Discovery virgin in need of TLC

EnglishBob said:

I've just dragged the family out of the smoke to live in a field in Hampshire.

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EnglishBob said:

Hi all,
I've just dragged the family out of the smoke to live in a field in Hampshire.
I'm now in the market for a used Disco 3 so I can get about (super rural so active 4x4 required) but also to escape the wife on the odd occasion.
Before I pop my proverbial land rover cherry, I grew up hearing nightmares about them, so would be keen to hear from you all as to what to look out for when looking. I can only afford 100k+ miles on the clock, so will be looking at bearings/bushels, cambelt, clutch etc. But any other pointers would be greatly received.
Many thanks in advance
Bob

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gstuart said:

hi mate and welcome to the asylum , also totally agree in doing such a good move to the countryside

i’m a D3 owner and wrote a buyers guide , which i hope may give u some more info

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/buyers-guide.312800/

for ur interest theres also a discovery section

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/land-rover-discovery.8/

main thing is cam belts and oil pump cover , ( body doesn’t have to come off to replace the rear belt )

half decent base modelled D3 are around £7k

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EnglishBob said:

Thanks Stuart, I'll take a look. Not too fussed on the model, just need something practical and 'reliable' ish

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EnglishBob said:

I've just dragged the family out of the smoke to live in a field in Hampshire

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