Simon_CSK

Ally Doing what I have has been a challenge and not the most cost effective solution. Having said that I have enjoyed it very much. I "deACEd" mine too because I could not control the cost of repair. Everything on the chassis is either new or refurbished so I can keep the car as long as possible. By having the chassis off you can access everything and see what needs sorted but I do not recommend you take that option lightly

The bodywork is great. I had a good look when the chassis was off.......agree about the spare wheel mount and I may just replace that soon if I have any money left. It has air suspension at the back and it probably has no air in it.

Today's photos Front with chassis attached. Rear We are making progress.

It looks fab and yes it will be great to have it back. Got more toys still to add like Hella 3000's and a front receiver hitch which was removed when I fitted the front bumper. I live in central Scotland and always buy my cars south of the border because of the heavy use of salt on the roads here. Unfortunately I never looked properly at the registration as all registrations starting with an "S" are from Scotland and worse still mine was from Inverness. I think that was the cause. The body is immaculate. Also the garage where the work is being done has just done their own Disco 2 of the same age for the same reason.

Try these The raw chassis with a few bits added. Front brake and axle added Back axle, brakes and shocks added. Engine, gearbox and front bumper on. Fuel tank and rear installations The full chassis. The brakes and body should be back together sometime today.

I have and I will get them posted later today. I will try and get into the Garage on Monday as well and get some before the Body goes back on. I have had to remove the ACE so I am a little worried about how it will handle.

Not scary just very soft. Had a broken shock as well!! Ultimately was driving it very very carefully. Never mind engine and box now all back in and the body should be going back on on Monday.

The bank Manager knows nothing about this. Fortunately. You have to remember also that I have done extensive repairs just to keep it on the road to get to this point. When you lift the tow bar the chassis flexes horrendously.

Have a P38 in my drive that I am breaking. I drove it for 9 months had overheating problem and replaced the engine block, had suspension problems, put the front diff through the gearbox but the final nail in the coffin was the lights going on by themselves and the associated electrical gremlins. Because money was tight I ran a Mondeo for 9 months before getting a Disco 2. Now my disco to is getting a new chassis fitted because I did not look at it properly when I bought it. I did 17000 miles in the P38 and they were very comfortable and enjoyable. 4.6 auto on LPG and would certainly recommend this as a setup. Once the Disco is on the road I am looking to buy a P38 4.6 auto on LPG as a back up car as it was very nice I do 20,000 miles a year and having two vehicles to share it with seems to be a good option for me as I like Land Rovers and one is always broken

I did some major repairs. I replaced about 4 foot of chassis and saw that is was worse than I thought so opted for the replacement with upgrades It is very punishing particularly on the wallet certainly not worth it on a value basis but everything on the chassis will be virtually new.

The chassis flexes in the middle when you lift it by the towbar. Yes I got one for Richards. There is no point in going half cocked at least the car will last a very long time. Probably outlive me

Time for my update so here are the photos of the chassis that has been removed. Not looking too bad so long as you take a quick look Sorry for the focus but you can just see the shock absorber is snapped. I was driving this until I noticed it was very none descript with the steering. I am looking forward to the new chassis going on. I did not realize that it was so bad the garage said it was the worst they had seen!!! but at the moment the bill is rising slowly as I need more and more bits. Not financially viable but hey who is counting

Overnight I swithered back to Powder coating and now I think that paint is possibly the way forward. Particularly after Zoltans wise words. Vedrover agree in part with what you are saying but the parts for painting are really only to make it look good as I build the chassis back up radius arms tank straps and axles all perform adequately while covered in surface rust.Besides we do not get the same extremes as you get in Russia.

I really want them black and not silver. I am tempted just to paint them. I know they will get scratched.

I have my galvanized chassis for my Disco on the driveway and am starting to put it back together. I was going to get the radius arms and other bits powder coated but a trusted friend said that on old metal it would peel off. It would certainly speed things up but was wondering of others experiences of powder coating old components .

Yes TD5 Don't think I have a coolant leak. I have never needed to to up and the 1/4 litre really only went into the space at the top of the header tank. Have today driven 250 miles and the temperature gauge which normally sits dead centre on a few occasions dropped to 1/4 of the way down indicating that it was running cooler. No other issues. Will be driving 450 miles tomorrow so should be interesting.

I have a couple of issues that may be separate or related. I have noticed that when I am stationary the heating blows cold air but once underway the temperature comes up. The other thing that happened tonight was the temperature gauge started to rise. I noticed it because the power started to drop. It did not go into the red and I turned the engine off immediately and cruised to a halt. Opened the bonnet and put about 1/4 of a litre of water into the system. Drove normally after that. Any ideas?

Have looked and looked and cannot find it. Now had the chassis bead blasted and nothing is visible.

As the title says Bearmach or Polybush which are better? Or are they much of muchness. They are for a Discovery 2 if that make any difference.

In theory it should fit. However I sold a Range Rover towbar to a friend and he could not get it to fit. Something to do with the tie bars although I would have thought they would just need a little modifying. I have just bought a second hand once for my Disco 2 and that looks just the same as a classic range rover towbar so I cannot se where the differences are without a side by side comparison

Snaggers there are many common parts between the Disco and the Range Rover. I have a Disco 2 now and it is incredible what parts are the same. The brakes are the same, Air intake box to name but two. I have now got the steering wheel off with the aid of my Iphone so I could see the screw types. What did we do before smart phones?

Yes no problem pm me

Thanks very much for that I am breaking the Range Rover so the battery is out and reconnecting is someone else's problem. Gentleness is the name of the game I think.

Anyone tell me how to get the covering off a P38 steering wheel so that I can remove it?

David Thanks for that I will try and give it a go tomorrow.