Member Since: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Paulshoff
Posts: 174
Had to use a Winch to get up here
Not the best place to find your D3. She tried hard to get me home . After 400 kms of coaxing,begging and pleading she gave up the ghost 500 mts from my gate. of to the stealers we go
20th Oct 2008 12:16 pm
Deondef
Member Since: 08 May 2007
Location: Randburg
Posts: 790
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease give us some more info
What happened, symptoms, warnings etc Erstwhile - D3 S '07. Dual battery system. Upgraded tow hitch. Mantec skid plate. Frontrunner rr. Tmax double headed built in compressor
Defender TD5 110 CSW '00. "With everything"
20th Oct 2008 12:34 pm
heine
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Midrand
Posts: 4054
Bummer
20th Oct 2008 1:27 pm
Baben
Member Since: 15 Feb 2006
Location: Kyalami
Posts: 2059
no way!?
21st Oct 2008 7:18 am
Atacama
Member Since: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Paulshoff
Posts: 174
The symptoms where the very similar to the last time.
It started as I left Mateke . Came off the dirt road and accelerated hard . The same old warning “Engine fault “ followed by “Special programs off†and the power drops off. I turned off the ignition and restarted , the power came back . Tried a soft acceleration and it was fine, then tried a hard acceleration and it cut again.
Stopped outside Vaalwater and pumped up tires and had a look around , all seemed in order. From Vaalwater went through to Markam with no problems . Left Markam around 9pm in heavy rain and went through to Pretoria using a very gentle foot .Approaching Hammanskraal it fault re-occurred. We limped through Pretoria to Johannesburg. And then to 4 Ways. The car would run for 2 mins and loose power. When traffic would become to dangerous I would restart to get a little more power. With about 500 mts to go , after making it up the hill at Paulshoff it lost power and then died . It would crank but not start.
I was at Waterford and saw it being offlaoded and thought "poor fellow.......I hope it doesent happen to me ". I hope they find and sort the problem quickly, and that it is something along the lines of a blocked filter
PS while there, I asked if I could buy some height sensor control rods. (so I could make another set of shortened rods of a different length My current set of short rods I got from a scrap dealer for R5 ea ) They told me that Id have to order the complete sensor unit. and said besides "if you changed them you would have to recalibrate your suspension on the test book" . Having put my shortened rods on and off a few times I havent ever had a problem ..yet. Any thoughts or is the Stealer just being, well a stealer.Of course we'll make it... were in a landy!
21st Oct 2008 8:20 am
Atacama
Member Since: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Paulshoff
Posts: 174
Got the same story when I looked for some. Maybe we are going to have to buy a box full of them from our friends up north.
D3 was due for its service anyway. So I look on the bright side , was collected to have the service done. 48000 kms in 16 months. I think I drive to much.
21st Oct 2008 9:03 am
TiaanS
Member Since: 25 May 2007
Location: Pretoria
Posts: 200
Bliksim, not nice to see a disco in that situation…
21st Oct 2008 9:31 am
heine
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Midrand
Posts: 4054
Atacama wrote:
Got the same story when I looked for some. Maybe we are going to have to buy a box full of them from our friends up north.
Please let me know if and when you order some .
Any news on the car yet ?
21st Oct 2008 10:34 am
Atacama
Member Since: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Paulshoff
Posts: 174
They did phone last night to say it was not done yet, almost fell of my chair. No urgent rush from my side, just want it done properly. They also have to sort out the Disco fart . Looks like mine also got the gas eventually.
I was waiting to see if the boys got the reomote ajustment arms sorted before i get.
[quote Looks like its coming in about about $1000]
well, Ill be giving that a skip then. Besides my new clever tool makes changing the rods very quick, also doesent damage the rubber grommits at all. The only "mission" part is jacking the vehicle and getting dirty in the wheel arch. On the other hand, with the kind of cash mentioned above I can hire someone to do it for me and get him to clean the car when I get back every week for a year, and still have some left over for supervisor refreshments.
[/quote]Of course we'll make it... were in a landy!
21st Oct 2008 11:56 am
wilsonmg
Member Since: 16 Apr 2008
Location: Wigan
Posts: 335
had the same sort of issues a couple of months ago. It turned out to be the compressor for the suspension. Apparently the 'bus' system that the car uses has a tendancy to throw all sorts of crazy messages out when something is staring to fail. I kept on getting the 'engine fault' message and the car went into 'limp' mode after hard acceleration, the restart of engine would sort it. Eventually the compressor went and I got the 'suspension error' thingy you say. Had the compressor changed and hey presto.... the car has been absolutly fine since (now done over 5000 miles with no repeat symptoms
21st Oct 2008 11:58 am
Atacama
Member Since: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Paulshoff
Posts: 174
THats a tad rich for me.. shew
Wilsonmg
Well went through this a while ago. Same symptoms and it was a transfer case module. HAving said that i have been giving my suspention a sever work out the past few weeks. Will post the pics as soon as i get them trimmed down.
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". I hope they find and sort the problem quickly, and that it is something along the lines of a blocked filter
My current set of short rods I got from a scrap dealer for R5 ea 
) They told me that Id have to order the complete sensor unit. and said besides "if you changed them you would have to recalibrate your suspension on the test book" 
. Having put my shortened rods on and off a few times I havent ever had a problem ..yet. Any thoughts or is the Stealer just being, well a stealer.
. Looks like mine also got the gas eventually.
