New Project - Original Land Rover Discovery 200Tdi

[@Reaper4367]

and a 2 door to boot! What a score! Looking forward to viewing the progress on this old girl. Cheers for sharing.

[@noonehere1793]

It is great that you can turn wrenches as you will undoubtedly need to on this one. I know as I bought 2 Range Rover classics one after another, and the only car I have ever bought 2 of. I loved my ranges but they were very fiddley after 100,000 miles, luckily they were designed to actually be worked on rather than just buying new parts. My rear wiper packed it in on my first one, so I took it out thinking I would have to buy a new motor. On further inspection I found you could disassemble it, which I did. The grease in the gear housing had just gone off, so I repacked it and it worked good as new! Never give up!👍

[@Tasmaniablue]

Happy that you have found a good 200tdi. I had one until recently when the head gasket went. Sold it to my friend who will repair it and use it on his farm (I am in Tasmania). I took the head off to repair but found cracks between the valve seats. Impossible to find a new head . My friend will repair it and take a chance that the cracks cause no problems. Be aware that the clutch push rod will punch through the throw out arm usually at around 250000km (150000miles). Mine did that, engine out and fit an upgraded throw out arm. Did everything else while I was there so hope the head holds out. These vehicle have a bomb proof engine apart from head gaskets and are a great drive on and off road....enjoy!

[@andrewturner6642]

We bought a K reg. in about 1996 it was the best vehicle we have ever owned, my wife loved driving it, and the kids travel sickness was cured with the raised rear seats. We had many happy trips to Cornwall in it from Yorkshire and it never let us down. So jealous looking forward to seeing your progress.

[@dfishpool7052]

Hi Sophie, glad to hear that you want to keep/restore the vehicle to its original state. My first contact with a Disco was when I hired a very new 200tdi auto to pull a horse trailer. It proved to be a superb choice. I eventually bought a 2nd hand tdi300 and later 'upgraded' to a tdi5 and must admit that the extra power was appreciated in modern traffic. Both vehicles had done well over 100000 miles when I part exchanged them and I had very few issues or need to call out the recovery services more than a couple of times! Best of luck with the new job and new project.

[@1969Risky]

A friend of mine had the same model Disco. It used to do 560 miles on one tank. There's a ton of rust on it Sophie. I know most of it's surface rust but it proves that not many owners wash underneath to rid of the mud, salt & sand. Discos in Australia got mixed reviews when first introduced but I know you'll do a great job restoring. Keep a list of what you need & also try & see if you can find any of the optional extras for it online. Love your work ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏

[@briangreen6602]

I'm always amazed by the number of KZbinrs who start car projects and don't immediately jet wash the card to be able to assess it. Glad to see its your first step.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Awwww bless Sophie having your lunch in your dream motor 🤣🤩😍

[@GregPalmer2]

Good for you young lass,l didn't get my dream car till 5 years ago and in my senior years. Land rover county with a 4bd1 diesel motor and i just been raptor coated her in white. One young lad said your getting a bit on in years to be playing with landies😁😁😁😁

[@lancedaniels]

Thanks for posting and sharing. Glad to hear that you’ve gotten the car you were after.

[@teamces]

Agree 100% on keeping everything original. She's a beaut.

[@rafaeloreirorodriguez5278]

Way to go one of my favorites, that is also on my wish list . The only problem being a LR fan is where to keep them all .

[@Defender110SLO]

Hm Dusco 200tdi 3door. Owsome the only real Discovery for me. Cheers and hapy working on it. 🍷

[@kenwesters7834]

Looks like a fantastic project!! You are definitely the woman for the job!!!!

[@angelaclose4460]

Just drove 7000ks towing a camper trailer in Australia 300tdi disco not fast but now love and respect the car more than ever no problems at all

[@Nigel-nar53]

I'm sure you'll be loving the 200tdi. I had a couple of 300tdi's & they were great machines but I would say I made one major upgrade I made to them both was fitting a full width intercooler which I can tell you was well worth it. No more up & down through the gears & tons more pulling power. Good luck & have fun.... 👍

[@richardhunt1384]

I was gonna ask if there were ways of making them a bit more lively and less gutless when driving. Interesting a full width intercooler is a good upgrade. Do people/ owners swap out turbos for bigger ones??

[@gavhuddy]

You've found an absolutely cracking 200tdi there Sophie. All straight and unmolstered. I'm pretty jealous! The 200tdis are 👌 Not sure about the engine treatment you used to start, a small amount of 2 stroke works well on a TDI. They pretty much run on anything. Check your inner wings, all the sill rails, rear arches and rear valance behind the bumper for rot. You are already onto the boot floor 👍 Looking forward to seeing loads more

[@pawekmin8268]

I have four Discovery 1😍good choice very brave and useful car

[@hammyh1165]

Looking forward to watching this , while doing my own series 1 300tdi .

[@MiguelGarcia-go7tu]

Time for a hudge popcorn box. Sit and enjoy. Thank you, young lady from sunny Spain.

[@TheTomco11]

I'm looking at a very similar k reg, 3 door, same colour but no sunroof and 5 seats. Keep up the good work 👍

[@matimarcano1372]

I have to tell you to keep up the good work! I love watching your videos and seeing the progress. I love seeing young people taking on hands on projects like these. As a father of two daughters I especially like seeing you tackling this yourself and learning as you go along. I just watched your Q&A update video! Congrats on the apprenticeship and keep going. Looking forward to more progress videos. 😊

[@CASHO76]

I absolutely loved my V8 D1.. can’t wait to watch you get cracking..

[@nickthomas181]

Wishing you the very best!

[@EliasCY1]

Watching your video and missing my 300 tdi 1995. Looking foreword to your new project next videos. Finally no more works in the yard or the bathroom! Good luck Sophie ! You are amazing !

[@lookcreations]

My second Landy was a 200 tdi disco, 4 door. Had loads of fun until it blew the head gasket on the M1 northbound. That was a grim afternoon limping home. Enjoy your project Sophy.

[@TheMaccatakker69]

Looking forward to the project progressing. Thanks for sharing

[@MortifiedU]

Central locking, my rear wiper motor was shorting and stealing the power to the actuators. Only the drivers door would unlock, everything else was super locked ( Disco 2)..After ripping the dash out and checking all earth points I tapped on the wiper stem and bink, unlocked. Replaced the motor and working again. 👍🏻

[@d34nr2k8]

Love the discovery out of all the land rovers, my dad owned is first one when i was in primary school(im 28 just now) his first was a 200tdi aswell, then few years later he owned his first td5 but he hasnt owned one since due to mobility reasons. I am currently on my third disco, my first was a 2004 td5 and loved it but due to financial reasons it had to go. Eventually back on my feet i bought another td5 but was 2000 year and a little bit of a dog due to not being looked after previously so eventually became too expensive to get repaired and through an mot, this was soon replaced by my current vehicle which is a 56 plate disco 3 tdv6 which is good but you have to have deep pockets if things go wrong. All the best with the build though as you dont see many of these around and they bring back memories the old 200tdi 👍🏼

[@garethreece]

That's a lovely, honest looking early Disco 👍 . Few and far between now. If it's half as clean bodywise as it looks on the surface you've done bloody well there! Mate has a '93 Coniston Green 3dr and, while we polished it up nice for his wedding, the last MOT showed the underside was not so good 😢 Looking forward to a strip down video as my '94 Rangie is needing some love and I'm sure some of the common horror points will be transferable between the two! The 200TDi is pretty bombproof, got mine started first push of the button (it's now in Tilly my '67 109) after 4 years sitting idle. Swapped the fluids, some fresh diesel and a charged battery and she was off, sweet as a nut 😍

[@robaylmer2450]

lovely D1 Sophie! I'll be following you avidly on this project as my 200tdi 1993 D1 commercial built by special vehicles nut and bolt restoration has stalled due to renovating my friends TD5D2 to get it through the mot. Body lift off any time and I will be launching my youtube channel with that! it will be original stock (not the radio though and I've blanked the aerial hole in the front wing. I'll join your group in due course 👍🥰🤗

[@owenpotter8417]

I had one of these, loved it, mine was a k reg,but had a 300 gearbox, I've just bought a tidy td5 now, which I've always wanted

[@championn3c574]

Great find, well worth restoring. I used to work on these & I've seen a few 200 & 300TDI models with 400,000 miles still on their original engines. Shame they went to the TD5.

[@DuckSherminator]

For the vents and stiff bits, maybe using vapour would help melt the sticky grime. Good luck, one of my all time favorites too.

[@defender90keswick.nigelsla59]

Blimey!! I've not seen a 3 door for years!! Nice one Sophie!!

[@cybermatstrikes7557]

Awesome, I had a 96 v8 Discovery down here in Oz. It was mint and wish I still had it. The dry solder joints were the biggest weakness on every ecu while I owned it. Definitely needed to be handy with a soldering iron. Mechanically they were always great! Nicen work preserving this Sophie.

[@joyyoung4482]

Best Landrover made ,I have one from new 431,000 miles before engine needed a bit repair....

[@majorgsd7591]

GREAT CHANNEL. Thanks for taking the time to make all your videos. from Canada

[@JonFry2010]

Looks very clean and tidy. I'm surprised you're been able to find one that hasn't been butchered about into a tray back or bobtail with 37" tyres and winches everywhere.

[@LandRoverSophie]

Haha there aren’t many original ones left that’s for sure! I’ve been searching for years for the right one and had no success until a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the Discovery 2 is heading the same way now.

[@JonFry2010]

@@LandRoverSophie The Disco 3 is heading that way too :(

[@martingray6713]

Watching this makes me regret using mine on pay days I have a 1989 3.5 twin carb

[@ProducerCliff]

I had a 1989 Discovery, the very first ones with the Blue Conran interior and I would love to get my hands on one of those again. The beige interior is nice and I think it was largely similar to the Conran Blue, but the blue interior just looked good! (That said the beige interior on my LR3 HSE is very nice!). I did own another 3 door Discovery 1, I purchased a Japan import and owned that for a while. And.. when I was working part time as in a instructor at a new LR Experience center for a short time I had a genuine Camel Trophy Discovery as a '"company car" but that was a scary drive as it rolled around a lot! Incidentally we saw a lot of the Japan "Camel Trophy Discovery''s" while I was there, people were importing them. These were factory made copies with a slightly different roof rack because there was no internal roll cage in the Japan copies. Aside from that they looked good and I've seen them advertised as "Genuine" which I suppose is 50% true as they came out of the same factory. Love your videos Sophie, you are the sort of talent we look for in TV, well done!

[@nicholastheuma2743]

Lovely. Looking forward to your progress …

[@MrJoshiej]

Thanks for showing the start up clip

[@tamatomlinson]

Loved this video so much, I wanna be like you!! 7:44 I know this feeling ❤️

[@stephenjones6902]

Looks great for your next project, look forward to follow updates

[@stephenjones6902]

PS agree original is best

[@MsGary93]

I just bought a k reg 200tdi discovery 3 door a couple months ago and yours look 10x better than my one lol. Im looking forward on seeing the progress you make to this. I hope it gives me motivation to do mine. Good luck with your build 😃

[@trailerfitter2]

a 200tdi Disco!!!! 😉 One of land Rover's better engines for its time. Love the sound of it. A real 4 cylinder direct injection diesel.

[@LandRoverSophie]

They’re brilliant in my opinion. Top tier of Land Rover haha!

[@albertoc5427]

Congrats! It would be awesome to see a video of all the fluids being replaced in the Disco, and how to replace the power steering lines when there is a leak!

[@Deckardrick007]

Just got a 2000 Discovery 2. Super stoked on these new vids.

[@markonmotoring]

Congratulations Sophie. I know you have said previously how much you wanted one of these. Three door must be incredibly rare. Having bought a car myself last year that I'd wanted since the 90s I know that feeling when you finally drop on a vehicle that you thought you may never get to own. Good luck with this one though having seen what you've done on the other one I'm sure you won't need it. I look forward to seeing your progress.

[@scoobydoo5925]

Congratulations Sophie!

[@isctony]

Brill, living the dream working at Aston Martin. Keep working hard and impressing and you could go far at a company like that i'm sure

[@Chris-uu3cp]

Good stuff! I’m looking forward to watching your progress! Thanks for sharing!

[@gadgetg9479]

From my limited knowledge Turbos don’t normally go on a 200tdi check tappets (sounded a little out in video) put a boost gage on it it is ment to run 12 psi but will put up with run 14 mine runs 10 and needs adjusting.

[@Manuel-Patriota]

good project

[@h069401]

What a nice 200tdi. I have a 300tdi in the same color and wheels here in Australia. I love your work!

[@affordablevs]

Good little project that... looking forward to it!!

[@WheelchairWonders]

Hi Sophie.. I had a Series 3, then a Discovery 300tdi and then a Discovery TD5.. They were all brilliant vehicles. I wish you great success and enjoyment with your new job and car.. (Phil - Lancashire)

[@williearkoncel9606]

Looking forward to watch your new project 🙂 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@corleonne]

Hallo,Im a discovery lover,I have one like it. Saludos desde España!!!👍👍👏👏

[@onetonlandrover]

Nice find, not many of these left. They usually rot to bits and people take the engines out to put in series vehicles. Good to see that at least one will be preserved.

[@brianthebulletappleton7528]

So so similar to my foxfire red early ish 92. Using mine on the trails around Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@fhwolthuis]

Great car, looks like a good project! 😀

[@patrickberry60]

Sophie can't wait till you bring her to car and land rover shows. On the project jay preservation group stand. See you at Peterborough.

[@LandRoverSophie]

Definitely next year that’s for sure, can’t wait! See you there 😁

[@patrickjobling8676]

Super fantastics lil missy ..😁pip pips and carryon pilgrim

[@stevenmoran4060]

Excellent new project, hopefully you won’t need to take this one to bits. By the way, there are a couple of used full leather seats interiors on eBay for a reasonable £299. Located in Burnley so not a million miles away from you, if you fancy posh seats and they look the same colour as your cloth ones.

[@pm1104]

What a great project!

[@fire44x]

Does the heater blower work dash out job mice love the heater

[@horologie]

I’ve been after one of these for so long myself. I absolutely love this channel and can’t wait to see you crack on with this build! Congrats, Sophie!

[@ralphdadge302]

Look after that 200Tdi & you will see stellar mileage from it, my 1989 110CSW has a 200Tdi [defender spec] fitted new back in 1993, I did a full rebuild nearly 3 years ago, it had done in excess of 350,000 miles, in 24 years.

[@SummerRoseRacing]

Congratulations, that is such happy news! :)

[@oskarkarlsson6964]

Just admiring your progress!

[@wesmorris5683]

Hello from Georgia! Just found your channel and after watching a few videos im really impressed with you knowledge and attention to detail on the beloved Land Rover! Im fixing up a 2005 LR3 V8 I got from my parents for my daughter. It's to be her first car and she absolutely loves it. Too bad the air ride suspension doesn't want to work, but im trying. Keep up the great work and keep the Land Rover's alive!

[@shirleyboy8859]

Hi Sophie, I hope you are well and up to your elbows in grease.... That is when you are most happy... :-))) I still haven`t see a video from you on Jonny Smith`s "The late Brake Show"... He has up to 40k views on his Home Build series.... I am sure many of his followers would join you and help with your channel..... Take care Young Lass and please post soon... :-))) xx

[@JoeBeech]

Looks a great discovery looking forward to see what you do with it

[@seaneatwell4188]

interesting Sophie.cheers

[@johnwaga3702]

Congratulations and good luck👍

[@MattTester]

Great find, like you say there can't be many originals left. Certainly my H-reg 200tdi 2-door is far from original, having been bobtailed 10 years ago by a previous owner due to massive rot and transformed into a neat challenge truck. Still has the original blue seats though! A friend has a G-reg V8 (not G-WAC sadly) that I'd love to own. I'm looking forward to the rest of the project, I've been a Disco fan for a long time now. You need to leave that mouldy coin in the holder, its part of the car now!

[@RhysLRWorkshop]

Your friends V8 would be worth a lot! Personally I’d rather a 200TDI G-reg if I were to get one because in my opinion that’s the better engine for the disco out of the V8 and TDI. Whilst yours would be worth a lot in standard condition, it was done by the previous owner when they were cheap for the obvious reason you have stated and it’s cool

[@carlwilson1772]

Great video Sophie. Hope the job is going well. It's great that you can use that big workshop now. Look forward to your next update.

[@ciriacoaquino6174]

Waw 😍 saludos desde Uruguay 😘🇺🇾

[@РомаКаковкин]

Hello from Ukraine good videos so keep it up 👍👍👍

[@johnnamyreve9391]

Very nice car, i´d love to have one too but getting one more or less drivable condition is sadly not easy. What are the biggest issues with the Disco 1 chassis an the 200 tdi engine? I would appreciate a little advice.

[@HiethGeorge]

Nice one Sophie - wish we still had our old TDI to go with our TD5 and SDV6 Disco's looking forward to seeing this one come along !

[@grosbeakmc]

Exciting new project and as usual your enthusiasm is infectious. Looking forward to more on this one. Congratulations!

[@retromechanicalengineer]

Great video Sophie. You look very much at home in your new work environment. I like the Discovery, looks like a solid base to work from. Best wishes, Dean in Oxfordshire.

[@josephperkins4163]

Nice project, can’t wait to see what you do with it!

[@gsylass]

Very nice example! Congratulations on your new truck :)

[@awegvvm-productions]

Land Rover Sophie!

[@JonDingle]

A tidy project that is young lady! Will look forward to seeing more in due course.

[@Mr229357]

Good luck 😊👍🏻👍🏻

[@pm1104]

Lovely job…….!

[@Thomasservo]

I’ve never seen a two door Discovery! It’s unheard of in the states.

[@jacintyre]

Any chance you've got a 200tdi timing belt change tutorial in the works?

[@Salman-sc8gr]

Fondly admired it and the first press review extended drive in North Africa was covered by CAR magazine.

[@jakubstrumillo]

Im fall in love already, brilliant channel ❤️ Good luck with 200tdi, i love my own too 🔥 My looks like yours, same year, same version, same color.

[@mip_1967]

Land Rover and the attractive moon:) + subscribed and activated everything in the channel..

[@aanddbird]

looking forward to this. good on you.

[@federicoacker5672]

Congratulations!, love the interior of the 200TDI, it had this pseudo-futuristic but at the same time classical looks, The only thing that I took out on my 300TDI was the anti-rolling bar, and the ride improved! (still has the bar on the front axle, but I´m going to take it out too) Cheers!

[@jonwhitehouse3117]

How’s the new job going? Must be great to have such a clean workshop to use! Love the Disco, I miss my old 300tdi D1.

[@LandRoverSophie]

Very well thank you! It’s definitely an improvement on my back garden haha

[@grosseileracingteam]

Hi Sophie. Hope your new job at AM is going well. Your new to you Rover looks pretty solid compared to the old rusty vehicles here in Detroit. We use A LOT of salt on our roads in the winter to melt ice and snow because we are literally on top of a huge salt mine. I've plowed snow for over 35 years with Ford F350's and they get pretty rusty.

[@bgbthabun627]

Same for me, i.e. the rust and the salt in SW Michigan. I got a discovery back in 2000, and it was a beauty indeed. My wife really complained when I had to get rid of it in 2009. BTW I love these videos!!

[@grosseileracingteam]

@Lancashirelad No inspections here. As long as you have a proof of insurance, you can get a license plate or, if u have a plate a yearly renewal sticker(we call them tabs).Where are u from Lancashirelad?

[@grosseileracingteam]

@Lancashirelad Cool, I thought somewhere in the UK. Two different worlds my friend.

[@ac08091966]

Love watching you.