I'll be that guy....
 

First off, my name is chuck, and I just wanted to say this forum has been very helpful in my quest for a new fishing vehicle. It was between a discovery and a jeep Cherokee, and I'm more of a comfort kinda guy so I think I'm going in the right direction. Now for my questions.


I'm going to look at a 95 discovery tomorrow morning. Needs a windshield and a dr side door handle. Not to worried about that stuff (anyone have any idea how much for a windshield on that beast?). What I am worried about is, the guy said it has a long crank, like 15 seconds. He assumes a fuel pump, I haven't seen the vehicle and won't have any tools when I do see it. My research shows fuel pumps/anti-drain back valves are common issues. Am I just making that up? Also what else should I look for/common issues? I hear the early discoveries are the ones you want if you're gonna go off road. I also see that rovers in general have their issues. Now I should also say I'm a service manager and was a ford master tech for 8 years so I know 1 or 2 things about horseless carriages, im just looking for insight on common rover issues. Thanks for your help!

just did windshield on my d2, i AM sure that i prolly paid too much because i used safelite.
$558. so i would say that is worse case

. a cps is like $60-$70ish

Windshield on my D1 was about $240 installed from an independent shop. Safelite was about $400 IIRC.

$558....ouch. Makes me glad I have a $0 comprehensive deductible on my F-250, had the windshield replaced last year for $0. Well except my yearly premium of course.

$240 sounds a lot more reasonable, I was about to tackle it myself, lol.

i should have shopped it around. i acted in haste. i guess i was using my last couple of jeep windshield replacements as a point of reference. iirc that flat glass was way expensive.

Long crank could be fuel pump. If you turn on the key, but don't crank, for about 2 seconds, pump will run for a short time. Repeat four or five times to prime pump, then crank. There is a test valve (tire valve) on the passenger side fuel rail. Should see 32-34 psi there when pump running.

Edit - my bad, no cam position sensor on the 95. Should have looked in the RAVE, the factory shop manual set, free link below.

If the truck is a 95 the only crank position sensor is the distributor. Long crank could be any number of things, if you end up needing a fuel pump the ProLine from Rovers North is only about $100 last I checked. Could be as simple as a tune up though.

Here you go.

https://landroverforums.com/forum/di...t-codes-44695/

I think the 95 does not have a crank or cam sensor, I could be wrong.

thanks for the correction on cps, forgot '95 last year with distributor