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2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
This is a real trail and error sort of thing. This reminds me of when I removed the factory dealer installed 2004 analogue Bluetooth and installed the 2008 fibre optic Bluetooth. Upon power up, yes, the Bluetooth phone worked but the radio audio remained silent - display showed all good but no... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
I recall years back where one could disable the seat belt buzzer and or light by I thinking inserting the buckle and removing it a number of times and that disabled the noisemakers. It must have been GM but I do not recall for certain - maybe Ford. It makes sense that the stop start would be... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
I was reading the LIN Buss website - very informative but for some reason I did a Google re "How to disable the start stop on a Land Rover". Per the link below, the guy purchased one of those 4 pin trailer light tester plugs and plugged it into the 4 pin trailer light receptacle at the rear -... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
Load shedding - I noted your comment re the heated windscreen and steering wheel heat not working. I wonder if also the heated seats and rear glass heat is also off. The radio amplifier may be on low power as well. It comforts me that we do not yet have electric steering. Apparently for... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
The Aussie's are serious about 4x4s, that is for certain. They take the kids for the weekend to see Grandma and Grandpa a couple of hundred miles back of beyond; it then rains five hundred miles away and they have to swim their 4x4s just to get back. What were dry low spots become rivers in a... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
The 4 sure appears to be a lot more complicated than the 3; there just seems to be more stuff in the engine compartment. I do not envy you. I imagine drivesafe is keeping an eye on your progress as it seems Australia does not have Stop / Start. I always regarded the Aussies as generally... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
I wonder if that is how General Motors does it Stop / Start? It is not really a new idea and I have to my annoyance, run into it on rental GM cars - have not noticed it on newer Ford pickups but maybe Stop / Start is now "yesterday". I hope LR gets a good deal on zero gauge copper - twice... -
Intermittent loss of power to instrument panel
I hope my connector idea works as all others are horrible. That instrument cluster is the backup brains of the 3 so problems with the cluster are not usually problems simple to diagnose - fix maybe, but figure out, tough. Yes, please keep us informed as what works and does not work is valuable... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
I noticed the three large studs, two of them being tagged as Bat 1 and Bat 2. I assume that they connect to nothing right now but it suggests LR did think of an aux battery. I wondered what those three studs were to do? Thankfully, my 3 does not have Start / Stop - had not yet been regarded... -
Intermittent loss of power to instrument panel
This is an easier fix and is likely the problem. The odds are that the signal connector plug feeding into the rear of the instrument cluster needs to be reset. Normally the problem manifests itself as the fuel or temp gauges not indicating or worse, the engine will not start. The cluster... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
My stickers were somewhat long winded but service types seem to understand, or at least question why they are there - dah! The starting battery sticker says #1 Main Cranking Battery Under this Cover The auxiliary battery sticker says #2 Auxiliary Battery Under this Cover I also put two... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
I put my stickers on when the word Amazon was somewhere in the Jungle. I used one of those Brother P-touch label machines to make my stickers. The link below is to a thread on the Australian Land Rover site where the owner of Traxide often is posting. He goes under the name of drivesafe... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
I would not give up just yet re the light. You may wish to send Traxide an email with a link to this thread. Traxide is not a multinational; they take their kits very seriously and I expect that the problem you have been having has been seen before on Australian D4 vehicles. You have done... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
At least your aux battery looks like a battery - it is the correct colour. My new replacement Interstate on the Aux side has a green plastic top - looks like a fern, not a battery. It is good that the battery cover fits over the Aux - that is why the terminal post clamp wiring is on upside... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
Wow - I have had the Traxide dual battery setup in my 3 for years now. Relatively speaking, it was easy to install etc - and I thought the 3 had too many computers. This sort of mod takes patience and research. I appreciate you posting all the pictures re your 4 install - not easy but you are... -
Current info on installing back up camera?
Attached are a LR pdf explaining the Nav system and the other is a pdf explaining the Audio system. From what I can gather, the head unit generates the red light for the MOST system. In my LR3, the MOST connects to the Nav, the Amplifier and the Bluetooth. In fact that is why I got to... -
Current info on installing back up camera?
Is this below thread link and then post #10? I now understand how you used the BIC pin to loop the fibre optic cables - would have never thought of that. What you are saying is that with the HK head unit gone, there was still red light circulating... -
Current info on installing back up camera?
I am surprised, amazed really, that even if you had a proper loop, that it would work. That BIC pen internals can substitute for fibre optics is even more impressive. As to your write up, am I to assume that it is a thread on this forum somewhere? If so, I suppose I could find it and post the... -
Current info on installing back up camera?
If there is still red light coming out of the disconnected cable ends, or at least one of the cable ends, then there is hope. I think probably the head unit generates the red light as that is also probably where the brains of the fibre optic system resides. Yes, there is no practical empty... -
Smallest Key Fob - 2013 LR4
The price sure looks good. I do not know what Land Rover charges for that but for the 3's keyfobs, it is in the hundreds of dollars. It seems to me that alternative fob pays for the Gap all by itself. -
Smallest Key Fob - 2013 LR4
I note you are referring to the LR4 plus I do not know what you guys are trying to do but below re my 3 is a link to where I purchased two of the factory style key fob cases. They are better than I anticipated. They are not glued together; they snap together and they come with a very small... -
Current info on installing back up camera?
I am not so certain that you are beat re the Off Road display. I understand that you had to disconnect the fibre optic cable when the new "radio" head went in. I also think the brains of the optic system are in the Head unit but jumping the open fibre optic pair is worth a try. Per the link... -
Maintenance charger for battery
My post #12 above makes reference to the CTEK Multi US 3300 charger that I use. The jpg with the CTEK is just resting on the bumper is for information - the hood stays closed when I charge and the CTEK remains on a shelf. The electrical plugs are the GM Delphi Weather Pack type and the one... -
Current info on installing back up camera?
All that I have is from years back when I installed my backup camera running thru the factory LR Nav system. https://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/reversing-camera-d3-113850.html?highlight=backup+camera&start=15 -
Rigid spring installation vs air struts
Well maybe a Jeep instead, but what makes the 3 or 4 unique is the air suspension. It just seems to me that if you get rid of the air springs, one maybe should have just got rid of the vehicle and purchased something conventional. I regard the air springs as reliable; I have new fronts but...
