Replacement or continue the suffering?
ZG: After having lockers in previous rigs, I really do appreciate them more now that I'm not locked. ARBs front and rear are on my list of to-do whichever direction I head. Momentum also can break more things. That day was really more of a test run.
Coors: I'm not sure which hill in specific there was question to. The rock face - no. The first hill in the vid, yes, but on the left, easy path instead of the middle.
Awesome to hear that you can find a 2004 without sunroof(s).
Do the trucks out of the salt belt get corrosion on wiring in Rovers or is this only a New England thing? I'm wondering how terrible a wiring harness swap would be on one of these trucks.
Dave
Coors: I'm not sure which hill in specific there was question to. The rock face - no. The first hill in the vid, yes, but on the left, easy path instead of the middle.
Awesome to hear that you can find a 2004 without sunroof(s).
Do the trucks out of the salt belt get corrosion on wiring in Rovers or is this only a New England thing? I'm wondering how terrible a wiring harness swap would be on one of these trucks.
Dave
Go with Ashcrofts.
A wiring harness swap would be awful, and most of the corrosion happens at the connectors so you'd be better off replacing those.
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With that said however, it CAN still function on one axle and not the other -- it does it's best job it can. For example - in the ice and snow currently if I mash the brakes, the front abs is still functional, while the rear isn't due to my bad wheel sensor on the right.
Another tidbit -- When your truck is in low range - press the mode button on the trans and verify your electronics believe you're in low range - That also makes quite a big difference. If the high/low range sensor switch isn't working, it'll put it in and out of sport mode, instead of manual. I replaced my high-low sensor switch with a toggle in the cab. Now, I can flick it back to high range electronics wise and shut the truck off without having the system go into its fits about turning on already in that mode.
Dave
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And yep, that's where the majority of my wiring nonsense is -- in those blasted connectors they used to join all the wires.
Dave
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Sorry to dig up an older thread -- but I still do have a question.
The corrosion on the wiring (connectors mainly) that I suffered in my first Discovery2 -- Does that happen on a truck from the south?
I ended up dumping my truck for a nice low price. I got tired of chasing the electronics. The kicker for me was the sometimes working OBD2 port... When I can't run my scan tools to even find OUT what the next error is -- I'm done.
So, now I'm on the hunt for another one. In a perfect world, I'll find a 2004 without sunroof(s) completely rust free and a blown motor.
Dave
The corrosion on the wiring (connectors mainly) that I suffered in my first Discovery2 -- Does that happen on a truck from the south?
I ended up dumping my truck for a nice low price. I got tired of chasing the electronics. The kicker for me was the sometimes working OBD2 port... When I can't run my scan tools to even find OUT what the next error is -- I'm done.
So, now I'm on the hunt for another one. In a perfect world, I'll find a 2004 without sunroof(s) completely rust free and a blown motor.
Dave
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