| Author | Message | ||
     Ryan Johnson (Disco007) New Member Username: Disco007 Post Number: 36 Registered: 01-2004 |
Can't seem to find info on this piece? Think it is there for some sort of protection but not quite sure? Just got the 95D1 in Dec03.  | ||
| Frank Rafka (Mongosd2) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Mongosd2 Post Number: 437 Registered: 02-2003 |
looks like a harmonic balancer... | ||
| Ryan Johnson (Disco007) New Member Username: Disco007 Post Number: 37 Registered: 01-2004 |
oh? | ||
| Matt Anderson (Disco01) Senior Member Username: Disco01 Post Number: 390 Registered: 10-2003 |
Vibration dampener | ||
| Orville Hrabe (Oshrabe) New Member Username: Oshrabe Post Number: 12 Registered: 01-2004 |
That's the harmonic balancer, its supposed to add stability in addition to the steering stablizer. It has a neat little teather that allows it to drag along when you rip it off on the trail. Looks like a lot of oil under that truck... | ||
| Robin Cooper (Cooper1) Member Username: Cooper1 Post Number: 70 Registered: 12-2003 |
are you sure you didn'y accidently run over a small child, looks like a training wheel? only kidding..that's the harmonic balancer. | ||
| Ryan Johnson (Disco007) New Member Username: Disco007 Post Number: 38 Registered: 01-2004 |
I thought that oil leaks were normal for LR D1. | ||
| Dave (Plain2000dii) Member Username: Plain2000dii Post Number: 104 Registered: 05-2003 |
I think you're smoking crack! That looks like a skid wheel to protect the rear axle. But then what do I know? hey don't bogart that joint my friend..... | ||
| Ryan Johnson (Disco007) New Member Username: Disco007 Post Number: 39 Registered: 01-2004 |
it isn't near the rear axle? | ||
| Timothy A. Green (Tree_trimmer) Member Username: Tree_trimmer Post Number: 70 Registered: 02-2004 |
Ryan, clean everything under the truck and watch for leaks. I though my D1 was leaking too much, then after washing everything off I found it was just one of the oil cooler lines leaking a little bit and blowing everywhere. I would hope no oil leak would be normal on any vehicle. | ||
| Jeff Mclaird (Granitedisco) Senior Member Username: Granitedisco Post Number: 311 Registered: 08-2003 |
you sure you didn't run over a shopping cart at the mall  Just kidding - I haven't seen one of these under mine. Jeff | ||
| Ryan Johnson (Disco007) New Member Username: Disco007 Post Number: 40 Registered: 01-2004 |
Tim what did you use to wash everything off? Degreaser or just alot of water? | ||
| Ryan Johnson (Disco007) Member Username: Disco007 Post Number: 41 Registered: 01-2004 |
Tim what did you use to wash everything? Degreaser or just alot of water? | ||
| Big Ed (Sandman) Member Username: Sandman Post Number: 107 Registered: 02-2004 |
My 96 had the balancer...but I left it to become an artifact somewhere in the mountains of Oman. I not sure where because I never noticed any difference in the handling...still don't. SandMan P.S. My 96 leaks just enough oil to give it "character". | ||
| Andrew Homan (Andy) Member Username: Andy Post Number: 67 Registered: 01-2004 |
Ryan, try using "oil eater" or the citrus stuff. it's enviro friendly and just sprays on with a squirt bottle. It's cleaned mine up good. every time I washed it for a while I'd spray some underneath. slowly but surely it's starting to looked clean under there. helped me realize that the leaks i had were small, and like the other post said before, the oil was just spraying around. Cheers Andy | ||
| Jack Quinlan (Jsq) Senior Member Username: Jsq Post Number: 628 Registered: 10-2002 |
Ed, I lived in Salalah for two years as a kid. My number one dream is to ship my disco to Oman for a return trip. We had an FJ60 there but I was just a young pup so I didn't get any action. did see pretty much the entire country from the back seat though. when were you there? i'm really jealous you got to have your landy there. wow. i've got the omani flag on the side of my disco: http://www.expeditionexchange.com/ics2/DSC02608.jpg | ||
| Bruno Tome (Bruno_tome) Member Username: Bruno_tome Post Number: 107 Registered: 01-2004 |
Hey Jack... Sandman would'nt show us around, so we bought the "Offroad in the Emmirates" book and hired this guy !  BT. | ||
| Bazzle (Bazzle) Member Username: Bazzle Post Number: 122 Registered: 09-2003 |
Ive removed them off the front axle on 2 disco 1s with no ill effects. As a bonus the rubber mount used to hold it on is the same as an engine mount. 3.9 v8 So I left it there for a spare. Bazzle |
