What happened to your D3/D4 today?

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Originally Posted by discomatt69

I could do all my services as well but these days would rather do what I do and pay my grease monkey to do what he does, he does everything on my D4 and it runs like clockwork and every item is done well with the bonus of me not loosing skin or getting dirty hands
money well spent IMO

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For something so simple its a waste of time taking it to a mechanic and the inconvenience outways the benefit.

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Originally Posted by incisor

Fitted the led module i was given by Ray to the D3

Seems to be doing what it should do….

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Good to hear that it is working correctly although that obviously means things are not as flash as they once were...

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Originally Posted by BradC

Can't be that much harder than getting the top bolt back in the suspension compressor.

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Which compressor? The AMK was easy enough.

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Which compressor? The AMK was easy enough.

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Yeah, the Hitachi.

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Originally Posted by loanrangie

For something so simple it’s a waste of time taking it to a mechanic and the inconvenience outways the benefit.

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Not at all, he has all the tools and a hoist, just removing all the wheels to rotate them and check all the steering and brakes makes it worth it
I am sure there are some very passionate car owners that do their own service because they enjoy it but most who do it do it themselves is due to financial benefits
for me the inconvenience is a 45 minute road trip to drop it off and pick it up the next day, sometimes we just go out for lunch while it’s been done, not a inconvenience a luxury and a pleasure
A drive is more fun than crawling around under a car any day of the week

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Originally Posted by loanrangie

For something so simple its a waste of time taking it to a mechanic and the inconvenience outways the benefit.

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i know its tictok but i found it funny

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Originally Posted by BradC

Yeah, the Hitachi.

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Slot the top bolt hole and then it's easy.

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Originally Posted by loanrangie

For something so simple its a waste of time taking it to a mechanic and the inconvenience outways the benefit.

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Get over yourself. If someone doesn’t want to do it and a supplier is welcome to do it, then let the market be that. We’re all aware you do everything yourself, but not everyone wants to or can be ****ed. Button up and let people do them.

With the whole servicing thing the other advantage I have by using a specialist workshop who does more Disco servicing, repairs and maintenance than you could count is they know every little detail and trick, they know all the components and all the common failure points so for someone like me who uses the car primarily as a touring vehicle who travels all over the country and some very remote areas having every small detail looked at and checked by someone knows exactly what they are looking at is vital
if it was just a run around town car with the odd camping trip it would be different
Another thing I have noticed after years of following this s forum very closely is that many who do their own maintenance have issue after issue with their vehicle, I have had zero issues with well over 100,000 km traveled and at times pushed the car the the absolute limit. coincidence of self maintenance and issues?
In many cases I don’t think so because people just aren’t as good or knowledgeable as they think they are

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Originally Posted by discomatt69

With the whole servicing thing the other advantage I have by using a specialist workshop who does more Disco servicing, repairs and maintenance than you could count is they know every little detail and trick, they know all the components and all the common failure points so for someone like me who uses the car primarily as a touring vehicle who travels all over the country and some very remote areas having every small detail looked at and checked by someone knows exactly what they are looking at is vital
if it was just a run around town car with the odd camping trip it would be different
Another thing I have noticed after years of following this s forum very closely is that many who do their own maintenance have issue after issue with their vehicle, I have had zero issues with well over 100,000 km traveled and at times pushed the car the the absolute limit. coincidence of self maintenance and issues?
In many cases I don’t think so because people just aren’t as good or knowledgeable as they think they are

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Another 'Plus' I have found with having a workshop do my work, is when something out of my expertise has occurred, I have a foot in the door, so to speak, to get it looked at. Also, on extended trips, I have been given a box of various spares and only paid for the items used, on my returning them.
Also, as mentioned, my aged spine does have its limitations.

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