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Replacing door latch / window regulator - Now with guide
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neilthesparky
 


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United Kingdom 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Bonatti GreyDiscovery 3

great guide, managed to replace mine in about an hour and a half tonight but already knew how to get the door card off after doing it yesterday tring to find out what was wrong in the first place.
  
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Nickhearne
 


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My near side rear has gone any one have a contact for a new one, I see the Large one is away!

Nick
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DCBINGBING
 


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Hong Kong 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Galway GreenDiscovery 3

Good job. Your are brilliant Thumbs Up
Same thing happened to me last night, the driver door not willing to lock.
My lock actuator was replaced by the dealer today, just too complicated a job for a woman like me Embarassed
The dealer told me 10 out of 10 disco3 have this problem, also the tail bonnet lock actuator as well (mine was replaced last year). Very upset that these parts on the disco3 so weak and wearing out so fast, mine only has 40000km on it. Thank you again for showing us the procedure of the repair, especially with photos.
  
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Spain 2007 Discovery 3 4.4 V8 SE Auto Zermatt SilverDiscovery 3

Iain G wrote:
For info I had to replace the passanger side latch mechanism, this time I fixed the old mechanism by replacing the worn out brushes in the motor. I used a similar motor that I had lying around and butchered the end of it and swapped them over. Has been fine for months.

Motor is similar in appearance to this but has a longer shaft to mount a worm wheel on. Maybe I should see if the company in the link can make a batch.


This motor is the same (housing and brush carrier) to a very old friend, known by all of us.
Remember Scalextric model cars? From the late 80s I guess till now they carried that mabuchi closed motor.

Even out there there is a pinion extractor, so in case everything went bang, one could swap internal armature and spindle -the heart of the motor- from the old to the new housing.

Best regards and thanks for this useful post

Robert (aka the bodge master)
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DiscoBro
 


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England 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Zermatt SilverDiscovery 3

OK.... looks like a useful guide but I can't get the door to open in order to get the door card off.... can the card be take off from inside the car with the door closed ?
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Post #81912920th Jul 2011 6:56 pm
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Martin
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United Kingdom 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Manual Buckingham BlueDiscovery 3

As an update to this superb guide, I've written up the replacement of a rear door latch, and put it on the wiki:

http://www.disco3.co.uk/wiki/index.php/Rea...eplacement
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Post #84562210th Oct 2011 3:16 pm
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TDV64ME
 


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Australia 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 Base 5 Seat Auto Zambezi SilverDiscovery 3

DiscoBro wrote:
OK.... looks like a useful guide but I can't get the door to open in order to get the door card off.... can the card be take off from inside the car with the door closed ?


Got exactly the same problem,Passenger side front wont open , How do you get at it if the door wont open ?
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Bonehead
 


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United Kingdom 2011 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Auto Buckingham BlueDiscovery 4

Thanks for the guide, I just replaced the driver side, with the vat the part cost about £50 from the dealers. Took me about just over an hour to do.

Once again thanks for the help Smile Im sure it would ahve been a right pain without the guide.
  
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AndrePB
 


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South Africa 2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Atacama SandDiscovery 3

Very useful guide, saved me hours of fiddling around blindly.
Keep up the great work !
  
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davemh_80
 


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Australia 2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Lugano TealDiscovery 3

What a great guide - thank you for the effort. I'd previously went "fishing" inside my door pretty much hoping for the best on this fix. One warning (for others who cant help but disassemble unknowingly), be careful not to remove the window winder/regulator engine from its large housing. It comes apart readily but is geared to a certain position which if not returned to will cause the up/down wind to lose the plot.
  
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TallPaul
 


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Another victory for the guide Thumbs Up

Changed drivers door lock (good price from TLO) today in about 1h15m but I did have a helper for the window holding and a history of taking of door cards to change speakers in my favour Wink
  
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ridgeback_moor
 


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It looks like my replacement latch fitted a couple of years ago has also started to fail,so looks like even the newer version isn't very robust.Anyone else had a replacement latch fail?
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Only just ordered my first replacement from Dan @ Duckworth's today!! Shocked
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TallPaul
 


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Anyone else using the two presses to unlock setting on the remote? Once for drivers, twice for other doors? I have this turned on with wife's key, but off with mine (all doors). I am wondering if the extra cycles with wife is what caused the drivers lock to fail. Might reprogram her key, she is more getting in with the kids lately than the lone female so not really needed.

ridgeback - should be quicker second time around right? Whistle
  
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Robbie
 


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Christ I found that difficult. Big Cry

I don't think my short yet stout arms and miniature fingers helped either.

Bits I found hard:

Releasing the plastic grab handle cover = broke 1 clip.

Releasing the bolt on the window guide = covered in loctite and guide is not very strong.

Releasing the far window catch = Wife had to do this bit.

Removing the regulator from the door = Gave up as it was easy enough to move to the side.

Releasing the lock electrical connector = broke the clip.

Re-rigging the cable to the pull handle = took far too long before it suddenly went right in.

Reconnecting the 3 electrical connections to window switches = not enough loom for the space given.

It all works fine but I must be loosing my touch, or just getting old. I had hopped to replace my clockspring and wire-in a bluetooth module too, but I have come out of the gale outside to drink beer and tend to my wounded arms.

Wife was an essential accessory today. Not only for releasing the window catch but for bringing me in for a coffee and a walnut whip when I was close to madness.

Anyway, thanks for the guide as a few days of clambering over the seats to lock and unlock the car was rather tedious. Thanks to Dan @ Duckworth's for getting the lock in (cost £42 all in).

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