DiscoInBitz
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Hi all signed up about three weeks ago but been busy reading threads on here forgot to do intro.
Relatively new to this game myself although the Mrs Gaffer has had a disco for few years.
Brief history, when I met the Mrs she had a K reg disco v8 with gas conv, seemed ok to me athhough a bit of a rattler. I have to be honest I didnt show much interest myself couldnt get used to starting on petrol and then switching to gas after a few miles and to my ears sounded very tinny when running on gas which for some unknown reason used to irritate me.
Anyway when mot was up found a fair bit of rot all over especially rear chassis which was beyond repair well for me. If one thing annoys me its finding faults on a car that should have been picked up at last years mot especially as I had just spent all weekend doing brakes, checking for mot, cleaning etc.. and she had it serviced and Mot'd by a garage next to her work
Beyond economical repair so we got her got another one N reg disco (ex v8) with 2.8td isuzu engine seemed in good nick all round apart from sunroofs being sealed up. Seemed just what we wanted as we had a three month old at the time and needed maintenance free motoring.
i know i know
So ran fine for 12 months then when Mot time came round again guess what, failed on welding.
Now heres where I became involved. The mot tester said the chassis was sound and the vehicle itself was fine, it was just the body.
As he proceeded to show us the holes I couldnt help notice most of our car was on the floor under his ramp like a large pile of cornflakes. I think he was more upset than us, he had recently had about the same on his Range Rover and as he didnt weld himself had to pay somebody £1000.
For a grand I would have to learn to weld
Now not really done any of this before apart from when I worked on site tacking stuff together for our welder to do and he was good, could weld two pieces of wood together under water compared to my rubbish. I quickly realised this was going to take some time and even more patience.
After borrowing a welder what followed was three weeks of hell in a shed which had more leaks than the disco, a miserable freezing February in which the only way to get warm was from splatter burns working their way through my ever decreasing wardrobe, a large crate of beer or two and for some reason an overwhelming desire not to be beaten again by one of these vehicles.
Mot guy was duly impressed, I felt very proud and then had 2 ½ years of relatively trouble free motoring including sailing through two Mots.
Then an oil leak and knackered engine two days after last Xmas. Great start to the New Year. Needed a car quick so have had to settle for an old escort for the last 5 months.
I think this is where I was hooked, it doesnt really matter if you love them or not but for me once youve had a Landy a normal car is just not the same.
Then 3 weeks ago a friend of mine was getting fed up with his 98 2.5Tdi Disco and asked me if I wanted the engine out of it for ours. Sod the engine Ill take the lot.
So her i am. Hoping to learn from this Great forum (I have already learned a hell of a lot) and hoping to help out if i can or at the very least provide you all with a laugh or two at my expense, seems a fair swap.
When i get chance, soon i will start a thread on what i am doing. I wouldn't really call it a rebuild compared to some on here but suffice to say the whole interior and most of the engine is a W.I.P at the mo in our kitchen, shed, hallway etc..
I am sure the Mrs thought it would be a case of changing the insurance over and getting on with it. Oh no, i'm not spending another winter under one of these and the Mot runs out in March so i am getting it ready for 2014/15.
Well thats my introduction over, sorry to bore you all. Now i know you need 50 posts to sell stuff but when can i start asking questions cos i have thousands.
Many thanks
Daz
Relatively new to this game myself although the Mrs Gaffer has had a disco for few years.
Brief history, when I met the Mrs she had a K reg disco v8 with gas conv, seemed ok to me athhough a bit of a rattler. I have to be honest I didnt show much interest myself couldnt get used to starting on petrol and then switching to gas after a few miles and to my ears sounded very tinny when running on gas which for some unknown reason used to irritate me.
Anyway when mot was up found a fair bit of rot all over especially rear chassis which was beyond repair well for me. If one thing annoys me its finding faults on a car that should have been picked up at last years mot especially as I had just spent all weekend doing brakes, checking for mot, cleaning etc.. and she had it serviced and Mot'd by a garage next to her work
Beyond economical repair so we got her got another one N reg disco (ex v8) with 2.8td isuzu engine seemed in good nick all round apart from sunroofs being sealed up. Seemed just what we wanted as we had a three month old at the time and needed maintenance free motoring.
i know i knowSo ran fine for 12 months then when Mot time came round again guess what, failed on welding.
Now heres where I became involved. The mot tester said the chassis was sound and the vehicle itself was fine, it was just the body.
As he proceeded to show us the holes I couldnt help notice most of our car was on the floor under his ramp like a large pile of cornflakes. I think he was more upset than us, he had recently had about the same on his Range Rover and as he didnt weld himself had to pay somebody £1000.
For a grand I would have to learn to weld
Now not really done any of this before apart from when I worked on site tacking stuff together for our welder to do and he was good, could weld two pieces of wood together under water compared to my rubbish. I quickly realised this was going to take some time and even more patience.
After borrowing a welder what followed was three weeks of hell in a shed which had more leaks than the disco, a miserable freezing February in which the only way to get warm was from splatter burns working their way through my ever decreasing wardrobe, a large crate of beer or two and for some reason an overwhelming desire not to be beaten again by one of these vehicles.
Mot guy was duly impressed, I felt very proud and then had 2 ½ years of relatively trouble free motoring including sailing through two Mots.
Then an oil leak and knackered engine two days after last Xmas. Great start to the New Year. Needed a car quick so have had to settle for an old escort for the last 5 months.
I think this is where I was hooked, it doesnt really matter if you love them or not but for me once youve had a Landy a normal car is just not the same.
Then 3 weeks ago a friend of mine was getting fed up with his 98 2.5Tdi Disco and asked me if I wanted the engine out of it for ours. Sod the engine Ill take the lot.
So her i am. Hoping to learn from this Great forum (I have already learned a hell of a lot) and hoping to help out if i can or at the very least provide you all with a laugh or two at my expense, seems a fair swap.
When i get chance, soon i will start a thread on what i am doing. I wouldn't really call it a rebuild compared to some on here but suffice to say the whole interior and most of the engine is a W.I.P at the mo in our kitchen, shed, hallway etc..
I am sure the Mrs thought it would be a case of changing the insurance over and getting on with it.
Oh no, i'm not spending another winter under one of these and the Mot runs out in March so i am getting it ready for 2014/15.Well thats my introduction over, sorry to bore you all. Now i know you need 50 posts to sell stuff but when can i start asking questions cos i have thousands.
Many thanks
Daz
