What did you do today??

[RichardK]

For me, I did further trip preparation and had another fiddle with the Faultmate.

I raised the suspension through my computer to 25mm above standard height and then reversed the procedure, the process takes about 3 minutes from setting up to packed away. Now I know how to do it I have written up a couple of calibration settings for 25mm and 12mm raised height so when I do the high country in a couple of weeks I can set it when I enter the area and go back to standard settings when I leave.

These settings will enable me to travel without the suspension resetting to normal height when above 50 kms/hr

[gghaggis]

Nice :)

I played with the 3 remaps I have for the D3 and the Aliengate interface (I have the std tune, an 'economy' tune and a 'power' tune). Around the city I've found that the economy and power tunes both provide better power and return better fuel figures than the std tune, as they're supposed to.

However, towing the van on the open road is a little different. I did 300km with the 'economy' tune, then 250 km with the std tune. The economy still gives better power, you can use the cruise control and the car will stay within 3 ~ 5km/h of your set speed. Cruise control off makes little difference. Average was 19.6 l/100km

With the std tune, cruise control will vary by as much as 10km/h, and it annoyingly holds onto the higher gears for too long going up hills. But with cruise control off, driving at the same speed as with the 'economy' tune, I got 18 l/100km.

It's a heavy van (2.6T unladen), and being raised, it has a poor drag profile. But interesting that the std factory tune out-performs the remaps!

Cheers,

Gordon

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Sounds interesting Richard,,,

is it something that may find its way to The Good Oil?:angel:

[RichardK]

Sounds interesting Richard,,,

is it something that may find its way to The Good Oil?:angel:

Never thought of that, but you have to have a Faultmate to interface with the vehicle ECU's to do it and every program will have different numbers but I can put the details of how it is done up on the Good Oil

[Nomad9]

Hi Richard,
Well what did I do today (Sunday), I did as I said I would, I fixed the front wheel bearings on my stepsons Ford ute, an what a job!!! Then I took my wife out for a valentines dinner, just got back actually. We also took a trip out to the Spudshed in Baldivis of some cheap good quality vegies, great day actually, just going to settle in front of the TV with a beer now, all good stuff, ready to return to the grind tomorrow.
Didn't play with the Faultmate at all, so now who's the expert, very smart, I'll have to take some tips. Might see you next weekend. Catch ya, I'll call.

[Gillie]

Hi Richard
I replaced the injector harness in the wifes Disco and cleaned the oil out of the connector at the ECU. I also tweaked the turbo a few turns. totally different car to drive now. I wonder if the performance drops over time as the oil wicks it way to the computer?
Even better, I got to go for a ride on the dirtbike which hasn't seen daylight for a few months now. I skirted around the rain and got back to Bright to see we had 8mm of rain! The only thing to note was the massive damage the January 2nd rain did in parts. Some gullies look like a dozer has had a few swipes at them.

[RichardK]

Hi Richard
I replaced the injector harness in the wifes Disco and cleaned the oil out of the connector at the ECU. I also tweaked the turbo a few turns. totally different car to drive now. I wonder if the performance drops over time as the oil wicks it way to the computer?
Even better, I got to go for a ride on the dirtbike which hasn't seen daylight for a few months now. I skirted around the rain and got back to Bright to see we had 8mm of rain! The only thing to note was the massive damage the January 2nd rain did in parts. Some gullies look like a dozer has had a few swipes at them.

As long as the ones we will be in in a couple of weeks are OK, have been watching the weather there and it appears to be wetter than it has been for a while, may have to base ourselves in Bright or Mt Beauty and spread from there

[kaa45]

I worked......:(

[Tote]

We towed a trailer up to the Blue mountains and retrieved a series 1 86" ( I think, havent had a look at the chassis number yet).
Toll:
Spare wheel and carrier parted company with car trailer - retrieved
Number plate, frame and rego label fell off and is somewhere between Bathurst and Springwood.
Disco 3 had a hissy fit with multiple system faults and dropped on its bump stops just outside Katoomba on the way back. Found somewhere to stop and turn off and on, didnt do it again, at this stage I'm blaming the trailer wiring....
Saw about 20 Landrovers , mostly D3's and RRS and got about 2 waves. Even a 130 driver ignored me :mad:
Regards,
Tote

[djhampson]

I played with the 3 remaps I have for the D3 and the Aliengate interface (I have the std tune, an 'economy' tune and a 'power' tune). Around the city I've found that the economy and power tunes both provide better power and return better fuel figures than the std tune, as they're supposed to.


Do you have anymore info on the Aliengate interface? I couldn't find anything.

[oldsalt]

Polishing my '91 VW T3 Transporter campervan - getting her ready for sale - 4 new tyres, new windscreen, tune up, she'll be on the market in a couple of weeks.
Meanwhile the D3 sits in the driveway patiently waiting to go for a drive up around Omeo so she can get her new tyres dirty.......won't be long !!!!!
:D

[Sleepy]

I went to work :( ......on my day off :o:(:(:(
And bought a pool!:cool:
(looks like I'll be working on more days off :()

[gps-au]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/02/831.jpg

Well this wasn't me....(not in a D4 ?)

Original article : http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/16/2820703.htm'section=justin


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[RichardK]

Do you think the Landcruiser is waiting to see if the D4 gets through before he tries?

[gghaggis]

Do you have anymore info on the Aliengate interface? I couldn't find anything.

Aliengate, BAS etc all use the same interface device for remappng the ECU. Where they differ is in the maps they provide (which can be bought separately).

If you're interested, my Aliengate will be for sale shortly, as it won't interface with the new 3.0 ltr TDV6.

Cheers,

Gordon

[DiscoSaffa]

Today I went to work.......

Love my job, love my Landy!!! :) <-- that's a permagrin!

22866

[trobbo]

last night the car I have been looking for turned up on car sales

The car you enquired about was:

Price: $52,999
Vehicle: 2005 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 3 HSE
Kilometres: 112,000
Engine: 6 cylinder Diesel
Reg Plate: AUD03P

VERY RARE TDV6 HSE 7 SEATER LOADED WITH 3 SUNROOFS, SATELLITE NAVIGATION, 18'' ALLOYS, XENON LIGHTS, ELECTRIC SEATS, PARK DISTANCE CONTROL, HARMON KARDON SOUND, PERSONAL PHONE PREPARATION, BULL BAR, ROOF RACKS, TINT + MUCH MORE. METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED WITH FULL LANDROVER SERVICE HISTORY - ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE.

;) <------ that's a permagrin beggining to form


I rang them up this afternoon - they sold it this morning

:cry: <------ that's what happened to my permagrin

[dullbird]

painted my sliders:)

[DiscoSaffa]

last night the car I have been looking for turned up on car sales

The car you enquired about was:

Price: $52,999
Vehicle: 2005 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 3 HSE
Kilometres: 112,000
Engine: 6 cylinder Diesel
Reg Plate: AUD03P

VERY RARE TDV6 HSE 7 SEATER LOADED WITH 3 SUNROOFS, SATELLITE NAVIGATION, 18'' ALLOYS, XENON LIGHTS, ELECTRIC SEATS, PARK DISTANCE CONTROL, HARMON KARDON SOUND, PERSONAL PHONE PREPARATION, BULL BAR, ROOF RACKS, TINT + MUCH MORE. METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED WITH FULL LANDROVER SERVICE HISTORY - ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE.

;) <------ that's a permagrin beggining to form


I rang them up this afternoon - they sold it this morning

:cry: <------ that's what happened to my permagrin

dang, that's a nice sounding rig!! woulda done that to my grin too......

[RichardK]

Packing the camper for the trip...........oh and work during the day of course:)

[Sleepy]

Talked to my friend Jason.:)

[MADDOG]

Nice :)

I played with the 3 remaps I have for the D3 and the Aliengate interface (I have the std tune, an 'economy' tune and a 'power' tune). Around the city I've found that the economy and power tunes both provide better power and return better fuel figures than the std tune, as they're supposed to.

However, towing the van on the open road is a little different. I did 300km with the 'economy' tune, then 250 km with the std tune. The economy still gives better power, you can use the cruise control and the car will stay within 3 ~ 5km/h of your set speed. Cruise control off makes little difference. Average was 19.6 l/100km

With the std tune, cruise control will vary by as much as 10km/h, and it annoyingly holds onto the higher gears for too long going up hills. But with cruise control off, driving at the same speed as with the 'economy' tune, I got 18 l/100km.

It's a heavy van (2.6T unladen), and being raised, it has a poor drag profile. But interesting that the std factory tune out-performs the remaps!

Cheers,

Gordon

Hey Gordon, howcome your fuel figures are high? We went up to kalbarri, shark bay then back through geraldton and dongara on the way back, did a little off roading over a fewdays and we had an average of 16l/100km and we were towing a jetski and fully loading for camping for 10 days and ours is a v8 D3

[gghaggis]

Hey Gordon, howcome your fuel figures are high? We went up to kalbarri, shark bay then back through geraldton and dongara on the way back, did a little off roading over a fewdays and we had an average of 16l/100km and we were towing a jetski and fully loading for camping for 10 days and ours is a v8 D3

I'm towing a 3 tonne van, erm, rather quickly ;)

Cheers,

Gordon

[MADDOG]

Lol, ok, let you off then:D

[trobbo]

What did I do today. I just bought a new car. well nearly new

05 tdv6 HSE discovery. It has all those (as my wife would put it) tosser bits that are nice to have but not necessary. It has a few more km's than I had been shopping for, but the price more than made up for it.

The guy has just bought a RR Sport and was offered $37,000 as a trade in :eek:. And to think a dealer on the weekend was tying to tell me he was doing me a good deal dropping the price of a 60K discovery by $1500 and was dissapointed when I walked without buying.

Bonatti Grey
Black leather interior
Premium Ice
Cooler Box
Adaptive headlights
Sunroofs
Roof rails
2 new tyres

Now to sell my D1.

That is all for today

Hmmm better reread all the I got bogged posts on here to learn how to drive it.

[Sleepy]

What did I do today. I just bought a new car. well nearly new

05 tdv6 HSE discovery. It has all those (as my wife would put it) tosser bits that are nice to have but not necessary. It has a few more km's than I had been shopping for, but the price more than made up for it.

The guy has just bought a RR Sport and was offered $37,000 as a trade in :eek:. And to think a dealer on the weekend was tying to tell me he was doing me a good deal dropping the price of a 60K discovery by $1500 and was dissapointed when I walked without buying.

Bonatti Grey
Black leather interior
Premium Ice
Cooler Box
Adaptive headlights
Sunroofs
Roof rails
2 new tyres

Now to sell my D1.

That is all for today

Hmmm better reread all the I got bogged posts on here to learn how to drive it.

What a great day. Nice deal. Hope you enjoy it - and get it dirty:twisted:!!!

And like all new D3 drivers say.
"Disco goes up......Disco goes down.....Disco goes up.....Disco goes down...."

[shining]

Nothing like that first drive jumping out of a D1 and into a HSE D3. WooHoo. Well done!

Cheers,
Steve.

[Sleepy]

Lost two friends on aulro:(

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Lost two friends on aulro:(


X2:(

[trobbo]

What did I do today. I just bought a new car. well nearly new 05 tdv6 HSE discovery.


How Embarrassing - I pick it up tonight



And I have to take my son to soccer

[Jamo]

Congratulations on the D3 Trobbo!:D:D

Today I went to another town. I came up behind a Pajero doing 95km. I tapped the sport button, indicated and went around him. I didn't realise the old ton would come up so quickly:D

[RichardK]

Cleaned my car after the trip






Yes............I know..............a trip report with pictures, .............this week

[brad72]

Dreampt about the delivery of our new D4. Only 4 more sleeps.

[RichardK]

Cleaned my car after the trip






Yes............I know..............a trip report with pictures, .............this week


Part 1 is in the Multi State Reports