To read forums or not?

[Tombie]

Those baulking at body off when the vehicle is designed for it seem to forget on older LRs you took the seats out, floor off and lifted the driveline out the door!

Body off is brilliant, takes minimal time and allows everything to be done perfectly and easily.

We’re all getting older so a hoist for backyard mechanics is the best purchase ever!


My vehicles EPB is perfect - servicing and adjustment is all that’s needed for a long healthy life.

The electronic oil sensor is theoretically and in use, excellent. The vehicle won’t let that engine run out of oil. A far better outcome vs dipping a stick - many get that wrong!

[DiscoDB]

Those baulking at body off when the vehicle is designed for it seem to forget on older LRs you took the seats out, floor off and lifted the driveline out the door!

Body off is brilliant, takes minimal time and allows everything to be done perfectly and easily.

We’re all getting older so a hoist for backyard mechanics is the best purchase ever!


My vehicles EPB is perfect - servicing and adjustment is all that’s needed for a long healthy life.

The electronic oil sensor is theoretically and in use, excellent. The vehicle won’t let that engine run out of oil. A far better outcome vs dipping a stick - many get that wrong!

Being able to take the body off is cool. Even cooler if it could be done without a hoist - like a portable lift kit that could raise the body high enough to safely work under.

Can’t comment on the 3L D4 - but the D3 seems you can do most if not all maintenance without needing to remove the body - including turbo removal - with about the only exception being an engine removal.

Between this forum and the Disco3.co.uk forum you can find a solution to pretty much everything. So keep reading.

[4bee]

Read on another UK Forum that on this bloke's Rover Sedan the body needed to come off to replace a Lightbulb Fer cryin' out loud. Obviously no longer a case of stopping off at your local servo on the way home from work. & pick up a couple of bulbs.

[Lukeis]

Back to the OP..

I admit to thinking the same Alan, yep good arguments for forewarned is forearmed and of course reading about it (or not reading about it) doesn’t change your chances of having any issues.

However, yes after just spending 9k on a gearbox I’ve been reading the crankshaft post as well and it scares me too.

I really like LR’s but I personally don’t like the idea of spending the money needed for a new car so at 70k a second hand one without warranty starts to feel more like a risk with every post you read.

Then again I work in financial advice which means I question the value in everything, perhaps I’m better suited to the ignorance is bliss method.

[4bee]

Then again I work in financial advice which means I question the value in everything, perhaps I’m better suited to the ignorance is bliss method.

Or the alternative.
[ Lukeis thought bubble on] You know all bastard, get on with it then but don't blame me when the brown stuff hits the whirly thing. [/Thought bubble off]