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Battery life
5 year "Free Replacement" and not prorated at around 59 months? Had a 84 month battery from a friend's car he traded in, I gave him an old El Cheapo battery. By the 49th month the prorated amount I would of paid for replacement like 75% of a new battery cost. Maintenance free like Delco's... -
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New Crankshaft Sensor bad?
Telling a mechanic or the "stealership" what to do doesn't fly well by them or your "local garage". I've seen my LR service tech writer friend being told the problem a customer is having, he'd tell the customer "why come to me then if you know what's the problem your so darn smart repair it... -
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Need help installing running boards on disco 1, please help
If they look like these in the photo below (not my D1) they require added attention to make them stronger also maintaining flat level boards not sagging downwards after stepping on them. The upper outboard 90 degree bent mounting tabs up at the frame will straighten out. Any person weighing 100... -
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2004 Land Rover Discovery
Not a "dumb question". First off if your vehicle (especially Land Rover's) has any damp, weeping or leaking oil problems while running regular "dino" oil from out of the ground and then switching to fully synthetic oil you will have larger oil leaking problems. Synthetic oils acts like... -
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2004 Land Rover Discovery
Please explain how Joey? A dirty filter as you call it will still filter out particles in the oil provided how fine the filtering media material is with catching dirt (carbon) particles larger than the filtering media still keeping the oil clean. A plugged filter or a person that's rev's the... -
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Primary belt tensioner
Working on Rover's back when they ran 3.5, 3.9 to 4.6 litre LR engines plus wrenching on the aluminum 215 Olds engines going back to the late 60's before LR received production rights producing these aluminum engines from GM. First rule ( V belt era), later with serpentine belt keeping an eye on... -
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Front diff making metal
On a cone bearing without a lip to secure a bearing splitter first cut and remove the bearing cage and rollers. Repeat again with a hand grinder and cut into the bearing especially keeping an eye on how deep your grinding into the cone and not into the bearing's neck of the carrier. Take a... -
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75k mile service - diff and transfer case fluid change
I prefer the Pacific Grove residence of 5/8 acre on Crocker Ave in the heavily wooded area of PG vs Monterey. Dealerships change the flavor of the week by using the lowest bulk price (highest profit) engine oil, anti freeze and gear oils. What prevents them from changing out ATF with some... -
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75k mile service - diff and transfer case fluid change
"Fancy $$ fluids required from dealer". That's a joke as LR changed their "required fluid" in the R380 5 speed THREE TIMES within a two year time period. They didn't know but one thing of having their head UP AND LOCKED. Same with anti freeze requiring phosphate and silica free anti freeze by... -
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75k mile service - diff and transfer case fluid change
I've seen streets as well driveways of LR owners being marked territories with no need to change fluids as new is constantly added due to their massive but considered normal oil leakage......~~=o&o>...... -
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75k mile service - diff and transfer case fluid change
Be sure your able to remove all your fill plugs first before removing any drain plugs. Nothing worse than draining then not being able to remove those fill plugs. Also clean around the fill and drain plugs before removing them as dirt and grit does not play well with internal machinery. This... -
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Coil Springs for my LR4 in the future as it ages
So very true. A blown airbag failure traveling deep off road just waiting to happen. Never seen a coil spring suddenly fail plus cheaper than replacing airbags. In my area in 82 a large local motorcycle hill climbing area established in the late 50's. Came into the area from several... -
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Landy d2 1999 td5
That's a damn good engine and upgrade vs older. Funny thing, same stroke as the 3.9/4.0 with only a 5 mm bore increase, parts already at hand? Don't sweat the transfer. Must ask what about the transfer case? Does it still have that stupid rubber flex joint at the rear diff? Replace it ASAP with... -
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Is a d5 a great deal right now?
Ran across this little chart, whew I was thinking LR was at the bottom of the list, made me feel good that I was wrong. LR was third from the bottom. Personally, J.D. Power sucks JMO. -
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Is a d5 a great deal right now?
LR quality can only go one direction, UP! I remember the "Eastern Block" countries heading to West Germany with their two smoke vehicles. Talk about turning the clock back 40 years behind the times. 2 smoke was their cheap main transportation vs ox carts, bicycles or walking. Above reply about... -
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Is a d5 a great deal right now?
For years Americans, myself especially have been the BUTT of LR jokes while owning the 95 D1. I proved them wrong, 20 years still running and counting. Simple basic OB1 for one thing easy to trouble shoot. As my LR service tech also an "ex LR mechanic tells me, " new PR's have 58 more electronic... -
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Is a d5 a great deal right now?
" Your comment regarding LR being owned by Tata of India or the fact that the D5 LR is being made in Slovakia???? Not very stable going back to 1994 with then BMW owning LR (I still own a 95 D1) for a while then Ford and now Tata. Who will be next, the son of the Prince of Saudi Arabia for his... -
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Is a d5 a great deal right now?
" Ouote of the day, hell all week made me laugh all week, thanks jwest......~~=o&o>...... -
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Rotor wear advice
Brake squeal, you bet I could be heard over a block away, yes that loud after replacing pads with "organic dust free pads". Only times silent after a 80+ mph stop warming up the rotors and pads, they stayed silent then squealed again once cooled down like in town stop and go driving. Wifey not... -
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Things to look for on a high mileage LR4
Dealerships are in the market selling new vehicles not used. They want used vehicles gone ASAP. Used minimum dealership labor time invested with servicing it to be a safe vehicle not eating into their profit margins. Dealerships sell used vehicles as "AS-IS-CONDITION", should it have a... -
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Accident!
After the collision shop's big estimate and the insurance freaking out with the estimate, possibly several estimates required, add high mileage I bet the insurance would total out the LR vs repairing it. Cost of your deductible I bet would go a long ways towards paying for Pick-n-Pull...
