No I haven't driven it at all after "discovering" the gut wrenching issues. I'm using my motorcycle and girlfriends 01 RAV4 which thankfully are reliable. Now to find out if this thing will fit in the garage while on ramps...

And yeah you're right the dealer is full of bs.

 

Got two gallons of Rotella T (saving the T6), filter wrench, and 1-1/8 wrench the size of my arm.

I hate that all I can think of while laying under there, looking up, is it's going to come down off the ramps and crush my head. (Maybe that's a good excuse for a lift )

I don't think the oil light came on while I was driving it onto the ramps though.

Big truck, small garage.

 

If you put both ramps on right side(which you did) it makes the oil drain incline down slightly, and easier to crawl under with the grease gun for drive shafts. If you come out clean you missed something. If oil that comes out looks bad, change again in 1000 miles, a soft acting flush. If what comes out has milky water in it, HG issue. So in your case, hope for dirty oil.

Would measure any roof rack carefully.

 

You do know that empty the Discovery weighs about 4500 pounds or so. You have it resting on plastic ramps? I would be afraid of that as well.

Get yourself some good quality jack stands to support the beast. If you have the original bottle jack, they are more than capable of lifting it to get it up on jack stands, otherwise buy yourself a good quality hydraulic bottle jack or a good floor jack rated at at least 2.5 to 3 tons or so.

 

Yeah that's what concerns me, but they do say they're rated to 12,000 lbs. I did try pushing and jumping on it all over to check stability...

My concern with jack/stands is that the garage floor is on a slight incline. About 1 degree or just enough to make it roll very slowly so I'd be worried about the jack/stands falling over too. I guess if the back wheels were planted and the center diff was locked it'd be ok.

 

Chock the wheels that are still on the floor!

That is the safest way to prevent it from moving, but I doubt that a slight incline would matter, but you should always chock the wheels!

 

ive got plastic ramps. Youre cool if they're the same ones as mine. Ramps are handy, but it's not a bad idea to throw a jack stand under em too for good measure
safety first

 

Just drained the oil and there are both milky areas and bright green droplets in it. Do I bother putting oil back in? Start HG thread? Shoot self?

 

Man you got the wool pulled over your eyes on this one. You should seek legal recourse before doing much work. You are likely in for a long expensive road and will likely lose money hand over fist. That's why I say seek legal recourse first before sinking money in you can't get back. Good luck with this man. If you get stuck with it there is plenty of help here. You are just gonna need deep pockets. Hopefully if you are stuck with it the engine won't be shot.

 

Yes I'm working on the legal side now. As a worst case scenario are we still talking just a HG replacement? If not, what else and how much? Thanks