I wanted the local Lube center to drain and fill the coolant, and to change the radiator hoses while their at it. They refused to do the work, and said it's b/c they won't work on Land Rovers. How difficult can this be? By the way, they said they only offered the radiator flush. Can DiscoI radiators be flushed?
Lube clinic won't work on Disco??
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Thats not a big deal. Tell them to go to hell and do it yourself. Its not that hard to drain the coolent and change the hoses. As far as flushing the coolent system I would assume thet wouldn't be a big deal.
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Robert Godshall
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Disco Mike
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You might want to crawl under your truck and see why they didn't want to work on it. The hoses are hard to get to, there is no valve on the radiator to drain the coolant and in geberal it is another one of Rovers screw ups.
Bob, you know what they say about assuming, I bet you haven't done yours either.
Take it to a shop that knows how to do them and be happy that shop didn't try and do something on your truck they didn't have a clue about. Just think of the big air bubble they would have left trapped in your cylinder heads.
Mike J.
Bob, you know what they say about assuming, I bet you haven't done yours either.
Take it to a shop that knows how to do them and be happy that shop didn't try and do something on your truck they didn't have a clue about. Just think of the big air bubble they would have left trapped in your cylinder heads.
Mike J.
A couple of the little ones are a PITA but draining and changing the upper and lower hoses I can do in about ten minutes so I am not sure what mIke is talking about,
To drain all you do is pull the lower hose.
"big air bubble in cylinder head"
LOL, get a clue its not rocket science.
To drain all you do is pull the lower hose.
"big air bubble in cylinder head"
LOL, get a clue its not rocket science.
Ron, I have to admit, it took me some time to get the bubble out of my '89 3.9.
Still, not an excuse to have this done by a lube shop.
Still, not an excuse to have this done by a lube shop.
Disco Mike said:
That's because there are two drain plugs, one on each side of the block towards the rear, with a quarter-inch square head.
It's a real pain to find it the first time, but once you get a little practice it becomes pretty easy to pull the plugs. The first time I did a real flush I was amazed by the junk that came out of the block.
park it with the front elevated, use a hose to run water through it until it runs clear, then fill it with the coolant mix until it starts to run color, replace the drain plugs, and fill it on up...
Pugsly said:
Damnit. The only time I have done my own I followed the Service Manual and pulled the lower hose. What a damn mess.
Of course I also drained the block, but lost my common sense, I guess you could just use the two block holes. I would still anticipate a mess though, maybe not as large.
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1st Rover
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Consider it a good thing that they won't.
I had a similar experience with a shop which wouldn't change oil in my M-B 4matic. They DID change the oil in my disco, must've lost the oil drain plug because they used a different one which leaked like a British car, ... never again.
I had a similar experience with a shop which wouldn't change oil in my M-B 4matic. They DID change the oil in my disco, must've lost the oil drain plug because they used a different one which leaked like a British car, ... never again.
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ShaunP
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Probably for the best, at least they knew what it was, took my XKE jag down to one of the Tyre dealers in town to get the wire wheels balanced on the car and he said sorry mate we don't work on Ferraris here mate, and the guy at the next shop said yep I know all about em, just as he was about to crush the space frame with his tolley jack. I took it home and put back under the house.
bri said:Damnit. The only time I have done my own I followed the Service Manual and pulled the lower hose. What a damn mess.
Not sure which rad you have, but the narrowest gauge super siphon (with the red plastic tip, not the brass one) fits nicely down the radiator fill plug on my Defender.
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syoung
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Shaun- wire wheels are a nightmare to get serviced. I took one in for a new tube and they didn't put the rubber strip over the spoke heads. It lasted about 4 miles.
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ShaunP
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syoung said:
Not wrong, used to have an old retired guy that once had a suspension shop, just a couple of miles away, when he retired he set all his stuff up in a shed in his back yard, so I used to go there and for wheel alignments on and off car wheel balance etc. Problem is now he has now he has really retired so I have to deal with loosers at Goodyear Tmart etc. These clowns don't even know not to hit the wheel spinners with a steel hammer.
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syoung
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I made my own rack for adjusting wire wheels, based on the stands they use for bicycles. I can straighten and tension a wire wheel at home now- although I don't need to anymore. Sometimes it's just easier to learn it yourself when there's something unusual to do.
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ShaunP
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I can build them ok it just getting them balanced properly once they have tyres on thats the problem. The cones that most shops have don't centralise them on the machine properly, best to do them on the car.
Mike
Yes I have
This concludes my current statement
Robert Godshall
BTW, Mike....My milkshake is better than yours,
I could teach you but I'd have to charge
Yes I have
This concludes my current statement
Robert Godshall
BTW, Mike....My milkshake is better than yours,
I could teach you but I'd have to charge
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Where are those drain plugs on the block? Is it the same for Disco 1 and 2? As for air bubbles - don't collant systems purge that shit automatically?
On my 240sx, I've had to 'burp' the coolant system to get rid of air bubbles after doing a flush.
You park the vehicle with the front end up on ramps & refill the radiator - leaving the radiator cap off. Start the vehicle - you'll see bubbles in the radiator and the coolant level will drop a bit. Let the vehicle run until you don't see any more bubbles, then top off the radiator and put the cap back on.
You park the vehicle with the front end up on ramps & refill the radiator - leaving the radiator cap off. Start the vehicle - you'll see bubbles in the radiator and the coolant level will drop a bit. Let the vehicle run until you don't see any more bubbles, then top off the radiator and put the cap back on.