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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / October 2004First time off-road in Discovery - a question
Had a brilliant time off-roading for the first time in my discovery over the weekend - it performed as expected. One question though - what is noise that I can hear on occasion, it seems to happen when one of the wheels looses traction. It sounds like a relay or ratcheting sound. My previous experience is in a Defender, so this noise is new to me. It is similar to the noise when the car starts. I hope I am describing the noise ok - if anyone has a better description... It was happening when I was in high gear and starting off - didn't notice it once I dropped to low gears, but it might be because I was having too much fun!!!! I hope there's nothing wrong with my disco!!! I have noticed it once or twice before when driving around country lanes and having to pull to the side and into mud etc. UB > Had a brilliant time off-roading for the first time in my discovery > over the weekend - it performed as expected. One question though - > what is noise that I can hear on occasion, it seems to happen when > one of the wheels looses traction. It sounds like a relay or > ratcheting sound. Maybe you have a recent vehicle with traction control which acts like ABS but in reverse, braking wheels which overspeed. Huw On 4/10/04 7:54 pm, in article 2sdkr6F1jofvaU1@uni-berlin.de, "Huw" <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> Had a brilliant time off-roading for the first time in my discovery >> over the weekend - it performed as expected. One question though - [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.742 / Virus Database: 495 - Release Date: 19/08/04 It is an X-reg 2000 model. Does this make sense? > It is an X-reg 2000 model. Does this make sense? It is a Discovery 2 then. It is likely to have traction control. It will make the same chattering noise when braking very hard on cow sh.t covered Welsh minor roads if it has ABS. AFAIK ABS and TC come as a package on Disco11. Huw On 4/10/04 8:05 pm, in article 2sdli6F1jnoi6U1@uni-berlin.de, "Huw" <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> It is an X-reg 2000 model. Does this make sense? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.742 / Virus Database: 495 - Release Date: 19/08/04 Thanks Huw - With a good welsh name like that i guess you know too well about our sh.t covered roads then!!! > Thanks Huw - With a good welsh name like that i guess you know too > well about our sh.t covered roads then!!! In one of my lives I am occasionally responsible for the sh.t. LOL Hwyl fawr a noswaeth dda, Huw > In one of my lives I am occasionally responsible for the sh.t. LOL Eeeeew. Steve >> In one of my lives I am occasionally responsible for the sh.t. LOL > > Eeeeew. > > Steve I acknowledge that some people could read my post and think that I am claiming that I sometimes mysteriously change into a cow and mischievously or maliciously sh.t on the road. I would like it on record that the above is certainly *not* what I meant. Huw >>> In one of my lives I am occasionally responsible for the sh.t. LOL >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >claiming that I sometimes mysteriously change into a cow and >mischievously or maliciously sh.t on the road. I blame it on that there Paul Daniels, meself. >I would like it on record that the above is certainly *not* what I >meant. whereabouts are you in the wilds of welsh wales, anyway? we must meet up sometime. > whereabouts are you in the wilds of welsh wales, anyway? we must > meet up sometime. A lot further West than you ;-). Huw >> whereabouts are you in the wilds of welsh wales, anyway? we must >> meet up sometime. > >A lot further West than you ;-). summat like 20 miles west of here you fall into the Irish sea. except of course on the EU's new map, in which we're all in the Irish sea anyway: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3715512.stm >>> whereabouts are you in the wilds of welsh wales, anyway? we must >>> meet up sometime. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > except of course on the EU's new map, in which we're all in the Irish > sea anyway: Rest assured that I reside on damp land. Just. Huw >>> In one of my lives I am occasionally responsible for the sh.t. LOL >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Huw OK so you didn't change into a cow!  SignatureUR SHGb02+14 &ICMFP If at first you don't succeed, maybe skydiving's not for you! >Thanks Huw - With a good welsh name like that i guess you know too well >about our sh.t covered roads then!!! That's odd. One of the reasons I hate anyone living in Wales is because they / you have such _good_ roads. Fair do, some may resemble an off-road course, but compared to the roads in Sheffield they're a joy to drive. I also hate the Welsh for other, petty reasons, like having a lot of clean air, superb scenery, Oggies, walks, climbs, lakes, good beer and a sense of humour - feckem, I hate em... On 4/10/04 9:20 pm, in article klb3m09hu80gb07cm0cku7u1g42n047tbr@4ax.com, >> Thanks Huw - With a good welsh name like that i guess you know too well >> about our sh.t covered roads then!!! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > clean air, superb scenery, Oggies, walks, climbs, lakes, good beer and > a sense of humour - feckem, I hate em... Always liked Sheffield tho'! > I also hate the Welsh for other, petty reasons, like having a lot of > clean air, superb scenery, Oggies, walks, climbs, lakes, good beer and > a sense of humour - feckem, I hate em... How about an excursion to the antipodes then (I'll even lend you my Series IIa). You'll hate it :-) SignatureEMB change two to the number to reply >> I also hate the Welsh for other, petty reasons, like having a lot of >> clean air, superb scenery, Oggies, walks, climbs, lakes, good beer and >> a sense of humour - feckem, I hate em... > >How about an excursion to the antipodes then (I'll even lend you my >Series IIa). You'll hate it :-) Still quite tempted, at that. But I'd rather get the finances something like in order here first, rather than decamp owing <mumble> quid in all directions. After all, I might want to come back... >> I also hate the Welsh for other, petty reasons, like having a lot of >> clean air, superb scenery, Oggies, walks, climbs, lakes, good beer and >> a sense of humour - feckem, I hate em... > >How about an excursion to the antipodes then (I'll even lend you my >Series IIa). You'll hate it :-) Yep, you're right. I hate the Aussies and Kiwis for all of the same reasons - PLUS generally more clement weather. B'stards. I'd love to go on an extended holiday tour just so I could tell more of them / you... (I did nearly grow up in Australia as my parents were planning on becoming "10 Pound Tourists". My Father, being a shepherd was finding it hard to get work in Peckham...) >>Thanks Huw - With a good welsh name like that i guess you know too well >>about our sh.t covered roads then!!! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >clean air, superb scenery, Oggies, walks, climbs, lakes, good beer and >a sense of humour - feckem, I hate em... move to Wales, you know you want to... >It is a Discovery 2 then. >AFAIK ABS and TC come as a package on Disco11. All disco II have ABS and TC they would not get very far without it. SignatureMarc Draper Forsale Landrover Defender 90 300tdi county hardtop 1996 72K Landrover Discovery comercial 300tdi S reg 70k Landrover Discovery Comercial 300tdi R reg 62k Toyota Hilux surf 2.4 AW/AC/EW/SR Super winch X9 + genuine Landrover fitting kits for 200 Disco. >> It is an X-reg 2000 model. Does this make sense? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.742 / Virus Database: 495 - Release Date: 19/08/04 Could maybe be a limited slip diff? SignatureUR SHGb02+14 &ICMFP If at first you don't succeed, maybe skydiving's not for you! Yes I feel sorry for you people, just where do you take your Land Rovers eh? I have just been on a 5000km trip to the outback, dirt, dust, mud, cold beer, scenery, wildlife, mates, women, blue skies, sun, sigh I miss Loughborough! cheers 3LB Yep, you're right. I hate the Aussies and Kiwis for all of the same reasons - PLUS generally more clement weather. B'stards. > >> It is an X-reg 2000 model. Does this make sense? > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Could maybe be a limited slip diff? Could you please let us know what year/model/spec your disco is please, it could be many things really, > Had a brilliant time off-roading for the first time in my discovery over > the [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > UB >Had a brilliant time off-roading for the first time in my discovery over the >weekend - it performed as expected. Where did you go (out of interest..) we are looking for Disco friendly courses ..? All the best ... T i m On 6/10/04 8:42 am, in article ke87m0hqjrtqrqgjvn5j5751tqud5gtbch@4ax.com, >> Had a brilliant time off-roading for the first time in my discovery over the >> weekend - it performed as expected. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > T i m A friend who has a similar interest has hundreds of acres of farmland and has made a sort of purpose built course around his land - plenty of hills and water - brilliant!! - but not much help to you sorry. In case you are not aware of it - I've have been to Landcraft at Bala - also great fun, more tuition than free roaming though. They are listed at the back of most magazines. >A friend who has a similar interest has hundreds of acres of farmland and >has made a sort of purpose built course around his land - plenty of hills >and water - brilliant!! - but not much help to you sorry. In case you are >not aware of it - I've have been to Landcraft at Bala - also great fun, more >tuition than free roaming though. They are listed at the back of most >magazines. whereabouts is your friend? We (sort-of LR club in south wales, based online with smartgroups) used to go, some of us, sometimes, to Pontardawe Off Road Club, but that seems to have folded. On 6/10/04 7:52 pm, in article 2jf8m0tcc7shl1fr8rqcjpv9tkoobm63hv@4ax.com, >> A friend who has a similar interest has hundreds of acres of farmland and >> has made a sort of purpose built course around his land - plenty of hills [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > online with smartgroups) used to go, some of us, sometimes, to Pontardawe > Off Road Club, but that seems to have folded. I'm on Anglesey - damn! but my mum's from Pontarddulais - and i do reach that neck of the woods from time to time! >On 6/10/04 8:42 am, in article ke87m0hqjrtqrqgjvn5j5751tqud5gtbch@4ax.com, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >tuition than free roaming though. They are listed at the back of most >magazines. Are Landcraft running play days again? Signaturehugh Reply to address is valid at the time of posting We've got a SII disco and it does have traction control, which makes a terrible noise when it engages. Due to the appalling roads in inner Sydney, we find it comes on when we go over some of those big potholes - rather than filling them, the councils should consider keeping whales in them! > Had a brilliant time off-roading for the first time in my discovery over > the [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > UB |
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