maplecottage wrote:

Looking at the workshop manual, it wouldn't appear to be that much of an issue once you have removed some panels and the undertray.

Extract here http://www.disco3.co.uk/gallery/albums/use...emoval.pdf


Mind you - it doesn't say how to get it out once you have removed the mounting bolts

I had to lever mine out and couldn't work out why it was so hard to remove it. I then could not get it back in at ALL no matter how much I tried. The instructions say insert and rotate but I couldn't 'insert' it I then worked out that the connection stud that the cable goes on was about 1/2" too long I shortened the stud so that there was about 1/16th" protruding past the nut when the cable was bolted down. Wallah! in like Flynn. The starter was a Denso brand. Because the starter is installed in the engine before the engine is installed in the vehicle then the stud length was not taken into consideration. Maybe other brands of starters have a shorter stud, I hope so

Disco_Mikey wrote:

I remember reading in an old LRO mag, there was a feature on the VR/CAD design studio at LR HQ...

The same issue came up, "is there enough space to get a Disco 3 starter out through the subframe?"

The answer was "Yes, but you have to know which ways to turn it"

We have the same problem at work when we have to remove/replace parts that have been designed on cad systems, on the screen there looks plenty of room for access but you try removing the dam things. Its a good system but not always accurate, nothing like the real view when you come to work on it.

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