MrGrumpy
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I'm currently looking for a Disco here in Quebec, I've had a number of 300tdi manuals when I lived in France so I know my way around them.
Anyhow, there's an ad for one going cheap locally, it's a '97 &, as you'd expect for here, a V8 auto.
The seller is selling as is a non-runner with a duff crank sensor.
Now here's what I'm wondering, why hasn't he just replaced it, they're not that expensive? is there anything else hiding behind the sensor fault? Is there any way to bypass the sensor to see if the thing runs at all? I don't want to haul the beast home and order in the sensor to find when I fire it that the bottom's knocked out.
Alternatively there's a few Disco II about, mostly with about 130-140,000 miles on the clock. I'd not hesitate on an old bulletproof 300tdi but I'm lamentably ignorant on the 3.9/4.0 V8s, are they any good?
Any help gratefully received.
Anyhow, there's an ad for one going cheap locally, it's a '97 &, as you'd expect for here, a V8 auto.
The seller is selling as is a non-runner with a duff crank sensor.
Now here's what I'm wondering, why hasn't he just replaced it, they're not that expensive? is there anything else hiding behind the sensor fault? Is there any way to bypass the sensor to see if the thing runs at all? I don't want to haul the beast home and order in the sensor to find when I fire it that the bottom's knocked out.
Alternatively there's a few Disco II about, mostly with about 130-140,000 miles on the clock. I'd not hesitate on an old bulletproof 300tdi but I'm lamentably ignorant on the 3.9/4.0 V8s, are they any good?
Any help gratefully received.