Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Posts: 17932
Favourite Tools For Disco 3 Maintenance
Ok, on occasion the Disco 3 needs a little care and attention and if you are reading the maintenance section and yet the car is otherwise fine then perhaps you are doing it for fun.
So what are your favourite tools for fettling the Disco 3?
I like ratchets that either fit in small places or flex into positions that the D3 demands - like my Facoms and Weras:
Click image to enlarge
Or perhaps I am the only one that can't wait for the next excuse! Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Posts: 17932
The sealed pear-head Facoms clean-up in seconds with some WD40 but the well-worn grips on the Weras stay grubby whatever. The new flex-heads have yet to see a fastener, but I bet they clean-up really well.
Does nobody else look after their tools when they end up covered in rust, muck and old grease? Heck, I even strip and lubricate my Halfords ratchets every so often!
Was tempted to mention the essential D3 friendly hammer, but I don't want the other hammers to know which is my favourite…
Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20844
My hammers know which is my favourite
There is the inherited 30 year old 32oz wooden shaft, which never gets used
A Signet 32oz fibreglass shaft, which is a 'back-up' hammer
The daddy though, is the Mac Tools 32oz, steel anti-vibe shaft (with soft grip ) Capable of removing front lower ball joints in a single blow My D3 Build Thread
I use either a beeswax aerosol spray polish or ProtecTool Wax to protect my tools, having first cleaned them of course.
Some tool sit unused in the back of the rally cars for years, so it's important that they are protected.
NJSSAm I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
2nd Jun 2012 9:16 am
TallPaul
Member Since: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Near Reading
Posts: 1214
Customer services phone number about the not fit for purpose design for the [insert known issue here] that just failed out of warrenty
6th Jun 2012 11:41 am
Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Posts: 17932
Given the amount of trim and panels I have removed from the D3 recently I think these are brilliant:
Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
