Good Info, and good point, The noise appeared after the engine replacement.

Thanks!

 

no you don’t just pull them out enough to get the bulb in or out
I did it last year

 

Thanks, good to know, otherwise the ARB would be a no-go. Otherwise, is there some wiggle room to install the bumper not too close that I can still get the headlights out?

 

no i don’t think there is room to take the lights completely out. However the bumper is held on by 4 bolts. It’s very easy to undo those bolts and slide bumper out

 

the arb bumper looks awesome.
But it does hang out quite a bit. Probably not the best for off-road
also there are no mounting areas for any hooks or shackles. You have to strap around the license plate area to get pulled out.
The winch is fully hidden in there. Which is awesome

 

I have an ARB from a 99 D2 on my 04 D2 & I can wiggle the entire headlight assembly out if needed.

 

Installed a new track rod. One of the easier things Ive done so far.

 

Two weeks ago I purchased a new to me Epsom Green 04' Discovery with a low mileage 98' P38 4.6 and gobs of recent maintenance from a forum member.

The PO recently did motor mounts, head gaskets, and changed all fluids as well as other odds and ins (new shocks, tires, etc, 180 thermo, rad, coolant lines etc..). The truck is great example of a super solid running project. Needs nothing major, but needs plenty of small stuff and polishing. It's a northern truck but is completely free of frame rot. Surface rust is common in some areas, but the frame has been coated numerous times and is in excellent condition. The body and paint are 8.5/10.

I picked it up in Chicago and drove it 600+ miles back home to Birmingham, AL. She drank no coolant or oil, coolant temps looked pristine, and overall it performed well. Since getting it home I have flushed the brake fluid, snuffed out a vacuum leak, and loosened up the CDL linkage enough to engage in high so far, still working on low range engagement. I had a tire shop align it and install a new drag link provided by the PO. Local LR specialty shop replaced both idler pulley's for me and inspected it. They're awesome folks that know their stuff and treat people well (The Auto Shop B'ham, AL 100% recommend). Yesterday I had a muffler shop replace the rusty mid muffler and fix an exhaust leak at the manifold. The smaller mid muffler They installed gives it a pleasant but quiet V8 rumble at idle.

Today I am working on hunting down a P1176 code (lean running condition probably caused by vacuum leak or bad maf?), and putting brackets on the IACV (currently it's just hanging by the hoses).

It needs trans cooler brackets (no brackets holding it in place currently!) and some other tidying up in the engine bay. The truck will be my daily for my short two mile daily commute and do some road trips and off roading as well.

I love these trucks because they're flawed and humanizing. When you figure out what they need and treat them well they're hard to beat. I have never appreciated owning cars that take abuse without consequence and lack character.

The only noise/ issue I have not identified is a subtle and non consistent tap (not a tick, less metallic sounding) that comes from under the car near the transmission/ transfer case. Only happens occasionally and when the truck is warm. Goes away at any RPM over idle. The sound is faint from the engine bay, it wouldn't be noticeable unless I pointed it out or you listened for quite a while. Any thoughts?

 

Wanted to apply a ceramic coating but alittle busy to do a full paint correction so I did not install a full cquartz coating and went with an easy wipe on ceramic coating by Adams polishes, great results

 

Damn that looks GOOD!!!! Did you clay bar it also?