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It takes a brave and well prepared man to drive a D2 cross country...especially one that you really don't know the history on.
Can't be worse than my '73 914 trip.... Battle Creek to Phoenix...
Although: I am a bit surprised I have not found the perfect "Disco II Emergency Tool Kit" on the forum yet... there is a great one for the LR3 posted.
I don't know why I thought things would be cheaper for the Disco than they are for my LR3... I can see I'm going to be getting the welder out for skid plates and the like... getting psyched poking around.
Can't be worse than my '73 914 trip.... Battle Creek to Phoenix...
Although: I am a bit surprised I have not found the perfect "Disco II Emergency Tool Kit" on the forum yet... there is a great one for the LR3 posted.
I don't know why I thought things would be cheaper for the Disco than they are for my LR3... I can see I'm going to be getting the welder out for skid plates and the like... getting psyched poking around.
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And, the D2 emergency tool kit is a trailer full of spare parts, you never know what's going to break next, lol.
@777AIA It is a 18 year old used truck,but if it runs well, has no cooling issues and no codes I would do it with question. You are doing hiway travel so you are not likely to be stranded for any length of time. Just take it easy for the 1st day or so and get a feel for her.
I had mine for 2 weeks and went on a two day camping trip to the middle of nowhere, with zero cell service at -10C. So maybe I am not the best one to reply
Thanks. Good list, and advise. But... I was hoping to do this kind of stuff AFTER I get it home. My hope is that it will do the drive with me just attacking all fluids first, and inspecting. Think I should ship it?
And @Juke179r, I have the diagnostics tool. Just need to bring it east.
If you decide to drive it, stop every hour religiously and check the coolant level. I had an overheat once 3 hrs in to a 5 hr drive, turns out I had a split hose and it pumped all the coolant out on the ground - no notification until the temp gauge was headed for the red. At normal cruise speed if there is enough coolant in the radiator to for the pump to circulate, it will not overheat in the winter. Once enough leaks out that the pump cavitates - it boils all coolant in the block in about 3 minutes.
I think I forgot to report on here that I made it with no major problems from Springfield, MA to Phoenix, AZ in under 3 days (arrived Feb 5th! - been a while). I did get way-laid by the three amigos in Armadillo, TX and had to replace the alternator... which luckily was available at a local AutoZone (or maybe it was the blue and yellow sign...lol). She now sits in the driveway waiting for me to be Covid ready... and I have boxes of parts to install all over the house. Uh-oh... those damn amigos.... night driving in TX! Grrrr
Thanks for the update! Always nice to hear how these things end up. I had to replace the alternator in my truck shortly after purchase too. It died while returning from one of our first outings and therefore the Landy did not endear itself to my wife (she’s starting to come round though). The kicker is that the previous owner had just replaced it, it was the newest, shiniest thing on the whole truck! One amazon order later and we were up and running.
