Are used TD Discos any good?

Only know of one owner and his went bang when the timing belt let go, well under the rec change period. Expensive repairs resulting of course....its always a possibility with belts, but one should be able to rely on the rec periodic changes.

Gary

Manual or auto?? Manual boxes had some problems up to about 1996.
They don't generally have a good resale value and 7.5K seems a tad high, but if it's in good condition it may well be worth it. Check for rust at the bottom of the front guards behind the wheels.

190k over 11 years is less than average, so it hasn't done too much work.

Cheers

I don't think much of the new discoes and I doubt they would improve with age like a bottle of red does.
Rather have the bottle of red!!!!

My 1996 300Tdi Auto was a good vehicle. Economical, powerful enough to pull a 1.5 tonne van, good in the dirt, not too bad in sand once the tyres were let down to proper pressures.Comfortable as well.
With a roof rack and shelf in the back I could carry everything for 3 humans and 2 kids OK.
The only real disaster was the heater core which is a big job to change being in behind the dash and aircon pipes.
Otherwise it was a good reliable vehicle.

The only real prob. in Perth is getting mechanics who want to work on something other than Toyotas, and that includes those employed by so called specialist LR repairers and the main stealers!

Hi Gary W, saw your posting earlier and not being sure, took the question over the Australian Landrover Owners Online forum and put the question out there.
Got some good replies but it would be better for your mate to put the questions he needs answers to, to the the forum himself.
It’s another great forum like this one but mainly aiming at LRs and he will find it at : - www.aulro.com
Regards

Gi day Gary,

I also actually own and drive a 1993 200 Tdi disco so have first hand knowledge of the beast in question.

The main things to took for are:
1. drivetrain backlash. This apprears as a clunk in the gearbox area. What happens is the gearbox mainshaft and transfer case input gear splines wear and eventaully strip due to lack of lubrication. The fix is to cross drill the input gear.
2. Grinding gearchanges. This is syncro wear in the gearbox. Slow smooth gearchanges are required and clean oil (ATF). You can usually still get another 100K at least before requiring a gearbox rebuild.
3. Body mount cracks. These only really show up on vehicles that have seen haevy duty offroading or overloading on outback trips.
4. Timing belt. On 200 Tdi's not really a problem if regulary changed. I do mine at 70K. The next model, 300 Tdi's did have have some early problems but all should have been sorted by now.

This list might sound scary but you will find the car no less realiable than any other 11 year old car, and the price of $7500 for a Tdi in Melbourne sounds good.

Cheers

John D