Trying to calculate what's going to happen to my '97 Disco....so doing a
little poll.
How many miles do you have on your engine?
What stages major maintenance? (My brakes lasted 40,000.....My original
tires will probably make it to 47,000....That dang oxygen sensor has been
replaced a couple times....And those plastic window cogs go every 3
years)....
Cheers,
John
Mother - 26 Apr 2005 17:54 GMT
>How many miles do you have on your engine?
My 200tdi had a quarter of a million miles on it when I sold it - and
is still going strong now with the new owner...
Paul - xxx - 26 Apr 2005 18:12 GMT
John Arnold came up with the following;:
> Trying to calculate what's going to happen to my '97 Disco....so doing a
> little poll.
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> replaced a couple times....And those plastic window cogs go every 3
> years)....
'97 Disco 3 door 300Tdi, just turned 80k. We got it with 55k on the clock a
year and a half ago, and have had to change one CV joint, Discs and Pads and
a new serpentine belt. The original wheels tyres (We have all bills and
receipts from day one) were replaced at 23k with wider wheels and BFG AT's
and I've just replaced them for new BFG AT's 1k miles ago ish, so they did
57k miles and we sold them on (ebay) for bugger all, but they had about 8 to
10mm tread left ...
Most of the broken bits are from over zealous off-roading, front and rear
bumper endcaps, front endcap mount bracket etc.

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John Arnold - 26 Apr 2005 18:55 GMT
Thanks for your notes....
You're both lucky with getting a TDi engine.....Here in the U.S. the Disco
comes only with gas/petro....
Cheers,
John
Paul - xxx - 26 Apr 2005 19:02 GMT
John Arnold came up with the following;:
> Thanks for your notes....
>
> You're both lucky with getting a TDi engine.....Here in the U.S. the Disco
> comes only with gas/petro....
LOL. We're 'considering' a petrol engined Disco for 'playtime' ... ;)

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Gordon Wedman - 28 Apr 2005 00:20 GMT
> Trying to calculate what's going to happen to my '97 Disco....so doing a
> little poll.
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> Cheers,
> John
I have a '97 4.0V8 with 219,000 km / 136,000 miles. I'm the second owner.
As far as I know the only thing done to the engine has been my recent
replacement of the water pump. As for the rest of the mechanicals, the O2
sensors have been replaced at least once and I'm sure the brake pads have
been replaced twice. Don't know about the discs but the rears are scored
and I'm replacing them. The first owner broke a tooth on 5th gear and that
required some transmission work, not a routine sort of problem. The clutch
was replaced when the tranny work was done. (Yes mine is a 5 speed).
Previous owner also had the rear diff rebuilt as he filled it with
water/sand at some point and didn't know it until things got noisy back
there. There is still a lot backlash in the diff and may do some work on it
in the future to see if I can tighten this up. My ABS acted up shortly after
I bought the rig, 2 years ago, and I've had it disconnected for a long
while. Going to see if I can get it working again but I'm not going to buy
new sensors at $400US each if that's what's needed. I'm pretty happy with
the way the Disco has worked for me.