Hello I'm New and bought a '03 DiscoII
 

Hello i'm a new member,
FOund a 03 Disco II on Ebay, I'm driving it back to austin nxt weekend.

Hello to all and i guess i'll know all about the apparent 03-04 issues.
I've been reading about them and at least i'll know how to fix all of them.

Comments anyone?
Heres the link to the one i bought.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=120318539578

Thanks for being here all to help with my future questions.
I'll make an effort to document with pictures all the future repairs as detailed DIY's.

-Michael, Austin TX-

RE: Hello I'm New and bought a '03 DiscoII
 

Welcome to the forum :)

Good news first-03s are known for a horrible oil pump failure that will take out your engine. You do not fall in the VIN range so you're safe from that :D

Now the bad news (not too bad though) you need to have your front drive shaft rebuilt with greasable U joints. The factory non greasable ones can fail and take out your tranny.

Are you looking to do much off roading with it or all street driving?

RE: Hello I'm New and bought a '03 DiscoII
 

Thanks for checking the vin i hadn't been by the dealer yet to have that checked either.
You get a beer or something.
Yes i did read about the greasable ujoints thing, not sure yet on the off-roading quantity we'll see how much i like it.
I dropped a couple classes and felt i needed another car for some reason and always admired the quirkyness of the LR Discos and felt it was a reasonable gamble at that price. I'm about to do intake gasgets on a e39 540 (vally pan gasket) so i figure if my gear selector switch goes out i can swap that in no time.

Any DIY's on the rebuild of the front axels, i'll write one up if need be.