Essential D3 D4 RRS travelling spares

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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

On the subject of things unlikely to be replaced on the track, has anyone ever replaced a starter motor, as recently I had my mech replace mine and asked him to keep the old one for me in case I needed to replace it beside the road, he said I'd pro'ly wouldn't be able to do it, as it is very difficult to do, and really needs a hoist.

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A very important thing to consider!
Consider that all the extra spares induce weight which then often leads to other failures.

When on long runs my tool kit weighs less than 10kg and the number of spares is absolutely minimal.

It’s the R&M that is done throughout the vehicles life that dictates how it will behave in long trips. If it’s pampered it will usually behave.

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Originally Posted by Tombie

A very important thing to consider!
Consider that all the extra spares induce weight which then often leads to other failures.

When on long runs my tool kit weighs less than 10kg and the number of spares is absolutely minimal.

It’s the R&M that is done throughout the vehicles life that dictates how it will behave in long trips. If it’s pampered it will usually behave.

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I very much concur. But - go figure. On our current 3/4AU trip the front diff did a bearing at 240K km - even our faithful independent LR Indie go to man (DazzaTD5 on here) wasn't expecting that one.

IMHO...
I recommend customers take ME (and Perentie, I hate being a passenger). All you have to do is feed me [bigrolf][bigrolf]

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Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

I very much concur. But - go figure. On our current 3/4AU trip the front diff did a bearing at 240K km - even our faithful independent LR Indie go to man (DazzaTD5 on here) wasn't expecting that one.

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Got that right, even after doing two oil changes on the diffs [bighmmm] before you went, and the fact they drained cleaned I wasnt thinking that one at all

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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

On the subject of things unlikely to be replaced on the track, has anyone ever replaced a starter motor, as recently I had my mech replace mine and asked him to keep the old one for me in case I needed to replace it beside the road, he said I'd pro'ly wouldn't be able to do it, as it is very difficult to do, and really needs a hoist.

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No need for hoist. I dropped my starter to do second turbo drain.
The difficulty is inversely proportional to patience.

Hi all. I'm heading off on an extended trip soon, borders permitting. Before I launch into acquiring a range of travelling spares from the UK, is there anyone in the Canberra region who has a set of necessary travelling spares that they might be looking to offload? I have a 2014.5 3L SDV6 HSE. Thanks in advance.