Member Since: 05 Nov 2020
Location: Tamworth
Posts: 505
Returned from Holland ,had fantastic time at the LRHC 35 years celebrations
22nd May 2023 9:42 am
Captain Crosscheck
Member Since: 03 Sep 2021
Location: Oslo
Posts: 345
Painted/blanked out the lenses on the fog lights. The Norwegian MOT says they need to work if they're not blanked, so a couple of coats of the only grey paint I had lying around sorted that out.
29th May 2023 3:31 pm
Captain Crosscheck
Member Since: 03 Sep 2021
Location: Oslo
Posts: 345
Replaced the rear ARB drop links. Three out of four nuts came right off, but the last one required some persuasion from the angle grinder
13th Jun 2023 2:31 pm
NikBrown27
Member Since: 09 Feb 2021
Location: Earls Colne
Posts: 175
Got cleaned and tarted up to be used as a prom Car! All the lights on got some attention
Got cleaned and tarted up to be used as a prom Car!
3rd Jul 2023 12:24 pm
KevinD3
Member Since: 05 Aug 2020
Location: Sutton Coldfield
Posts: 1277
Fitted a compressor guard finally.
2008 HSE Stornoway Grey
My Wife thinks the D3 is a hobby, The D3 thinks the wife is 💕
7th Jul 2023 7:12 pm
KevinD3
Member Since: 05 Aug 2020
Location: Sutton Coldfield
Posts: 1277
Built and fitted an antenna bracket so I have some way of storing it when entering car parks that doesn’t involve bringing almost 2m of wet spring steel into the car screw thread on a horizontal bracket so it can be unscrewed and stored horizontally:)
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2008 HSE Stornoway Grey
My Wife thinks the D3 is a hobby, The D3 thinks the wife is 💕
10th Jul 2023 7:16 pm
HairyFool
Member Since: 04 Jan 2023
Location: North Essex
Posts: 707
Fitted an elbow for the battery vent.
Yes I know it’s only a little job when you consider the number I have found that are missing it must be extremely difficult A visitor from the dark side, my other vehicle is an is still an EV. Strictly speaking its SWMBO.
10th Jul 2023 9:04 pm
DN D3 Decade
Member Since: 23 Jun 2006
Location: W.London.
Posts: 2346
Replaced L/H rear suspension height sensor, and re calibrated all round….Had been getting a fault message, and fault code for some time.( Started on a trip to Scotland last summer, but then stopped occurring for a few months after ). Finally looked into it with the IID tool, and could see its erratic operation on live data graph. Very useful bit of kit. D3 owned from new, P017 brake recall, BAS FBHIC, new FBH, LR013487 oil pump, new water pump. RRS front lower suspension arms. New suspension compressor/ relay. New Denso alternator. CuNifer rear brake pipes. New GKN rear propshaft. New HPFP belt & tensioner. New A/C Condenser.NO WARRANTY for many many years.
16th Jul 2023 7:49 pm
paul123
Member Since: 22 Mar 2020
Location: norwich
Posts: 236
converted it to coils.2005 discovery 3 tdv6
1971 200 tdi 2 door range rover
300tdi defender 90 in bits needs lots of work
20th Jul 2023 5:11 pm
Icarus
Member Since: 15 Jul 2023
Location: Essex
Posts: 108
Took 2 garden armchairs and a small glass-topped table to the tip. Had to make a 2nd run to take the sofa, but what a great practical vehicle the D4 is proving to be.
I’m new to Discovery ownership, and have only had my 2009 D4 XS for a few weeks, but so far SWMBO & I are quite pleased with my purchase. I’m sure I’ll be reaching to the deepest parts of my pocket before long, but hey- ho, we only live once.
Luxurious, comfortable, practical, quiet and handsome. I’m beginning to think the D4 may be the finest vehicle JLR have produced, notwithstanding its complexity. But at my advanced age, I don’t want to be working on vehicles so I’ve got a very good LR Specialist who hopefully will keep it running well for me.
So nothing to dislike.
22nd Jul 2023 9:26 am
Discologist
Member Since: 19 May 2014
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 541
Sold it.
After nine mostly trouble-free years it was time to say farewell to the Blue Beast. The cost of repairs to get it through this years’ MOT was simply not viable, but some of it al least may live on courtesy of another forum member.
The search for its replacement continues.
22nd Jul 2023 11:01 pm
mick_n3
Member Since: 19 May 2017
Location: Kettering
Posts: 438
Sidesteps finally bit the dust literally.
Been putting off removing them didn’t know how seized the bolts would be and what I would find under the sill trim
Had to cut the step plates off but surprisingly all the other bolts came out cleanly and apart from a bit of surface rust all good underneath
Replaced with sliders
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M6NIO
23rd Jul 2023 4:47 pm
john watson
Member Since: 10 Nov 2011
Location: lanark
Posts: 973
Speed sensor replacement
Got the bongs and lights so on with the code reader.
Right hand side speed sensor goosed. So set out to replace it. What a nightmare. Rust and even more rust.
3 “ grinder took care of the rusted screw underside but the sensor was well and truly stuck in position. Much WD 40 and swear words eventually drilled out the centre and extracted the remains with long nose pliers.
All back together and no bongs or lights until the next time. Suppose you can’t expected anything to be easy on a 16 year old D3! Shocked by the accumulation of leaves, muck and general debris when I got the internal cover off. Cleaned out but must do the near side soon. Another pleasure to look forward to.Once you have defeated the idiots any job is half done. Pity there are so many idiots to defeat.
23rd Aug 2023 2:54 pm
Waszkowiec
Member Since: 28 Jun 2023
Location: Bristol
Posts: 8
Replaced the leak off pipe, that I broke whilst changing oil.
24th Aug 2023 8:42 pm
wizbongre
Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 698
Had to remove our sidesteps too. Barely looked at them and they collapsed into this mess:
Had to take a grinder to the brackets to chop them off, then the bolts came out ok. Even managed to get the plastic sill covers off and on without breaking/losing any clips.
Start shopping for new sliders next week...Cheers,
Gareth
'57 D3 2.7 TDV6 HSE gone and soon to be forgotten!
‘15 D4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Luxury
'64 Audi A6 3.0BiTDi Quattro S-Line Black Edition with lots of toys
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screw thread on a horizontal bracket so it can be unscrewed and stored horizontally:)
). Finally looked into it with the IID tool, and could see its erratic operation on live data graph. Very useful bit of kit. 
