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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: lambert on January 06, 2009, 19:36:52

Title: l reg 200tdi 3 door
Post by: lambert on January 06, 2009, 19:36:52

but for paying for it i now own one. needs a few bits like a rocker cover gasket, exhaust and brakes.

so as a newbie to the green oval what should i know?

Title: Re: l reg 200tdi 3 door
Post by: crazymac on January 06, 2009, 19:41:27

Maintain it! Regular ongoing maintenance, keep it greased and the oils fresh.

give the metal bits a good check over and fix any rust early, then it will give you years of good service

Title: Re: l reg 200tdi 3 door
Post by: carracarra13 on January 06, 2009, 19:46:07

I must admit Im learning this after several trucks take care of the old girls and usualy they will take care of you, ther is no such thing as a cheep truck to maintain they are comparable to most motors to run

Title: Re: l reg 200tdi 3 door
Post by: Disco Matt on January 06, 2009, 19:50:23

If it has the standard towbar, junk it and fit a detachable one. It will save your nerves from a lot of distressing thumps off road!

You may also want to get rid of the front skirt below the bumper and trim the bumper end caps, also might want to consider a steering guard.

Apart from that I'd say to get some decent tyres and then drive it for a while.

I have heard that the headlight wiring on the 200TDI can be a bit flaky as LR use the stalk to switch the full current to the lights, rather than using relays as they did on the 300TDI. It's not that hard to fit relays and should give better lighting.

Title: Re: l reg 200tdi 3 door
Post by: carracarra13 on January 06, 2009, 19:56:31

 cross members rot like ours back door saggy too and boddy mount persitions rot badly so clean up well and WAX OIL it up including inside the chassie this is a arss of a job but well worth it,  it should keep well this is the next plan for ours as soon as recovered from crimbo, oh yes the frount skurt um ours fell off some where on the farm lol ps and the frount fogs

Title: Re: l reg 200tdi 3 door
Post by: lambert on January 06, 2009, 20:36:16

this one is clean underneath and honest with it. not saying it's perfect but it is good, i guess that is the joy of mates who test cars for a living!

Title: Re: l reg 200tdi 3 door
Post by: carracarra13 on January 06, 2009, 20:53:34

well Im glad we could all help m8 after all thats what we are hear for :D

Title: Re: l reg 200tdi 3 door
Post by: wrecker on January 06, 2009, 22:12:50

look after your truck and it will look after you,

and dont talk about any thing bad infront of it,they know and will bite you on your $£% 8-[ 8-[ 8-[

Title: Re: l reg 200tdi 3 door
Post by: lambert on January 07, 2009, 05:17:02

cheers all i'm sure it will be fine.

cheers again.