New tire day! After the first snow of the year, it became painfully obvious that the tires needed to be replaced. They were in very good shape last year when we bought the Disco, with very little tread wear. Not the tires I would have chosen, but I wasn't about to toss almost new tires off of a winter ride that was cheap. Well, I should have. They sucked in snow, especially braking. In fact the LR masked how horrible these tires were in every way in respect to snow and ice. One year and 20k miles later, they have surprisingly not improved! After not being able to stop on a slight incline at 5 mph, and the LR refusing to backup the same hill, tires spinning madly, I had had enough. Nice new BFG ATs all around. Rides better, handles better, has infinitely better traction on hard packed snow and ice. Fuel economy appears to have taken a hit, but that will take a few tanks to confirm. The Disco will no longer suffer embarrassment at the hands of its Mini stablemate (on pure snows) when it comes to climbing up to, and descending from, our house. Of course, they cost over half the Disco's purchase price...

 

Issue: Have a vibration, seems like prop shafts. Got under it and shafts are not loose. Couldn't jack her up and set on stands cause my brother has one of my 4 stands. Damn truck , thought it was my exhaust cause I noticed pass side was loose. Put it in N and ran to 1500rpm(when I feel the vibe) and she was smooth.

 

Does anyone really care if I post here? My truck is 3/4 Disco. Does that count?

 

Got back from Ohio last night. 600 miles there, 600 miles back. No hiccups in the Disco whatsoever, averaged 16 mpg.

 

I cleaned up around the fuel pump on top the gas tank, and sprayed penetrant, to let it soak as I expect new pump in a couple days. I tightened up a loose hose on my power steering pump, hopefully solving the leaking issue there.

 

Picked up a new to me rear off-road bumper today. Was for a Cherokee but I'm gonna modify the mounts to fit my Disco. I forgot the brand but it's a well made one so I'm sure it was pricey. Traded for some Harley parts I had on my parts shelves.

 

Electroplated my rusty swivel hoist rings.

 

spent 6 hours underneath my 95 Disco to pull the transfer case...

 

Looks good. I have a SG front bumper I am refinishing to put on my D2. Did you have this done locally? I need to find a place to do the same to mine.

 

tried to fix my windows with some saab/volvo rolly slider things. they are way too big... oh well, they looked exactly the same online.