Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
Fitted some of Uncle Ray's rock sliders in the pouring rain Cheers Ian
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5th Jul 2012 12:56 pm
aljo
Member Since: 20 May 2007
Location: west sussex
Posts: 804
Ran over my mobile in a 25 ton excavator Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where,s the f**king ceiling!!
5th Jul 2012 3:26 pm
aljo
Member Since: 20 May 2007
Location: west sussex
Posts: 804
Ran over my mobile in a 25 ton excavator Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where,s the f**king ceiling!!
5th Jul 2012 3:47 pm
Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
Did you not learn after doing it the first time Cheers Ian
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5th Jul 2012 3:52 pm
RRR207
Member Since: 12 Oct 2011
Location: Bristol
Posts: 372
Is having 3 Land Rovers in one day greedy?
10am .... My D4 is dead! LR Assistance diagnose an electrical fault & suggest dealer input.
12pm .... Enterprise Rental Car pick me up from the dealer & loan me a 2012 D4 SDV6 HSE ...... VERY NICE
5pm .... PUNCTURE! ..... where is the locking wheel nut? After much searching it appears to be missing, Enterprise apologise. (They also apologise for the Houmous that expired in May that I found under the seat during the search for the nut!).
6pm .... A 2011 Freelander 2 HSE is delivered & the D4 awaits recovery.
What a day, I should have stayed in bed.Nick
2010 D4 ....... now gone and replaced with a 05RRV Autobiography
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5th Jul 2012 10:39 pm
RRR207
Member Since: 12 Oct 2011
Location: Bristol
Posts: 372
Apparently the 'instrument pack' is knackered ..... it deals with a lot of the cars security systems I'm told. Looks like I've got the Freelander for a few days yet.
Got a quote from Frogs Island 4x4 for the remaining mods, hopefully they'll going on as soon as it comes back from Stratstones.
Land Rover Assistance were excellent, I'll miss them when the warranty runs out.Nick
2010 D4 ....... now gone and replaced with a 05RRV Autobiography
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7th Jul 2012 2:38 am
Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
Helped out on the Kielder 4x4 Safari today raising money for The Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team.
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A bit muddy in places today but on the whole not too bad although we did have one section where we had to tow/waffle board/manhandle 18 cars through, bloody knackered now Cheers Ian
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8th Jul 2012 8:33 pm
away
Member Since: 18 Nov 2006
Location: Cossack
Posts: 111
Drove the New D4 Home
Drove my new D4 home from the Dealer. Took two days to do it (1650 Km) and got showered in stones by a passing truck. Four stones hit the windscreen and one has made a sizeable chip on the leading edge of the bonnet.
Aside from that I am very happy. I get 11% better economy than I do in the D3. The extra power of the SDV6 is quite noticeable. The ride is slightly harsher (probably due to the low profile tyres), but the seat is more comfortable than the D3. Went for the HSE spec this time and had a lot of fun playing with the Nav and stereo on the way home.
I didn't know that the engine had no dipstick until the salesman showed me how to read the oil level on the instrument display. Do I trust it?
So, the old faithful D3 is now officially on the market. It will be sad to see her go - she's taken us to almost every place in mainland Australia.
Cheers
RussD4: Expedition Rack, 104 Litre Long Range Tank, Raised Air Intake
D3: Every bloomin' thing but the kitchen sink
9th Jul 2012 4:26 am
RRR207
Member Since: 12 Oct 2011
Location: Bristol
Posts: 372
Technically I didn't do anything!
It's all done!
Thanks to Frogs Island 4x4 for finishing the mods of my car.
Roll on next weekend as it'll be out in anger for the first time doing off-road rides for punters at the Silverstone Classic weekend, all in aid of charity.Nick
2010 D4 ....... now gone and replaced with a 05RRV Autobiography
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13th Jul 2012 10:20 pm
caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
Posts: 6922
Did my first mod to the D4.
Some neoprene foam tape on the shelf abobe the glove box. I can now put the phone there without it sliding off.
“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
Ernest Hemmingway
D4 3.0 Active Diff, Adaptive Lights, High Beam Assist, Surround Cameras, Privacy Glass.
D3 2.7:Adaptive Headlights,Electronic Rear Diff,ARB Bar,Blaupunkt Speakers,JVC Powered Subwoofer,Removable Snorkel,Mitch Hitch,Pioneer After Market Head Unit,Steering Wheel Control Adaptor,Remote Adjustable Supension Rod System, Taxside Dual Battery System.
11th Aug 2012 2:29 am
Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
Well just had a great weekend doing some Northumberland green lanes yesterday and then a bit of wild camping right on the coast near Boulmer
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The view we woke upto this morning over Longhoughton Steel
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Dunstanburgh Castle in the distance
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Some of the neighbours were a bit noisy
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and some of the others not
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All in all a brilliant weekend with some good friends and some good craic Cheers Ian
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I recovered a plane that 'conked' out and did an emergency landing in one of our fields! Problem with the carb on a 50 hour old engine!
They offered me a 'trial flight', politely said not in that plane and accepted the £50!
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Thats the second emergency landing in the last 20 years in the same field! Must be a good spot!
Skep'16 Volvo XC90 R Design Bursting Blue (Vera)
'12 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Fuji White (Daz - Gone
'10 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Santorini Black (Vinnie - Gone)
'07 Discovery 3 2.7 TDV6 SE Stornoway Grey (Gone)
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30th Aug 2012 11:37 am
devonchilliman
Member Since: 03 Nov 2008
Location: Devon
Posts: 5224
Been ploughing
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30th Aug 2012 9:39 pm
fatherted123456
Member Since: 22 Jan 2012
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 103
Got stuck at Sefton park towing a 2.5 ton generator with original road tires SSDD.
30th Aug 2012 10:07 pm
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Member Since: 18 Nov 2006
Location: Cossack
Posts: 111
Mitchell Brothers Hitch
Fitted a Mitchell Brothers Hitch to the D4. Also fitted a Tekonsha P3 caravan brake controller and pulled in a 13 sq mm twin power lead from the engine bay to the luggage area at the rear and extended it to an Anderson plug on the rear bumper. It means I now have serious power available at the back of the vehicle.
Took three days at a leisurely pace to do all of the work. I now know how a lot of the plastic-ware is attached to the interior of the vehicle and I also know why I gave up installing two-way radios in vehicles almost 15 years ago. Still, the skin will grow back on my knuckles and all of the bits and pieces went back where they were originally. Best of all, there were no parts left over when I finished.
CheersD4: Expedition Rack, 104 Litre Long Range Tank, Raised Air Intake
D3: Every bloomin' thing but the kitchen sink
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