Well it did happen, bought a second disco , relative rust free it came from Louisiana. After digging on the inside under the carpet a bit still more rust then I expected when I was looking from the bottom.
According PO disco had been sitting for 8 yrs, I believe that because he was now for 8yrs in a wheel chair.
Another reality check that you better enjoy each day you are above ground.
The story was that 8 yrs ago he brought to a shop to get fitted with a winch and trail stuff but the shop did not do anything. Disco came back not running, po thought that because of their conflict that the shop had cut the immobilizer out.
And so it was advertised with electrical problems.
I bought it without hearing it run, in general stupid but a good sales story ,low rust for PA standard , same color as my disco 5 spd.. ( this is an automatic) did the trick..$900.
It turned out the imobilizer was there, some relay were out.
When it arrived it became clear that the ignition switch was not making good contact..
Took the switch off and with some fiddling dash lights came on.. fuel.pu.p kicked in.
And there I eFfed up. At some moment the starter engaged and really bad sounds came from the engine, like a broken piston, loud knock.. did not start and I stopped cranking.
I felt bad, next day I took the plugs out thinking that maybe I had a hydrolock from leaking injectors
Well that was indeed the case.. when I cranked with fuel pump fuse out lot so fuel came out cylinder 1 and 5.. sparkplugs did not look to bad but wet.
Cranked the engine for a while without plugs and it sounded smooth.
Then put the plugs back in and cranked again, still sounded ok.
Checked for spark , spark ok..
And indeed it ran, oil light went out. Cylinder 1 is missing. Tomorrow will do a compression test to see if I broke something. The ignition switch is damaged so it does not keep the power on when you release the starter.
So that will be my next exploration.
Johan
According PO disco had been sitting for 8 yrs, I believe that because he was now for 8yrs in a wheel chair.
Another reality check that you better enjoy each day you are above ground.
The story was that 8 yrs ago he brought to a shop to get fitted with a winch and trail stuff but the shop did not do anything. Disco came back not running, po thought that because of their conflict that the shop had cut the immobilizer out.
And so it was advertised with electrical problems.
I bought it without hearing it run, in general stupid but a good sales story ,low rust for PA standard , same color as my disco 5 spd.. ( this is an automatic) did the trick..$900.
It turned out the imobilizer was there, some relay were out.
When it arrived it became clear that the ignition switch was not making good contact..
Took the switch off and with some fiddling dash lights came on.. fuel.pu.p kicked in.
And there I eFfed up. At some moment the starter engaged and really bad sounds came from the engine, like a broken piston, loud knock.. did not start and I stopped cranking.
I felt bad, next day I took the plugs out thinking that maybe I had a hydrolock from leaking injectors
Well that was indeed the case.. when I cranked with fuel pump fuse out lot so fuel came out cylinder 1 and 5.. sparkplugs did not look to bad but wet.
Cranked the engine for a while without plugs and it sounded smooth.
Then put the plugs back in and cranked again, still sounded ok.
Checked for spark , spark ok..
And indeed it ran, oil light went out. Cylinder 1 is missing. Tomorrow will do a compression test to see if I broke something. The ignition switch is damaged so it does not keep the power on when you release the starter.
So that will be my next exploration.
Johan