Can't buy anything else ;)

Discobus2&4russ · Dec 29, 2019

G'day, not Australian but have a love of our UK outback not in a Toy-otta! I've had a lightweight, 90, 110 130,'s created off road Courses with a lightweight flying of the top of a hill! Past 20yrs Disco 1, 2, RR Supercharged and now a 99 182k disco2 ES with only 2 gearboxes replaced, rear chassis rot and a Christmas present of a Disco 4 HSE Luxury to replace aforementioned maybe! Lol love the brand.
1 would you replace rear quarter chassis on disco 2?
2 which warranty 4 disco 4 (56k) early 2015
TYIA

dieseldog69 · Dec 29, 2019

Hi Russ

Yes, cut and shut the rot out the back of the D2, half chassis readily available for it and reasonably easy to do if you can weld and have space and time to do it.

Warran-what? On anything already out of factory warranty it's a waste of money, yes, really. I know a guy who made a packet out of selling extended warranties and he used to say it was a peace of mind thing for the new owners who inevitably became fluent in French when they found out that there was a get out clause for pretty much everything that could go wrong that was more than about £50 to fix.

Discobus2&4russ · Dec 29, 2019

Discobus2&4russ said:
G'day, not Australian but have a love of our UK outback not in a Toy-otta! I've had a lightweight, 90, 110 130,'s created off road Courses with a lightweight flying of the top of a hill! Past 20yrs Disco 1, 2, RR Supercharged and now a 99 182k disco2 ES with only 2 gearboxes replaced, rear chassis rot and a Christmas present of a Disco 4 HSE Luxury to replace aforementioned maybe! Lol love the brand.
1 would you replace rear quarter chassis on disco 2?
2 which warranty 4 disco 4 (56k) early 2015
TYIA

Thanks for the quick reply fella! I'm just so nervous about the value of d2

dieseldog69 said:
Hi Russ

Yes, cut and shut the rot out the back of the D2, half chassis readily available for it and reasonably easy to do if you can weld and have space and time to do it.

Warran-what? On anything already out of factory warranty it's a waste of money, yes, really. I know a guy who made a packet out of selling extended warranties and he used to say it was a peace of mind thing for the new owners who inevitably became fluent in French when they found out that there was a get out clause for pretty much everything that could go wrong that was more than about £50 to fix.

Hi, diesel .. Dog..? ... Or maybe fella will do

thanks for such sharp response, my worries are miles of d2 and all ponce bits have stopped working including the headlining sagging but still a good bus and bodywork is more or less immaculate as is the rest of the interior apart from drivers seat! Oh and the xyz sensor, slight loss of coolent. Had a quote for 1k fix chassis have the space but not the knowledge or expertise by a long shot. When Is enough enough

gstuart · Dec 29, 2019

Hi and welcome

if I may add when buying a D4 get an extensive warranty that covers crankshafts , as there are reports they can snap and a new engine for a D4 is over £5k

must check small print to ensure it’s covered

brianp38dse · Dec 29, 2019

Hello and welcome

Hippo · Dec 31, 2019

Welcome to the forum

Henry_b · Dec 31, 2019

180k is nothing

I'd be inclined to replace the rear 1/4 chassis if it is rotten, the D2's are good cars, looked after it'll outlive any modern LR.

RangeRoller dt · Jan 1, 2020

Replace!

RangeRoller dt · Jan 1, 2020

Welcome to LandyZone
And happy new year

@dieseldog69 hope you cleaned them tracks out before you parked it up for Christmas...

dieseldog69 · Jan 1, 2020

RangeRoller dt said:
Welcome to LandyZone
And happy new year

@dieseldog69 hope you cleaned them tracks out before you parked it up for Christmas...

No chance, paddling round in slop is not my idea of fun these days, it was hard enough creating a dry place to get out and walk away as it was and the phuckwits have been in it and moved it since I parked it, no doubt me carpet is rancid now

Happy new year bud

dieseldog69 · Jan 1, 2020

Discobus2&4russ said:
Thanks for the quick reply fella! I'm just so nervous about the value of d2

Hi, diesel .. Dog..? ... Or maybe fella will do thanks for such sharp response, my worries are miles of d2 and all ponce bits have stopped working including the headlining sagging but still a good bus and bodywork is more or less immaculate as is the rest of the interior apart from drivers seat! Oh and the xyz sensor, slight loss of coolent. Had a quote for 1k fix chassis have the space but not the knowledge or expertise by a long shot. When Is enough enough

Bwahahaha, "when is enough, enough" ?

Never!

Link in my siggy takes you to my blog on my D1, bought in 2012 as a rotten fire damaged project and been tinkering ever since, just finished another marathon rebuild on the back end.

Look up my "Project Rusty" thread in the members vehicles forum to see where we are and how we got here.

RangeRoller dt · Jan 1, 2020

dieseldog69 said:
the phuckwits have been in it and moved it since I parked it, no doubt me carpet is rancid now
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Hopefully it wasn’t Mr.backwards bucket. That’s not what he meant by ‘put your teeth on’ mate

dieseldog69 · Jan 1, 2020

RangeRoller dt said:
Hopefully it wasn’t Mr.backwards bucket. That’s not what he meant by ‘put your teeth on’ mate

Rob's alright, snorts too much coke but he stays out of the way of the big machines so it works out fine.

Can't buy anything else ;)

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