Thread: What happened to your D3/D4 today?

Originally Posted by BradC

If the sump plug is M14x1.25 then yes.

Thanks Brad. Hoping Mike will answer as he also has a D4 2.7 - then no possible confusion?

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

Thanks Brad. Hoping Mike will answer as he also has a D4 2.7 - then no possible confusion?

09 D3 2.7 is M14 x 1.5 as will be D4 2.7. Nick

Originally Posted by Tombie

Got off my arse and finished a couple of small jobs off.
Wired in the reversing camera,
Connected the Rear ‘dash’ camera up to the front,
Reassembled the rear trim.
Refitted the 3rd (Aux) battery (HV50) and made up the required retaining bracket to seat it correctly.

With all that done and working:

Quick oil & filter change with the Stahlbus making life easy.

What is the pro tip for working out the exact location for the hole in the bash plate? Did you measure off fixing bolt holes? Needs to be pretty spot on like yours not to have to drill a 50mm hole.

Need a Tombie Template

Originally Posted by Pippin

09 D3 2.7 is M14 x 1.5 as will be D4 2.7. Nick

Indeed. The one I grabbed from my desk was the M14 x 1.25 I ordered in error. Had to then go an order the 1.5mm pitch. Serves me right for rushing.

A small drive this weekend.

Whyalla to Adelaide (400km) towing a 10x6 cage to pick up some gear from a motorcycle mate.
30 min there and then off to Waikerie (165km) to see the Speedway car in action that we sponsor.
Digger was there, so at 2am it’s back to Diggers place for a BS session until 5:45 this morning.
Hit the hay and up again at 08:00 for the run home via Morgan, Burra and Port Pirie (stop at another forum members place for coffee) before the run back to Whyalla.

Total kilometers covered was just shy of 1200 all said and done.

Vehicle didn’t skip a beat, didn’t know the trailer was back there.

Permagrin continues

Originally Posted by PerthDisco

What is the pro tip for working out the exact location for the hole in the bash plate? Did you measure off fixing bolt holes? Needs to be pretty spot on like yours not to have to drill a 50mm hole.

Need a Tombie Template

You’ll like this one!

Lowered only the front of the bash plate, cannot get arm in there so here’s what I did.

Grabbed a piece of timber - approx 45x12x600mm
Took some grease, and placed it on one corner.
Reached in the front with the timber - touching the bolt with the wood before lowering it to touch the bash plate - leaving a grease “dot” on the plate.
Lifted the wood back up off the plate and retracted it.
Removed the plate.
Allowing for the centre point being slightly back from the edge I then proceeded to drill a hole with a 32mm hole saw.
A quick tidy up with the finger sander and the plate was reinstalled.

Job done!

Originally Posted by Tombie

A small drive this weekend.

Whyalla to Adelaide (400km) towing a 10x6 cage to pick up some gear from a motorcycle mate.
30 min there and then off to Waikerie (165km) to see the Speedway car in action that we sponsor.
Digger was there, so at 2am it’s back to Diggers place for a BS session until 5:45 this morning.
Hit the hay and up again at 08:00 for the run home via Morgan, Burra and Port Pirie (stop at another forum members place for coffee) before the run back to Whyalla.

Total kilometers covered was just shy of 1200 all said and done.

Vehicle didn’t skip a beat, didn’t know the trailer was back there.

Permagrin continues

Given the itinerary and timeframe, I'm not surprised

That said , I know what you mean - I need to keep reminding myself when towing it that I have a 1.3T camper on behind. It does take the stress out of overtaking road trains

Put the bullbar on today. Well, when I say ‘put it on’ I mean there’s still a couple of things to do, like tow hook cover and a couple of minor things. But overall it’s mounted and safe so I can drive it to the Indy tomorrow for a wheel alignment and getting the new tyres put on. I still need to stock on the ‘Land Rover’ words on the front bar. It’s a genuine front protection bar that I’ve powder coated in Matt textured black.