Thread: What happened to your D3/D4 today?

Passenger door stopped unlocking, the units are not cheap, but once at ten years.. It's cash time.
Lock down here in Newcastle so I'll get the weekend to wash and detail. Fix that y junction to manifold leak and hopefully start changing all the suspension bushes out if I can get my press.

Originally Posted by josh.huber

Passenger door stopped unlocking, the units are not cheap, but once at ten years.. It's cash time.

I rebuilt mine the first time. That lasted 5 years. This time I just put a new lock motor in it. Let's see how long that lasts.

Originally Posted by BradC

I rebuilt mine the first time. That lasted 5 years. This time I just put a new lock motor in it. Let's see how long that lasts.

Mines got an open circuit in the unlock circuit, the first lock lasted this long. I can make up my mind whether to pay the genuine price and wait for shipping. Or pay the $61 eBay price

Originally Posted by josh.huber

Mines got an open circuit in the unlock circuit, the first lock lasted this long. I can make up my mind whether to pay the genuine price and wait for shipping. Or pay the $61 eBay price

I didn’t like the handle feel of a non genuine I bought. I ended up switching to a genuine if that helps.

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

I didn’t like the handle feel of a non genuine I bought. I ended up switching to a genuine if that helps.

Said like a proper Disco latte drinker there DJ... Can't imagine too many (old) defender drivers worry about a change to their handle feel :P

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

I didn’t like the handle feel of a non genuine I bought. I ended up switching to a genuine if that helps.

Thanks. I was swinging that way. I could get 4 for the price of 1, but I don't want to change the thing more then once

Originally Posted by imaz

LRP sell the recliner chair pull release kit, but at this stage, I’m not willing to cut the carpet.

Also not much help if you have storage and cargo barrier preventing access to the recliner handle.

Originally Posted by LRD414

Also not much help if you have storage and cargo barrier preventing access to the recliner handle.

Don’t any of you set your barrier up for removal from the front?

I’ve always done that.

I nearly drove my D1 into a vertical mine shaft years ago, and reviewing what would have been required to get out showed this requirement - only way out would have been to climb through the vehicle, break the tailgate glass and get rescued that way.

So modified all set ups since to enable them to be undone and moved from the cabin. Tools to do so mounted to the barriers themselves.

(Having said that I don’t run a barrier in the D4)