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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: jay2578 on January 25, 2010, 16:09:37

Title: wading capabilities of a standard td5 disco 2?
Post by: jay2578 on January 25, 2010, 16:09:37: as above, any info please
Title: Re: wading capabilities of a standard td2 disco 2?
Post by: lambert on January 25, 2010, 16:24:43: landrover recomend top of the wheel rim as max wade depth.
Title: Re: wading capabilities of a standard td2 disco 2?
Post by: jay2578 on January 25, 2010, 16:26:32: is that without wading plus etc?
Title: Re: wading capabilities of a standard td2 disco 2?
Post by: JimP on January 25, 2010, 16:48:17: recommended wading depth is 20 inches according to Land Rover, this woudl be on a standard D2, with wading breathers snorkel etc you could go much deeper if you wanted
Title: Re: wading capabilities of a standard td5 disco 2?
Post by: disco2 td5 on January 25, 2010, 19:54:16: ive done head light deep in a starndard disco 2 but i would not advise it
so i bought a snorkel and axle beathers and then went deeper as in above the bonnet about 3 inch up the wind screen and i know a disco 2 will float lol
Title: Re: wading capabilities of a standard td5 disco 2?
Post by: jay2578 on January 25, 2010, 19:58:05: float? handy to know if i go out of my depth!
Title: Re: wading capabilities of a standard td5 disco 2?
Post by: disco2 td5 on January 25, 2010, 20:05:28: yea not for long as they fill up with water
do u know the gaps in the bottom of the door seals fill them up with some black silicone as water comes in there really fast if u happen to need to stop
and also block the dump valve style thing up on the bottom of the air box as that lets water in to the air box
Title: Re: wading capabilities of a standard td5 disco 2?
Post by: auf_wiedersehen_pet on January 25, 2010, 20:07:44: Quote from: jay2578 on January 25, 2010, 19:58:05
float? handy to know if i go out of my depth!

Depends! If crossing a fast flowing ford you will go downstream with the current.

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Title: Re: wading capabilities of a standard td5 disco 2?
Post by: jay2578 on January 25, 2010, 20:08:26: well hopefully it`ll only be wading when nessecary, rescues etc. until i get the 200 back on the road then the td5 is for best!
Title: Re: wading capabilities of a standard td5 disco 2?
Post by: disco2 td5 on January 25, 2010, 20:13:54: td5 for best lol yea right i said that 2 years ago when i got mine i said id never take it off road and the first time i took it off road i ripped the bumper off 1400 quid worth of dammage
Title: Re: wading capabilities of a standard td5 disco 2?
Post by: jay2578 on January 25, 2010, 20:19:42: oh i`ve taken it through the woods this morning......... shhhh :-$ dont tell the missus....... was only a little run, but 10 mins off-road is worth at least a week on-road!
Title: Re: wading capabilities of a standard td5 disco 2?
Post by: disco2 td5 on January 25, 2010, 20:28:47: i dont know what it is about off roading that keeps me doin it. its a big drain on money the feeling i like is goin up a really steep hill and all u can see is sky. the other one i like is when u go to go down a hill and u cant even see the track your goin down. the only feeling i cant be bothard with is getting stuck then its out with the heavy stuff to drag the thing out.
ah thats another thing dont go putting shackels on ur front towing eye it wont take any sort of abuse you will rip it off
Title: Re: wading capabilities of a standard td5 disco 2?
Post by: jay2578 on January 25, 2010, 20:35:17: really poor? thanks for the warning. is it attatched to the chassis the same way as the D1? if it is maybe i`ll swap it for one of the HD ones i got
Title: Re: wading capabilities of a standard td5 disco 2?
Post by: disco2 td5 on January 25, 2010, 21:04:08: were the disco 1 is bolted on with 4 bolts i think
the disco 2 is bolted with only 2 blots thats on the early disco 2 i dont know what the face lift is like they might of made it stronger