Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
Discovery 2 or equivalent 90s 4x4 Rich
@foxmcintyre
Club Retro Rides Member 160
|
|
Forgot about the Cherokee XJ what are the engines like on them are there any to avoid? or does that not apply to the earlier models Depends what you want really, no engine choose is better than the other to be honest. The 2.5 petrol is a 4 litre missing 2 cylinders and a bit of go, tops 25mpg. Bonus to this is the ‘sport’ is usually a manual, but you lose a lot of spec. The 4 litre is the big daddy motor, the one you want ideally. Available in ‘sport’ sparse trim but usually ‘limited’ with all the toys, normally coupled to an Asin AW4 auto 4 speed which is a good robust transmission. Again, tops 25 to the gallon on a run, I’ve seen close to the dealer quoted max 27 though. Diesels are a 2.5 VM, as used in the Range Rover etc, no idea what they are like but it’s 4 litre for me as it’s just effortless. Rarely needs any throttle input about a quarter and it’s a great sounding long lived engine if you keep on top of maintenance on them.
|
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
|
Location in title next time please
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
Discovery 2 or equivalent 90s 4x4 Rich
@foxmcintyre
Club Retro Rides Member 160
|
|
I'm thinking about buying a Land Rover Discovery and have been looking at the td5 specifically. I know most of the common problems that come with them, but looking at most for sale they seem to be automatic. Are the auto boxes on these any good? Also looking at other 90s 4x4s and quite like the Isuzu Trooper does anyone know what these are like to own? Think it's the 3.0 Diesel one i've been looking at. Or are there any other 90s 4x4s that are worth looking at? Cheers Seeing as all the options rust like mad, and you haven’t specifically said you need a massive truck with separate chassis, have you looked at the Jeep Cherokee XJ? Drives much more like a car, is just as capable as the discovery with a lot more toys for tour money. Granted the prices are getting higher nowadays, they still represent great value I feel for what you get. I’d personally avoid the facelift due to potential immo issues as the early >96 models are electronically simple. Floors like to rust but no worse than the equivalent Landrover or Isuzu.
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
Sept 3, 2021 18:19:38 GMT
|
In future can you add the age to the title please. Will do if I can remember the age. No problem. Just to point out, I’ve retrieved the aprox ages from the registrations. That’s good enough.
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
|
In future can you add the age to the title please.
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
|
I’ve fixed the title for you.
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
Aug 30, 2021 12:12:55 GMT
|
Cheers for that rich. I don't think it's a brake feature as everything seems to work normally if you hold it off the floor. It doesn't work when it's on the floor. I'll have a look at the driveshafts, and maybe the diff covers too. 😃 I know WPL diffs can be a pain to get smooth, so possible a pinion is getting pulled into the CROWN wheel and binding in one direction under load. I’ve done enough builds now to be able to set them up without really thinking about it but it can take some diddling the first time round.
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
Aug 30, 2021 10:48:33 GMT
|
|
|
Last Edit: Oct 31, 2021 14:31:42 GMT by Rich
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
Aug 29, 2021 18:03:38 GMT
|
Hello again. Bother with D90 ahoy. 😁 I've been having a bit mess about with it cos I'm sick of looking at it sitting half built. I've sorted the steering issue by putting the steering rod? into the next hole down on the servo arm. My problem now is reverse movement. If you hold it in the air it will go in both directions, but on the floor it will only go forwards. I've messed about with trim settings to no avail. Has anybody had this problem, and if so how did you sort it? Thanking you in advance. 😃 I’m guessing it’s not a ‘brake’ feature that requires you to pull the trigger once to ‘brake’ and then back to the neutral position and then a second pull for reverse? Otherwise sounds like a potential axle binding issue, worth removing a shaft at a time from the motor and try it, see if it makes a difference.
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
Aug 29, 2021 13:53:06 GMT
|
So next question. If the CAT was removed (it has been) and you had a straight through pipe (or at a push a small silencer en-route) and a Cherry Bomb at the rear……. Just how noisy would that be for the MOT guy ? Or the general public. Think anti-social thug but not quite getting stoned by the village. Make sense ?’ You want at least 2 cherry bomb type silencers if you don’t want too antisocial. A biggish straight through as a centre silencer with a cherry bomb out the back will produce a nice noise. Losing the cat will create a lot of additional noise as it’s a flow-slower immediately after the engine so with just one cherry bomb it’ll be loud.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
Aug 28, 2021 11:07:06 GMT
|
Your photo links have died as they were from Facebook BTW. I suggest using the forum uploader.
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
Aug 28, 2021 11:00:35 GMT
|
I've fixed your advert, copy paste the details dude. Otherwise no links to other sale sites in the for sale section, it's lazy
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
Aug 27, 2021 21:21:38 GMT
|
I knew exactly where that car was before I even saw the map Coz you are in the inner circle. More of a tat swamp than a circle with KFW but yea
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
1986 Mercedes S123 230TERich
@foxmcintyre
Club Retro Rides Member 160
|
Aug 27, 2021 21:20:33 GMT
|
IIRC side repeaters weren't actually mandatory from 1986, as long as the front indicators could be seen from the side as well. Yup, case in point, VW T25 and T4. Also a lot of import JDM cars had a nub on the front turn signal lamp. But most MOT testers don't actually know the rules which is why my brothers Demio had a set of gash LED side repeaters stuck to the wings over holes drilled in the repeater-less wings. Suffice to say now it's blue not white it no longer has side repeaters.
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
Aug 27, 2021 21:14:06 GMT
|
I knew exactly where that car was before I even saw the map
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
Aug 27, 2021 19:15:53 GMT
|
They're an easy job in the car, piece of cake on the bench. One does wonder why the car was left to rot away when the mot work wasn't too bad. people get scared off with emissions failures I think a lot of the time especially on older stuff.
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
Aug 27, 2021 10:44:46 GMT
|
If you are taking the engine out of a car to fit into another one, I assume this is for the Resin Rocket, then it’s a no brainer to just fit a new cambelt, tensioners, valve cover gasket and water pump while it’s ‘on the floor’, total no brainer.
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
RRG21 Photo SharingRich
@foxmcintyre
Club Retro Rides Member 160
|
Aug 24, 2021 20:51:31 GMT
|
Is that Tigran with KFW doing the tat auction? T'was me, Alex, Corwin, Phil, Craig and Vee.
|
|
|
|
Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,264
Club RR Member Number: 160
|
|
Aug 24, 2021 17:41:36 GMT
|
Staying. It doesn’t bother me, it’s useful, and short of removing it there isn’t really anything you could do to improve it. Shorter arm or blade will just look more odd, like it’s got the wrong parts fitted. I don’t really see it. I certainly don’t subscribe to this ‘kill all wipers’ stuff on older cars. It starts to look a bit devoid of features and also poverty spec. 😆 Can you lay it flat like I've done to every mk2 Golf I've ever had? Not without making a new park wheel for the motor. The Mk2 golf is pretty unique in having a wiper linkage with bell crank, most cars rear wiper sweep is set with the park wheel.
|
|
|
|
|