Discovery 1 Dual Battery and Power Package

Dual Battery and Power Package for the Discovery 1: a DC to DC charger, a lithium leisure battery, isolator and wiring.

These are the packages we would build for our own vehicles before a long trip: the parts that fail far from home, the protection that stops a rock ending the journey, and the equipment that makes living out of the vehicle possible. Each one lists its weight, because an expedition vehicle is usually overweight before it has left the country and payload is the thing people forget to check. The Discovery 1 shares its chassis design and drivetrain with the Defender and the Range Rover Classic, and it rusts in the same places.

Specification and fitment

• Fits: Discovery 1, chassis code LJ
• Engine: 200Tdi and 300Tdi diesel, 3.5 and 3.9 V8
• Production dates: 1989 to 1998
• Quality: Parts Only or Parts and Fitting
• Part number: cross referenced to the factory part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch, because supersessions on these vehicles are frequent and one printed number would be wrong for somebody
• The failure this addresses: a flat starter battery after a night running a fridge
• Labour time: about 5 hours
• Coding: none required. Fit it and drive
• Also needed: a battery tray
• Torque: terminals 8 Nm
• Weight: about 18 kg
• Warranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first

What arrives

• DC to DC charger
• Lithium battery
• Isolator
• Loom

Fitting

Labour guide: about 5 hours. Land Rover changes specification mid production, often by VIN rather than by model year, so send the VIN or the registration with the order and we confirm the part against the build data before anything leaves. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return. We are an independent Land Rover specialist and parts supplier. We are not Land Rover or Jaguar Land Rover and are not appointed by them; the model names are their trademarks and are used here to describe fitment. Everything we sell is chosen for vehicles that actually get used: towed with, loaded, driven through water and parked in fields, rather than for the brochure.

Which version to buy

Parts Only is the parts delivered to you or your garage, with our fitting notes. Parts and Fitting is the parts fitted at our workshop, road tested and with the warranty covering labour as well as parts.