high mileage Discovery
 

I can see many Discoverys on autotrader, from early 90's, with high mileage, around £3000. Do you think I can find a good vehicle for 2-3 weeks in Morocco and also suitable for daily commuting? What to look for?

Discos can make good desert vehicles with minimum preparation

Check the following:

Inner wings - often rust thru
Rear floorpan - The same
Gearbox - lifespan seems to be 100-125k
Cam belt - when done last
Oil leaks (probabily loads)
Don't worry about suspension - your going to probabily replace that anyway
You want steel wheels not alloys
General corrosion underneath is common
Check chassis

Checkout the disovery owners club website - they may have a buyers guide

I assume you are looking at diesel - 200tdi

Also head gasket seems to go at around 100k too




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Rich
LR101 300Tdi Ambi 'Tiggurr'

[This message has been edited by rclafton (edited 13 January 2004).]

Thanks Rich. I have found some more info in the forums at http://www.landroverenthusiast.com/ including this buyers guide http://www.lucyjo.freeserve.co.uk/discovery/disco.txt

Damn should have remembered James site (lucyjo) as he was at my place on sunday picking up some disco bits

Glad to be of help



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Rich
LR101 300Tdi Ambi 'Tiggurr'

Don't know if this'll be of any use to you or not, it's not very technical for sure.
Just that one of the recent LRW reviews was on a couple who'd bought and prep'd a Disco for morocco. They'd bought what seemed to be a very clean 200tdi with 45k on the clock for £2000!! Done the whole prep' for about £7000 I think, but it was a bit full on. LRW is definitly a good source for this sort of thing, regular Disco reviews. I can find out which issue it was in if you like, it's at home.

James.