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It can be. The VW diesel I own have no sealing whatsovever to the timing case. The timing belt covers are plastic, with no seals and just quickly clip on. For off road use, this would not work as the first big mud hole or water crossing and the timing belt would eat itself.

I would suggest the DCControl setup. The 2 speed controller is a good price and does everything you need (including AC operation) in one high quality sealed package. http://www.dccontrol.com/fancontrol.htm

I've sat at full throttle for long period and the temperature gauge never moves. Next time you get hot, pull over and (carefully) try and stop the fan with a rolled up newspaper. If it stop, the clutch is dead. Is anything in the cooling system not stock? Is the shroud in place? The correct...

Every TDI that I've seen with cooling issues has a bad viscous. The fan does nothing useful until that thing locks up.

Are you positive there is not some problem in the cooling system. There is nothing I can do to make the cooling fan come on for more than 5% of the time and is never, ever goes above 190. I live in the mountains as well and lots of long steep high altitude climbing. Is your fan clutch...

33 C drop plus 3 stage control of the gas. Those are the important points.

Cheap as chips in the UK, http://www.riverswayleisure.co.uk/acatalog/info_425040.html This one looks like a good bang for the buck, http://www.riverswayleisure.co.uk/acatalog/info_910520.html

We probably covered this earlier... Chinese arm of Dometic. http://www.mobicool.com/pages/products/outdoor/a40dcacgas_full.htm

Yea, they are the same company..... What it "appears" is that the F400 used to be a Chescold cooler. Chescold was bought by Dometic/Waeco and keeps making them. These newer, cheaper Waeco ones are low quality versions. You can see the large range of pricing and performance here...

Have a search for Chescold F400. Or "Dometic" or "Waeco" as they seemed to be made by them now. You can decide if the cooling fins are larger. http://www.waeco.com.au/products4.asp?id=414&catId=57&subCatId=59&subCatId2=67...

Yes, they are thermostatically controlled. They are also expensive new, but used ones are easy to find and they seem to last forever. It was a Chescold F40 (40 liter). I was hoping these ones might be made at the same place, but they seem to not have the same level of performance. Comparing...

You do not want to freeze stuff.... But it needs to be able to cools everything including warm things you put into it in a reasonable time to around 5C. If you must pre-cool everything and get the fridge going well in advance and be careful not to open it much, it is just not very useful. In...

Hmmm, performance sounds not that great. The 3-way I owned in Australia would freeze stuff easily at +40C when on propane. Damn, I should have brought that back with me.

Make sure that when on gas it is level. Check it with a level. It makes a big difference with these type of fridges.

Which is a good wage in China. Living costs are different.

200TDI era Discoverys (the REAL Disco 1s) were never sold in the USA. They started selling them when the 300TDI (Disco 1a ??) came out in 1994.

Really, I find them very comfortable for long trips. Nice soft suspension, high driving position.

I can't think of anything different to look at compared to any easy vehicle. - Check for rust. The body skins are aluminum, but much of the structure is steel. Look over the frame and the firewall (bulkhead) and footwells. The engine is called a TD5. 2.5 liter, common rail diesel. Normal...

On propane, make sure it is perfectly level. On other similar units I have used, it makes a huge difference.

Insulation on the bulkhead??? Maybe it is a V8, thus the snorkels?