R reg 3 door, non sunroof, 85K

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Slammedorion

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Hello... My name is Chris
33 years old... And this is my intro to a recent purchase

I bought this 3 weeks ago..,
It was a friends old car
Missed out on it last year, but due to the new owners eye sight deteriorating
I was tipped off it was there to have before advertised again
So...
It was last on the road end of 2010!!!
It's got 3 doors, genuine 85k on the clock, also a non sunroof model which is quite rare so I'm told...
My plan is to clean it up, put it back on the road, maybe use it or maybe sell it on... :lol:

Suppose a pic is over due around here:-








Ok...








I fetched it back on trade plates with a dead battery and fuel light on...
Home via petrol station without turning it off

And home after a good scrub with best part of 5 years of dirt removed!!!



As you can see, for a 19 year old it scrubbed up ok for a Disco :lol:

Inside had a good Hoover
Even had alittle helper



Due to the time of year, I didn't fancy scrubbing seats
Instead... I stripped them





Then chucked them in our nearly new washing machine lol :lol:



After numerous washes they went out to dry



Refitted







Another good wash plus alittle detailing session has bought it up a treat







So after its tlc... Took it for its mot
I've got a few advisories to address but it passed!!! 8)

Some of the history









So the plans over the next week or so

Sort 3 patches out on underside
Wax oil underside
Fit a new dust cover on a ball joint
Repaint bumpers with textured bumper paint
Fit a couple of new springs on door locks
Fit new water pump kit
Retrim head lining
I've already fitted a new thermostat and bleed screw...
Plus a Egr delete kit

Still waiting for water pump kit to arrive...









I'd love to keep it but the misses says We don't need a 4th car
We have a Orion Turbo and A3 1.8t which are just weekend toys that really don't get used as much as we'd like... And a Vectra cdti for daily duties





 
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Hello and welcome, your Disco looks really good.
Did you find it easy to strip the seats?


I've did trim seats for 18 months at my work place
On paint now
Haven't trimmed seats since 2005 but there straight forward enough
Plenty of videos on YouTube that are really helpful
 
Marmaduke. I think you and Slammdorian should exchange pictures of your on going projects on a regular basis.
 
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Nearly back together today
Another 20 mins in the morning should have it running again





Looks like the p gasket was leaking
Water pump bearing were shot
Spent a good hour cleaning gasket faces up
Even blocked them flat with 2000 grit just to make sure ( sorry no pics )

Water pump etc back on



Just pulleys, belt, hoses and coolant to do
 
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