Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: saintsboy on February 08, 2008, 23:51:12
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right i have a 1993 v8 auto discovery running on LPG and will be using it for pay and break days :lol: and greenlanes
is there any special things i need to do to it before i go out and have some fun apart from the obvious
things like like greasing or preporations on the ignition system to keep the water ,out this is my biggest worry
i have some mud tyres size 235/70/16 on modular wheels
i also use the car for some road driving so want to keep it as normal as possible
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Somewhere there is a comprehensive list of the stuff to buy, and in what order.
Recovery points
Rope/strop
Mut Terrains
CB
some mates (friends, not profelactics)
diff guards
there's probably other stuff you could buy before it starts to get a bit silly
steering guard
rock sliders
tank guard/removable tow hitch
the list goes on and is only limited by the depth of your pockets.
to start you want to get the truck running properly, add the recovery points and tyres then get out with some mates and try it. As other people "why have you got that?" and "was it worth it?" (I've used my winch ONCE). so that you know what your truck does in standard form and what you expect each modification to achieve, then you can balance cost against benifit..
As soon as you have to jacking points for it, get a Hi-Lift. It will do as a winch, it can lift from the bumper or wheel given the right accessories too, sometimes that's handy.
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Should,nt have any problems laning except maybe ground clearance in deep ruts,also you will have to expect the scratches etc you will pick up,play and break is entirely different idealy you would have a couple of inches of lift and some mods to help with the extra articulation you will need,but you dont have to tackle all the course just do the bits that wont bend the truck-bet you will soon want all the bits and pieces that make up a good off road truck as its infectious good fun, anyway make your choice and go have fun, :dance: :dance:
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Recovery points
Rope/strop
Mut Terrains
CB
some mates (friends, not profelactics)
diff guards
steering guard
i have these already as i used to have a 300 tdi discovery
im looking for advise on this one being petrol is there anything i could get or do to it to help in the water
protecting the ecu and coil
can i put the coil in a waterproof box and so on
thanks
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here some of what dave @ cheviot4x4 has done to his v8 disco
sealed up the holes in the bottom of the dizzy,
sealed the joint where the vacuum unit meets the dizzy,
drilled the dizzy cap and fit a breather running to the plenum chamber on one end and the other end run inside the cab with a breather on the end, then sealed the cap in place.
I also put the ignition module and coil in a waterproof box and ran the snorkel thought it so it was constantly cooled.
Fitted Magnecor ignition leads and put the ecu in a waterproof box with the engine relays( but mine's lacking a dash board and has lots of holes in the floor)