don't fix it? My '95 disco, 170K+ (miles) on the odometer, runs pretty well. It has a bit of valve noise, especially on cold mornings, hesitates a bit on cold mornings, has a leaky valley gasket, leaky transfer box.
I was planning on replacing the valley gasket, and replacing the fuel injectors, pulling the heads and so on. But I get 15-17 mpg (15 city 17+highway@70mph), lose about a pint of oil every 3000 miles... no real problems. Should I just let this "sleeping dog" lie and wait for a more strident call for help?
Pretty much everything on the truck is "factory fresh", meaning original. I've only done the power steering pump, thermostat, charcoal canister, o2 sensors, fool pump and the usual air/fuel/oil filters. suspension bushings are original, although the shocks/springs are now OME. ABS light is constantly on, and driving slowly over bumps gets the ABS pump to kick in whether or not I have a foot on the brake.
So should I go for the big $$/pain fixes (pulling heads, fixing leaking xfer box, fixing abs) or just leave things be? I've been driving with these problems for 15-20K miles (well, xfer box has been leaking for about 60K), and even the recent 100 degree heat in SoCal and Nevada hasn't caused any problems.
Oh, and should I be thinking about putting in new airbags... or just hope the originals still work?
I was planning on replacing the valley gasket, and replacing the fuel injectors, pulling the heads and so on. But I get 15-17 mpg (15 city 17+highway@70mph), lose about a pint of oil every 3000 miles... no real problems. Should I just let this "sleeping dog" lie and wait for a more strident call for help?
Pretty much everything on the truck is "factory fresh", meaning original. I've only done the power steering pump, thermostat, charcoal canister, o2 sensors, fool pump and the usual air/fuel/oil filters. suspension bushings are original, although the shocks/springs are now OME. ABS light is constantly on, and driving slowly over bumps gets the ABS pump to kick in whether or not I have a foot on the brake.
So should I go for the big $$/pain fixes (pulling heads, fixing leaking xfer box, fixing abs) or just leave things be? I've been driving with these problems for 15-20K miles (well, xfer box has been leaking for about 60K), and even the recent 100 degree heat in SoCal and Nevada hasn't caused any problems.
Oh, and should I be thinking about putting in new airbags... or just hope the originals still work?