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discorich:
like robert said parts are cheep, especially if you are in club that have members who have various bits sat around in garages. i changed my diffs to series 3 once to try and re gear, it worked but they were a bit soft for a 200tdi disco with grizzly claws, so i blew 2 front ones, but i got the replacements at the really high cost of a bottle of wine (£6) for both of them. i am sure there are not that many jap cars that you can do that with and it only takes 20min to change back diff and maybe 40min to do the front, once you know what you are doing it could even be quicker. i will let you know when i fit my lockers, as the diffs will be out yet again. haha. but in all seriousness if you are driving on the road all the time do you need a 4x4? for road towing prob jap but for offroading i have to say the landys seem to be better suited to green lanes over here, but they are all quite narrow so a skinny landy is good.

Thrasher:

--- Quote ---Except for that tow home from Tesco's . .
Or the gearbox blowing up in Dorset . .
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Hehe I didn't count those, as one was caused by a knackered battery (which can happen to any make), and the second one - well I did have a spare gearbox round the corner didn't I ;-) It was only off the road for about 8 hours in total (not counting sleep/drinking time)

davidlandy:

--- Quote from: Thrasher on January 26, 2008, 11:03:51 ---
--- Quote ---Except for that tow home from Tesco's . .
Or the gearbox blowing up in Dorset . .
--- End quote ---

Hehe I didn't count those, as one was caused by a knackered battery (which can happen to any make), and the second one - well I did have a spare gearbox round the corner didn't I ;-) It was only off the road for about 8 hours in total (not counting sleep/drinking time)

--- End quote ---

Youre being a little selective there young man!  you should declare it all!!!

lee celtic:
Disco 200 tdi 1989

in four years it's had.

Clutch and fork £85
Head gasket £80 inc bolts
alternator £45 recon
starter £60 recon
cambelt (done to be safe) £50 ish inc thread lock(£11)
Front brake pads and discs £32
prop UJ £7
servicing

All work done by me and some help from a mate . By using a manual and asking on here I feel there is now nothing I wouldn't have a go at..
It has had lots of other stuff done but that was for fun tyres shocks lift etc... :dance:

muddymart:
Well this is my downfall also, i bought a 3  door disco have three children (under 10), now this is my second three door disco and i love it, last year (07) it never let us down , nothing broke, and nothing blew up,just one bearing that was moaning , and i got the rear bearings, brakes and discs changed, along with a new timing belt, and oil change all round, thats all ive spent, so in one year of ownership im quite happy,
I was going to px for a shogun (5 door and 7 seats) but after searching the net on shogun/pinnin forums and discovered the prices on parts and locating them were quite a troublesome task,

so the disco is here to stay, im sure whatever you buy , if its serviced and looked after it won't cause any problems..

good luck..
Martin

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