The Dark Wob

£700 for an Oz import, brilliant buy!

Not Ben

Looks damn tidy there.

Basic, boring but it seems reliable. Its remaining life is that of an abused donkey, sadly.

They’ve got a decent towing capacity those Discos. At least that generation weren’t as rot prone as the older ones.

Starter motor out, fuel pipes disconnected, engine mount disconnected and the engine supported on a trolley jack, now it’s ready to withdraw the pump when the special tool/puller arrives. Fuel pipe clips all chewed up so someone’s been here before. Not sure if to replace the short lengths of fuel hose (which look in good condition) or the pump, if it was the pump they must have chucked a secondhand one on there as it looks scruffy.

LR Apparently it was a bit wobbly when driven. Funnily enough I didn't take the job on of welding it up. That was a few years ago too! Buyer beware...

are galvanised chassis available for them yet?

That’s some serious grot. Very impressive for a relatively young vehicle and quite worrying to think there will be others limping along with rot like that hidden by plates and underseal.

I stripped and rebuilt the injector pump today. The seller of the repair kit was supposed to send the instructions to me via email. He didn’t. I didn’t want it sitting there in pieces for another week so I carefully stripped it and figured out where the seals went. Most of the old seals were really knackered and split with obvious signs of leaking so I’m confident this will solve the problem.
Decided to check the sensor in the side of the pump. The torx bolt heads on this were rounded off so someone had tried to open it (probably the previous owner who suggested this was where the diesel was leaking from) but given up as it’s difficult to get tools in in situ. Even in the vice they were tight and took some effort to crack off. This has a little gasket which was not too bad but there were three more seals there which were also comprehensively knackered, distorted and split so I’ve spent another tenner on new seals for that which unfortunately don’t come in the pump rebuild kit.
Still, for a few hours work it should save £300 against the cost of a recon pump, that’s even taking into account buying the tool to remove it.