New owner DiscoII SE7 2003, 57000 miles. The 60000 miles expensive maintance is coming soon, what must a shop / mecanic do, and what can I do myself. I have minor experience doing car repair but willing to work on it that is why I bought my disco, I have the rave CD, but there is a lot of things. I do not want to do something that is out of experience. Thanks .

 

I only just started using this forum, but using thesearch feature at the top is a great thing. Search for 60K maintenance and you should get a bunch of threads on the subject. It mostly involves replacing ALL of the fluids and filters, spark plugs and engine belt / pulley and greasing. If you can turn a wrench and readyou should be able to handle anything, it's just a time factor. Just use your service book orany shop manuals you might have. Searching google i.e "brake bleeding procedure" or "land rover spark plugs" is also a great way (just make sure what you find is a reliable source). If you have specific question doa search here and you will probably find an answer.

 

Here's DiscoMike's list. It is a good one and I am sure if you run into trouble, he'll let you call....

This is the parts list for a 60,000 mile service the way I do it.
1 Oil filter , K&N 3001
1 Air filter
1 Transmission filter kit
6 Qts of engine oil
12 Qts of ATF
7 Qts of 80/90W gear oil
2 Qts of Brake fluid
2 Qts of synthetic Power steering fluid
2 Gallons of OAT, orange coolant
1 Bottle of Lucas Power Steering additive
1 Bottle of Lucas Transsmission additive
1 Can of Spray Carb Spray
1 Can Of Brake cleaner
8 Spark Plugs, I use Bosch Platium Plus 4's
1 Set of Magnacor 8mm plug wires
1 Serpentine belt if not yet replaced
2 Bottles of SeaFoam


60,000 Mile Service
Bleed the brakes
Flush and change the power steering fluid adding one bottle of additive
Service the tranny adding one bottle of additive
Flush the coolant system
Do an engine flush before changing the oil
Do an induction cleaning
Clean the throttle body
Add fuel additive to full gas tank
Change both od the diffs fluid
Change the t/case oil
Replace the plugs and wires
Replace the air filter
Lube all the drive shaft grease fitting including the 2 slip shafts
Do full inspection of brakes, hoses, bushings etc.

 

Shout if you have any questions, be glad to walk you thru it.

 

wanted to post your list on here so it can be searched easier. It is great. Thanks again Mike..

 

thanks, to everyone I will start next soon and post my advances or any questions, this is a great site.

 

Sir:
Well like I told you, I have little mecanic experience but willing to go hands on my disco '03. First I will need to buy the tools, what do I need And what do you recomend. I will do the 60000 miles maintance. My plan is first to buy the tools and then perform the maintance a little every weekend, what you think of that can I do it that way, I really appreciate you help and experience.
thanks
Al.

 

All you really need is some of the basics a spark plug wrench, maybe some sockets and a set of open end wrenches, a large oil catch pan 10 to 12 quart size.
Call if you want before you start and we can talk about what you are wanting to tackle first.
303-862-7680