What to look for on a disco 200 tdi

[simon15]

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.

[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

[simon15]

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

[landroverkeith]

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:

[barmiebrumie]

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.

[Guardian.]

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

[thermidorthelobster]

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.

[simon15]

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)

[simon15]

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

[nickW]

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

[simon15]

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 ;)

[nickW]

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