Hi folks I have just took my Disco for MOT and she has failed due to corrosion on the body. I have to let her go as I feel I have spent enough over the past 2 years. She is to good to scrap hopefully someone can weld her up or reshell her.
She is a 1996 300tdi manual as stated above showing 187388 miles, please dont let the mileage discourage you as I will explain what I have carried out to her.
Starting with the engine I rebuilt the head with new valves and springs, new glow plugs, Head Gasket & bolts, full gasket set, decat & egr blank off, fuel pump rebuilt to the sum of £180 (Atlas Diesels). New blue silicone top Pipe and Turbo Elbows, New timing belt & tensioners, Timing belt housing and cover replaced, new water pump and water pump housing. New sump. She really does run sweet as a nut no smoking no rattles no knocks.
The chasis is sound as a pound no advisorys at all no patches just an honest chasis not painted or oiled. She has been poly bushed front to back on a floflex poly kit. she sits on new turret rings holding standard height super gas shocks and Heavy duty springs again poly bushed. She is a little stiff but handles a dream on the road and no sag on the rear when towing. Again accompanied by a super gas steering damper. She has had new timkin bearings all round as well as a full brake reline and a new caliper on rear, brake disc guards where replaced on the rear. New brake lines run on the front. I also replaced the brake shoes on the hand brake as this had got contaminated, but she will need a new cable.
The interior is standard XS all round but I wont lie the front seats are shot to pieces. I have fitted properly pioneer speakers all round where the origonals where. Not for a bigger punch but because the origonals where blown. I have removed the sub from the back door and put a chequer plate panel in.
At the moment she has a full chrome wrap around ball bar with small spots, also chrome side steps which have been repaired and a chrome ladder on the back door. I have the intention to remove these and sell seperatley. She also has A H/D steering guard under the front.
She is sitting on 4x General Grabber 285/16 tyres on XS rims and the spare is a brand new 285/16 bfgoodrich on xs rim.
All work and items listed have been carried out by myself over the past 18 months - 2 years.
I also have another discovery which is a V8 with 101,000 on the clock the body is very clean with not rot but the laquer has gone in places and the H/G's have gone. She is an ES with the usual refinements but the interior is very delapadated. And I have remove the bumpers and side steps but they are in the back of the car.
All serious offers considered I would rather they go as a whole but I am willing to sell accesories seperatley. I need them to still be rolling chasis as I dont have the space to make them immobile.
