Member Since: 02 Jun 2016
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 2154
Hi LandyNZer
Sorry to hear about your oil pump but good result on getting the engine replaced
There are a lot of posts on this forum about the oil pump and how the old ones are. There are also various pictures of old and new pumps, maybe this will help in giving you an idea of what a new pump looks like:
Member Since: 27 Apr 2020
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 3
Hoping to buy soon
Hi Folks,
Looking to buy a Disco 3 pretty soon. It will be a toy/workhorse/overlander as I have other vehicles under my care for more serious use.
My original plan was to visit Iceland this summer with my fairly well kitted out Suzuki Jimny. It's looking like that wont be happening so I'm planning on kitting out a Disco3 and taking it next year. I'll eventually sell the Jimny I think, but it's just so much fun. Looking at around £5/6k for the base Disco and then mods will trickle down as funds allow! I'm happy to take my time and can do a fair bit of the work myself. (famous last words)
Hoping to use the resources and knowledge on here to help out with finding a good one and then fitting choice mods (not to mention fixing the thing probably!)
All the best.
Matt.
27th Apr 2020 12:14 pm
Johnny-Bones
Member Since: 29 Apr 2020
Location: Washington DC
Posts: 3
Hello guys here to learn a few things
2006 LR3 4.4 V8 HSE
HD Package
ARB Air locker equipped
33x12.50’s
29th Apr 2020 12:54 am
CHardy
Member Since: 30 Jun 2016
Location: Lancs
Posts: 4
Hi,
Recently bought my second Disco after missing driving my last Disco too much. Looking forward to making a few modifications to it and then hopefully taking it offroad, when we're all finally allowed back out and about!
29th Apr 2020 2:43 pm
JL76
Member Since: 29 Apr 2020
Location: Harrogate
Posts: 1
Hi
Hi, Just saying hello..
Been coming on here for a while.. as doing quite a few fixes to my disco 3. Mostly gone pretty smoothly.. except for the ubiquitous parts being sealed on.
john
29th Apr 2020 4:40 pm
Discoed
Member Since: 16 Jun 2010
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 1020
Having had a D3 for 9 years I took a break and ran a classic Range Rover for a year or so but I seem to have drifted back into Discovery ownership.
The Range Rover has departed for a live in Essex - sorry to see it go really but I won't miss managing corrosion, brittle plastics and non-working electric windows!
Now I have a 2014 XS. I had forgotten how great they are to drive!
Xenon headlights need fitting and CCF editing (anyone able to help with this in West Yorkshire?) and a sump guard is on the way. Few other additions to make over the next few months I suspect.
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29th Apr 2020 10:28 pm
Martin Site Admin and Owner
Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 18448
Welcome all 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
29th Apr 2020 10:37 pm
migsel
Member Since: 01 May 2020
Location: Zonhoven
Posts: 5
Hi from Belgium
Hi,
I'm new here, from Belgium.
Sadly I found the forums because I have a problem
Driver side window on my 2005 Disco3 won't open... so I'll be trying out the search feature in a minute!
1st May 2020 2:37 pm
Johnny-Bones
Member Since: 29 Apr 2020
Location: Washington DC
Posts: 3
Hello from the USA 🇺🇸
2006 LR3 HSE 4.4lV8
HD
ARB Air Locker
33x12.50 Trail Grapplers
18x8
Bora 1.5 Wheel Spacer on Rear Wheels
1st May 2020 4:25 pm
ianm27
Member Since: 02 Jun 2016
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 2154
Hi migsel and Johnny
That is a cracking looking car Johnny and some stunning photos Uncle Ray's spare wheel protector
Limo Tint
Blackvue front & rear dashcam
Cruise control switch pack
Bodsy's remote for FBH
1st May 2020 6:01 pm
desv8
Member Since: 01 May 2020
Location: CHELTENHAM
Posts: 124
hello
Well finally joined!! Been looking from a far for a while now and finally decided to bite the bullet and sign up. Owned a Land Rover Discovery 2 petrol for about seven years now and now gone and got myself a Discovery 3 petrol. Not as a replacement just always fancied a petrol Discovery 3 and one came up at the right time and right money so thought why not. Still new to me, owned for about 6 months so just getting to know each other really. Anyway, have a few little questions but don't feel day one is the time to start pestering all you good people with my issues. looking forward to pestering you all in future.
Des
1st May 2020 7:59 pm
Al 270
Member Since: 01 May 2020
Location: Oban
Posts: 3
New lad
Hi all thanks for letting me join forum I am a d3 owner on a 57 plate 2.7 tdv6 with 177000mls on it and love it.
I am from the west coast of scotland and looking forward to asking lots of stupid questions! Cheers 8)
1st May 2020 8:52 pm
ianm27
Member Since: 02 Jun 2016
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 2154
Welcome desv8 and al270 to the joys (?) of D3/D4 ownership.
Oh, and there's no such thing as a stupid question but can't guarantee you won't get some stupid answers Uncle Ray's spare wheel protector
Limo Tint
Blackvue front & rear dashcam
Cruise control switch pack
Bodsy's remote for FBH
2nd May 2020 1:04 pm
Sparg
Member Since: 04 May 2020
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 4
Hello all,
After some years and 180,000 miles in a defender 110 doublecab TD5, I've reluctantly given in to pressure and traded for an old D3 - 2006, 110K miles on clock.
Got the belts done and innumerable bits and bobs - 2.5K pounds worth. I'm feeling the pinch already! - need to get Gearbox flush done, will probably need suspension compressor in the foreseeable, the front diff seems to make a slight binding noise.... etc.
So really noticing the difference in complexity and cost.
I also notice a big change in driving style - I have to be careful in this one, whereas the defender with it's all-steel corners and 20 quid door mirrors was a different beast - and I got 31 mpg, hammering across the peak district every day, now I'm gentle as anything on the throttle and only get 27mpg.
But... it makes a good Grandchildren taxi, which was the whole point. The Defender only had "exterior crumple zones" (i.e. fitted to other vehicles) and, if I counted up all the airbags.... zero.
So I'm getting to grips with a whole different set of idiosynchracies (what was the point of that handbrake mechanism?)
First one - I'll find a forum to post on - the non-powerfold door mirros has just dropped off! - well, it's hanging by the adjuster wires, but I can't figure how to put it back together...
So, things I like and things I don't (I never really like auto boxes, but then SWAMBO hated the clutch on the defender).
See how it goes...
4th May 2020 10:44 am
soylentgreen66
Member Since: 06 May 2020
Location: Staines Upon Thames
Posts: 3
New Member - in trouble already!
Afternoon all. I am the proud owner of a 2007 D3 SE which I bought in January. My second Land Rover - I had a Series III back in the noughties when the kids were little.
So it's only five months since buying the beast and it's in the menders with the classic instrument pack death issue. Oh well, I knew what I was letting myself in for!
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the old ones are. There are also various pictures of old and new pumps, maybe this will help in giving you an idea of what a new pump looks like:
