Mud Slinger

Thanks for the advice.. I think this disco showed me everywhere a disco can rot and more.. Hard to beleive it was a road vehicle as it looked like something a farmer would use on his land! I could see the boot carpet from under the floor same as the front carpet too.. Sills breaking up the whole length, door posts and arches rotted it was just appalling, the list was very long indeed.. On to the next one

Ok Going to look at a 92 Tdi tomorrow. Its supposed to be sound but untidy but will see when i get there how much body is left I wont be picky as its only £700 and i can weld which costs me nothing compared to parts.. Its MOT'd 6 months, got a few goodies on it including the late alloys, bull bar etc etc... I see Disco tdi's fetch near that money as a scrapper so a worthy greenlaner possibly.. Looked at a "96 N reg" Tdi at auctions today, it had various blisters under the paint on doors, around the rear lights etc, but looked fantastic with its met red paintwork.. Ticket on window said 3 owners, full history ,118k, hpi clear etc.. The chassis was good but the sills were breaking up along the lip "whole length crumbling!" and if you grabbed the rear arch you could pull the whole 1/4 panel in and out as the inner arches were shot . It seems even well cared for ones rot bad too... Sparky

Cheers Andy..

Been to local auctions today.. Not to buy as never do from auction, but used it as a way of seeing a few disco's to see where they rot etc.. 3 there today H- K- M- reg. H was a absolute rotbox,rough chassis too, K had ruff screen pillars and some rot in one rear body mount , rear x member was poor but not rotted through. Boot floor was plated in few places as was the inner arch that covers the back of the sill, but this was only very small area. M was a prince to look at, strong sills,chassis mint, as was body mounting points, but boot floor had more patches than floor left... Good to have a look as i now have some idea where to look for the rot Sparky

Thanks for the advice so far.. I like the quote "paid £2200 for a 1996, 3 door 300Tdi with 100k on the clock and full service history". Some people want silly money for a vehicle that is over 10 years old now and yours sound realistic ,im only working on budget upto £2250 .. I want to use the disco for weekend transport , some off roading as a bonus hence thats why a disco rather than a defender. A mate has got a 9500lbs "Warn winch" for me and judging by the refferences to weakness in gearboxes it seems both vehicles mostly suffer the same sort of faults then.. If the 300 is more refind i guess off roading might not be to good for it as may have more pretty trim to break??. Problem i have is the 200Tdi must be getting harder to get in good order due to being older and although it may get odd marks offroading i dont want a rotten abused one to start off with. I wont be wrecking it off road as i need it for transport too!.. Does anyone have spec's on making a winch bumper or any other protective items.. Picture always usful too as i'm a fabricator so make anything thats metal.. All advice much appreciated Sparky

Hi guys Im new on here and looking to buy a TDI Disco . Can you please give me advice on any real prefference and differrences between a 200 and 300TDI. Is one better on juice than the other or stronger running gear etc??.. Where are the weakspots to look out for before buying one. Thanks Sparky