Hello All, I am a new owner of a 2001 Discovery. I have a few questions that some of your maybe able to help me with. The vehicle is very clean with only 63,000 miles on it, but the problem is that none of the logs were stamped maintained. I was wondering what I should start with. The only problem that I see so far is the rear tail door will only open a quarter of the way. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You
-Christian

 

You might wantr to go back thru the Disco section and find a topic on Disco fluids, read the article I posted about a major service or in youe case a major service and a new used vehicle to bring up to standards.
As for the tail gate, sounds like your tail gate check stop, under the door is either bent or in need of a good cleaning and grease.
if you have any questions get back to me.
Mike

 

Mike, Thanks for the quick reply, is this what you are talking about

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.

-Christian

 

YUP, that is it and if you want to tal about it you can send me your tele number, I would be glad to call and talk to you about this.
Mike

 

How do you flush the power steering fluid? Thanks

 

Send me your tele number and a good time to call you, I'll be glad to walk you thru all that stuff.
Mike
mikeljacobs@comcast.net