Member Since: 12 Apr 2009
Location: Leeds
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looks like its been painted - quite a lot. Something looks wrong - but cheap enough. recommend a good search of its history and a paint thickness tester!
16th May 2011 8:56 pm
DiscoDunc
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if only it was in tonga green and alpacha leather - would be good as spares Duncan
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17th May 2011 6:28 pm
nobbyclark
Member Since: 03 May 2005
Location: Perth, Scotland
Posts: 1268
Lemon.
If it's got air suspension problems, you can add another grand to get that sorted properly (compressor, sensors, loom).
Also, he could have saved a fortune by using an indie for most of those jobs.No longer a D3 owner but still subscribed to multiple threads!
18th May 2011 9:15 am
The Coachman
Member Since: 22 Jun 2008
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 410
£909 for his EGRs he could have blanked them for a tenner.
18th May 2011 5:59 pm
character
Member Since: 01 Jan 2008
Location: wiltshire
Posts: 5781
good for bits , genuine guy, just spoke to him, worth a punt
18th May 2011 6:11 pm
CFB
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Posts: 6100
What's the worst case with the suspension then? Compressor and height sensors all round? Is there a valve block on these?
I'm actually quite tempted for the right price 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
18th May 2011 6:24 pm
ron3005
Member Since: 15 Mar 2010
Location: Feltham
Posts: 314
belts exspansion tank and tierod £406 like to know where he got that done
18th May 2011 7:45 pm
character
Member Since: 01 Jan 2008
Location: wiltshire
Posts: 5781
£8k will buy it tonight otherwise its off to a specialist LR breakers who have offered just under this. The chap is genuinely fed up with trying to find the issues and his wife is clearly fed up with the expenditure thus far so he's cutting his losses at what he paid for it prior to spending all that dosh on him
BTW, he is a forum member and has used every bit of info to try and trace the problems
18th May 2011 7:49 pm
geoff.
Member Since: 24 Jan 2010
Location: West kent
Posts: 8531
matt
thats a good buy , good luck and if you need the help of a faultmate just give me a shout
geoff
18th May 2011 7:56 pm
countrywide
Member Since: 16 Sep 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 6019
Sounds like air suspension works, but it just won't track straight.
Could be something simple like the steering position sensor. If this is not calibrated or is faulty then it will not stay centered from what I have heard and will wander.
Need to hook it up to calibrate it.
I assume nothinh is bent from whatever made it a CAT D
18th May 2011 8:04 pm
character
Member Since: 01 Jan 2008
Location: wiltshire
Posts: 5781
geoff. wrote:
matt
thats a good buy , good luck and if you need the help of a faultmate just give me a shout
geoff
tbh, have'nt got the time to mess about. btw he's had the steering sensors and air suspension recalibrated
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if only it was in tonga green and alpacha leather - would be good as spares 
£909 for his EGRs he could have blanked them for a tenner.
