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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
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Well the Pirelli tyres still have a little life in them so they are still on. We did some towing for the first time nice big trailer with a couple of tons of logs and then some jay and then a load of pallets. I even filled the boot with hay as well. I feel it has now passed probation and I can admit that it is an excellent machine. What really amazes me is that it is averaging 30.1 mpg. I have tended to slow down on the motorway post covid as everyone seems to have done but even so it is better than I expected especially after the last couple of weeks of towing. MoT due in a few months will update then.
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 5th Apr 2024 7:50 am |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
Posts: 43
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itsaguything wrote:What an enjoyable story line. I quite like your investigative skills and dedication to making it right.
We will need to agree, to disagree on the tires issue, though;)
Thanks and Cheers!
Kind of you to say so. I don't mind differing opinions. I can always prove to be wrong and learn something 
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| 5th Apr 2024 7:54 am |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
Posts: 43
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We passed the MoT, Mileage is now 144,160. but the week before the intake manifold right bank cracked. Managed to source some pattern parts at a sensible price. I was tempted by some aluminium ones but decided plastic ones with a ten year warranty was probably going to last as long as the car.
I am going to have both replaced. My wife dissuaded me from doing it myself. I did not take that much dissuading!
The inlet crack gets noticeably worse as the engine warms up. Or rather it goes to restricted performance more frequently when the engine is warm.
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| 25th May 2024 7:12 am |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
Posts: 43
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Really glad I went to C&L Motortech they are my local garage but replacing both inlet manifolds cost £970 including parts and VAT. They quoted £1565 before the job. I asked why it was cheaper and they said we have done a few of these now so we can beat the book time by quite a bit. Anyway it seemed reasonable to me.
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| 7th Jun 2024 6:39 am |
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Moo
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
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That's a good price. There's a chap on here who recently spent £4k in Germany doing the same thing! D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner 
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
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| 7th Jun 2024 8:48 am |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
Posts: 43
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Crumbs £4k is a big chunk of change.
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| 8th Jun 2024 4:18 am |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
Posts: 43
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Latest little problem. When I accelerate hard about when the thermostat opens I get a low coolant light this stays on. If I drive it the next day it is still on. The water levels are as they should be.
If I then wait for it to cool take the top off the overflow reservoir / expansion tank and run it until the thermostat opens then rev it a couple of times the light goes out.
It is I guess a ball float sensor in the bottom of the overflow reservoir. I could replace the reservoir. However at present I think I will try and work out a way to clean it up a bit. I will let you know if I find a way.
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| 27th Jul 2024 6:35 am |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
Posts: 43
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So the issue after a few resets using the method outlined above seems to have reduced in frequency.
Will keep persisting with it as it seems a silly thing to go wrong and recognisable that it is a false reading. If it eventually stops getting stuck again I will let you know
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| 26th Aug 2024 7:29 am |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
Posts: 43
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New stories to tell.
Went to Devon in storm Bert so a 600 mile round trip. Very wet we had three days without a low coolant warning then it was back. Sensor still gets stuck, I now have a fuel gauge that after about a mile of filling up it vanished then after about 6 miles it is back. Will try not filling to the very top but I get a range of 486 miles according to the computer when I fill it full. Average mileage is 31.3 mpg incredible!
While wading about in mud and flooded roads in Devon the reversing lights came on. They were out the next day, and we're fine driving home on wet roads and then on Saturday they did it again while going through mud and water. Coming home on the A14 with reversing lights on which must have been confusing for others. Could be fun trying to waterproof the switch, especially as they were out again the next day so success could be hard to judge.
Also the water in fuel light is coming on again from time to time. Filter housing to be replaced next service then.
It does have some new boots on which are Pirelli's I found some that had 6 mm of tread on them which is pretty new and cost £60 apiece. On Saturday it was very wet and muddy on the track which we us to get the middle of the shoot. We needed every bit of traction we could get. Two Defenders one Discovery 3 on some serious offences road rubber and an Isuzu Trooper with a trailer on and very very good mega off road tyres. The Isuzu got stuck then it kept losing its gearbox and had to be switched off and. Restarted to get drive back. The Defenders slithered through and us on basically a semi off road semi road tyre, I did pick my route carefully but we made it and we went through a bit better than one of the defenders. I did select the mud and ruts mode.
Quite proud of the Discovery it really does perform well and even puts extra lights on to show it is working hard!!
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| 10th Dec 2024 11:33 am |
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Jlastsr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2023
Location: Bury St. Edmunds
Posts: 43
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What was I thinking. Yesterday the upper tailgate switch stopped working. Armed with a Leatherman a bit of vinegar an old bit of wire insulation and a very short bit of stainless steel I managed to get it working again. The switch is made of an plastic body that pops out of the tailgate, pulled the rubber off and the paddle fell out. Take that and it was covered in white corrosion. But first trigger the micro switch to check it works. Mine did, so put the paddle in some vinegar, put a flat screwdriver down at one end of the switch and preferably about a quarter of the way from a corner use a really thin one so it goes down about 2 inches then swing it towards the other corner if you are lucky you will catch the plastic wing and press it to the body so it will come out. If it is being a pain don't bother it is only to make putting the rubber back on easy. If the micro switch doesn't work then you need a new switch or to get it moving if it won't move. My paddle as well as being covered in white corrosion also had a bit broken that formed the hinge with the body. Fetch the old end out and glue it back or in my case input a wire in and a bit of insulation to take up the slack once I had thoroughly cleaned it. Then reassemble and the tailgate worked again. Happy Christmas I can carry parcels again!
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| 22nd Dec 2024 1:59 pm |
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