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18th Jan 2013 11:12 am
taffjk
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i know what happened now! anyway here's the excuse, i said to the lad in halfords and he came out and said look you dont have to take anything apart got his tiny hand in and took the bulb out, thought that looks easier than taking the front apart and i was then determined! tit, any way i then tried that to no avail even an aa man that was close by said they were an . anyway i then took the front off easy enough and tried to lift the clip which wouldnt budge after ten minutes of swearing and pulling i got the winder out the jack set hooked it under pulled it apart and done!! next time 3 minutes 4 at most!!
18th Jan 2013 2:48 pm
Robbie
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Yep, get some grease on the sliders as they are a pain otherwise!
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I gave up trying to change parking bulb after 90 mins on daugters Corsa, ran out of time as both front wheels and front bumper/valance have to come off to remove lamp unit Peugeot 307 is about the same, it is one thing Land Rover have got right. It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
18th Jan 2013 4:54 pm
fishinmad
Member Since: 30 Jan 2012
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D3 prob te easiest car i have ever owned to change bulb (they had to make something easy to do!) on my 5 series, three are easy to replace, however one is so hard even the BMW filtter had to get a mate to help!
18th Jan 2013 7:13 pm
hugeviking
Member Since: 08 Jun 2010
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Yep, Disco easy so long as the sliders move. Is Lithium spray grease the best ?.
Focus is a right . however had to do it so often i'm down to 10 mins now.
Andi.
18th Jan 2013 7:56 pm
taffjk
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i had a 307 and i didn't have any probs with that.
18th Jan 2013 8:19 pm
Robbie
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Yep lithium grease works well for this. Don't really need the spray of course, but could be handy for other things.Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
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I lost a fair amount of hand skin changing a headlight bulb on my sister's shoity old Citroen C5. A complete shed of a car which she has since traded in for a Freelander.
Disco lights are a doddle. 2015 Discovery 4 HSE Corris with Blackpack
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18th Jan 2013 8:24 pm
hugeviking
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Cheers Robbie
Andi.
18th Jan 2013 8:34 pm
taffjk
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looks like i'm going to have a practice as the other one went today! sub five minutes? lol
22nd Jan 2013 9:20 pm
drw58
Member Since: 13 Jan 2013
Location: Perthshire
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Competition Cahllenge
This sound like a developing challenge for rallies and club meetings.
Could have a driver and passenger team event coud even make it more interesting by replacing a brake light at the same time.... always seem to go one after the other.
Don't you just love the way Halfords sell you a whole set of bulbs in a handy plastic case.......still to meet anyone who's had to use any of the little jobbies in there
Anyway no shame in admitting the job took a little longer than expected sometimes the only way to learn, main thing was the job got done....result
I use the grease that Halfrauds sell for off road bikes...sticks like poo to the proverbial blanket
works on these sliders, the front steering contact place (on D3's) & the auto gearbox linkage thing...
It just doesnt wash off or out....BREXIT - done properly.
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23rd Jan 2013 8:25 am
taffjk
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well sub five minutes it was! got the bar from the jack, pulled, undone, in, out, shook it all about, put it in and win!
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. anyway i then took the front off easy enough and tried to lift the clip which wouldnt budge after ten minutes of swearing and pulling i got the winder out the jack set hooked it under pulled it apart and done!! next time 3 minutes 4 at most!! 
Peugeot 307 is about the same, it is one thing Land Rover have got right. 
