Wideheavyload
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I am the proud owner of a slightly used 04 Discovery SE. It's bone stock at the moment, and appears to have been well maintained considering it is at 98k miles.
I'm under no illusions here. I'm expecting to have to take care of maintenance issues with this truck, but I wanted to get things started on the right foot and address any known problems right away.
I've seen on this and other forums that the front prop shaft is basically guaranteed to fail, it is just a matter of when. So my question is this: How can I tell if this has already been addressed on this truck? If it is still the stock piece, can I extend its lifespan, or should I just go ahead and get it replaced with an after-market shaft?
Being a Land Rover noob, I don't know how to differentiate between the stock and an aftermarket shaft. So any advice there would be great.
If there are any other things I can do to the truck to prevent catastrophic failure (other than the standard maintenance), please let me know. I have big plans for this truck![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I'm under no illusions here. I'm expecting to have to take care of maintenance issues with this truck, but I wanted to get things started on the right foot and address any known problems right away.
I've seen on this and other forums that the front prop shaft is basically guaranteed to fail, it is just a matter of when. So my question is this: How can I tell if this has already been addressed on this truck? If it is still the stock piece, can I extend its lifespan, or should I just go ahead and get it replaced with an after-market shaft?
Being a Land Rover noob, I don't know how to differentiate between the stock and an aftermarket shaft. So any advice there would be great.
If there are any other things I can do to the truck to prevent catastrophic failure (other than the standard maintenance), please let me know. I have big plans for this truck