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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: millwall on 25 January 2012, 20:12:30
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land rover discoveries long story but my daughter has been given a gorgeous horse and a horse box trailor thing now cant tow it with my car but locally there is a near mint rust free never welded L reg discovery v8 3.9 are they any good thanks
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check EVERYWHERE for rust as they do really well...also cambelt and service history is a must...also head gasket is a problem :y
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V8 wont have a cambelt. ;).............very juicy I would imagine.Worth LPGing maybe ?
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no rust at all mark head gaskets done last year with new chain and a rather large bill from land rover for the work :y
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V8 wont have a cambelt. ;).............very juicy I would imagine.Worth LPGing maybe ?
12 to the gallon :o yes will be lpg ing :y
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hadnt read that properly did not see v8..yep as a chain..lpg yep good idea :y
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hadnt read that properly did not see v8..yep as a chain..lpg yep good idea :y
also if i start using my van or her focus the discovery wont do a lot of miles so fuel wont be a issue :y
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My Dads had two so far not the V8 mind but they are brilliant for towing, rubbish at cornereing and seem to drip oil from everywhere, well his does :-\
Great off roading and the V8 that drives by here every day sounds nice.
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My Dads had two so far not the V8 mind but they are brilliant for towing, rubbish at cornereing and seem to drip oil from everywhere, well his does :-\
Great off roading and the V8 that drives by here every day sounds nice.
cheers pete thats all it will be mainly used for and maybe a little offroading ;D
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My Dads had two so far not the V8 mind but they are brilliant for towing, rubbish at cornereing and seem to drip oil from everywhere, well his does :-\
Great off roading and the V8 that drives by here every day sounds nice.
So is the Jeep, I had a moment yesturday that I had not had since rinding a motorbike..... ::) ::) ::)
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My Dads had two so far not the V8 mind but they are brilliant for towing, rubbish at cornereing and seem to drip oil from everywhere, well his does :-\
Great off roading and the V8 that drives by here every day sounds nice.
So is the Jeep, I had a moment yesturday that I had not had since rinding a motorbike..... ::) ::) ::)
The one that I had was not good in the bends but your's is newer so should be much better in that respect :)
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well its mine i dont hang about ;D what a beast it sounds awesome and goes like stink ;D although shit me pants on a few bends ;D will chuck up some pics shortly :y hope this horse likes going fast ;D
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here it is pretty clean for its year L reg
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cash machine springs to mind ::) ::) ::) does that mean the flat cap and old mans pink car is on the way out
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mind you i have had 2 discos loved them but they were diesels love the sound of the petrol if thats any help :y :y
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cash machine springs to mind ::) ::) ::) does that mean the flat cap and old mans pink car is on the way out
oi paul behave the only hat on my bonce is my millwall one ;D the pink cars gone ;D sod the fuel cost im going off roading in the morning ;D
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mind you i have had 2 discos loved them but they were diesels love the sound of the petrol if thats any help :y :y
apparently the v8 does 12 to 15 mpg but sounds fantastic so who gives a shit about the cost ;D
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you can park that in front of my van any day luv mind you you would probablt tow my van away you tinker :y :y ;D
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you can park that in front of my van any day luv mind you you would probablt tow my van away you tinker :y :y ;D
;D you know us pikeys paul if its towable we will nick it ;D might have to get a pikey palace as ive now got a horse ;D
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What about a dag.....you have got to have at least two dags.lol :y
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What about a dag.....you have got to have at least two dags.lol :y
;D already got my pikey staff so can cross the dag off my list ;D ;D
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hows your horse hung ;D ;Dlook at my horse my horse is wheres my pills ;D ;D :y
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hows your horse hung ;D ;Dlook at my horse my horse is wheres my pills ;D ;D :y
;D ;D ;D you nutcase ive got that bloody song in my head now ;D ;D
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result :y :y
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Looks good and I bet it sounds great. :P
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cheers pete yes the old v8 does sound rather good :y
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Is it old enough to get it on a classic policy ???
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Is it old enough to get it on a classic policy ???
dont think so mark but ive just insured it and cost a grand sum of £464 a year fully comp so well pleased with that thought it would be a lot higher :y
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Head gasket failure is down to the crap design of the head bolt positions (Buick didn't have the extra row of them on the original design and Rover finaly removed them on the 4.0/4.6.....they should be torqued to a nominal 25Nm).
Timing chain will have stretched so good its been replaced.
You can bet your bottom dollar the cam shaft and followers will be cream crackered so its a shame that was not addressed (although its tricky with the engine in situ).
Oil pump will be below par by now but can be got at easily enough and the face re-surfaced (the alloy face gets scoured and the oil pressure drops off).
They need VERY regular oil changes!
Dizzy at that era can be problematic due to wear and the side mounted igniton amp lets go occasionaly (cheap and worth keeping one in the boot).
Watch out if its an auto as they are pretty dire and dont hold up well against loads. In fact its thanks to the weak auto that there are quite a few V8 engines about!
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Rust is your main problem on a discovery of that age. Check the inner wings, inner and outer sills, body mounts, boot floor, rear cross member infact all of the underside. The sunroofs, windscreen, alpine and rear windows and rear door seals all leak so check the carpets and sound proofing are dry ;)
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blimey glad this ones been looked after cam and followers were done when hg was done oil pump done basically engine rebuilt autobox was reconditioned 12000 miles ago even though it didnt need it the amount of money spent on it is a small fortune and all fully documented will get the ignition amp as you say mark and keep it in the boot :y
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Rust is your main problem on a discovery of that age. Check the inner wings, inner and outer sills, body mounts, boot floor, rear cross member infact all of the underside. The sunroofs, windscreen, alpine and rear windows and rear door seals all leak so check the carpets and sound proofing are dry ;)
no rust on this one and no welding has been done its almost like a new one :y
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Loads of info on here :y
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/
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Loads of info on here :y
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/
ihanks pete will have a browse :y just been out and had a quick look over and has had new cats put on all still shiny and found reciept in all the history they were done weeks ago for mot which it passed with no advisories so im hoping as its been looked after it will be a useful motor :y