Thread: What happened to your D3/D4 today?

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Unloading some timber and a piece bounced back and took out the wiper .

Originally Posted by Tombie

Ouch!

Ditto

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

My name is Land Lover and why be normal. I think let’s mess with people and choose 18mm as the size - not 19mm or 17mm like most toolsets include. Nope, we’re special. 24mm? Nope. We’re going 22mm for this one. Why change between arms??? Well why not? Keep them on their toes.

(Working on D4 suspension, questioning the ****** who designed it).

Whoever designed that is having a laugh with the designer of the body mounts and putting them right next to the arm mount bolts just for s%#ta and giggles...can't be as bad as BMW motorcycles had to take the whole fairing off just to get 4 bolts out to remove a top shock mount 20220307_181128.jpg20220307_181142.jpg

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

24mm? Nope. We’re going 22mm for this one. Why change between arms???

Inadequate room for a 24mm ring spanner whereas 22mm fits easily. I had bought new bolts that weren't needed until I spotted the smaller heads.

Originally Posted by Eric SDV6SE

Whoever designed that is having a laugh with the designer of the body mounts and putting them right next to the arm mount bolts just for s%#ta and giggles...can't be as bad as BMW motorcycles had to take the whole fairing off just to get 4 bolts out to remove a top shock mount 20220307_181128.jpg20220307_181142.jpg

Suzuki 2019 Katana - entire fairing / tank etc to do
the air filter

All my sets have the 18mm and 22mm is close enough to 7/8” to not be too fussed.

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

My name is Land Lover and why be normal. I think let’s mess with people and choose 18mm as the size - not 19mm or 17mm like most toolsets include. Nope, we’re special. 24mm? Nope. We’re going 22mm for this one. Why change between arms??? Well why not? Keep them on their toes.

(Working on D4 suspension, questioning the ****** who designed it).

Designed around body off... but I’m hearing you as battled that job recently myself

I changed the radiator last weekend and cleaned out the I/Cooler , had big plans to change as many hoses as I could as I have a hose set with thermostat.. well of all the jobs I have had to do on the D3 whoever designed that octopus of a hose set up needs the rough end of a pineapple shoved where it shouldn’t go... oh and the thermostat got changed from 6 Outlet to 7 outlet at some stage... my fault as I didn’t read it properly when I ordered the set.

Annoying as I have a new radiator, almost all new hoses, new coolant and the old thermostat. I must say I was surprised at how good condition the old hoses were in for 14 yrs old

Bulletman

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Fitted 2 X 9w / .75a LEDs into the top tailgate, fiddly getting the cable through one of the rubber grommets but otherwise a simple job.

Hi Loanrangie,
Very nice job with your tailgate lamps. Well done.
Could you please tell me what the make and the supplier is, of the 9w LEDs?
Thank you,
Jeffoir

Originally Posted by Bulletman

Designed around body off... but I’m hearing you as battled that job recently myself

I changed the radiator last weekend and cleaned out the I/Cooler , had big plans to change as many hoses as I could as I have a hose set with thermostat.. well of all the jobs I have had to do on the D3 whoever designed that octopus of a hose set up needs the rough end of a pineapple shoved where it shouldn’t go... oh and the thermostat got changed from 6 Outlet to 7 outlet at some stage... my fault as I didn’t read it properly when I ordered the set.

Annoying as I have a new radiator, almost all new hoses, new coolant and the old thermostat. I must say I was surprised at how good condition the old hoses were in for 14 yrs old

Bulletman

07 the thermostat changed I think.

It’s a spaghetti but access is great with fan and shroud removed and from underneath. I’ll say again but one of those hose clamp tools with extension makes it child’s play.

The thermostat on Jaguar and other TDV6 versions is actually in the valley in that black plastic block so it’s a LR hack for the thermostat location.

There’s plastic C clamps on the bottom of the fan shroud that hold the hoses in some coherent pattern.

How does one clean the IC? Bit of petrol sluiced in there if you can remove it?

Rear upper arms replaced with Meyle HD, new rear discs, Akebono pads and new fluid in progress.
The forward bushes of the rear arms were broken but not completely separated. Rear bushes were perfect.

Quite like the captive nut approach avoiding the need to hold both sides.