around and ebay is good for most stuff. gd look :D
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thats not a bad price, least the heating works :lol: that one less thing to worry about, i've seen newer plates than a G in worse condition for rusting,
be good to see what you can do with it :)
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not a bad purchase mate ,,,you can run it round till mot runs out and put it back on eblog and maybe still get most of ya money back :lol: