Thread: What happened to your D3/D4 today?

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

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.

Failed completely. Wrong discs sent to me. Frigging 2.7L tiny discs not the whopping 3L ones
Wait for another set of discs now. Don’t need it running so can wait rather than refitting the old ones.

How impossible is it to get to the 21mm bolt to torque to 275nm! As Eric did, wish and a prayer between using a 3/8” ratchet with extender and spanner on spanner to get it to not move any further. No doubt a special tool required to do it “correctly”. I’m sure it’s tight enough.

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

Failed completely. Wrong discs sent to me. Frigging 2.7L tiny discs not the whopping 3L ones
Wait for another set of discs now. Don’t need it running so can wait rather than refitting the old ones.

How impossible is it to get to the 21mm bolt to torque to 275nm! As Eric did, wish and a prayer between using a 3/8” ratchet with extender and spanner on spanner to get it to not move any further. No doubt a special tool required to do it “correctly”. I’m sure it’s tight enough.

Do you reckon any wheel alignment shop in the history of mankind has ever put a torque wrench on a suspension bolt?

Originally Posted by PerthDisco

Do you reckon any wheel alignment shop in the history of mankind has ever put a torque wrench on a suspension bolt?

Yes I watched the guys that did mine torque up the rear camber, front lca eccentrics and wheel nuts. I made it easy for them as I wrote the torque value on each bolt head after replacing all control arms.

Originally Posted by shack

It's not the water pump, there is a low coolant sensor in the header tank, they fail.

When I realised they had them, I checked it all out and most are disabled from factory, so I turned ours on, it worked well until I replaced the tank, then constant warnings...

I messed around with it but it still kept faulting so I turned it off in the CCF again.

Cheers
James

So an update, I replaced the water pump today with a dayco for piece of mind, also replaced the idler pulley and Belt tensioner which I ordered from jlr uk. Boy doesn’t it feel good to replace these parts.

Shyte, the coolant level low still appears... I did inspect the coolant bottle on the table and filled the system backup with premix nulon oat, which on the label states Land Rover spec. I wonder if the concentrated coolants are any better?

Edited, just noticed I maybe sagging on the rear right

Originally Posted by Jeffoir

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

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Originally Posted by imaz

So an update, I replaced the water pump today with a dayco foot piece of kind, also replaced the idler pulley and Belt tensioner which I ordered from jlr uk. Boy doesn’t it feel good to replace these parts.

Shyte, the coolant level low still appears... I did inspect the coolant bottle on the table and filled the system backup with premix nulon oat, which on the label starts Land Rover spec. I wonder if the concentrated coolants are any better?

Edited, just noticed I maybe sagging on the rear right

I used the nulon concentrate only because it was cheaper than buying premixed even after buying 5 ltrs deminerislised water.

I picked nulon over penrite as the nulon is silicate free whereas penrite is si oat .

Your issue will be the float in the header tank and for ease it's just easier to replace the tank. I bought my replacement from mario at roverlord but I dont think he is selling anymore.

Cheers Bulletman

A/C just stopped working in my D3 this morning. Had a quick look with my IIDtool and at first glance it appears I have no pressure in the A/C system. So guess I need to have a dig around to see if I can see any obvious indications of a sudden loss of refrigerant.

Originally Posted by shanegtr

A/C just stopped working in my D3 this morning. Had a quick look with my IIDtool and at first glance it appears I have no pressure in the A/C system. So guess I need to have a dig around to see if I can see any obvious indications of a sudden loss of refrigerant.

Or a air con compressor clutch not engaging.

Bulletman