06x17 & 06x18 - Land Rover Discovery TDI (Part 1 & 2)

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Welcome to Wheeler
Dealers the show that loves to

take classic motors that
are on the way to the scrappy

We pulled a handbrake up turn them round
and we make them fit for the road once more

I hunt down the cars and I get
busy with the spanners and then

we sell them on and fingers
crossed we'll make a profit this

Time I'm on the hunt for a
college just like my head.

It's big. It's British
and it likes to get dirty.

The Land Rover discovery
one of the great unsung

British motoring heroes
a rugged off-road worker

And practical seven-seat
family transport.

It's been a huge success
since its launch in 1989.

There's thousands on the road
and they're cheap to buy and run

So how am I gonna turn this into a
money-making Wheeler-dealer machine?

Well original disco expedition
vehicles rough tough and ready for

anything the world can throw
at them go for 10 grand or more I

Reckon I can rub a bit
of that expedition magic

onto a standard car buy
the spare parts wisely

Finding Indiana Jones
type who wants a specked

up off-roader and we
could be in the money

We've got five grand to
spend so let's start the search.

What math is a solid foundation
to start this expedition car

So I've decided to go for the more
classic shape the series one now

They did those in either petrol or
diesel form if it was petrol the old v8

I'll be forever at the
pumps filling out with

jungle juice. So I've decided
to hunt down a diesel.

You know what didn't take
long to find a 1995 in green


which is better for me

and it's the two and
a half litre turbo diesel

So I'm gonna give him a ring and
see what they say on the phone

I get a good vibe about this
car from the owner a young

woman. It sounds like a
well looked after family motor

So I'm off to Oxfordshire
to view straightaway

could it be I've hit gold
with my first phone call.

If I'm gonna build an
expedition motor with it what

we need is a solid basis
start from and preferably

one That's not automatic
one. That's a manual

So I'm on my way to go
and see a 95 M in green two

and a half litre diesel
manual fingers crossed.

The

British countryside almost a perfect place
to find your rough-Dee-toughty off-roader.

Look at that. It's almost in countryside
green as well. What a charming old car

It's got a bit Chelsea
track row about it

though, isn't it? Well,
let's meet the owner.

Louise Hi.

Discovery looks great.
Yeah, very well and who's this

little one. This is Oliver.
Okay. Well, this is car

All right to have a look around. Yes.
Hope yourself super looks lovely this car

Have you used it mainly on the road? Yes,
primarily on the road. No off-road stuff

No, no, not for me. You mind if I
have a look underneath help yourself.

Underneath here I'm checking
to see it's not been over any

Rocks or boulders or driven over
there any logs and caused dent

or damage on the chassis and it
all looks good and that there's no

Leaks or drips and this
one's spot-on. That's

good. Let's have a
look under the engine.

Yeah, I like the color as well it's sort of

Countryside green now it's
been years since I've been

under the bonnet on one of
these so let's find the lever.

Wow, there is Louise.
Could you just turn it over for me?

It does sound like an
old cement mixer, but

that's the point about
these they're durable

They're reliable and if you
look after them, well, it just

keep going on forever, but no
signs of accident damage spot-on.

k*ll the engine Louise before I die.

I've heard the engine
runs. All right, but I

just need to drive it
really make sure it drives

Okay, of course. Do you mind me going off?
No, no, no, no, that's fine

I'll just be a few minutes
and when I return

hopefully we can put a
deal together. Okay. All right.

I Forgotten just our pedestrian
at two and a half litre. I remember

discovery is it's been a while
since I've driven one of these. I.

Mean you've got that lofty
drive position you can see

over the countryside
survey all that's in front of you

I kind of like them and I like
the fact that people bought these.

But at thousands and I
can see why they're practical

they're huge inside and
they're pretty bulletproof.

Car is I simply be throwing
pizzas at the steering wheel just

to make it go in a straight
line the steering's very vague

And it wanders all over the
road, but whatever it is Nothing's

too hard for my head Come
on girl. You can do it. Hey.

I like this car. I've made my mind up

I do want it now the
owner has advertised it for


like I know that there's plenty

of these out there for sale
and they're very negotiable

So I'm just gonna go back make
her a nice honest bid of around


crossed I get the car of our dreams.

What can I say.

Slow.

Ponderous and I can
understand why it's difficult to

park because the steering's
it was never built for speed

It was never built.
It's very vague to drive

is that I mean it
wanders all over the road

But you know, it's an old car as you said,
yes, so you advertise it for how much.


ono after it which is

all near off. Yeah, so
with a near offer be.

somewhere like 1400 pounds.


I'll give you I'll give you.


been cheeky enough to

bring around the cash.
So I'll give you go on 1450.





Hold out your end. You got
yourself a deal. Well done.

Excellent. Thank you. Thank you.
There's your money. Thank you.

Well, I have to say it there tonight,
you know, I'm over the moon.


what a steal this car all in this motor

for 1500 pounds that to me
seems like for nothing now

I reckon that I've left
a load of money in a

pot so we can do some
really exciting things.

It's going fine There's only one
thing bothering me and that's when

I'm on straight bits of
road like this quite fast

B road that I'm on the steering.
It's so vague even in a straight line

Whoa, the way she goes and you can
put huge great big steering inputs in look

I'm doing that and we're
still going in the straight line.

I Reckon that it's gonna be
something simple because there

was no power steering fluid
underneath. There was no leaks

So I'm just hoping tire pressures or a
bent track rod arm, but whatever it is

Let's hope it's an easy fix red.

We're back in the net how are you son?
I'm okay

But um, you have got
some really exciting

cars in the past. But
what's all this about?

Why have you bought one of these.

It's a Land Rover Discovery. It's as.

Englishes tea in the afternoon
crumpets on the lawn that kind of thing

Well, I'm hoping you've
got a really cunning plan

how we're gonna make
some money on this thing

No, I am. Yeah, of course
I am I'm thinking we turn

our Land Rover Discovery
into an expedition vehicle

Okay, so Paris Dakar g4 camel
traffic that can be go you got it

So I want to dress this
car up to look like a proper.

Proper off-roader a
snorkel up the sides and big

off-roady wheels and
tires. It'd be fantastic

No, it's now beginning
to make a bit more sense.

But it's also sounding
quite a bit more expensive

How are we gonna make
some money? Well, don't worry

about that because I got the car at the
right price I only give 1500 pounds for it

Okay, but of course
it's gonna have to be a

hundred percent if we're
gonna go down that route

So obviously you've checked
underneath the chassis.

Okay, there's no rust
the engine sweet. Yeah

Yeah, no, I'm that cool.
Sorry a bit now money winding

you up. Yeah, of course,
I've checked underneath

It's got a nice clean
chassis. The undercarriage is

good on this one. The
engines good. It's 2.5 diesel unit

It's not the fastest thing in the
world, but it will get you there.

Eventually, but there are a few
problems look inside. Look at this.

As you see there's a bit
of play there and steerable

and as you drive the car
in a sort of straight line

It's a bit of a challenge
to keep it in a straight line

You're always steering
to go straight now Land

Rovers are notorious for
vague steering on the road

But it could be something
really complicated

Like maybe a new steering
box or could be something

nice and easy like
dodgy old tire pressure

So fingers crossed is it's
gonna be easy and by the time

we get this finished Ed,
it's gonna be something else

I know it's gonna be
something else and I

know that I can turn
us a few quid on this car

I've got a really good
feeling about you. You

know, why why is that?
What's it say there?

Yes, and you know what that stands for?

Edward special.

Make it special ed. I will do So Ed's
enthusiastic about my expedition idea

I can't wait to start sourcing
all those off-road parts

and Ed's gonna dive
in and sort out that

steering problem I
just hope it's a quick fix.

Welcome back to Wheeler dealers
where we buy restore and sell

on classic cars this time. I'm
on to something a bit different

I bought this Land Rover discovery for 1500
pounds, but it does have one big problem

The steering is very vague
and it wanders all over the road.

Me and Ed plan to turn it into a rough tough
expedition vehicle underbody protection

Ladders roof racks
snorkel air intake the lot.

This will be a real boys
toys motor over to you Ed.

It's a pretty cool idea turning
our discovery into an expedition

vehicle because then we can
go where the whim takes us

But at the moment this
vehicle is taking us where

it wants to go because
the steering is so vague.

I'm hoping we're gonna get off
lightly with something nice and

simple like uneven tire pressures.
So that is where I'm gonna start.

The trouble with four by
four is that they're fitted

with these big off-road
tires with tall side walls

Which means there's a big space
between the wheel and the road itself

Which means there's a
natural kind of tendency

for them to wander
around a little bit

And of course that's exacerbated
when those tires are actually

got less air in them because of
course they go even more floppy

So I'm gonna just check to see
what we've got in each of the wheels.

and of course.

Thankfully the manufacturers
normally I'd have a little notification

inside the car or in fact in
the manual and here it says.



There we go. Pretty much
bang on the money there.

So now I don't have to
check the other wheels.

All the tire presses are actually
okay, which you think is good news

but actually it means it's
quite bad news because

It's gonna be something
more expensive and more

time-consuming to fix and
I still don't know what it is

So the next thing I'm
gonna get Paul to wobble the

steering for us inside the
car while I get underneath

And have a look at
all those steering joints.

Okay now go on then Paul give it some.

So you can see what Paul's
now moving the steering,

you know quite rapidly
there just so I can actually see

What's going on underneath
here and we've got the car on the

ground so that the wheels are
under some kind of resistance

Which means then any
slack in the board roads

will be apparent now
the one I can see just here

It seems to be fine. So now just
follow that rod all the way along.

Over to here and you can see that there's
no movement there either which is great

There's another rod on the back and
I can see there's nothing wrong there.

Another one there and that's
all good too, which is fantastic.

And it looks like the dampers
are working. Probably there's no

leakage there either
so I imagine that's in

pretty good Nick So
now the last thing really.

Is the steering box itself
and there's no slack on

the actual arm onto the
box, which is often a case

But I don't know that
doesn't look quite right.

Maybe we should try something else.
Okay, Paul, would you want to fire it up?

I've done a full diagnosis
of the steering and I

think I know the problem
the power steering box inside

There are two shafts and cogs
over the years these metal parts were.

Obviously, I can't see any damage from
the outside but inside that metal casing.

There is definitely some
where because there is way too

much play between the
steering wheel and the wheels.

I'm straight on the phone to
Mike because this is bad news.

The power steering box is
probably the most expensive

part of the steering to fix
and it's not easy to get to

It's past it and I need a replacement I
don't know how long it's gonna take Mike to

sort this out whether
he's gonna get a new

one Maybe or get away
with a recondition one

But either way I'm gonna have
to take the existing one off the car

Which means I have to
get my hands even dirtier

and it's gonna be
wasting even more time.

The powered steering box
sits right in the depths of the

engine bay first, I've got to
disconnect what I can from above.

I.

Managed to undo the hydraulic pipes
to go into the top of the steering box

Also, I've undone the two bolts that
hold the universal joint onto both shafts

So now I need to undo everything
from underneath of the vehicle.

I'm breaking the taper of the
ball joints with a pair of hammers

Then I've got to loosen
the bolts which hold the

steering box firmly in
place onto the chassis.

I Well, everything's now undone.

So all I have to do is
basically pull it off from the car

But of course the uj is
still holding on to the shaft

that goes into the steering
and also to the steering box

So that's gonna have to be
loosened as I go. But this thing

is a big lump of iron So it's
gonna be a bit of a struggle.

It's so much easier to do this with a
ramp or pit it is a little time consuming

But I'm saving myself
a hundred and forty

pounds in labor by
getting my own hands dirty.

Heavy enough. Well,
this is out of the car.

Now. Let's hope Mike can
come up with the goods.

Well, it seems Mike has
come good. We have a brand

new at least reconditioned
steering box in here.

Didn't take you long to find
it as it turns out which is nice

still ridiculously heavy.
There's a lot of metal in there.

right now.

Let's have a look. So
everything should be present

and correct. So we've
got our splines there

For our universal joint and then we've got
the bolt holes that go onto the chassis.

It's all looking very good actually
and even got a little couple of

dust covers as well
to stop stuff getting into

the hydraulic part So
let's get it onto the car.

Here we go.

Well, it's in position.

What I'm gonna try and do now
is just work the universal joint.

Over the steering box itself.
I actually slid it all the way up

Steering shaft itself.
So at least I've got a

chance where it's on.
So that's that. So now.

I'm just trying to get a bolt in if I can.

The refurbished power
steering box cost a hundred and

sixty seven pounds money.
We didn't want to be spending.

I'm not doing them up all the way
because I want to be able to move around.

The steering box just to align the
holes that hold on to the chassis rail

But this just gives me a bit more chance
of getting into the right sort of place.

Because as I've probably
mentioned before it's quite a heavy.

If your budget won't stretch to
brand-new genuine parts or in fact

They're no longer available
and you've got a choice

between perhaps pattern
parts and recondition parts

I would always pump for
the recondition ones because

after all they were originally
made by the manufacturer

They were designed to fit
onto the vehicle in the right place

They've just been
reworked to give them a new

lease of life the pattern
parts on the other hand

Well, you know, they tried
to cut costs in various places

Which means they may not fit first
time and may need a bit of fettling.

Now the box is in I've got
to reattach all those other

components like the hydraulic pipes and
the ball joints It's quite physical stuff.

Next I need to drop the car
down tighten up the steering

coupling and for the last step
I need to fire up the engine.

Everything is now done up in
the engine bay so we can now start

filling the system with
transmission fluid or power steering.

It was all pretty much the same stuff.
The engines running pulls inside the cab

He's gonna turn it from
lock to lock to make sure

all the air is replaced
with fluid in the system

And we should actually hear
a change of note in the pump

Once all that's right and the
fluids right and then once there's

everything settled I can then
just top up to the right level.

The steering won't be powered
without the hydraulic fluid which

is pressurized by the pump
getting the right level is essential.

Okay, well I think
that is it k*ll the engine.

So after quite a struggle
we have now finally

finished replacing the
power steering box a job

I didn't actually have any
intention on doing at all. So

maybe now I can start on
the jobs. I actually want to do.

As far as I'm concerned an.

Expedition vehicle means you
can pretty much go wherever you

want to now whether that means
a riverbed a dirt track or even a

Mountainside there's
gonna be a fair bit more

Detritus and debris thrown
at the underside of the

car than it would normally
find in its everyday use.

So to that end and an effort
to make it look shiny and new

we're gonna be fitting all
this lovely shiny protection.

We've got a skid pan and a
couple of these little diff protectors

But that's not all if you can imagine
in Chelsea the worst kind of terrain.

It's like to see is gonna
be a speed bump or

perhaps even a tricky curb now where I
want to go This bump is gonna be in the way

So my first job is to
remove that now the center

section is dead easy
because it all unbolts

But this outer edge is a
bit more tricky because

this corner piece
which I want to keep the

top half The bottom
half is still part of that

So what I need to do is
actually cut it with a cutting

disc and then remove it
all in one go because this

Is attached to this part I can do
that once I've undone everything

But before I do the
cut, I'm just gonna Mark

it out with masking
tape and in that way

Hopefully it'll be a little bit
easier for me to see my line.

With the lower half of the
bumper cut away it's gonna

be much easier to drive
over all kinds of terrain.

Before I attach the skid plate, I'm going
to attach this which is a diff protector

It's very very simple just pops
onto into place and I just tighten it up.

Mounting brackets go onto the chassis and
then the protection panels bolt onto them.

You see as soon as we start to do the jobs
we set out to do the magic starts to happen

Just from bolting a few bits of beaters
on it already looks way more aggressive

In fact, it looks a lot more
like an expedition vehicle

Well, I'd actually go as far as to say
we're bolting profit onto our discovery.

Ed you're right not too bad sir.
What have you been up to?

I mean, where's my expedition
off-roader read last time

I give you this car It looked
the same as it does now

Patience Michael before we
can have some fun with us had

to make sure that our disco
is a hundred percent up to the

Job before we could do
any extreme off-roading.

I had to make sure that
steering was sorted out

So that's fixed now it isn't right.
So where's the fun stuff?

You know me roof rack
and all that malarkey. I have

fitted some of the expedition
stuff where down here

I'm gonna have a look down here.
You can see you've got this

Rock guard there and also got
some diff protectors either end as well

Now that looks like
it's the kind of thing

for the job, but where's
the other fun stuff?

You know that roof box
and the other bits and bolts

on as I said before
Patience Michael is on my list.

This 95 series 1 discovery
looks straight and I

thought its transformation
from Chelsea tractor to

competition vehicle would be painless But
our disco had other ideas a nasty surprise

was waiting deep
inside the engine bay

The steering was faulty and Ed had to
change the whole power steering box.

Problem solved it was time to
bolt on some off-road essentials

The front diff guard and
steering protector do the

business and give the
car a purposeful new look.

But there's still plenty
to do before we can

hopefully sell this car
on for around three grand.

So this is where the good stuff begins. I
want a roof rack. I want a rear door ladder

I want a snorkel up the side I want to
turn this into an expedition off-roader

And if we can keep the
parts prices down then I

know we could be in the
money when Ed's finished.

When you go on an expedition
you're bound to need loads of kit

But unfortunately a
discovery doesn't have a

lot of room inside when it's full of people
So what you need is a really manly roof

rack now when you've
got one of these things

You can put as much kit
as you can possibly cram into

it, which is great, but
also it looks the part now

It's not particularly heavy,
but it is a little unwieldy

So as usual I'll be getting Paul
to give us a hand to get on the car.

The roof rack has been
specially designed for

this model of discovery
and costs 400 pounds

It fits onto the roof gutter
with eight mounting points

while Paul's here. He might
as well help me bolt it on.

The clamps hook under the gutter and then a
nut with the washer secures it to the rack.

It's a straightforward
job no drilling required.

Well, it was a big bit of kit,
but it went on nice and easily

So now we have a roof rack But
unless of course you're as tall as I am

you're gonna need
some way of loading it up.

You're gonna need a ladder now is actually
it should be quite a nice easy fit again

We do is just pop the
door open and you can see

this little bit here slides
over the gutter there

Into position and what
I'm gonna need to do is

take the number plate
off and bolt that in there

And also a bit more
drilling and bolting

there and there but
should be nice and easy.

I'm using masking tape to make
a quick and easy drilling template

I offer up the ladder and then
Mark the hole positions with a pen.

So now I'm ready to drill my holes.

I'm using an HSS or high-speed
steel drill bit and I'm carefully

drilling a pilot hole before stepping
up to the right clearance drill.

And the ladder is going
to be bolted into position

But of course, I can't
just put any old bolts in

here because I can't
get the nuts on the back.

So very cleverly in the kit
that comes with the ladder

I've got these little things called
rivnuts as the name suggests

They're rivet and they're
not all-in-one and the

idea is that basically put
onto this special machine

Which is a bit like a normal pop
rivet g*n and I pop it into the hole.

And we're gonna clamp it up

And that's what it's gonna do is it's
gonna crush this nut out of either side of

That bit of metal and of
course end up with a c*ptive

nut which of course then
this bolt can then tie up to

Tighten it up and everything's going to be
held in position very clever little thing.

I feel as though we're really
getting somewhere the mornings

work and we've made a big
impact on how the disco looks.

This is great, we've now got our roof
rack into position and our little ladder

So say you've got an expedition Sherpa
He'd be able to get all of your kit onto

the roof of the vehicle
now bearing in mind.

Discovery it hasn't got much room inside.
You can actually get seven people in there

So, of course, you're
gonna have seven people's

worth of kit and that
is an awful lot of stuff.

So it'd be good to test
that just to see quite

how much stuff we can
get on top of the roof rack.

about that much.

We're gonna fit some spotlights
to our vehicle and to do that

we're gonna fit this nice
stainless steel light bar now that

Attaches to the bumper
but this plastic bit of bumper

is in the way. So that's
gonna have to come off first.

Fitting The spotlights to a light
bar gives a good-looking and secure

Fixing and is much
easier than trying to find

a suitable position on
the existing bodywork

With the plastic bumper removed.
I can see the metal bumper beneath.

Carefully measuring the
position for my light mounting bar. I

then drill a pilot hole followed
by a larger clearance hole.

I will be refitting the
outer plastic bumper.

So I need to drill some
holes through back to.

So on with the plastic
bumper and then the metal bar.

A small light bar is much
safer for pedestrians in

the event of a crash
than the old-style bull bar

And when Mike eventually buys me some
spot lamps, I can bolt them straight on.

Well after quite some
struggle we now finally have

our light bar and I think
actually looks pretty good.

The Cool thing about an expedition
vehicle is you can go any way you like

It does mean of course
you can get in all kinds of

trouble which would make
things like these light clusters

Slightly vulnerable so
to protect them. We've

got these light cluster
protectors very simple

They stick on on one side and a
little riven up on the other dead easy.

The light cluster protectors cost 48
pounds. We are bolting on the money

But I think they'll really help
when it comes time to sell the disco.

So now all of our lives
are protected from whatever

we decide to throw at
them or drive through.

Awesome workshop. Look at this now.
I'm after two things for our car

I'm after a snorkel that make it
breathe a bit more easier in deep water

And I'm also after some
lamps just in case me

and Eddy's have to go
off-roading late at night

I'm gonna see where I'm
going looking for the governor.

This looks like him here. Are
you Andrew indeed? Yeah Lovely.

I'm off for a couple of
bits for my car. I've got

my credit card on me.
Yeah, let's buy some parts

Go and have a look.
Well, this looks like the

right Department now what
I need is some spot lamp

So what do I want
something like this up here?

Well, I reckon you're probably looking for
something probably not so much up there

But down here purely
because they're ideally

suited to go on the bumper
of a vehicle low down.

Fantastic now they come in at


I'm doing 42 quid for
the pair. That's right. You

have to get both of
them. Yeah. All right good.

Not each finger and a snorkel.
Would it be something like this?

Yeah, that one actually
is for a discovery very very

strong robust and looks
the part on the vehicle.


know I thought you just said for a laugh?


I have to be serious at the same really

Yeah, well, you've Robbie blind.
Let's go and cough up. Well done.

Right Mike there's your lights
and you snorkel so you have

a great time and go and
have a dirty weekend. I will do.

Got these lovely new spot
lamps from Mike and of course

they're gonna sit here and
here on our nice new light bar

Of course, I'm gonna have to put
them in position then do a spot of wiring.

First things first. I'm
roughly fit in the spot lamp to

make sure the mounting
points are right, which they are.

Now the next thing I need to do is work
out the wiring so obviously I'm gonna need.

Some kind of power
feed I'm gonna need an

earth now the power is
gonna come from a relay.

But we're gonna have the
earth could potentially go

onto this metal bar because
of course that's bolted

To the bumper which is
bolted in turn to the chassis

So what I'm gonna do
is I'm actually gonna wire

each of the spot lumps
to this bar for earth

Which is nice as you say to
be wiring the rest of the car

And then of course the
feed for the power is gonna

have to go off to the
relay somewhere in the car.

There are two terminals
on a battery positive and

negative and in any
electrical circuit on a car

The load is connected between
them on a negative earth car

The minus terminal is
connected to the car's chassis

and the plus or positive
is routed to the fuse box.

Now now done the earth. So I'm now
looking at the positive side of the circuit

So I've done I've turned the
lights on and put it onto high beam

So I'm now and also pulled
off the connector that goes

onto the back of the light
bulb on this side this side

For that 12 volts.
So that is this terminal here, which is

The blue wire with the red
tracer the reason I need to find

that is because I actually want
to turn these lights on and off

With the high beam so rather than
having a switch in the dashboard

Which means running wires
into there drilling a hole that

kind of stuff I'm just gonna
simply use the high beam

But the cars already got
so what I'm gonna do is I'm

gonna take a signal off
that to actually switch a relay

If you look very very
closely you can see on that

There's a little diagram and if you
can imagine a relay just really like an

Automated way of turning a switch on and
off so you can see the little wire there

This is well that diagram there Which
means your switch and a little square blob

there is basically an
electromagnet that you energize

With a smaller signal so you can
actually turn on a big powerful thing

Like headlights or whatever
spotlights with a small amount of current

there and then it takes
the big current directly

from the battery or
from the power supply.

I'm going to run a high current
wire from the battery to the

switch side of the relay and
then from the relay to the spot

Lamps these will be operated
when the main beam takeoff. I

found earlier energizes the
low current side of the relay.

First I'm attaching the relay
to the engine bay and I'm going

to use the mounting screw to connect
the earth for the relay to the chassis.

So when I flick the main beam
the relay will be energized and

will allow the current to flow through
the high current wire to the spots.

So now with the earth
in place and the relay in

place what I should be
able to do is take a wire

Connect it on to the other
side of the low current part

of the relay and then it's
up to the positive battery.

You get that little click that
means the relay is working

When we have a positive
feed to the other side of the relay

So now what I need to
do is connect that positive

feed up to a little signal
wire from the high beam.

I'm using a wire stripper to
split the wires insulation so I

can get the power from my
spotlights from the high beam feed.

Then I'm soldering my new wire to it.

A bit of insulation tape protects it.

So I can now connect
the takeoff from the high

beam wire to the low
current side of the relay.

And what I should be
able to do now is I can

if I pull the high beams on we should
hear that Relay click so I'll just do that.

Brilliant so that means that works nicely

So the next thing I have to do is
connect the high current relay side

One side has to go through
a fuse to the battery very

important have a bit of
extra protection in there

And then the other side of the relay then
goes down to the spotlights themselves.

I needed to check the
operation of the lights as I

went so I didn't disconnect
the battery to do this job

If I was fitting a new starter motor
or another major electrical part

Then of course I would
have disconnected it if

you're in any doubt always
go for the safest option

At last I crimp on the
connectors, which will

attach to the spot lamps,
and I'm pretty much done.

They're looking pretty
cool, let's see if they work.

Okay, Paul turn them on Wow there
we go well at least if we find ourselves

doing nighttime when it
was we won't be in the dark.

And said let there be
lights and there was light

But there's still a lot
to do before we can

head towards the muddy
stuff in aspect up disco.

Join us after the break
to see if we can finish the

jobs and turn a profit on
this classic mug plugger.

I bought this discovery for


then it's been working hard to turn
this 4x4 into a real expedition vehicle.

We've added lots of goodies roof
rack ladder light cards and spot lamps

But there's still one big
job to tackle and hasn't got

time to take a breath because
now it's on with the snorkel.

Now our plan is to be able
to take our expedition vehicle

anywhere. We want to we've
protected all those vulnerable areas

We've actually got a whole
load more stowage space, and

we should better see a
little bit better in the dark

But what if we wanted to go through a river
we would need one of these it's a snorkel

it means that the engine hopefully we had
a breathe even if we're in deep water a.

Snorkel is an extension for the
air intake giving it extra height.

So whether the dust
clouds or water level

is high the engine
can still breathe easily.

To guide me where to fit
the snorkel they've included a

paper template so I can get
my holes in the right place.

I've offered this
template up to our snorkel

I've actually put little bits of tape
over here and then punctured the

holes on exactly where everything
is going because it is utterly critical

This is right now. Happy
that it fits onto the snorkel.

I'm now going to just try
it on the bodywork itself.

So now we've got a little
reference Mark at the end here.

It is really important that
I get this in the right place

because I've got to drill a
huge great hole in the wing

Here and if I get it in the wrong place,
I guess I'd have to buy another wing.

This black air box is the
reason I need to drill a hole

Because the snorkel air intake needs to
feed through the wing and directly into it.

I'm removing it and this inner
wing section for now so we

can see exactly what we're
up against with the drilling.

Okay, well we're now here
at the point of no return I've

measured and I've re-measured
and I've re-measured one more time

So now once I've drilled
the holes, whatever happens

We're gonna have to bolt a snorkel on just
to cover up all the damage in the wing.

Oh.

Well, there we go.

We now have a hole in the side of our car.

For the next stage I need to drill
out all those pilot holes I did using a

step drill now as you can see
as the name suggests each

Step is actually two millimeters
bigger than the one before that

So what I can do is I can
kind of just keep going down.

Opening up the hole and
I put a bit of tape on the

level I want to stop at
which is 16 millimeters

And the reason the hole has
to be so big is because there's

gonna be little studs pushed
into the holes that are actually in

The snorkel it means when
we can kind of maneuver it

into position and it'd be
plenty of room. So here goes.

Holes are drilled and deburred
and I have to say it looks pretty good

So I can't really wait.
I want to just see if

our snorkel is gonna fit.
Let's have a look. Oh Yes, I.

Tighten a few nuts and
the snorkel is secure

now my attention
turns to the engine bay.

Because of our new
snorkel before I can actually

put this air box back into the engine
bay I need to do a few modifications

Now originally the air
used to come in through

a hole in the wing
go through this tube

Through the air filter out the
other side into the engine bay

But now this snorkel is
going to come into this part

So I need to put a new hole
effectively on this side of the air box

But then of course I need to plug this
hole up the little plug that goes in there

Then I need to cut off
these little brackets here

So we can fit a new
bracket which is actually

going to physically
move it in the engine bay

And then there are some drain
holes at the bottom of the air box

Which I need to fill up
with some silicon of course

to stop any more water
getting in because otherwise

That would defeat the
object of the exercise.

First I'm grinding back the fins to give
me a flat surface for the new pipe flange.

There's a lot to get
done, but it's all easily

doable stuff if you've
got the right tools.

I guess I've saved a couple of hundred
quid in labor by doing this myself.

I Eventually the box is
ready to be bolted back into

the engine bay and
connected to the new snorkel.

So there we go everything is
now watertight. It's all connected

up to our snorkel. So that's
everything finished under the bonnet.

Of course there is one
last finishing touch the

top of our snorkel. Let's pop it onto
here like so Tighten up that jubilee clip.

Well at least now if we go
through anything worse than a

deep puddle orange you won't
be trying to breathe in water.

Finally the transformation is complete
and our expedition off-roader is finished.

But she won't be looking
clean and tidy like this

for long because I can't
wait to get good and dirty

Testing all those off-road extras
and fitted to this fantastic 4x4.

Things Started badly when Ed
had to mend the power steering box

But we were soon back on the
straight and narrow as he bolted on

that underside protection so we
could tackle those rocky roads.

next came that huge roof rack
capable of taking loads of luggage on

a trip to far-flung places and fitting
the ladder meant access was easy to

To light up the night Ed fitted
these dazzling front spotlights and

made sure the light clusters
stayed safe behind protective covers.

Last was the snorkel an essential
piece of kit for driving through water.

So how much did we spend on the disco.

Well, the basic car
was a bargain at fifteen

hundred pounds. The
refurbished steering box was.



underside protection came
in at a hundred and thirty.

The roof rack and ladder
were a whopping five hundred

pounds. The spot lamps
and light protectors were


air intake was a weighty.





Wow, you're right Ed. I am indeed.
Look at this top work again, son

Eh, I'll give you a boring old
Land Rover Discovery and look

what you give me back. Something
that's really special. Well done

Well cheers. Discos are such great cars
to work on the parts are readily available

There's loads of access and
we do all that work, you know,

it's gonna be well worth
it. This is one rugged motor

I'm actually very pleased with it mate.
It looks the part

So why don't we see if this bad boy can
cut his teeth when the going gets tough?

All right. Well, I say let's off-road.

So it comes on the table
what you've done to this car

is remarkable because you've
given it bags more appeal

I mean, it's more practical.
It can do more and doesn't it look the part

It does look fantastic and I've sorted
out all the mechanical basics, too

So this car is gonna go
on for many more years to

come. Well, I hope it
carries on this very steep hill

Look at that. I mean,
you'd never tackle this on a

day-to-day basis with Jeff.
No, well, maybe not in Chelsea.

We're conquering the
world I love this car.

This is what I call the tippy bridge

So you're just gonna drive
up to the tippy bridge very

very slowly and we're
just gonna get to a

pivoting point It's
quite dramatic, isn't it?

It's a little bit intimidating to
be honest. There's your tipping

point. Well done you. Tips down
and away we go down the other side.

Now Ed, we need to think about
selling our disco. Yeah, that's

true. Okay. So what kind of money
do you reckon we're gonna go for?


that's a fair price for a car

that will basically go
anywhere. That is very true

I hope you pull it off.
But before we do sell

it, it's a bit more fun,
don't you reckon?

Here we go There are plenty of
websites specializing in four-by-fours

and I advertise our discovery
on as many as I can find

I had a few calls from
people looking for a fun

Practical off-roader, but our
car's a bit more serious than that

The first call was from this guy
though called Gareth who's hot to trot

He's come down and he
wants a vehicle for his adventure

business and our discovery don't
get more adventurous, does it?

So hopefully with this one
the money's already in the bag.

Right then Gareth, what do you
reckon? Well, to be honest, Mike,

I quite like it's got the roof
back rack that I'm looking for

It's got the tow bar electrics.

Yeah, it's pretty good. But what's it
like mechanically? Mechanically, it's fine

I mean to be honest with
you, it was a good car in

the first place. It drives
alright, it handles alright

Just one thing it had a typical
discovery trait, which is woolly steering

What I did is got my
genius mechanic Ed to

replace the steering
box in the car. Good stuff

So how much do you want
for it? Well, I advertised it

for a very reasonable three
thousand four hundred pound

Let's see three fours a lot. It's
a 15 year old car. Everyone's

hundred forty thousand miles
on the clock two and a half

Two and a half grand.
Yeah, why not? I'll give you

thirty percent off. No, I
won't. What about two seven?

No, I'm not gonna do it for two seven

I'll tell you what's gonna happen
here me you're gonna argue

Until we're blue in the face and I'll
sort of know where we're gonna end up.

I'll say you can have the
car three grand deal top

work. Good luck with viewing
your event business Cheers, right.

Okay, I'll hold my hands
up a profit of two hundred

and sixty nine quid
isn't our best ever result

But in today's four by four
second our market we did

Okay, and I'm proud of giving
this car a new lease of life off-road.

I'm really pleased with a
way our disco turned out

We took what was a standard
Land Rover discovery and we made

it much more fun much more
adventurous much more practical.

And we had some money along the way too

If you want to see some
more cars getting a wheelie

dealer treatment then
join us again soon. Salah.