Pshh, get the hell out of here. Never in my life have I owned a vehicle that needed shocks/springs @ 115K miles. Never replaced or rebuilt a driveshaft on anything under 150K, & those were on 4x4s that actually got off-road use. Your trying to undermine my comment by labeling parts as "wear items" but to each their own opinion when or even if these items should actually need replacing. A D2 with 100K needs EVERYTHING replaced where most other makes are not even getting broken-in @ this mileage. The fact you had to scrap an entire system that came factory on your truck because you couldn't get it to work should speak volumes of your beloved D2. I think you have been brainwashed by the antichrist that is the D2. That or you just have way too much time on your hands and/or believe it's normal for all your parts & systems To be failing @ 100K miles.

 

I bought my disco because it had a complete maintenence history back to 2004... it had over 200,000 miles when I bought it. not once did it get hubs, any steering equipment, shocks, springs...any steering gear at all In fact, except for the front drive shaft rebuilt with greasable joints.

​​​​​no oil pump, no valvetrain work, no engine seals (although it does leak oil like I would expect from any pushrod v8 after as many miles).

Its showing its age, but not any worse than any other vehicle of similar engineering and mileage. I think you are just pissed off because you spent gobs of money on something instead of abandoning ship when you had the chance.

 

And the Sai worked perfectly on my vehicle before I removed it. I chunked it because It was in my way and the epa can kiss my ***.


​​​I'd also like to add that I've never had any experience with a land rover or any foreign vehicle outside of motorcycles and still find this suv to be relatively strait forward in its engineering despite the several minor, fixable quirks it had.

 

AND I've rebuilt plenty of drive shafts (aka new u-joints) on vehicles with less than 100,000 miles.

 

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I have owned Rovers for over 45 years, starting with a new 1963 series IIa, eventually another series IIa and later, a series III. Next, I had a Rover 3 litre sedan; much later, I had a 3500 sedan, several Rover 2000 sedans, and 2000TC sedans, and still more 3 litre sedans. Later, I had a 1995 Classic Range Rover all owned right here in the U.S.A. Now I have a 2004 Discovery; love it, though I have loved all my previously owned Rovers too.
Here is the best advice I can give to any potential Rover owner: ROVERS should be owned only by people who know what they are doing, when it comes to Rover mechanical work, and such owners should be willing and able to do all their own maintenance work, OR, they should be wealthy enough to have all such work hired out to people who know what they are doing when it comes to Rover maintenance work. If one doesn't heed this advice, they are in for a wealth of heartache and pain.

 

I was in your exact same situation about a year ago. I ended up with a 2004 Disco SE and love it to death. I am 18 and all throughout high school I saved up to buy it. However, a Land Rover is like no other car on the road. Maintenance will kick your butt if you are a lousy owner. Rovers need about as much attention as a newborn child. If you find a good one, your biggest expense will be gas, so it's important to not be impulsive when buying. I scored lucky and found a well kept 04' that was owned by a previous "land rover enthusiast". So far I have done all maintenance myself and have only experienced minor issues. Your biggest resource are these forums, I cant begin to tell you how much they have helped me so be sure to take advantage of it.

 

I just thought of a pretty good description for a disco 2. Essentially it's just a large jeep wrangler (and all that that implies regarding antiquated technology) but with 3 or four unnecessary computers added.

so you have all the problems associated with 50 year old engine and suspension designs, combined with the problems that computers introduce. Luckily, all the old timers have found ways to thwart the shortcomings of the old tech. So all you need to do is apply prior knowledge to the old tech, and out smart the computers at every point possible. Luckily there isn't a problem that hasn't already been addressed on a discovery 2, so there's an answer for everything.

 

some times i wonder if i should have bought a Pilot, or a toyota, or heck even that Lexus SUV with the V8 motor, new a family with one that had well over 200k miles on it and they said it was great. hhhmmm maybe next few SUV's on the list will be a G wagon or the porsche. lol gotta buy them while there old and cheap right

when i bought mine, it only leaked some engine oil due to fire stone stripping out the pan plug. fixed that and it was pretty dry leaving no spots on the floor. then i went ahead and changed out all the fluids in everything and then it started leaking from the transfer case, power steering some where, coolant(which i may be got resolved), the ACE system is dead. lol but hey, praying on 5 years of driving. so far its been 13 months. not my best, but not my worse purchase either. lol

 

Hmm, I wonder if we scared TheKyle away...

 

had a guy at a motorcycle shop ask me about the D2, i told him he better have lots of money and a good mechanic or lots of time and good with his own mechanic skills, i think he went ells were as well. I dont think i did to much reading on here before buying mine. like a lot of things iv bought, i only start doing a lot of research and reading after iv bought. wish i had found one without the ACE system. but so far so good anywho..