Other what have u done on ur disco today

SteveClv said:

Replaced the passenger side door lock as the central locking on that side was goosed. £20 for a good used unit and surprisingly easy to replace. I removed the entire window frame as it was rusty where it met the door and rubbed it down and repainted it before refitting. Not perfect as the metal was pretty rusty but will be fine until I track down some good replacements.
Central locking now working - yaayyy!

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Very good, you can come and fix mine

Marmaduke said:

Very good, you can come and fix mine

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maybe we should all put our discoveries forward for a workshop weekend

get ur lists ready

I'm down to x1 heated seat repair and rear chassis

Did a nice little repair Friday night that only cost a penny



Bye bye canary

Then yesterday thought I'd get rid of the half knackered side skirts





Oh yay, looks like I'm gonna need to learn to weld sooner than I thought

I think every Discovery owner should learn to weld before purchasing a Disco. I'm waiting for my local college to start evening classes

90% of us can weld
It's the 10% that din't know wot they were getin into that can't !

Magicgrotto said:

90% of us can weld

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Correction...............90% think they can weld...In reality only 50% of that lot can. The rest add dollops if pigeon faeces.........

Cheers

bought 3 bf goodrich all terrains to complete the set on mine which ill fit this week. all brand new and got them for 90 quid!!! however didnt manage to flog my side steps

neilly said:

Correction...............90% think they can weld...In reality only 50% of that lot can. The rest add dollops if pigeon faeces.........

Cheers

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I learned to weld, but there's a bit of a difference between what you're talking about and 200 Amps stick welding 1/4" steel chequer plate.

I also think that the biggest problem was the introduction of gassless mig welders. With an 'old fashioned' arc welder, you had to create a weld pool otherwise the rod would just stick so you either got great penetration or a big hole. The gassless mig can just deposit weld material on the surface without any penetration and the slag it creates forms all sorts of fissures and imperfections.
I found a 'Parker' inverter stick welder that is almost small enough to keep in the glovebox (well not quite .. but almost LOL) and on flat, well joined and clean material I can weld a nice line - I failed when I had to go upside down on the chassis leg

This is my 6th Land Rover and 5th Discovery and I've managed to skirt doing any of my own welding even though the guy I share the workshop with has three massive industrial welders

Just gotta try and make time to do it.
Wanted to go for evening classes as mentioned above, however job means I often night out in the lorry so can make college

I have heard others extol the virtues of the migwelding forum.
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/

Altho, obviously , it can never be as valuable a resource as LZ...................

Cheers

Remember this....



Well, today after £75 changed hands, it became this



Happy man

Ordered a PSI tuning box and a mastaz turbo boost controller module thingy.

vilguy said:

Ordered a PSI tuning box and a mastaz turbo boost controller module thingy.

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Bugger - just sold a PSI box on eBay for £38

SteveClv said:

Bugger - just sold a PSI box on eBay for £38

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SteveClv said:

Bugger - just sold a PSI box on eBay for £38

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arse ive overpaid at £60!

Put it in 3rd and sport, what a giggle

As it was a nice warm day I decided to waxoyl spray the inside of the chassis and sills - so pulled out the compressor and shultz gun, put a 5l can of waxoyl on the radiator and got under the truck to make a start. Wife called me for a coffee, I moved and ...... bloody tow bar!!!!!!!

Ouch, Wifeys fault then......

Still we have all been there........... 90 bonnet catch when the bonnet falls down, 90 and D2 tow bar bracket, D2 stupid mud flaps .

Are you stood in your tidy whiteys in that photo?????

Cheers

Oh **** - didn't realise - sorry for the soft porn!!