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Jimtag · Nov 4, 2018

hi all, found this by chance and would like someone to tell me that I am not mad.
Just purchased a 2000 discovery 2 , 52,000 on the clock , only one owner with
all paperwork ( mot, service history ,etc ) the only thing I can see is a dink in
the drivers door. My question is am I mad to get it , it’s a dt5 by the way.
All thoughts will be appreciated, I do appreciate that it is not a new motor
but have a got myself a lifetime of living in my garage, I have always had old
motorcycle and fixing them but have I just got bigger problems now with this .
Thanks for any thoughts. Jim

Turboman · Nov 4, 2018

Jimtag said:
hi all, found this by chance and would like someone to tell me that I am not mad.
Just purchased a 2000 discovery 2 , 52,000 on the clock , only one owner with
all paperwork ( mot, service history ,etc ) the only thing I can see is a dink in
the drivers door. My question is am I mad to get it , it’s a dt5 by the way.
All thoughts will be appreciated, I do appreciate that it is not a new motor
but have a got myself a lifetime of living in my garage, I have always had old
motorcycle and fixing them but have I just got bigger problems now with this .
Thanks for any thoughts. Jim

I think you mean Td5!

Shouldn't be a problem as long as the chassis isn't too rusty, plenty of life in D2s yet.

And welcome to LZ!

marjon · Nov 4, 2018

To buy a Landy requires a certain amount of madness so welcome to the club.

As long as it starts and runs and you know one end of a spanner from the other, you’ll do fine

Welcome to the forum.

M

dieseldog69 · Nov 4, 2018

Jimtag said:
hi all, found this by chance and would like someone to tell me that I am not mad.
Just purchased a 2000 discovery 2 , 52,000 on the clock , only one owner with
all paperwork ( mot, service history ,etc ) the only thing I can see is a dink in
the drivers door. My question is am I mad to get it , it’s a dt5 by the way.
All thoughts will be appreciated, I do appreciate that it is not a new motor
but have a got myself a lifetime of living in my garage, I have always had old
motorcycle and fixing them but have I just got bigger problems now with this .
Thanks for any thoughts. Jim

Like the last fella who was worrying himself out of buying a Land Rover, read all the horror stories you like about whatever mode of transport you want and then you'd never leave the house.

If it's nice and you want it then buy it, if you don't then rest assured someone else will.

Welcome to LZ BTW

neilly · Nov 4, 2018

Welcome

Sounds great, but could be a nightmare, without crawling over it who knows.

As said , check the chassis, make sure the electrics work, make sure all warning lights do the precheck they should.
Make sure you know the EKA code.
The driver door lock can be unlocked using the key.
find a friend with doagnostics
Download the rave workshop manual.

Change all fluids and see what happens.

Cheers

marjon · Nov 4, 2018

And then after you got/done all that ^^^^ go have fun.
But carry spanner’s

J

neilly · Nov 4, 2018

marjon said:
go have fun.

the fun is fixing it....why else would we do it???

Cheers

marjon · Nov 4, 2018

You may not yet understand the importance of this.

neilly said:
Welcome

Sounds great, but could be a nightmare, without crawling over it who knows.

As said , check the chassis, make sure the electrics work, make sure all warning lights do the precheck they should.
Make sure you know the EKA code.
The driver door lock can be unlocked using the key.
find a friend with doagnostics
Download the rave workshop manual.

Change all fluids and see what happens.

Cheers

But you will need all of the above to be a great help in your LR future

J

neilly · Nov 4, 2018

I wrote this , for potential D2 owners, it is based on a D2 td5 facelift manual model, but most of it is similar.

Have a shufti at the buying attachment.

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/handy-buying-alarm-info.311291/

Cheers

Jimtag · Nov 4, 2018

Turboman said:
I think you mean Td5!

Shouldn't be a problem as long as the chassis isn't too rusty, plenty of life in D2s yet.

And welcome to LZ!

Hi and cheers, sorry about the miss name but it was close.
Haven’t got my hands on it yet but have had a good look round it and it all
looked very good. Was told it was well looked after , one owner from new
and it certainly looks like that. I am getting it wax oil and undersealed
and ready for winter before I start using it.
Again cheers jim

Hippo · Nov 5, 2018

Welcome to the forum

Disco1BFG · Nov 20, 2018

Welcome Aboard

Jimtag said:
I am getting it wax oil and undersealed

There are way better products than waxoyl, and I'm hoping you are using this as a term, rather than the actual product. A search on here will tell you loads and loads about the subject....

Avoid underseal at all costs - it traps moisture against the panels and will rot them for fun

Henry_b · Nov 20, 2018

Yuck!

Don't cover it in waxoyl, horrible stuff archaic isn't the word....

Dinitrol is much superior.

Oh and welcome..

Expect anything and everything in between both bumpers to be an issue, that applies to all LR's

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