You don't have to oven it but that makes it much easier to separate. Heat gun and gloves works as well if you're patient

 

Broke my rear wiper arm several months ago when upgrading my tire carrier so today I replaced it with the super cheap ebay rear arm/wiper combo DKC100890 and it seems to work! Pro tip: re-use your original wiper hose and spray nozzle.

 

Got my new upholstery covers for he front seats. Got the drivers seat pan done last night before bed. Hope to get the rest of the front done this weekend.

 

The rain finally stopped long enough for me to be able to finish cleaning the water pump gasket surface. Reassembly and in-line thermostat soon:

 

yes. but only for like 5 min. Just enough to loosen it up. Not long enough to melt anything important.

 

Looks like my rear sunroof is leaking, yeah?


Small puddle on the Weathertech cargo mat

 

I daily drive my 03’ DII. I’ve put about 10,000 miles on it in the past 18 months or so. I’ve gone anywhere and everywhere, hauling family, my dirtbike, towing racecars on occasion, you name it.

When I bought the truck from the previous owner I knew it was sitting a little low on the original suspension, but after the 10k miles I’ve put it on the suspension had finally given up the ghost. We’ll severed, 20 years and 130k miles.

I replaced the shocks and springs this past week with OEM replacement parts, and man am I happy with it. I added the D1 spring perch in the rear, and now my ride heigh is about 1.5 inches taller than on the old shocks and springs and the ride quality is totally restored. I was hesitate decided between the common 2 inch lift route and OE replacement stuff, but seeming as though I don’t need the ride height for any reason I’m super happy with the OE replacement. Springs weren’t cheap but I bought a set of KYB shocks from a forum member and my local independent shop charged me $546 in labor for the job, plus diagnosing and fixing a vacuum leak and exhaust leak.

Luckily my buddy at the shop let’s me bring my own parts which is rare, and I wouldn’t allow customers to do if I owned a shop! All in the full upgrade cost about $1100.

Next up I think it’ll be time for a steering damper, tie rode ends, and the other suspension bits and bobs that are looking tired.

In the meantime, I’m pumped to keep piling the miles on!

 

got any pics? What covers did you use?

 

try cleaning the drain tube underneath. It is a rubber hose near the trans, it can get plugged up and overfills. Or if the drains are broken you can epoxy them back together. If you pull down the headliner, you could fix the mesh pockets.

Run a hose in the sunroof tray and see where the water goes

 

I'll try underneath. The rear sunroof doesn't work so I don't think I can get access to the drains without dropping the headliner. Or can I? I'm just learning about Discos, but I very familiar with leaking sunroofs thanks to my 4Runner.