Disco 2 V8 jap import

hi all.

im thinking of buying a disco 2 V8 jap import, 2004 with 52k miles.
got a TD5 at the moment so this will be as well as,
just wondered peoples thoughts on the V8, auto boxes and the jap imports.
thanks.

lee (old member but couldn't remember login details so had to re-join)

tbviking said:

hi all.

im thinking of buying a disco 2 V8 jap import, 2004 with 52k miles.
got a TD5 at the moment so this will be as well as,
just wondered peoples thoughts on the V8, auto boxes and the jap imports.
thanks.

lee (old member but couldn't remember login details so had to re-join)

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Buy it, Dinitrol it to death and enjoy it for as long as they keep petrol at the pumps.

Got a link to the advert please?

Welcome back Lee.
You'll love the V8!

cheers chaps

tbviking said:

hi all.

im thinking of buying a disco 2 V8 jap import, 2004 with 52k miles.
got a TD5 at the moment so this will be as well as,
just wondered peoples thoughts on the V8, auto boxes and the jap imports.
thanks.

lee (old member but couldn't remember login details so had to re-join)

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So what want to know other the thoughts ? My TVR had a modified LR V8 engine but manual, then came my RR 3.5 and was an auto, and my disco has V8 and is auto, there no great issues with any of them other than the RR required a new cam at 110k miles replaced by a main dealer @ £1000.

cheers mate, thats a tick in the yes colum

tbviking said:

cheers mate, thats a tick in the yes colum

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Being early version of the Disco V8 I’ve found my disco is easy to maintain, I don’t see that a D2 V8 will be any different, plugs, leads, fluids and filters, but then of course there’s the other issues that D2s suffer from, whatever the engine, issues which the older D1 doesn’t have, as u may know as a D2 owner already.

iv had a 300tdi and 2 td5 discos and never had any problems really, maybe im lucky and its about to go spectacularly wrong,
I hope not as iv just bought this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LAND-ROVER-D ... SwrYVc5BLL

tbviking said:

iv had a 300tdi and 2 td5 discos and never had any problems really, maybe im lucky and its about to go spectacularly wrong,
I hope not as iv just bought this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LAND-ROVER-D ... SwrYVc5BLL

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very tidy! get it soaking in a rust protector of somekind!

will be getting a full waxoyl

Hoover out the rear end of the chassis legs then observe what come out, and then of course put a picture up

@tbviking ... definitely get your Disco corrosion treated when you get it.
My Disco 2 I brought over to the U.K. last July was rust free from having it stateside in California and Georgia. A year later, the whole underside looks like sh*te from corrosion. My steel bumpers, side rock sliders and rear ladder will have to be removed, corrosion treated and repainted. Ugh....