Started it up Sunday night, the first start up after touching so many components is always a little adrenaline rush for me. But had a misfire again in #4 but this time an electrical fault for injector.

Stuffed my ancient scope camera down there and found a broken wire 😭 so, off with the intake again haha.

I pumped about 6q of transmission fluid in so far. My tiny lazy person pump is so slow and abused.

I finished the DiscoMike maintenance list finally! His help lives on! I absolutely recommend anyone buying one of these to go through and pick away at that list, it's thorough and focused on the common failures of these pigs.

I also have been relocating my washer pump. All went perfect until I went to swap the lines around on the underside of the hood and the nozzles turned into dust 🤣 these nozzles are so expensive! Any recommendations on new ones? I saw someone say the p38 ones will work?

Also ordered airbox retainers. My lovely previous owner was using rubber bands and I think a hairtie hahahaa

But on to the intake removal again 🤣



Injector # 4 wire peeking up to say hi!

Any recommendations for new nozzles?

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I never heard of (or thought of) trying P38 nozzles. I confirm that P38 nozzles are way cheaper (at least the Britpart ones, which I’ve been using for 5 years now). For the D2 I ordered the D2 nozzles from England. They work great but as you say, aren’t cheap.

 

Try this.... it came from a recommendation on one of the Disco Facebook groups... the user commented better spray spread:

Dorman 47237 Universal Washer Nozzle Kit

 

I got a genuine washer nozzle for Betty as one was broken.
~23 GBP for one, yeah, a bit steep, but how many times You reckon You need to buy one?

 

If I remember correctly a LR4 and/or a Freelander 2 washer nozzle fits a D. It’s heated so you can solder in a connector from the heated windscreen connector.

 

I can confirm BMW E36 nozzles also fit and are significantly cheaper.

 

Ever since I brought home the 04 the wife has wanted one and I am happy to say that yesterday I flew up to Oakland CA to pick up her truck and drive it back. We now have his and hers Discos.

 

The dorman nozzles worked, thank you! I am very not proud of my relocation of washer bottle. I am absolutely not a fabricator haha

Drove it about 30 miles today, feels so good to have it back on road!

Had some scares when I started it, didn't realize one of the coils had become unplugged so I was missing on 4 cylinders. Smoked it first, then thought I might have mixed up the wires since I had it on and off so much to make THAT relocation work. Then traced it back to the plug. Whew!

I'm sucking in air into the coolant. I think I know what it is as I see some slight drooling.

Figured out the oil light at start up. One of the oil filter housing pipes needed to be tightened a little bit more. Since I have everything clean and dry, tiny leaks are super easy to see!

Installed the 2 extinct sightglasses, I love the transmission one so much, especially after not liking the prices for the d1 pan and stick I found.

Got the new booster and master installed and bled.

Power steering is being a pain. Replaced the power steering pump, cooler, pressure and return lines due to leaking and rust. Bled it in air, then using bleeder, then again with wheels on ground. But either new pump is bad or I'm missing something. So will look into that now.

Have been slowly coating frame and other under parts with rust encapsulation. It's a long slow job but relaxing.

This roof rack situation has been a nightmare so for the trip next week, using an Amazon special.

Added some dorky lights so the kids can have their purple on the outside as well as inside.

Need to practice using the CDL shifter. I don't want the first time to be in the sand 500 miles from home haha.

Any pointers on that?

Next on my punch list is clean it up and make sure the interior will pass my kids and partner's inspection haha.

One interesting thing of note, I finally ordered and installed my spare tire. At first I thought my poor old Chinese tire machine was broken as the shovel was struggling hard to break the bead.

THEN I SAW IT WAS A RUN FLAT! 🤣 Luckily me and this machine have a good relationship and was able to get it off with lube and big sticks (I have no arm strength haha). I did scratch some of the previous owner's black spray paint off the wheel a bit, oops!



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After having no light behind the climate control, I decided to fix it with extortionately expensive LR bulbs! I guess I could have gone down the LED route, but decided on the Atlantic British kit instead. The head came out more easily than expected with two butter knives to press in the tabs - A quick unhook of the connectors and it took all of 5 minutes to replace the bulbs! No problem re-hooking everything up and slotting back in.

 

How is that China bumper? Fitment? Strenght? I am hesitant to pay $1,500 for an ARB or $1,100 for a Goliath (including shipping and powder coating). I am not a heavy off-roader, just want to replace my cracked OEM bumper, maybe I install a winch later.