Rebuild your prop shaft and grease the fittings every oil change and you can do whatever you want. The shafts don't fail because they're weak they fail because there's no way to service the joints. Make them serviceable and that fault goes away.

 

You are trying to push a cement brink through the wind. Thank god my Disco sits home during the week. We get about 11 mpg its gets driven like Porsche Cayenne in my family.

 

If you're mechanically inclined, you can replace all the U-joints in your propshaft for less than $60 on a Saturday afternoon. Problem solved.

 

Either way you choose to go it has to done. You can attempt the rebuild or purchase a aftermarket drive shaft. If you take off the ny-lock nuts you have to replace them.

 

I realize that this is a thread about fuel mileage so sorry for hijacking my own thread but - I took a look at the front driveshaft after they took it out. It was on it's LAST legs - I can't imagine what would have happened. Quite simply just don't ask questions - if it's never been replaced consider yourself lucky and either replace it or upgrade/refurbish it.

Just do it.

 

You dodged a bullet, and left Cedric to find another truck to extract his boat payment from....

 

For the record, I drove across the country at 65mph and averaged 18mpg.
If you try and drive 75-80mph all the time you save on the road will be eaten up by pumping more gas.
Not to mention the increased cost of the trip.

 

I got 17mpg in the 110 but I was only doing 55 mph

Want good mileage get a Prius. Want to enjoy life no matter what the road looks like or where it takes you? Get a Land Rover.

 

Haha, exactly!

 

Bumping this rather than start a new thread.

I now have two 1999 Disco's and have been doing a bit of research on the fuel mileage thing. Am I reading it correctly (on US Gov't website + plenty of other private sector sites) that the newer Disco's get WORSE fuel mileage than the older ones?

I'm seeing a 1999 gets better MPG's than a 2004?? Is that possible? Is it because LR just threw electronics, weight and crap into the newer ones vs. the older ones are lighter and leaner or is it an engine & gearing thing?

Thx