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01 Start of Xmas 07 trip across the Australian Nullabor243 viewsThis is the preferred method of travelling 2500km of Nullabor desert when time is short (the Indian Pacific train). Next stop is Adelaide.
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08 D3 stranded with a seized smoking wheel315 viewsAbout 1 hr after replacing the blown tyre, strange noises emanated from the stability control system and speed dropped off. Then I looked in the rear view mirror, and noted a cloud of dust along with a whiff of black smoke. This led to a very quick stop (no traffic on this route for over a week, so no worries about having to signal exiting the road). Took a look and WOW. The right rear wheel was glowing a dull red colour, and burning rubber smoke was wafting from the red glow over the fuel lines.
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The tyre hill182 viewsWe had to drive over this without stopping. Made it, no problem :)
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off-camber hill352 viewsAnd no, I wasn\'t hanging my arm out to balance the car - I was stopped at this point waiting for the Jeep in front to try and finish. It was a pretty steep off-camber slope!
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Virgin Snow134 viewsWent for a play in some new snow so I could practice and get my driving style right on close to zero friction surfces. Hard to tell from this photo, but car is parked on a 1:6 slope heading uphill, with hard packed ice under the fresh snow covering. I stopped here to practice my hill starts on ice...I was there for some time :)
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54 viewsSlight dink in parking sensor, caused by under sied trailor. Stops parking sensors from working and didnt see it. Bloody thing!! Parking snsor still working perfectly normal.
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light stops X 2150 views
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light stops X 2154 views
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Ready to winch a friends disco 4 194 viewsback of the picture you can just see another freinds (luvbus) disco 3 acting as balast to stop the disco 4 pulling me down hill
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Letting a D3 pass in the Goyt Valley66 viewsStopped to let a D3 and his van-in-distress pass on the main slope down to the reservoirs in the Goyt Valley
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Waiting for a D1 to pass in the Goyt Valley67 viewsStopped to let a D1 and his vectra-in-distress pass on the main slope down to the reservoirs in the Goyt Valley
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Nice lane by Belvoir stopped to let GGs past so photo op taken58 views
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Land Rover Stop Tail Light dual filament bulb nominal 12 volt 21 / 5 watt filaments1427 viewsThis is the Land Rover part number 264590 dual filament bulb, (P21/5), that inserts into the upper two tail lamp receptacles. In the upper one, both filaments function, in the lower one, only the 5 watt tail light filament functions.

I regard it as not a good practice to routinely switch bulbs when the tail light filament, (5 watt), burns out on the lower bulb. The broken filament can jiggle over onto the brake light filament, (21 watt), and short the circuit to ground or something else not predicable.

There are also arguments to say that quality control is better on the Land Rover marketed bulbs than say far east sourced bulbs. Filament construction, and hence resistance can vary and mislead the current sensing circuits monitoring the signal light systems. Also when the bulbs are properly installed, all filaments should be standing vertically and not at any slope.

These are the sort of obscure circumstances that can lead to false trouble messages on the display, dropping to the stops, and subsequent concerns - all over a tail/signal light bulb.

For example, the filament life of both the tail light and the brake light filaments in the P21/5 bulb is significantly less than the USA common 1157 dual filament bulb, (1000/250 vs 5000/1200 hours); brightness in the P21/5 is a bit more, (3cp/35cp vs 3cp/32cp where cp is candle power), but current consumption is oddly less, (0.44a/1.86a vs 0.59a/2.10a where a is amps). It is the quest for efficiency vs maintenance trade off.
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Lunch Stop49 views
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Fin cell phone aerial drawing190 viewsThe factory aerial for the factory NAV / GPS on my 2005 HSE is within the high mounted stop light lens at the top of the upper hatch door. I do not have the factory installed phone kit, and as such, do not have the fin installed; instead there is just a plastic blanking insert to fill the cell phone aerial wiring hole in the metal portion of the roof; hence this requirement for an "external" cell antenna. For those that do have the fin on their glass roof, the fin is screwed on to a glued on plastic gasket, (sort of), and not bolted thru as per the metal roof 3's.
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A short stop before entering Finland. October 201029 views
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Box Closed with 7 Blade NAS connectors586 viewsBox closed up and ready for use. The box and cable connectors are reasonably weather tight and hence can be submerged for a bit while doing a creek crossing but as with the 3, do not use the creek bed as a parking stall. Similarly, the connector recessed into the bumper will probably remain somewhat dry as long as you keep moving but if you get stopped, well that is another story.

As such, I put a vial of desiccant in the metal box prior to closing it up to reduce corrosion due to moisture build up.
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Snow reflections339 viewsA quick stop to reflect about the snow in January 2010.
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10,000ft up in the Alps!!! Honda Pan European Sept'01393 viewsThis was the first time I had ever fallen off a bike. Snow didn't help! Nothing hurt or damaged so we stopped to take a picture...
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+12V supply141 views+12V taken from the regulator used to power the start/stop battery from MY14 onwards
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Discovery 3 XS & Swift Challenger 53071 viewsBrief stop at Clackets Lane M25
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Stop light90 views
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Short stop on Merricumbene FT - while a tyre was changed78 views
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Mt Werong Camping Area - a good spot to stop for lunch! 56 views
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Oi!! stop following me!!200 views
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door stops109 views
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286 viewsSo guess which idiot left their tow hitch on? No wonder we stopped!
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238 viewsMike is finally stopped almost at the end of pit 3!
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Brief stopover on Loch Awe54 views
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Stopover at Grisdale Forest55 views
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fitted stronger rear strut holders. not a great mod. the holes i drillled for the "R" clips are the best mod, as they stop the legs from sliding up under pressure. requires bracing inside to stop chassis bending103 views
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Lock Stop. Grease to stop the graunch.894 views
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faultmate EAS rear bump stop102 views
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Sarnie stop221 views
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Click this, I can't stop watching it, it's epic!!54 views
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high level brake light removal544 views
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High Mounted Stoplamp Removal.pdf448 views
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Les Falaises Cahors France155 viewsOur first hotel stop. View of car and coffin from our room.
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Pit stop ..148 views
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Pit Stop165 views
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At the 1303 mile mark, Av MPG was 30.4 !!!!!!!!!!!!! With all teh start / stop, and general moochign about, this was quite good !307 views
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Photo stop59 views
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Impact Skid after hitting wayward Hilux208 viewsDisco3 was stopped when a skidding Hilux collided with it. Collision caused Disco3 to slide backwards
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Oops16 viewsThat's why it stopped moving forwards and started moving down!
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Series 3 300tdi14 viewsMy Series 3 patiently waiting for the D3 to stop breaking so I can rewire the thing properly!
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1315 viewsA view of the PC opened, the board at the top is the power supply with the start stop timing built in.
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Picture of the engine compartment fuse panel5780 viewsEngine compartment fuse panel located near the battery. This is where F3E, (5 amp), F26E, (20 amp), Fuseable link 10E, (60 amp) and Relay 7E, the now upgraded 70 amp air compressor motor relay, part number YWB500220, (E is for Engine compartment fuse box), are all located. Fuse F35P, (5 amp), is inside the Passenger compartment behind the lower glove box door.

To keep the suspension from going down to the stops when driving, (or parked), it appears that it is only really necessary to remove F26E to depower the exhaust valve and generally keep all the valve block solenoid valves in a closed position trapping whatever air is within the air springs. F3E gets its power thru F26E, so when F26E is removed, the F3E circuit is automatically de-powered. F35P is more interesting in that battery power goes thru the ignition switch and F35P and then into the air suspension control unit. Apparently however, if F26E is removed, removing the F35P is not needed even when the engine is running.

With all fuses still in, if you have a problem, in practice, ideally, the compressor still works and will raise the 3 to an appropriate height. If so, one can then shut the engine off and allow the computers to go to sleep and then you remove the fuse(s). In actual practice, it seems that one need only pull the F26E fuse and can do so with the engine running. All the same, one might consider that the 3 is first a mobile computer, and secondly a 4x4. Computers prefer to go to sleep before the plug is pulled on them, however given that F26E circuit is always alive, then the computer never sleeps. With the fuse(s) pulled, and if you are still up, you can now be a 4x4 instead of a low rider. The whole purpose of the fuse pulling exercise is to depower the one and only system exhaust valve that is physically located within the compressor unit, (to keep it from opening), and secondarily to keep closed the four air spring solenoids within the block valves. This also shuts the air compressor down and stops the air compressor from making air even if the compressor is still good. That is why you initially need the fuse(s) in to allow the compressor to make air if it can.
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Rest stop after our first hill descent - line of cars stretched way back up the hill that disappears up to right of photo.201 views
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Rest stop after our first hill descent.191 viewsMode: TR Rock Crawl with HDC turned off as I found that the ABS kicked in too much. As we were in convoy I maintained a safe distance from car in front and just "feathered the brakes" as suggested by an instructor.
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Lunch stop near Wheel Turner Mine 145 viewsGammon Ranges north of Umberatana
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Series III stopping me cutting hedge...71 views
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Oh... Nature320 viewsSome times one needs to stop and take a look!
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Isle of Skye229 viewsHaving just seen the view in my rear view mirror i thought i'd stop and get a photo of the Disco. This was about 15 minutes north of Portree on the Isle of Skye. A stunning place to visit. With the clouds in the distance just letting the sun peek through them i thought it was worth uploading. Hope you like it.
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Isle of Skye217 viewsStopping for some lunch just at the foot of Quiraing on the Isle of Skye.
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Lunch stop - Big Rivver253 views
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Lunch stop - Big River226 views
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53 viewsUnderside of table top. Grooves created by a router to stop every thing sliding off. Marine Ply. My birthday present!
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Smaller ones cost more118 viewsIt\'s hard to think that one of the small gold Brembos costs more than the complete set on my D3!!!
Stopping power of both is awesome!!
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D3 Rear Tailgate switch headliner connector8 viewsThe black connector in the headliner of a D3, showing the brown wire being pushed back and not making contact, and stopping the rear button from working
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CALENDAR ENTRY249 viewsCRIMEA - between Bahchisaray and Sevastopol - 2011-07-05 19:43:43 220 m N44 38.481 E33 41.940 Winch was a must to get out of there :)
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UHF Antenna Mount384 viewsView from underside of bonnet. The lower half of the mount is folded from stainless steel and bolted through an exisitng oval shaped hole in the bonnet. This hole is throught the heavy steel plate that the bonnet hinges bolt to - not just the aluminium panel. A specially machined rectangular nut was made to pass through the oval hole, rotate 90 degrees and then stopped from turning by a slight shoulder on the nut.
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Himba maidens, a couple of hours past Ruacana border212 viewsKingsley stopped the convoy when we reached a fine place to camp. We met the local Himba chief, who we invited for a feast. Kingsley paid for a goat, which they slaughtered, and the maidens came from far and wide to join the feast and dance for us around the fire
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Lake Coongey. The project vechle and Micheals mighty D3149 viewsStoped for lunch and to do some boating with the inflateable boat, kids paddled to the other side and after trying to call them back D2 was dispatched to the other side to bring them bach but by thr time D2 got to the other side they had paddled back, we thought if was funney but the D2 driver definitly did not, ha ha ha!
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On the Birdsville Track142 viewsStoped for a dingoes breakfast, a quick pee and a look around,also just checking whats under the bonnit of the D3,dont know so just shut it.
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LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 3 istruzioni Cambio luce STOP166 viewsLAND ROVER DISCOVERY 3 istruzioni Cambio luce STOP
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126 viewsOn the way to Pub
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LR Electric Trailer Brake C2590 Female Connector606 viewsThis female connector, C2590, located up above and near the brake pedal is for the Trailer Electric Brake Controller hookup.

The Black wire in the bottom right is pin #3, the ground. The Blue wire to the left is pin #6, the Trailer Brake Controller output going to the rear trailer socket.

The White #4 wire is the 30 amp fusible link, (Link 6E in the engine compartment junction box), for the Brake Controller 12VDC power feed from the battery. Note that this would make a pretty good power source for CB radios and the like if no electric trailer brakes were required.

Pin #5 is a Green wire from the stop lamp switch, (the control input for the Brake Controller).

This plug is standard on all NAS (LR3) vehicles, but unlikely to be found on the D3 spec units.
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Air Suspension ECU Fuse 35P cut off switch.3821 viewsThis shows the SPST rocker switch mounted in the blank plate installed in lieu of a manual passenger side air bag shut down switch - now automatic via passenger seat pressure switch. Fuse 35P (5 amps) is located in the interior fuse box behind the lower glove box and protects the ignition power supply to the Air Suspension ECU. When the SPST switch is moved to the OFF position, the RAISE /LOWER switch on the centre console is not powered, and hence does not function. As such, some signals from the wheel height sensors and CPU are ignored. By itself however, removing F35P will probably not stop the 3 from self dropping, particularly after the engine is turned off.

Fuse F3E, (5 amps), located in the engine bay fuse box by the starting battery protects the circuit that provides feedback to the Air System ECU indicating that the Compressor Relay has successfully operated and that the Air Compressor is or should be operational, can also be removed, (but is probably not totally necessary), as it gets its power thru F26E. Hence Fuse F26E, (20 amp), also located in the engine compartment fuse box is the fuse that must be removed. This fuse protects the circuit that provides full time battery power to the Air System ECU. When in place, current thru the fuse powers the periodic re-levelling action, (usually lowering a bit with that brief air release noise), that often occurs when the vehicle is parked and the engine is off.

Removing F26E fuse will stop the auto levelling action and also inhibit any other down to the stops signals, (engine running or not). When F26E is removed, no power can flow thru to F3E, hence removing F3E is more for insurance than an absolute requirement. The same with F35P, removing F26E removes primary full time power from the Air Suspension ECU, and hence removing the F35P fuse should not really be required either as long as F26E has been removed.
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Dust seal cut; note electrical conductors right under dust seal 1627 viewsShows what is underneath when the dust seal is cut. Note the electrical conductors.

I used a box knife to cut the plastic and it was at first easy; then I seemed to hit something and fortunately I stopped - it was the wires - lots of them stuck right to underside of the sticky seal material.

Also shown are the two 8mm nuts in slots that you only have to loosen to release the gold actuator assembly.
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solo steep gravel stop = park brake plus reverse on shifter333 viewsso our disco II\'s locked all 4 wheels with brake but now the modern lr3 slides away with only the park brake!!!! 1. put auto shifter in reverse (low gear) with foot on brake, 2. apply park brake, 3. get out and snap photo incase something fails and it slides away ;)

I reversed up the hill from this position, system decided to engage extended heigh mode for some reason trying to gain traction on loose surface.
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Landcruisers and LR3 stopping for lunch177 views
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Stop Light Lamp Circuit pdf2491 viewsThis pdf shows the brake light circuit for the NAS LR3.

Note that power for the brake light bulbs can come either thru the brake light switch power feed /contacts plus also from the Hill Decent Control, (HDC), system relay located within the Central Junction Box, (CJB) - yes two separate sources of power for the brake light bulbs. This would tend to explain how a brake light circuit concern shows up as a hill decent fault message; also why lesser vehicles without hill decent braking mechanisms, (HDC), never display this sort problem when a brake light bulb or switch acts up. You never have a problem related to a system that does not exist.

Additional evidence of the relationship of the HDC and the tail light circuit is demonstrated by when the HDC actually acts to slow the 3 down, the brake lights automatically illuminate even if the slowing action was merely retarding the engine speed or shifting to a lower gear, (in other words, no foot on the brake pedal).

There is also a tie in to the Cruise Control and hence a failing brake light switch can affect cruise operation or just create false Cruise Control messages. To further complicate the issue, while there are no messages generated, operation of the radiator electro viscous fan can also be negatively affected by the fouled set of secondary contacts within the brake light switch. This is all because the NC contacts within the brake switch send misleading messages to the ECU.

While the ground wire design is similar to other vehicles, note the grounds for the brake light filament and the reverse light filament are common on each side. That means that if one has a non functioning brake light on one side, the reverse light may not also work or that some problem with the reverse lights could back feed into the brake lights. This situation while unusual, can result when grounds are corroded probably due to swimming in rivers and creeks or just routine driving in a marine environment.
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Ticket from the Met72 views
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Mt Tamborine - April 06209 viewsStopped opposite where hang gliders launch at Mt Tambourine - see also the panorama taken in opposite direction.
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MY14 Stop Start21 views
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a stop for lunch174 views
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CALENDAR 2008 ENTRY664 viewsStopped around 550M ASL after driving straight up the side of a mountain in Ireland. Only the presence of many big rocks and no spotter prevented me from getting to the top. Try to spot the Disco 1 in the distance!
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CALENDAR 2011286 viewsTaken at the end of an extremely hot day in Morocco. Slimer, and Gareths vehicles. We stopped at an Auberge on the way to Zagora. The sky was an angry shade of yellow, and minutes later a spectacular storm raged. The owner of the auberge said it was the first rain in 3 months.
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92 viewsSt. Christoph am Arlberg
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Disco3 in Killary Harbour, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland.498 viewsCALENDAR 2011 A quick pit stop to admire the sights and snap a few pics.
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Bad light stopped play319 views
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Tea stop in the woods178 views
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Stopped on the mail by plod and a huge cavalcade came past fronted by the Queen\'s Rolls Royce69 views
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Group 2 - Lead by me!208 viewsHaving finally got free of the Roych we stopped for a photo opportunity - like you do!
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RLD Sill Seal or Spray Guard 2165 viewsFitting extra Seal to stop spray getting between sill and door
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RLD Sill Seal or Spray Guard210 viewsFitting extra Seal to stop spray getting between sill and door
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Brake lights on353 views
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329 viewsWhat you see when you follow me !
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CALENDAR 2008 ENTRY686 viewsmy first day of ownership, stopped in a parking bay on the way home to admire the view. The sunset was nice too.
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Tekonsha Ford Brake Controller Adapter part number 3035-P275 viewsThis is the adapter cable between the Brake Controller and the existing C2590 female plug located near the brake pedal on NAS spec LR3's. The flat 4 pin plug of the adapter cable connects to the Controller; the rectangular 6 hole male plug to C2590.

There are only four conductors in the adapter cable, but one will see five pins within the Land Rover C2590 plug. The #2 pin is not required for the NAS setup. #2 pin is the circuit between the head lamp switch and vehicle side running lamps required in the civilized world.

The single pin at the bottom in the picture is #3 and on the Land Rover, a Black wire tied to ground. The other pin at the bottom and across to the left is #6, and Blue on the Land Rover. This is the Brake Controller output to the trailer socket at the rear.

#4 is the pin at the top left, and is a White coloured wire from the battery. Pin #5 is from the stop light switch, and is Green on the Land Rover.

Note that the adapter cable colours do not necessarily follow all the above referenced Land Rover colours.
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Mitchell Bros Hitch 7148 viewsThis much had to be cut from the bolts to stop them contacting the frame.
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Varta Battery Dimension chart570 viewsThis pdf provides Varta dimensions for among others, the E12V75N, (old DIN H6 or 85605 or BCI Group 48 size). This appears to be a deep cycle battery and the choice for many re the Aux battery install as long as you are willing to grind away the angled nibs at the bottom front of the battery surround. My choice was a shallow cycle battery intended for cold weather related engine starting rather than winch use.

Note the pdf Varta batteries are all deep cycle batteries suitable for running fridges, winches etc, rather than for engine starting and hence a good Aux battery if those are the intended uses rather than engine starting.

Varta now makes a Varta G14 with AGM technology and known as a Stop Start Plus battery. It is 95Ah, CCA of 850A; length 353mm; Width 175mm; Height 790mm and is specific for these newer stop start vehicles such as some D4's. For the 3's, one is still probably better off with an H8 sized battery but of the older Wet Flooded Lead Acid type and battery caps rather than a sealed AGM.

The Land Rover part number for the recommended battery is LR033179.
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Wheel travel263 viewsStopped the car to check wheel travel; front left on small mound, rears both on ground - unbelievable!
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Wheelspining at left rear wheel stopped me 8-))159 views
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