Does anybody know if the 5 speeds had any major problems? I'm looking at one with 140k and a bad clutch for 1500.00. Any thoughts?
95 Discovery 5 speed
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Land Rover Discovery?
Just start punching yourself in the face for the next 2 months. When you stop it'll be like Rover ownership except way, way cheaper.
I had a 95 in the shop last week. It reminded me very much of 80s era Jaguars. Every single part was poorly built crap. If the 5 speed was problem free it was the only part. I looked up the Technical Service Bulletins just to see. I've never seen so many issued on one model. The Cadillac Catera is a damn wonder of engineering compared to a Disco.
Bad news for your wallet
That would have to be the last running vehicle on the planet before I would buy one...... problematic Man!!... A/C, head gasket / over heating issues of multiple sorts, cruise control, body/structural problems, computer / drive ability, electrical / wiring, and last.... finding someone to fix the damn thing without going to the dealer and getting raked over the coals....OH! the fuel mileage sux also........
That would have to be the last running vehicle on the planet before I would buy one...... problematic Man!!... A/C, head gasket / over heating issues of multiple sorts, cruise control, body/structural problems, computer / drive ability, electrical / wiring, and last.... finding someone to fix the damn thing without going to the dealer and getting raked over the coals....OH! the fuel mileage sux also........
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That's what i'm worried about.
Probably a bad idea but only $1500.00!! I saw the clutch kit is 430.00 or so. I figured it can't be that bad.
Thanks
Probably a bad idea but only $1500.00!! I saw the clutch kit is 430.00 or so. I figured it can't be that bad.
Thanks
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mileage makes me laugh. my 60 is in need of some work, i only got 145 miles out of my last full tank. ha ha. i only commute 4 miles a day roundtrip during the winter so i keep putting it off. better to put the 2k into my 60 i suppose.
thanks for keeping me on track.
thanks for keeping me on track.
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The bottom line is there are cars and trucks out there that you almost can't give away... Disco's and newer gasser VW's are the worst for constant non stop issues.... Alot of times the cheap price of the units is exactly why, you'd want to get rid of your truck to if it was costing 1000 a month in repairs.... EVERY MONTH... and in my experience with a 2002 1.8T VW this isn't an unreasonable figure!
The tranny's and Tcases are fairly robust in those trucks. The motor is almost as powerfull as a 2F.
Neat trucks and can be a fairly capable truck off road. But they are expensive to fix if soemthing goes wrong.
Neat trucks and can be a fairly capable truck off road. But they are expensive to fix if soemthing goes wrong.
MEH!
All of those above problems posted can be associated with Fj60s (Toyotas) as well
go ahead, ask me how I know 
All of those above problems posted can be associated with Fj60s (Toyotas) as well
go ahead, ask me how I know yeah except the last true 60 was built in 1987 right? a 20 year old, s***ty maintained vehicle will have multiple issues, disco's were so bad they changed the line a few years ago because the reputation was killing land rover.
All of those above problems posted can be associated with Fj60s (Toyotas) as well
You really can't compare the two. Look at a 95 Land Cruiser vs. a 95 Disco. Same price, same mission. The Cruiser will have issues. The Disco will have problems with every damn thing.
Mace-It's nice to not bash and accentuate the positive aspects of whatever, but in this case you could be leading someone down the road of Rover ownership. You shouldn't do that to anyone.
Case in point - The last one I worked on had chrome-capped lug nuts. GM did this in the 80s. Water gets under the caps and causes them to swell. You have to bust off the caps with a chisel, then hammer on a smaller size socket and hope a lot because the steel part of the nut isn't really a hex, nor is it a real size. If it comes off, you have to hammer the inner part out of your socket and start with the next one. easily an hour to do one wheel. This poor idea had been tried and proven as poor 10 years before LR did it. LR went one step further and made the lug nuts a very strange size and very unique. There is no readily available replacements in aftermarket. New lug nuts with the same problems as the old ones are $27 each from the dealer. That's over $500 in lug nuts.
I am fairly familiar with that exact truck actually.
I worked on my fathers disco and his D90. It was not a horrible truck. But their engineers are psycho. And the parts are way more expensive than they need to be.
I'd probably pimp it for $1,500..
I worked on my fathers disco and his D90. It was not a horrible truck. But their engineers are psycho. And the parts are way more expensive than they need to be.
I'd probably pimp it for $1,500..
RUN FAR AWAY. I am not saying this cause I am a Toyota nut but I am saying the are junk. If you buy this thing it will spend most of the time broke down. I can buy them all day at the local car auctions for under a grand. There is a reason why they are so cheap.
See if you can talk him down.... throw in some toy axles and get a different motor and you'll have a nice looking capable rig....
you forgot a complete rewire/ regauge/ redash/
every wire, every switch, IMO.
LR is doing great here in Nashville. You can't tell money they're driving s***.
Relocate the ECU into a plastic container, body lift it, spool the rearend, and fix the clutch. Then use it as your "I don't give a s*** 4x4". When your done in a couple years sell the motor, tranny, and transfer case for more than you have in it
The bone yards around here love those discos they make lots of $$$ on the parts from the yuppie garages down on the shore. They even have a place in the yard just for them.
Those 5speeds are rare...very rare + Rover = hard to find = hard to replace...= expensive.
I'd love to have one, and would prolly buy it at 15, but, I have a feeling a replacement tranny would prolly go for that.
I also know on several accounts that the LT gearboxes have trouble...failure trouble, not clutch trouble.
Ask anyone in Defenders to give you the stats on their gearbox. Those that have NOT replaced it with the LT105 (IIRC) only cruise the mall with their rig and are armchair wheeler$. (Like the Harley rider with the brand new bling, a dentist or a lawyer)
I don't know what box the Disco has, but would venture since the axles are the same as a rover, it's also LT95. That box has been know to just spontaniously bust....stay away.
Note: All this is very rusty. I don't keepup on junk 4WD trivia. Don't take my word. Find out the box (tranny) model and google it.
