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NellyD5
 


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Scotland 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 Base 7 Seat Manual Zambezi SilverDiscovery 3
Side light issue

So this happened today. Any ideas on extraction?



TIA
NEIL D3 2005 TDV6 7 Seat Zambezi Silver
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Post #21109455th Jan 2020 8:44 pm
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Disco_Mikey
 


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Scotland 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Cairns BlueDiscovery 3

Can be fished out

Worst case, separate the lenses Thumbs Up My D3 Build Thread

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eightfoot
 


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United Kingdom 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Auto Bonatti GreyDiscovery 3

lol Laughing when this happened to me I got some old fuel pipe and rigged it up on a vac cleaner then fished about till I got hold of it and removed Laughing patience will be your friend Thumbs Up please excuse any grammer/punctuation mistakes,i'm thick,thankyou
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Beno2
 


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First of all the Led in question is massively oversized for a side light . Through vibration and pure weight it will happen again.
You try putting the Disco up a very steep bank to see if it would roll near the hole Rolling with laughter
Or stiff copper wire and some Blu tac D3 HSE
  
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Dave T
 


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take it apart.....and detango at the same time? Whistle Whistle

It is fairly easy to do Joined the BMWX5 45e group
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Globetrotter448
 


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Take headlight out, hold in the air, and wiggle like its the last tango, then a bit of wire to fish it out. Other than that, strip the light.  
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NellyD5
 


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I ll give the shoogling and shaking method another go

Does the light split with out baking? D3 2005 TDV6 7 Seat Zambezi Silver
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19" HSE Alloys
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3 Flash Indicators and clock on dash
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NellyD5
 


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Scotland 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 Base 7 Seat Manual Zambezi SilverDiscovery 3

Dave T wrote:
take it apart.....and detango at the same time? Whistle Whistle

It is fairly easy to do


When will I drop it off? Whistle Very Happy D3 2005 TDV6 7 Seat Zambezi Silver
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19" HSE Alloys
Clear side repeaters
Xenons
LED Everywhere
3 Flash Indicators and clock on dash
Cruise
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Audi A6 S line Black Edition Daytona Grey  
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eightfoot
 


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as stated earlier vac cleaner and a length of pipe please excuse any grammer/punctuation mistakes,i'm thick,thankyou
current vehicles 2005 d3 2013 d4  
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NellyD5
 


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Will give this a go at the weekend. Update to follow Thumbs Up D3 2005 TDV6 7 Seat Zambezi Silver
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19" HSE Alloys
Clear side repeaters
Xenons
LED Everywhere
3 Flash Indicators and clock on dash
Cruise
Roof Rails
Audi A6 S line Black Edition Daytona Grey  
Post #21112146th Jan 2020 9:40 pm
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Dave T
 


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Just needs warming with hairdryer or hot air gun and it’ll pull apart Joined the BMWX5 45e group
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Globetrotter448 wrote:
Take headlight out, hold in the air, and wiggle like its the last tango, then a bit of wire to fish it out. Other than that, strip the light.


I did this with mine without much drama

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