Disco 1 What to look out for

haza88 said:

Hi all so sold my series 2a and in the process of selling my td5 -110 due to house move

need an old landrover in my life and viewing a disco 1 jap import 300tdi auto tomorrow

any input on what I should look for ? I no my landrovers but Value the knowledge of the forum

boot floor
Front arches
Chassis / sills etc

not fussed about easily quickly fixed things but what can I can quickly view rot wise to buy or walk away

thank in advance

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haza88 said:

Cheers mate it’ll only be used local I had a tdi auto years back but kind of liked it slow but liked it , yea I’m hoping as jap import it will still have some metal left , it is local too which gives me the chance to view then think on it , ‘it’s priced at 1200 but should have a bit of lee way

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yfo866 said:

I had a 300TDi auto. We proved that over about 25 feet a mate at work was faster running than i was gunning it!
It was SO slow pulling out of junctions i used to aim at the back of the car passing when pulling out into traffic. The only other moan i had was how it didn't slip into top gear until about 55mph, which considering the majority of my commute was 50mph speed limit meant i had to speed just a little for the sake of the planet!

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discool said:

I couldn’t believe the lack of get up and go speed when I was trying to enter some of the London roundabouts when you only have seconds and than soon having to changing into 2nd, I had a manual Tdi as a courtesy car when my disco was in for service, and the auto was no better other that it selects the gear.
No problems when I had a TD5 auto as a demo car a few times.

Don't wish for the auto to lock-up at a lower speed, my RR did at around 45mph, but when I had the opportunity to press on the low speed and engine rpm the RR it couldn’t, but most times I simply moved the select out of D and then its peddle to the metal.
The tip is to drive up the 55mph and then let the vehicle slow down to 50 and lock-up will still remain engaged and remain with in the 50mph speed limit.

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yfo866 said:

I had a 300TDi auto. We proved that over about 25 feet a mate at work was faster running than i was gunning it!
It was SO slow pulling out of junctions i used to aim at the back of the car passing when pulling out into traffic. The only other moan i had was how it didn't slip into top gear until about 55mph, which considering the majority of my commute was 50mph speed limit meant i had to speed just a little for the sake of the planet!

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