Hello... have always wanted a Land Rover... found an older 99 discovery for a good price... Has 180k runs and drives nice... anything in particular i should watch out for?

 

Welcome!
Here is an pretty accurate list of what to look out for on a Disco 2... https://oppositelock.kinja.com/land-...nei-1470713897

• Common issues on the DII's:

  - Is it an 03? If it is check the VIN. Although now now days it's becoming less and less of a problem because the ones that were going to grenade, have.
  - Check coolant for gasket sealer (should be a milky color)
  - The V8 engines have a tendency to blow head gaskets due to the ****ty coolant that never gets changed (becomes corrosive after a while and literally eats the head gaskets) or if somebody overheats the all aluminum engine and warps the cylinder heads.
  - If the coolant is clear, check to see if the head gasket hasn't already been replaced and if it is you're good to go on that front.
  - Check the front prop shaft for greaseable nipples on the U-Joints. Here is what they should look like
  - If if the U-joints do not have nipples then that means that it needs to be rebuilt pronto ($120 roughly at your local shop that rebuilds prop shafts) as it is close to failing. The reason is that due to the proximity of the U-joints to the exhaust they dry out and fail after around 80/90k miles and sending the rest of the prop shaft into the transmission making a nice big hole.
  - 3 Amigos (TC, hill decent and ABS lights come on as yellow) This is a fault in your abs unit or a bad wheel hub sensor and all it means is that you loose TC or ABS (The truck will still stop though). The ABS unit is a very easy fix that takes about half a day and $120 in parts
  - Sagging air bags, check to make sure that the rear self leveling suspension air bags aren't cracked and leaking. It could also be possible that PO replaced the back with the coil sprung conversion (which makes life much easier).
  - Leaking sun roofs, what happens is that the plastic drain pipes become hard and brittle over time which leads to them breaking. Fix requires removing the headliner and going buck wild with JB Weld (much cheaper than replacement drains).
  - Speaking of head liners: Sagging head liner, it happens you have some choices on what to do. You can replace the head liner, reattach the fabric or just strip the fabric and foam off replacing it with bed liner spray (doesn't look to bad, it's what I did).
  - Chassis Rust, if you're living in a very cold area of the country make sure that the chassis hasn't rotted out due to all the salt (not common but can happen).
  - Various leaks, well it's a Land Rover and if it's not leaking then it's probably out of oil.
  - Not a problem, but Land Rovers run premium and with the permanent 4x4 they can be thirsty.
  
  

 

Congrats!! These things run like a top. Change the oil every 5 thousand and enjoy.

..You a AAA member?

 

Great trucks! seems like you have the model year with the diff lock option on the transfer case if you go off roaring much I would advise you to purchase the CDL kit so you can lock your transfer case makes the truck a lot more fun.. Good luck and congratulations on your purchase

 

Lol I have road side assistance after having a vr6 Jetta that broke down once a week I carry it on all my vehicles