Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26699
Changing a wheel when off-road IMPORTANT!
Following the DISCO3.CO.UK Wales Weekend, this advice should be heeded by all Discovery3 owners who go off tarmac.
The standard jack is not very good, it lacks height, and footprint. We had a forum member suffer a puncture on a rocky section. We could not lift the car high enough with the jack to get the spare wheel on.
The trick was to raise the car to off road height before jacking, then when the car was lifted as far as the jack could go, select ACCESS height, the result was that the rear sank and the front wheel that was raised lifted the valuable 3 inches we needed to get the spare on.
The were a few issues, such as the car contantly fighting the driver in as much as it wanted to go to extended mode, not remain in access, so the driver had to continually select access whilst colleagues changed the wheel - that won't be easy if solo. I suspect opening the door may have stopped this happening, but we did not think of this at the time.
I would suggest that there is a danger of the car falling off the woefully inadequate jack - but needs must and it got us off the lane before darkness fell.
The most useful tip of all though, is get a decent jack before you go off road, and put the spare in the boot.
hi gareth,
could you not have locked the car in access hight once jacked up??
cheers shawnbali blue disco 4 with rear dvd's, privacy glass, pre heat system, heated steering wheel, full size spare, piano black trim, ipod cable, 20 inch wheels and i love it loads more than my TDV8 RRS, KTM 250 EXC 2 Stroke for the real off road stuff
1st Nov 2005 5:02 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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We tried, but the car thought it was stuck, so kept trying to go into exteded mode.
1st Nov 2005 10:56 pm
aitchy
Member Since: 27 Sep 2005
Location: Peterborough
Posts: 130
Gents, interestingly this very topic was covered at the Rockingham off road centre. They suggested carrying a proper jack (which i cant see being very useful off road). My wife was horrified at the way jack and spigot need to fit in to the wishbone, she confessed to having no hesitation if getting a puncture to call out road side assistance. This seems like a very poor design fault as the Range Rover does not suffer from thisTDV6 HSE Buckingham Blue and still smiling
2nd Nov 2005 4:02 pm
LRD
Member Since: 17 Dec 2005
Location: Panama
Posts: 6
Why not just have run flat tyres? If this is the NEW - IMPROVED Land Rover of the 21st Century, and we are paying hefty prices for the new technology, should we ever have to worry about flats?
Given the general state of the new technology in my Disco3 I would feel happier with four wooden cart wheels.. Alive and kicking..who's round is it anyway ??
17th Dec 2005 11:31 pm
LRD
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LRD wrote:
Why not just have run flat tyres? If this is the NEW - IMPROVED Land Rover of the 21st Century, and we are paying hefty prices for the new technology, should we ever have to worry about flats?
Our Mini has run-flats, and they don't half give a firm and noisy ride! They are also very expensive and last about 10k on a Mini.
Mini has to have them cos there is no room for a spare!!
19th Dec 2005 12:43 am
75DJS
Member Since: 16 Jan 2007
Location: Wokingham
Posts: 14
Changing a wheel
I hate to say this but Lancaster (Reading) suggested calling out Land Rover should you require the wheel to be changed I thought BMW sold Land Rover
To change the car's height from outside the vehicle, just lower the window and reach in.
Yours
David
16th Jan 2007 7:04 pm
Buckingham
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 957
Or even better....set the key fob to do it...
I love this feature....was so glad I didn't have to pay to have it as an extra like on the Disco 2....
16th Jan 2007 7:46 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
Re: Changing a wheel
75DJS wrote:
To change the car's height from outside the vehicle, just lower the window and reach in.
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16th Jan 2007 7:56 pm
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