Thread: What happened to your D3/D4 today?

Originally Posted by LRD414

Lol. That’s a long time. I’d have thought my wrap would have needed redoing long before now but it’s still going strong. I did the park brake switch too to complete the look

Thanks Scott. I was looking at that too, especially since the 'plating' on my brake switch is starting to peel up a little at the front end.

On FB and other social media I see adverts for sheets of adhesive vinyl people use to effortlessly repair couches, business chairs, motorcycle seats etc. you can buy in many colours and in small or large sheets. Always seems to be some USA or China company that posts it out to you.

I have a few small tears on the black / dark blue vinyl side of my driver and rear seats. Thought it worth a try but has any tried and found a local supplier?

Finally rewired my CB radio so that it has power to it all the time as per the advice Kelvo gave me. I had forgotten that you can move the powered seats with the ignition off.

Well, I hit a milestone tonight (550,000km) so took a photo to add to the other high mileage D3's out there.

D3 - 550,000km.jpg

Originally Posted by cripesamighty

Well, I hit a milestone tonight (550,000km) so took a photo to add to the other high mileage D3's out there.

D3 - 550,000km.jpg

How many of them are yours?

Originally Posted by Narangga

How many of them are yours?

And how many engines, transmissions, diffs, and control arms?
Na just stirring , thats a good distance to get out of a car

I am the third owner/steward - bought it 5 years ago from a Church, who bought it from a company that ran tours with it doing mostly country driving. My contribution is 40,000km of those - Covid restrictions and all that, plus I have access to another couple of cars. As far as components go, it is on the original engine and transmission, but am unsure on diffs. Last year I had the original turbo and original power steering pump replaced at 530,000km because they were acting up. I recently changed out the original transmission control module too. As for control arms, I wouldn't like to hazard a guess on number's replaced of those consumables!

I am maintaining a 6 monthly service schedule and replacing things as required but figure it is an expensive car when new so you should expect expensive car issues. Luckily I bought it very, very cheap (the high Km's spooked buyers) and it had been well maintained by the previous two owners, There will probably come a time when the cost may outstrip my wallet, but if I can keep doing some of the smaller stuff myself that should help. There are at least a couple of 1 million+ Km examples around the place (UK and AUS), plus another couple of D3's I know of locally that have over half a million km's on them, so the doomsayers can't be right all the time...can they? (immediately touches wood to not upset the Land Rover Gods)

Phenomenal! I’m a few kms shy of 50% of that.