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[Martin_1962]

Dec 2003 Auto

Rather nice car.

I reckon it has been chipped as TC comes on in first. 10 sec 0-60

Bit noisy, plenty of character, loads of toys but no cruise.

Cost me a lot but I find so many cars boring and characterless.

I tried a BMW, thought quite nice, but jumped into a smashed up Omega and thought "This is much nicer"

I went round car dealer after car dealer. saying no , no, no, the dealers were understanding.

Went to VX asked if they had any decent cars, they did admit that the best VX in recent years was what I was interested in. They tried to sell me a sodding Meriva, I almost hit the salesman, I sat in a another one he thought I would be impressed by - plastic rubbish and no auto box.

I feel like writing to VX telling them why they lost me.

BTW there is a big dealer near me which sells a few makes of cars and has a lot of SH but they had a Martin repellant on the entrance and I could not enter, a blue sign with a 4 letter F word on it.

[MR MISTER]

Ah...FIAT, enough to put anyone off. 

A disco TD5....... Don't think they tried for a 0-60 really.

[hoody]

Ford owned landrover in 2003,just as well its fiats you dont like

[MR MISTER]

Ford owned landrover in 2003,just as well its fiats you dont like

Could have been ford 

Or even f*** off Martin Imber 

[henryd]

Dec 2003 Auto

Rather nice car.

I reckon it has been chipped as TC comes on in first. 10 sec 0-60

Bit noisy, plenty of character, loads of toys but no cruise.

Cost me a lot but I find so many cars boring and characterless.

I tried a BMW, thought quite nice, but jumped into a smashed up Omega and thought "This is much nicer"

I went round car dealer after car dealer. saying no , no, no, the dealers were understanding.

Went to VX asked if they had any decent cars, they did admit that the best VX in recent years was what I was interested in. They tried to sell me a sodding Meriva, I almost hit the salesman, I sat in a another one he thought I would be impressed by - plastic rubbish and no auto box.

I feel like writing to VX telling them why they lost me.

BTW there is a big dealer near me which sells a few makes of cars and has a lot of SH but they had a Martin repellant on the entrance and I could not enter, a blue sign with a 4 letter F word on it.

Very nice martin,I run a Disco 2 as well although mine is a v8 manual,at your earliest opportunity when it's dry get the chassis,especially the rear end waxoyled or similar,the rear half chassis is the most fragile part of theses things and very expensive to fix if it fails,the rest of the vehicle is fixable with a good toolkit.

[the alarming man]

Dec 2003 Auto

Rather nice car.

I reckon it has been chipped as TC comes on in first. 10 sec 0-60

Bit noisy, plenty of character, loads of toys but no cruise.

Cost me a lot but I find so many cars boring and characterless.

I tried a BMW, thought quite nice, but jumped into a smashed up Omega and thought "This is much nicer"

I went round car dealer after car dealer. saying no , no, no, the dealers were understanding.

Went to VX asked if they had any decent cars, they did admit that the best VX in recent years was what I was interested in. They tried to sell me a sodding Meriva, I almost hit the salesman, I sat in a another one he thought I would be impressed by - plastic rubbish and no auto box.

I feel like writing to VX telling them why they lost me.

BTW there is a big dealer near me which sells a few makes of cars and has a lot of SH but they had a Martin repellant on the entrance and I could not enter, a blue sign with a 4 letter F word on it.

Very nice martin,I run a Disco 2 as well although mine is a v8 manual,at your earliest opportunity when it's dry get the chassis,especially the rear end waxoyled or similar,the rear half chassis is the most fragile part of theses things and very expensive to fix if it fails,the rest of the vehicle is fixable with a good toolkit.

I was just going to post that as well....waxoil is a must

[the alarming man]

Ah...FIAT, enough to put anyone off. 

A disco TD5....... Don't think they tried for a 0-60 really.

if they are chipped they are no slouch

[henryd]

Ah...FIAT, enough to put anyone off. 

A disco TD5....... Don't think they tried for a 0-60 really.

if they are chipped they are no slouch

True, I tried a chipped auto with heavy duty t/c and that really pulled well,still prefer me manwell V8 though(consumption aside )

[hotel21]

My td5 disco has been chipped and the egr bypassed. Give it a boot full from standstill and it spins 2 if not 3 or more wheels. Leaves a mahoosive smoke screen behind it though until it evens itself out.

Watch out for the rust as others have said but also leaking fuel pressure regulators which drip onto the starter and cause solenoid failure. Steering box seals also leak as does the ACE system. I removed mine and retrofitted standard anti roll bars. No appreciable difference in handling once you get used to it. 

[hotel21]

Does it have sunroofs?  If so, remove the cassettes front and rear and reseal. If it doesn't leak now it will sometime....   

[Martin_1962]

My td5 disco has been chipped and the egr bypassed. Give it a boot full from standstill and it spins 2 if not 3 or more wheels. Leaves a mahoosive smoke screen behind it though until it evens itself out.

Watch out for the rust as others have said but also leaking fuel pressure regulators which drip onto the starter and cause solenoid failure. Steering box seals also leak as does the ACE system. I removed mine and retrofitted standard anti roll bars. No appreciable difference in handling once you get used to it. 

This one does trigger TC when pulling away and is very quick up to 30 then starts to slow ACE system works very well (have driven D1) wife likes it all 3 children now like it.

I think I will get rid of EGR when it is warmer depending on what I do for a project first (going to try to pursued a work mate to share a Omega project. Just can't give them up yet).

Will get some pictures up sometime, no longer on Autotrader

[Martin_1962]

Does it have sunroofs?  If so, remove the cassettes front and rear and reseal. If it doesn't leak now it will sometime....   

Thanks will look at!

[hotel21]

..... and, coincidentally, the rocker gasket leaks at the half moon on the rear. Either accept as the patented landrover underbody anti rust system or replace. Remember sealant round the half moon.

10 NM torque on the bolts as well, about £18 for a genuine LR gasket.

[henryd]

Does it have sunroofs?  If so, remove the cassettes front and rear and reseal. If it doesn't leak now it will sometime....   

Yep,been there done that

[Vamps]

Don't have that problem with the Jeep, it doesn't have a sunroof.....