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Thanks Will. PM sent. Jacob

Looking for a DII lower coolant hose... must have the plastic doohickey circled in red. Planning on doing the thermostat swap and need the plastic tee thingy. Shipped to 80134. Thanks!

Just bought an engine taken out of a good running '97 Disco with 97k miles. Came with all accessories, and all I needed was the short block. So I'm selling: Alternator (paint marked, looks like a newer part) $80 + shipping PS pump $35 + shipping Starter $80 + shipping A/C Compressor $100 +...

I've heard that some shops charge more or refuse to sipe old tires because of the gravel issues. Discount Tire still sipes tires here in Colorado. You can also sipe tires yourself... here is a thread: http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/sipe/

A quick and relatively cheap way to improve snow traction is to have your tires siped. I know a couple Jeep drivers that get poor ice traction from chunky mud terrains and they swear by siping. If you look at modern studless snow tires they have a lot of sipes, or little cuts/grooves/squiggles...

I've been doing a lot of number crunching on this... if I'm lucky, I'm out $170 to resleeve a cylinder, machining costs of $22 per head and $45 for the block deck, $200 for a gasket kit/headbolts, $75 for a new water pump, plus new thermostat, coolant, oil and filter. So about $600 in parts and...

I spoke with Jeff, who is a great guy. He reccommended dropping in a new 4.6 short block, which apparently uses new and improved casting methods... problem is those run $4500 or so. His shop doesn't do machine work. So I called Western Engine Supply (303-286-1903), and they do install top hat...

Thanks for the responses! I flushed out the cooling system and confirmed the source of the heater core blockage today-- it is an airlock caused by combustion gasses. I'll give Jeff et al. a call tomorrow. I'm a few months out from yanking out the engine due to other projects, but I will post...

For those of you using TG16, PH16, or ST16 filters (Fram Tough Guard, Fram, Supertech)-- take a look at TG8A, PH8A, or ST8A. Has the same thread diameter, anti-drainback and 12psi relief valve-- but it is larger and has more filter media. When I picked up the ST16 I was disturbed by how...

Were you able to pinpoint the problem? Just bought a '00 D2 with similar symptoms as yours, PO was told by the dealer service dept that it had a slipped liner. No steam in the exhaust, no oil/coolant milkshake in the engine. Symptoms: no heat, air in the coolant (PO they said they were...

Thanks for the leads... the heater core in the D2 is blocked... I'm going to flush it and the entire cooling system once it gets a little warmer... but there are definately combustion gases getting into the coolant. If I'm lucky, it is just headgaskets. But the PO had the headgaskets replaced...

This is the first I've heard of them... I'll post there. Thanks for the tip!

Just bought a '00 Disco with a head gasket leak/possible slipped liner. The prior owner had the headgaskets replaced in Feb 2007; now combustion gases are back in the coolant, so I am preparing for the worst. Do you have to re-sleeve all the cylinders, or would it suffice to re-sleeve only the...

Any reccommendations for a machine shop in the Denver, Colorado area? I'm about to buy a '00 Discovery with a slipped liner. I'm looking for a shop that will re-sleeve the slipped cylinder and pin it, and pin the other 7 sleeves while they are at it. Thanks!:patriot:

Price cut! Need to clean house... RRC TPS $15 + shipping Disco TPS $15 + shipping RRC New rear caliper in box $20 + shipping RRC rear bumper end caps (w/o mounting hardware) $10 each + shipping RRC Automatic Transmission filter kit $7 + shipping RRC stepper motor $10 + shipping RRC...