mjbrox said:
Me as well but i like it
D1's are light years more reliable as i sad trust me i'm a Dr. :victory:
D1 vs DII
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Me as well but i like it
D1's are light years more reliable as i sad trust me i'm a Dr. :victory:
mjbrox said:
Well, you're father-in-law will learn to hate you! Really, it's going to take more than oil changes as there are a lot of things that can and will go wrong. Not unlike any other vehicle that was built to take a hard trail and has some miles under the belt. The good news, the new vehicle owner took most of the heat for you and hence the JD Powers surveys. So now that the biggies are out of the way, it will be the smaller things. Door acutators, sun roofs, air bags, etc that will go. I agree though, drive it as a daily and use your other vehicle as backup. It's a great vehicle to drive.
Bull shit.Discotec said:Me as well but i like it
D1's are light years more reliable as i sad trust me i'm a Dr. :victory:
Dude, you're still going on about your HONDA vehicle. This Disco you're getting is NOT a Honda (even though Honda did sell re-badged versions of the D1 in Japan). You can't expect to get the same type of service out of the D1. It will serve you well, but you will have to return the favor almost daily.mjbrox said:
I drove a 1996 D1 for 5 years and about 80k miles (105k on the clock but previous owner put the first 25k on it). I've had my 2004 D2 for about 1.5 years and 16k miles (bought it at 50K miles).
Problems with the D1 included leaks everywhere (oil pan, rear main, hub seals, rear diff, steering box), steering box went bad, rotoflex wouldn't last in the rear driveshaft (after about 2.5-3" of lift), and the brakes always sucked. The engine always hummed along fine but it was incredibly weak on hp and torque. I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of stuff but overall the D1 was a really a piece of shit. But I loved it.
Problems with the D2 are more annoying, including fucked up windshield wipers (intermittent only works intermittently - still have to work on this), broken window regulator plastic wheel (fixed it with metal washers a few days ago), a dash light is out and the rest are flickering (still have to work on this), leaking throttle body heater (repaired), leaking valve covers (which killed an O2 sensor, all repaired), completely unreliable front driveshaft (replaced with Tom Woods shaft), and of course the 3 amigos that Land Rover somehow got away with avoiding a recall on (it's my shuttle valve which I might one day getting around to fixing with the wiring bypass trick but no way I'm blowing $1,000+ on it). The engine runs strong (4.6 is still pretty wimpy but so much better than the pussy 4.0) but the engine has that annoying tick. No one can figure out why these trucks sometimes tick along like sewing machines but seem to run finr. The brakes are great since I finally did it right and went with DBA's on the front axle. So, you see, the D2 is pretty much a piece of shit too. But I love it.
Problems with the D1 included leaks everywhere (oil pan, rear main, hub seals, rear diff, steering box), steering box went bad, rotoflex wouldn't last in the rear driveshaft (after about 2.5-3" of lift), and the brakes always sucked. The engine always hummed along fine but it was incredibly weak on hp and torque. I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of stuff but overall the D1 was a really a piece of shit. But I loved it.
Problems with the D2 are more annoying, including fucked up windshield wipers (intermittent only works intermittently - still have to work on this), broken window regulator plastic wheel (fixed it with metal washers a few days ago), a dash light is out and the rest are flickering (still have to work on this), leaking throttle body heater (repaired), leaking valve covers (which killed an O2 sensor, all repaired), completely unreliable front driveshaft (replaced with Tom Woods shaft), and of course the 3 amigos that Land Rover somehow got away with avoiding a recall on (it's my shuttle valve which I might one day getting around to fixing with the wiring bypass trick but no way I'm blowing $1,000+ on it). The engine runs strong (4.6 is still pretty wimpy but so much better than the pussy 4.0) but the engine has that annoying tick. No one can figure out why these trucks sometimes tick along like sewing machines but seem to run finr. The brakes are great since I finally did it right and went with DBA's on the front axle. So, you see, the D2 is pretty much a piece of shit too. But I love it.
I got the Disco on Sunday morning.
The truck driver had to flatten the tires so that he could make it under the over passes.
So, the tick was caused by one of the spark plugs being unplugged. (like I said, my buddy did not have time to deal with the truck anymore)
The funny thing is that it was running fine without throwing any codes with the spark plug unplugged.
Anyway, it runs great now. I drove it to work today. Normally I drive around 75mph, but not in the rover. I am not comfortable with its ability for any evasive maneuvers at high speed, so I am just going to chill in the right lane.
The truck driver had to flatten the tires so that he could make it under the over passes.
So, the tick was caused by one of the spark plugs being unplugged. (like I said, my buddy did not have time to deal with the truck anymore)
The funny thing is that it was running fine without throwing any codes with the spark plug unplugged.
Anyway, it runs great now. I drove it to work today. Normally I drive around 75mph, but not in the rover. I am not comfortable with its ability for any evasive maneuvers at high speed, so I am just going to chill in the right lane.