Thread: 2014 Discovery

Originally Posted by JPI

Hi Kev,
Who did you source your D4 through? I'm in the market to replace mine this month and am looking for a keen deal.
Cheers
John

Hi John,

I went through Trinity Auto Group in Cairns. Travis Adams was the salesman....he's new to LR but worked out pretty well in the end.

Essentially though, I just rang EVERY LR place in QLD. They will all transport the car as part of the deal...as well as window tint, etc. They may not know that at the start of the conversation but none of them argue once they know you are genuine.....LOL!!!

There are still lots of cars out there (Run-Outs and Ex Demo's), especially if you are OK with the TDV6. Cairns had another the same spec as mine, just Silver or Grey (?). Never registered, no K's. Southport had an Ex-Demo ... 6K on it but every bell and whistle under the sun.....but it was Black.....otherwise it would be sitting on my driveway now.. LOL!!! I'm not sure about the Main Event ..... as in, if it's over yet, but you could get still get good deals when I started ringing around. I didn't realise, but the factory .... as in LR Home Base in the UK, subsidise the pricing.

Anyway, once the sales people figure you are the real deal, they wiggle heaps. In the end you've always paid too much .... but hey, that's how it works .... LOL!!!

Good luck.

Kev.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Here...

That small bolt will do your head in!
Attachment 74183

And here is the filler arrangement.
Attachment 74184

Tombie,
Thanks for that. I suspect they have misunderstood what I asked then.

In the pics how much of the two pipes is new - I suspect all.

Richard

Originally Posted by wbowner

Tombie,

Thanks for that. I suspect they have misunderstood what I asked then.



In the pics how much of the two pipes is new - I suspect all.



Richard

The box at the top and the pipe furthest in image.
The front pipe is factory & has the top piece cut off and then attaches to the hose seen at top.

Originally Posted by wbowner

In my set the max volts is 3.6
In normal driving if you never do more than that having it set higher is no advantage

Mind you I am (not?) sure if I believe that

So you don't want any more braking effort if you have to brake hard when the vehicle in front without a van stops abruptly? Set the limit so as to just not lock wheels with maximum braking using the lever and set boost off or at a level to get appropriate normal braking to allow the accelerometer-based controller to do its job.

Originally Posted by Gus67kg

Picking mine up on Tuesday, took advantage of the free on roads that L R have been offering. A little disappointed in the trade in though.

I have a late 2009 build (MY10) D4 and have just purchased a MY13 Run Out model.

When I started shopping around it was obvious that I could lose as much as $10K if I traded in.

I opted to hold on to the older one for a private sale.

Here's hoping it works out OK.

Kev.

Yes and as I understand it is proportional, so if you have it set to max 3.6v and are braking at about half pace you get 1.8v at the van or look at it another way - slam on the brakes hard (as if a kid has run out in front if the car) and all you'll get is 3.6 which is about what I get when I'm slowing for traffic lights ? Perhaps you have exceptionally efficient brakes on the van. Ps just thought you have it set on electric not electric over hydraulic ??

Originally Posted by Graeme

So you don't want any more braking effort if you have to brake hard when the vehicle in front without a van stops abruptly? Set the limit so as to just not lock wheels with maximum braking using the lever and set boost off or at a level to get appropriate normal braking to allow the accelerometer-based controller to do its job.

Graeme,
I am very concerned about my low setting and will be experimenting

I could not lock my wheels at even the max setting.

Richard

Originally Posted by Meken

Yes and as I understand it is proportional, so if you have it set to max 3.6v and are braking at about half pace you get 1.8v at the van or look at it another way - slam on the brakes hard (as if a kid has run out in front if the car) and all you'll get is 3.6 which is about what I get when I'm slowing for traffic lights ? Perhaps you have exceptionally efficient brakes on the van. Ps just thought you have it set on electric not electric over hydraulic ??

As said above I am not happy with my setting and agree with you. I will be experimenting further, something is wrong. I had a guy look at it and he was the one who came up with 3.6 through trial and error. It was the only setting which gave a smooth stopping. It did stop the van using the manual knob, slowly. I have it set to electric. An E is shown on the screen.


Last year I towed the van with my old car a pajero and I had it set to 6.3 and it was fine.

I now gave a new D4, a new P3 brake controller and I have changed the trailer plug to a round. Also my van has been sitting idle for about 4 months and I suspect the brakes need adjusting. Could be spiders or ants built a nest in them.

I raised the issue to see if my concerns are founded. On the setting I have the car and van do stop ok but as you point out what would happen in the emergency situation. I have to take the van through Sydney soon and I will be using a higher setting and boost then. I can live with rough stopping in those situations.




Richard