By S Kopiec on Saturday, September 15, 2001 - 05:26 pm: Edit

Thinking about joining the LR fold (so be gentle!) and would like opinions on the Disco that I'm looking at:

'96 Disco SD
51K Miles
Valves and Head gaskets just replaced - stuck exhaust valve
New Exhaust
1 Owner - A coworker.
ARB bumper w/ Warn winch
New Tires
All Records - Service mostly @ LR dealership
$13.9K
Overall great condition - doesn't even leak! (I checked there are still fluids in it ;)

Does this sound like a good deal? Any other problem areas to look for???


Thanks for any info!
Scott

By AL on Saturday, September 15, 2001 - 06:22 pm: Edit

Sounds like a good deal

By ryan on Sunday, September 16, 2001 - 04:18 am: Edit

Yeah, sounds good to me too. You said that this Disco has a ARB bumper with a winch on the stock suspension. The springs must be sagging. The first thing that I would do to it is get new heavy-duty springs/shocks all the way around. Go with Rovertym(www.rovertym) or Old Man Emu(www.expeditionexchange.com) or (e-mail: boatbuggy@aol.com).

By Erik Olson (Jon) on Sunday, September 16, 2001 - 05:57 am: Edit

Sounds like a good deal for $13.5K. I bought my 95 with 49K miles and it's been great. I'm a little curious about the valve work and gaskets (okay not so curious about the gaskets!).

Again, I second the opinions about the Rovertym and OME HD shocks up front (and rear MD) to offset that ARB and winch!

Cheers,

Erik