Thought this would be a good subject for any Disco owners or any auto owner for that matter.
My Discovery 2 TD5 cracked the auto cooler at one of the entry pipes. I could not find an auto cooler for this model without buying it new and as you all know that is expensive. So I bought the V8 cooler which is everywhere on ebay for about $90. It is the same except it is about 80mm longer. This still fits in but you need to make up a smal bracket to secure it in place. I also added an extra cooler on the front with its own cooling fan. It does not normall y need this but because I do so many slow tracks I find the gearbox gets hot because there is not enough airflow through the front.
Here you can see the parts.
The V8 cooler is about 80mm longer than the TD5 cooler, so all I had to do was make up a small bracket to secure it.
Here is the radiator, intercooler and auto cooler all assembled together ready to go back in.
This is the additional cooler and fan setup that will mount in the front behind the grill. It can be auto controlled (most temp senders for autos will switch on at 180Deg) You can find them on Ebay for abou $30
I bolted the cooler and fan togehter and fixed them to the front behind the grill with rubber mmounts and bolts.
Here it is all re installed back in the Disco
Here is the fan/cooler looking from the frong, it just fits in behind the grill. I had to make up my own brackets to mount it but they are quite simple. They mount to the cros bars at the top and to the bottom with rubber mounts.
This shows the other side, you can see the extra length on this side. It is still ok though and not in the road of anything else.
This is the Launch X431 that will give you temps and engine/gearbox diag info to your IPAD. Great tool. It also allows you to remove error codes and lost more.
It is not the cheapest but works well with the Land Rovers. Now I can monitor my temps etc while on the road.