Member Since: 03 Sep 2021
Location: Oslo
Posts: 345
My indie replaced the TC, the mechatronic sleeve and installed the metal sump upgrade. Plus they did a wheel alignment, so now no more pulling to the right on dodgy tarmac.
Cost an arm and a leg, but worth it.
27th Jun 2024 7:22 am
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6415
complete AMK compressor rebuild
not a dificult job at all but is was filth total filth
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27th Jun 2024 1:13 pm
A.J.M
Member Since: 31 Oct 2009
Location: Carluke
Posts: 2855
Debating its future.
Sadly it’s still at the garage I dropped it off last September.
Work has been slow but getting there.
Engines been gone through and given full bill of health.
Chassis has been Dinitrol treated, running gear and brakes all sorted.
Body shell is rotten, the rust is worse than I expected and they expected.
So to fix it, I would need a donor D3/4 and cut out the back 1/3 of the floor pan, rear arches etc and get it welded to mine.
Or, swap all the good parts from mine, into a later D3 HSE with a failed engine and get that built up.
Or just abandon the whole thing and get bought out the project.
A rebuilt later car is nice but it’s not “my” car. I just want FA54 back but it’s going to be a mission to get the body shell repaired.
29th Jun 2024 8:15 am
Nc1989
Member Since: 28 Apr 2015
Location: Doncaster
Posts: 214
Got an 08 shell here that I’m still debating whether to cut the back off and pickup or to scrap, either way I’ll have a back end surplus to requirements you could come and cut bits off of? Happy to donate any cutoffs FOC if it helps get FA54 going again - it’s one of the OG D3’s I remember from when I first got mine and as a long term owner of a similar vintage one that I’ll never be parted from I feel your pain.
29th Jun 2024 1:50 pm
john watson
Member Since: 10 Nov 2011
Location: lanark
Posts: 973
07disco d3.
Just passed MOT! Wonders will never cease.Once you have defeated the idiots any job is half done. Pity there are so many idiots to defeat.
5th Jul 2024 11:48 am
Journeyman
Member Since: 27 Sep 2020
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 296
Replaced the upper tailgate actuator and also the micro switch.
Actuator - easy using Ford Fiesta part as recommended by Powerful UK.
Micro switch - a because the existing wires were very short.
Didn't take pictures of the actuator but the condition of the switch explained why it was temperamental.
Removed rotten side steps today using trusty Angle Grinder to cut through what's left of the step frame to cut the bolts securing the steps to the mounting brackets. the bracket bolts came out easily as I used stainless bolts, copper greased when the steps were fitted 7 years ago instead of the supplied Chinese bolts. The Sills still have the original paintwork intact with no signs of serious corrosion. The replacement Step brackets attach to the chassis therefore sit outside the plastic Sill cover the existing covers have cut outs for the brackets which are not now needed so sooner or later I shall be replacing the covers with uncut ones. Additionally, the new slimline steps have two support brackets instead of the origional three and the brackets are made from more substancial steel and will fit D3 and D4's.Relocated to Mid France from N. Wales March 2021
Another Gizmo..GAP BT. Let's see how it compares with JLR IDD/SSD v.163
Rovacomlite and IDD/ SSD diagnostics user
Previous Landies
3.9 SE Classic
3.5 V8 Disco
4.6 P38 HSE
L322 Vogue HSE
TD4 ES Freelander 1
7th Jul 2024 7:12 pm
Worms
Member Since: 24 Sep 2023
Location: Highlands
Posts: 415
Installed the Land Rover Passion tailgate release catch.
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Previously:
2010 FL2 TD4e GS
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW - still got this, non-runner on SORN.
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel
7th Jul 2024 7:44 pm
ballast
Member Since: 13 Apr 2007
Location: South Midlands
Posts: 185
New nearside inlet manifold
4 x Pirelli Scorpion Zero's
That's two thousand of your finest English pounds right there.
Still, done now.
11th Jul 2024 2:21 pm
Disco-Jim
Member Since: 01 Mar 2024
Location: Wisbech
Posts: 72
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Some nice new Michelin Cross Climate tyres fitted and a new pad sensor wire on the rear after I broke the old one when cleaning up the caliper
11th Jul 2024 5:48 pm
bluesj
Member Since: 26 Dec 2023
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 9
Today I ran some new wires for the fbh fuel pump. Now the fbh works , was a bit smoky to start with which panicked the neighbors !
11th Jul 2024 9:24 pm
Captain Crosscheck
Member Since: 03 Sep 2021
Location: Oslo
Posts: 345
Put on some new isolation on the underside of the engine cover, as the old one was in crumbling pieces. Don't think this one will last 17 years, but it'll do for now.
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16th Jul 2024 4:05 pm
Davethegeo
Member Since: 01 Oct 2015
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 919
Changed the transfer box oil. Old oil was more like black coffee in colour and viscosity. Didn't try the taste test. A much easier job than I thought it would be. Was all done and dusted in 15 mins. Drivetrain sounds quieter now in low gears I think. I used Smith & Allan TF 0753 - Transfer Case Fluid - £39 for 2l.D1 300Tdi - gone
D2 Td5 ES (Alive remapped...mmm) - sadly gone
D4 2012 SDV6 XS - Stolen
D4 2014 SDV6 HSE - Shiny
19th Jul 2024 3:00 pm
A.J.M
Member Since: 31 Oct 2009
Location: Carluke
Posts: 2855
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Bought a D4 landmark.
Going to swap over all the off road kit I can from the D3 as it’s gone to Land Rover heaven
21st Jul 2024 6:21 pm
biskit
Member Since: 23 Dec 2009
Location: in my Mancave.
Posts: 1376
That is hard to believe, after all you’ve been through with the D3. That must have taken a lot of courage.🥴Mantec sump guard.
Prospeed tree slider/steps.
Flack duel battery system.
18"Compomotive/AT3 tyres
Brembo 4pot front brakes
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because the existing wires were very short.
, was a bit smoky to start with which panicked the neighbors !
