Looking at buying a 2000 or 2001 with HG problem cause it is cheap that way
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TReK
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Looking at buying a 2000 or 2001 with HG problem cause it is cheap that way
Guys,
Picked up my 2001 with a HG problem and it was still running.
Had a misfire on Cylinder #1.
I have went to look at a 2000 with 114,000 miles on it.
Would not start - no compression.
Driver kept driving it until it blew a hose and needed to be towed.
Had 12 codes in it and I could not start it.
So, I gave up on it - another buyer had arrived anyway.
Then I find another 2000 - with 84,000 miles on it supposedly.
Called the guy and he says - will not start - no compression on one side of the engine.
I don't want to tow it 150 miles.
Need something that has codes and is still moving.
Have you heard of HG failure whereas all the compression on one side of the engine was wiped out ???
Picked up my 2001 with a HG problem and it was still running.
Had a misfire on Cylinder #1.
I have went to look at a 2000 with 114,000 miles on it.
Would not start - no compression.
Driver kept driving it until it blew a hose and needed to be towed.
Had 12 codes in it and I could not start it.
So, I gave up on it - another buyer had arrived anyway.
Then I find another 2000 - with 84,000 miles on it supposedly.
Called the guy and he says - will not start - no compression on one side of the engine.
I don't want to tow it 150 miles.
Need something that has codes and is still moving.
Have you heard of HG failure whereas all the compression on one side of the engine was wiped out ???
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TReK
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Hi Tom,
Yeah, the first Disco 2 I looked at - it was so abused, the hood latch cable was inop.
There was no way to open the hood - save for breaking in from the front.
That alone scared me from buying it.
I could crank it - but it went slowly and then had a jump in cranking RPM on a certain cylinder.
Guess that one had no compression.
I have not seen the 2nd rover as it is about 150 miles away.
Guy says no compression on one side of the engine and there is no way it will start...
Can't afford or don't want to afford 150 mile tow job - so I guess forget it.
I wanted a 2nd D2 as my main D2 is running fine - for now. But who knows.
Yeah, the first Disco 2 I looked at - it was so abused, the hood latch cable was inop.
There was no way to open the hood - save for breaking in from the front.
That alone scared me from buying it.
I could crank it - but it went slowly and then had a jump in cranking RPM on a certain cylinder.
Guess that one had no compression.
I have not seen the 2nd rover as it is about 150 miles away.
Guy says no compression on one side of the engine and there is no way it will start...
Can't afford or don't want to afford 150 mile tow job - so I guess forget it.
I wanted a 2nd D2 as my main D2 is running fine - for now. But who knows.
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TReK
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Hi Savannah,
Yeah, that may work.
I forget that my D2 could haul a trailer with another D2.
Guy wants to get rid of it - that's for sure.
He seems to have a family as his cell phone has called me by mistake a few times after our initial contact.
That D2 Will not pass the wife test - she says it must be drivable...
My 2001 D2 I bought in Boulder had a few codes - Cyl #1 misfire and an O2 code.
And was drivable.
The girl that owned it would not drive with codes, period. And, that probably saved it.
I put Barr's leaks into it and drove it for a week with pressured up hoses
before I decided to tackle it.
One thinks of many excuses not to pull the heads.
But in the end - just dealing with it worked out.
Our 1997 D1 coded about a week ago and my scanner is locked up in storage.
Wife will not drive it with check engine on.
I did just buy an Autel Maxiscan MS509 and will see if that will pull the code tonite.
Seems she wants a Prius now and the 1997 D1 may be farewell.
Hummmm Well, then I should just keep the 1997 and the 2001 D2 and maybe then not chase another crippled D2.
I guess it depends on the code in our D1....
If the catalytic is gone - oh no.
Maybe then you have solved this dilemma.
Yeah, that may work.
I forget that my D2 could haul a trailer with another D2.
Guy wants to get rid of it - that's for sure.
He seems to have a family as his cell phone has called me by mistake a few times after our initial contact.
That D2 Will not pass the wife test - she says it must be drivable...
My 2001 D2 I bought in Boulder had a few codes - Cyl #1 misfire and an O2 code.
And was drivable.
The girl that owned it would not drive with codes, period. And, that probably saved it.
I put Barr's leaks into it and drove it for a week with pressured up hoses
before I decided to tackle it.
One thinks of many excuses not to pull the heads.
But in the end - just dealing with it worked out.
Our 1997 D1 coded about a week ago and my scanner is locked up in storage.
Wife will not drive it with check engine on.
I did just buy an Autel Maxiscan MS509 and will see if that will pull the code tonite.
Seems she wants a Prius now and the 1997 D1 may be farewell.
Hummmm Well, then I should just keep the 1997 and the 2001 D2 and maybe then not chase another crippled D2.
I guess it depends on the code in our D1....
If the catalytic is gone - oh no.
Maybe then you have solved this dilemma.
Rock Crawling
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How bout a Honda civic hybrid and rover, lol. They just balance each other out. My wife gets 43 MPG I get 12...on a good day, lol go figure, that's how marriage works. Excuse me guys I have to go ask my wife for gas money.
