It Drives! 1st Test Drive on 1 tons. Ultimate Land Rover Discovery Build Episode 14

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3 жыл бұрын

Let's drive our 1 ton Land Rover Discovery 2! In this video we polish out a lot of our swap problems and discover a few more. This is the first of many test runs that we will have in the Discovery but I wish we could have done more in this episode. However there will be lots of opportunity to see it driving in the coming weeks! Until then enjoy the last few videos of our 1 ton axle swap!
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@WeekendWrenchTurner 3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍 Three thumbs up for "Family Day"!!

@SiCrewe 3 жыл бұрын

This entire project is all just pure, first-rate, engineering. Awesome stuff!

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man 🤘

@ethansecrist8315 3 жыл бұрын

Big milestone for the Disco!! Looking good man!

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@derailleurmind0454 3 жыл бұрын

You, Fab Rats and Matts offroad recovery are all building dream rigs at the moment. How cool would it be if all 3 of you get together and go for a wheel!! 🤘

@krover01 3 жыл бұрын

I also run progressive shock bumpers from Eibach. They definitely work!! My fox shocks use red loctite for the lower mount. You have to put the shaft in a soft vice and heat the end with a torch to loosen the loctite. Awesome to see it moving!

@JustinJohnson-oj5mj 3 жыл бұрын

A 35 minute video is nowhere near too long when the info and project is this awesome. I’d watch an hour video any day. The LR is awesome and I can’t wait to see it finished! Good work!

@mattbrowder7498 3 жыл бұрын

You’re killing it Nate

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother 👊

@salami99 3 жыл бұрын

That's the most badass landrover i have seen. Never cared for land rovers before I saw yours

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man 👍

@DennisWHJr 3 жыл бұрын

Man I love your videos. Might not know it but my buddy that literally just got into 4x4ing has been watching your videos pretty intently. I gotta say. His Ford Ranger truggy is coming along with your help. 🤘🏻

@cincybrian5177 3 жыл бұрын

My 2001 SportTrac thanks you for planning out it’s future build. Great stuff, Nate!

@davidzimmer2694 3 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up for the family. At the end of the day, we do all this for them, on way or the other. Great vid, go have fun and be safe.

@meanrigs4x483 3 жыл бұрын

big ups for the family day nate, would rather see you do this for ages rather than get burnt out without spending time with your family! sick video!

@lonelyfarmer 3 жыл бұрын

Great video production quality! Almost like watching a network produced channel!

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@yadinganon5037 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I don't know what I would have done without this channel - it helps me so much building my zok! Keep up the great work!

@cobeallen5545 3 жыл бұрын

I got a 98 Cherokee have a d30 up front fully trussed going to 4.88 gears arb locker. Rear Ford 8.8 with Yukon locker 4.88 gears. Running 33s right now but going to 35 and I also have a super duty 60 front and sterling 10.5 rear! Going to do 5.38 gears fully locked been building them for a little now but waiting to get everything ready to do a cage, one tons, and coil carriers! Your videos are a huge help! Thanks for all the free content.

@PaulKaiser42 3 жыл бұрын

So glad you got the disco moving. Those drive lines are very strange but you seem to have solved any issues 👍🏻👍🏻

@TheBibleExplorer 3 жыл бұрын

I just put the final touches on the off-road camper build, still have some stuff to do inside but it's 90% done... Going to try to post the video tomorrow. I really appreciate all you do for the fabrication and off-road community. It was nice to have advice from You, Matt, Mad Matt & Fab Rats on this build. Thanks again brother

@EvanMoon 3 жыл бұрын

So impressed that you have done everything yourself and you can drive it on the street without it falling apart

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Lol don't speak to soon! But if it comes home on a tow truck one day i will certainly share the experience with you guys 🤣

@Jason-dy6qy 3 жыл бұрын

It's crazy how excitement can overcome knowledge. It's so easy to get in the moment of near completion and overlook some simple things. Love the channel and content.

@straightnobraker4677 3 жыл бұрын

You do some incredible work, man. Respect

@paulezk 3 жыл бұрын

Loving it Nate! Thanks for the content! I'm making progress on my Rubicon axle swap! This is just more inspiration!

@ameyers67 3 жыл бұрын

That rig looks so freaking awesome!! Great work Nate!

@leifbarron283 3 жыл бұрын

The disco is looking great!! congrats!!

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@leifbarron283 3 жыл бұрын

@@DirtLifestyle if you ever come to cabo in Baja , let me know I’ll take you wheeling down here!

@jeepindave5464 3 жыл бұрын

Nate. I've enjoyed the series. When you swap your master cylinder please white board the math behind the relationship between brake piston and master piston in that you trade volume for pressure. Too many people think a bigger master cylinder will give increased braking, but in fact you get less pedal travel and less clamping force with stock brakes.

@royaltyg2557 3 жыл бұрын

Now this is what I think a land rover should look like. Great job man.

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!

@jmoore2781 3 жыл бұрын

I love your creativity Nate! I’m digging the build. Enjoy the family day!

@davidwilkerson42 3 жыл бұрын

WOW looks amassing Great job

@Razor32061 3 жыл бұрын

that rig looks amazing. can't wait for the tire carrier build.

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@georgeeads8689 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Nate. Your Disco is looking good and I am sure you will get everything ironed out.

@williamdouglas1996 3 жыл бұрын

The Disco looks amazing on the ground. Love the project.

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@PSFGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Just went back and watched this series. You killed it with this build, as always. Nice work Nate, keep ‘em coming!

@phillippearce9680 3 жыл бұрын

Your hard work pays off. 👍

@papawest7104 3 жыл бұрын

I worked over 25 years in the power generation business. I supervised the overhaul of turbines and generators for about every major electric company. there are several sensors similar to the ABS sensors on cars. I don't know if they operate on the same principle as the automotive sensors. We would set the turbine and generator sensors that monitored vibration, rotor speed (RPM) and rotor position at 10 mV Distance from the tone ring using a Fluke meter. This worked out to between 0.030" and 0.040". Setting the ABS sensors at 0.003" may be way too close. Other than that, great build on the Disco. Love your fab content.

@florianbammes7534 3 жыл бұрын

I am also pumped for you man! What a rig! So nice!

@jdenmark1287 3 жыл бұрын

Looking great 👍🏻 Nate! If you run into too many issues with the drive angles, I think you can get a one ton axle off of a defender or 101 with the proper offset of the differential. Cheers

@jarrodkiser6042 3 жыл бұрын

This thing looks great Nate, Gotta be a great feeling to get it out of the shop!

@jameshall4385 3 жыл бұрын

it looks good. the stance looks good. can’t wait to see how it does on the trails. great video

@LJ_Jeff 3 жыл бұрын

So awesome to finally see it move on it's own!!

@collinmcginnis5014 3 жыл бұрын

Nate - that Land Rover looks really good! Nice work!

@fotomotoxxiii 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding work! Cant wait to see it on the trails

@proflores4258 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on the disco driving!!!!! Man never had i thought a disco would look great on 37s. Shame on me!! Excited to see this thing be 💯% done. Great job!!

@danielmagalhaes5739 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job on that axles swamp!!!! here in Portugal on that kind of swamp, usually they change the gearbox using a Nissan or a Toyota to correct the angle of the rear transmission. For the front bump stop, there are a kit that use to put dual shock, you could build the brackets but instead of using the shock, you use a hydraulic bump stop! :)

@TheBibleExplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Family time is the most important thing you can do... You've come so far on the Disco, won't be long and you'll be out driving it everywhere, looking awesome brother 👍 Keep your tires aimed towards the ground and your eyes toward the Lord 😊👍

@Casey250 3 жыл бұрын

I love this thing! Can't wait to see it one day! Well done man, your knowledge of building and fabricating is very inspiring.

@TrashPandaGarage 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job, Nate! It looks great. I'm sure it won't take you too long to get the other stuff dialed in to where you're happy.

@Will_N4WIL 3 жыл бұрын

That thing looks so cool! Can’t wait to see it off road 👍👍

@chrislotus1976 3 жыл бұрын

Great job Nate love it looks great can't wait too see you out wheeling in it keep up the great work .

@gcoronado4622 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another fantastic video...your work is Excellent!!

@Verticalpedalgarage 3 жыл бұрын

Dude that thing is sick!!!!

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Christos102010 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love it I’m wanting a 4 seater 4x4 here soon family is growing and you’ve shown some decent options here. Love the videos.

@RobRoyRoadie 3 жыл бұрын

It almost looks like you’ll hit full compression on the front springs before you hit the shock bump stops. Also, to another comment, the LT230SE transfer case has a 1.21:1 high, and a 3.2:1 low ratio. Build looks awesome!

@stevezickefoose8563 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice build

@johnnybravo380 3 жыл бұрын

57K views and 3k likes ? We gotta run these numbers up more guys. These videos are top notch

@letsdosomething806 3 жыл бұрын

The disco is coming together nice. Cant wait to see the tire carrier.

@peterwatson8295 3 жыл бұрын

This thing is so badass. Super happy for you!

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!

@faisalal-osaimi3856 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely my kinda life style 🤠🍻

@jk_wrangler13 3 жыл бұрын

Good to see it rolling

@jacobkelley257 3 жыл бұрын

That looks so good on those tires/wheels with that ride height

@awhipps 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry about the length of your videos. We’ll watch if they’re three hours.

@jj5484 3 жыл бұрын

You have all the skills, tools, knowledge, and shop space that I wish I had...

@piasprojects 3 жыл бұрын

That ROVER looks SICK!! I really like your thought process on everything and how meticulous you are with every part of your build! Thanks for the response! I’m looking at transmission and t-case options. I do have the HP Dana 30. For now I will be staying at the 35” tire range. As I get more wheeling trips in I will look at upgrading sizes and front axle.

@Artem-cl4ns 3 жыл бұрын

Had an 04 back in the day until it started having issues always wanted to get another one that’s fully build inside and out but hard to find one and don’t have the time to do it myself. Out of any cars Iv owned even some of my 100k+ cars trucks the rover was always one of my favorite and funnest suvs to own.

@Lolktnx2 3 жыл бұрын

14:30 you put a joint spacer inside on one side of the joint and a spacer outside of the joint on the other. just double check in case. love the build!

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

I did! The front two are different then the rear to clear the bracket 👍

@Lolktnx2 3 жыл бұрын

@@DirtLifestyle oh okay i had to be sure lol 👌🏻

@ppeppesi 3 жыл бұрын

Wow it's an amazing upgrade.

@enriquerrs 3 жыл бұрын

I like how clearly you describe everything new subscriber here.

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Welcome to the channel!

@bfizzle847 3 жыл бұрын

4" solid round aluminum for spacers. Easy peasy. I have the Eibach shock bumps on my D1, they work well.

@Str8sixfan 3 жыл бұрын

The internal struggle we all have to make: how far to drive the project car that is not up to date on registration/insurance and brakes might not work the way we want them...haha. Very cool Nate! Glad you got a family day in.

@ryanotis7456 3 жыл бұрын

Congrats man, big moment!

@EricaMTB 3 жыл бұрын

A Land Rover that moves under its own power! You must have replaced almost everything

@eelson2 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh. Love those midnight “I dunno if this is gonna work yet” test drives lol

@jaykooter 3 жыл бұрын

just found your channel - great, great stuff! excellent engineering and beautifully done filming! congratulations and thank you!

@Killansias 3 жыл бұрын

My lada Niva 1.7, have dual cv´s. much more smooth that u joints. Great work

@docfischer7291 3 жыл бұрын

Great build . Personally my thoughts , as I was thinking to myself watching you as your first video with the Dana 60 swap , was I would go with either the stock ‘case and build the axles accordingly OR what I did many years ago... Dana 300 with the twin stick conversion. I used a plate made by a company in New Zealand . Strong, extremely reliable and plentiful with parts if need be . Mine still runs and the current owner still cruises with it, across country. Good luck !👍🏼

@klugersgarage2802 3 жыл бұрын

The Rover looks SEXY AF. I will be looking forward to seeing it run down I5

@metaldog7128 3 жыл бұрын

Well it’s not finished yet and it’s looking good already 😃👍

@RogueD90 3 жыл бұрын

This is going to be a bit of random rover knoledge but most US speck rovers, came with a 1.2:1 high range output, 1.4:1 in deisel models, with the 3.4:1 low range. Also on the random things, the 1ton defenders ran a salisbury/sterling 1ton with right hand drop housing.

@05Dragon1 3 жыл бұрын

Dang, I want this disco, and at this ride height! Looks SICK @ a low CG stance this way (I know there's not much up travel, I just love this aesthetic)

@jacobstein7179 3 жыл бұрын

I have a D2 myself and I really admire yours, most Discos are very similar in terms of mods, mine included. Yours is unique and it's great.

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man I appreciate it. 👍

@silverstake88 3 жыл бұрын

Machine artist! Good job!👏

@ms.karihart2983 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome job sir ! 👍🏻

@dragonfoxsolid1308 Жыл бұрын

Looks great. I love the disco i and ii looks

@fireemscraftsman2016 3 жыл бұрын

Freaking love this channel.

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

🤘

@klasmelman9302 3 жыл бұрын

Easy to change ratio in the LT230, kits from ashcroft-transmissions or synchrogearboxes in the UK, ashcroft also has a good ratio calculator set up for land rovers on their web page

@jvazquez53 3 жыл бұрын

Finally! A Land Rover really worth!

@trevernickerson3624 3 жыл бұрын

Watching that Evolution chop saw cut through that steel that easy makes me want one SO bad.

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

I truly love this thing. Worth the investment for sure if you are in the market. I feel like a salesmen lol they give me no money I just enjoy the saw

@trevernickerson3624 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the honest review. Evolution should definitely give you a kick back for how many saws you’ve probably sold for them. Haha

@paulharris8282 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that looks incredible I'm doing this to my Jeep TJ I already have the tons

@highcolorado805 3 жыл бұрын

Love your vids. I cant set to be notified when you post new vids because you have your content set for kids

@michaelblake4442 3 жыл бұрын

AS usual a well put together story Nat, as for those brakes i have been down this road before and the issue i found was generating enough line pressure, for the win go and fit a hydraulic booster and you'll never look back

@williamdistel2661 3 жыл бұрын

Man, that is one tuff disco. It was almost exactly like my one but now no so much! PS if the ABS faults a "sticky motor" change the relay first.

@stuartmorton3083 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great congrats getting moving

@alexzipp585 3 жыл бұрын

Time to buy a old oven, and powder coat those little parts!

@mmodtomic7119 3 жыл бұрын

Just my 2 cents concerning the brackets for the Rear Wheel Speed Sensors: A rock is gonna get in there and break off the sensor and maybe a tooth as well. Seems like there's a good reason factory fittings are always fully enclosed, including the toothed ring. The angle iron seems like it'll do a good job of "proof of concept", but I'd recommend a nice machined aluminum piece to attach to the hub that has a hole machined into it for the sensor.

@hennievanderlinde 3 жыл бұрын

Loving the music in this video. Awesome

@erichughes9098 3 жыл бұрын

Looks good 😎👍

@triniwayne1984 3 жыл бұрын

Why would you think drive shafts we going to be a problem. It's not in a perfect plan view straight line but will be offset in it's custom axis and the double cardan joints will work the same either way. Congrats on the milestone Nate, keep em coming.

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

My skepticism is from past experience. I've played this game before lol most of the time I have won but there is an instance in which i lost. They didn't vibrate to bad but im hoping that with some tuning I can eliminate any potential issues and keep the vibes to a minimum 👍

@outdora_explorer4705 3 жыл бұрын

The lt230 transfer on your disco is 1.2:1 ratio. The next is 1.4:1 that comes in defenders. Alternatively.. Ashcroft transmissions in the UK have multiple other options. Including close to 1:1. Also, these transfer cases are pretty strong actually. Plenty of Ls swapped defenders around with the factory transfer case. The diffs are the weakest link in a landrover. And you’ve fixed that 👌 Im still in the process Otherwise. Cheers for another video mate 💪 Later 🤙

@TheTreadLife_ 3 жыл бұрын

Congrats on completion!!

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@mathewharvey7418 3 жыл бұрын

Plan D: use rear drive shaft CV joints, like all new JK wranglers do. They are a slip style drive shaft as well. This was the factory solution for having such short drive shafts, and the problems created by having U joints in such a drive short drive shaft. CV joints and double cordons are not the same.

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

A cardan joint is a CV joint. Because of the way it's sealed it doesn't need a boot. The cv joint typically found on an axle shaft is a different type vs the cardan joint on a driveshaft but both are definitely cv joints.

@goodmanboattransport3441 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that t-case options B and C would be switched

@rhyswilliams695 3 жыл бұрын

Looks awesome Nate. Love the stance. Consider building a twin tyre carrier for the rear, one swing out arm that can carry a tyre or fuel/gear (to optimise the space). Also, have you considered incorporating a small air or water tank into the rear bar? There’s typically lots of unused space behind that plate etc..

@DirtLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

I have alot of ideas that I have never seen before. More details soon 👍