TobyB
Member Since: 19 Jun 2021
Location: NEWMARKET
Posts: 14
  
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Thank you for letting me join the community. I have a much loved D3 soon to be replaced D4. ATB Toby
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filbert
Member Since: 07 Jun 2021
Location: Surrey
Posts: 7
 
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Greetings! Joined the forum a few weeks ago to help me understand the joys of LR ownership. Now the happy owner of a 2006 Disco 3, which has a significantly higher wife acceptance factor than the LTI TXII it replaced!
Even had my first gremlin today where the parking brake managed to engage and then get stuck, leaving me temporarily stranded in the middle of the road, unable to move. Luckily I had a seasoned D3 owner with me who managed to reset the system so we could get home again.
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| 19th Jun 2021 9:05 pm |
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sturgeon
Member Since: 20 Jun 2021
Location: inverness
Posts: 2
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hi everybody, my names Stewart and i'm a discoholic, i've been using for 18 months now.
I had always wanted a d2 but came across a 3 for a bargain price, ex farm vehicle with 258k on the clock and a stack of paperwork, it looked and felt like it earned every one of those miles and i was hooked, loved it until something oil related failed and i had my first runaway diesel experience, after explaining to the wife what that meant neither her or the kids were to get in the car.
Whilst hunting for a new car i found a 55 plate hse with light panel damage to the n/s i couldn't believe my luck, snapped it up and swapped out the doors and wing plus a few other bits and pieces before scrapping he old girl.
this land rover is the one everybody warned me about, oh dear lord its a headache i am going to become a regular in here looking for help and advice, hopefully making some friends along the way
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| 21st Jun 2021 12:53 am |
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phildrago
Member Since: 22 Jun 2021
Location: bathgate
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hi my names phil.recently bought a 56 plate disco LED lights on my trailer wont work on it .anybody got any ideas?
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| 22nd Jun 2021 3:39 pm |
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sturgeon
Member Since: 20 Jun 2021
Location: inverness
Posts: 2
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Hi Phil, not sure if this helps but i recently swapped the rear light clusters on my van for led units and found i had to install in line resistors in order for them to work, not sure if this is the issue here but it may be worth a look they can be picked up cheaply enough from ebay ect
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| 22nd Jun 2021 11:04 pm |
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RogB
Member Since: 15 Jun 2018
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 1651
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welcome everyone,
i could be wrong but as your D3 is now 14/15 years old its not geared up for LED due to their low draw on current, which makes the ECU's think there is a fault. Try the in line resistors or maybe look for light units with build in resistors to fit to the trailer.
Good luck  2011 D4 XS 305 MY12 - gone but not forgotten
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| 23rd Jun 2021 8:06 am |
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RogB
Member Since: 15 Jun 2018
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 1651
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welcome everyone,
i could be wrong but as your D3 is now 14/15 years old its not geared up for LED due to their low draw on current, which makes the ECU's think there is a fault. Try the in line resistors or maybe look for light units with build in resistors to fit to the trailer.
Good luck 2011 D4 XS 305 MY12 - gone but not forgotten
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| 23rd Jun 2021 8:06 am |
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French885
Member Since: 23 Jun 2021
Location: Barnstaple
Posts: 15
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Hey. Used this forum to answer questions but finally got round to registering. Owned my 2005 bonnatti grey base spec manual disco for almost 3 years now
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| 23rd Jun 2021 11:34 pm |
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Garwood56
Member Since: 24 Jun 2021
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 418
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Hello to all, Picking up my, new too me, Disco 3 Se over the weekend. This is my first ever Landrover and very excited as I’ve spent 4 months looking for the right one. It’s a blue 2005 SE that comes with FSH, cam belt and transmission service done🤞Plan on a few mods over the summer and making it more expedition ready.
Looking forward to getting involved in the forum. In the mean time does anyone know of a club member in the West Sussex area that would be able to enable the 4x4 info etc on the nav screen please. Thanks. PS, photos to follow.
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| 25th Jun 2021 12:05 am |
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aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2459
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Welcome 
the first thing to check is to see if the oil pump has been uprated to the later type, there is a weakness in the casting of the original pump where the timing belt idler attaches. If the idler snaps off the engine will be destroyed.
Its not part of the normal service schedule so may not have been done unless requested. Andrew
D3 2.7tdv6 2005
D4 3.0 SDV6 Commercial died and gone to LR heaven
D5 3.0 SDV6 HSE
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| 25th Jun 2021 6:27 am |
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wv4red
Member Since: 27 Jun 2021
Location: South Staffs
Posts: 1
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Pleased to be able to join and share the experiences and learnings of you guys!
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| 27th Jun 2021 12:52 am |
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sarumlight
Member Since: 07 Nov 2008
Location: Off the Plain
Posts: 1590
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Lots of experiences. Less learnings. Welcome!
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| 27th Jun 2021 12:56 am |
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D4explore
Member Since: 27 Jun 2021
Location: Devon
Posts: 3
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Long time lurker, new member!
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| 27th Jun 2021 4:41 pm |
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D4explore
Member Since: 27 Jun 2021
Location: Devon
Posts: 3
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Getting the required 3 posts
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| 27th Jun 2021 4:41 pm |
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D4explore
Member Since: 27 Jun 2021
Location: Devon
Posts: 3
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Need to send a pm 
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| 27th Jun 2021 4:42 pm |
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