Member Since: 22 Oct 2017
Location: London
Posts: 156
as of today we are 358 in the UK2005 D3 V8 SE
2005 D3 V8 HSE gone
27th Dec 2019 9:05 pm
Mogwyth
Member Since: 03 Oct 2014
Location: Pwllheli
Posts: 3976
Funnily enough we need to get a double cab pickup and the sensible option is get rid of the D3, buy a newish pickup and a saloon but not ready to part with the D3, might just dry store it for a bit.==================================
05 D3 HSE V8 4.4
04 MG TF 135
03 MG TF 115 Cool Blue Edition
02 MG TF 160
00 Hymer B564 Lionheart
1971 Series III 109
27th Dec 2019 9:09 pm
maccers
Member Since: 08 Dec 2012
Location: SE Kent
Posts: 273
Had a wobble this weekend.
I've now got a company car, and the D3 just doesn't get used apart from at weekends. A lovely, cheap P38 came up locally which very nearly hooked me in, even wrote the eBay ad for the D3.
However, I've seen sense. No doubt she'll punish me for the wobble at tomorrow's MOT
26th Jan 2020 10:16 pm
Shuggy
Member Since: 07 Oct 2013
Location: Perthshire
Posts: 19
Sounds familiar. I got a WBAC price for mine and drove it there yesterday morning. However they reduced the price from 2,450 to just over a grand so I drove it home again. I’m going to get its niggles fixed and then either sell it privately or just keep it. I think it was trying to tell me something!
27th Jan 2020 9:26 am
Charliecloud
Member Since: 31 Jul 2014
Location: Tonbridge
Posts: 980
Shuggy - I'm guessing yours is a leggy TDV6 and not a V8 ?
27th Jan 2020 9:37 am
Shuggy
Member Since: 07 Oct 2013
Location: Perthshire
Posts: 19
Hi Charlie
I’m afraid not - it’s a 2004 V8 SE. It is leggy though... 173,000 and sponsorship from OPEC! It looks pretty good for its age and the interior is immaculate.
I sold my 183,000 TDV6 on eBay in August 2008 for £4,100 and it was in much worse condition.
At that value I might as well stick it in a shed until they’re even rarer than they are now. It’s only a £1,000 gamble...
27th Jan 2020 11:07 am
maccers
Member Since: 08 Dec 2012
Location: SE Kent
Posts: 273
Well, she passed
Likewise, think I'll dry store it rather than get rid. She's on 140k but drives beautifully.
27th Jan 2020 9:08 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6575
I’ve got to get an inspection for it in a month’s time latest.
I have to change engine oil + filters around that time, too, due to distance (10k km once again)
And might as well change oil on both differentials and the transfer box
And megaflush ATF
Absolutely nothing wrong with it. Knock on wood, etc.
Busy spring
27th Jan 2020 11:03 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6575
Shuggy wrote:
I sold my 183,000 TDV6 on eBay in August 2008 for £4,100 and it was in much worse condition.
At that value I might as well stick it in a shed until they’re even rarer than they are now. It’s only a £1,000 gamble...
For those values you should just run it forever if the vehicle makes you smile. I realize a lot of people say get rid of it, don’t fix it since it’s value is lower than repair costs, etc. but if there isn’t anything wrong why should you. A newer vehicle isn’t necessarily better, either, and used is always a lottery even if one is careful.
27th Jan 2020 11:07 pm
disco_v8
Member Since: 22 Oct 2017
Location: London
Posts: 156
hi guys, does anyone know if rear calipers are the same size as tdv6 models? I know fronts are larger but what about the rear?2005 D3 V8 SE
2005 D3 V8 HSE gone
3rd Feb 2020 4:24 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6575
Vehicle passed inspection with flying colors and it’s ok to drive it for another year. No notices or anything. This time I made sure that BOTH rear plate lights were working before handing the vehicle over.
The guy looking at it said the brake pipes might need some TLC a within a year or two but right now they’re still fine. Also commented on the general condition, not many cars look all the business after 15 years.
15th Feb 2020 4:52 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6575
disco_v8 wrote:
hi guys, does anyone know if rear calipers are the same size as tdv6 models? I know fronts are larger but what about the rear?
Rear calipers are AFAIK the same across all D3. Parts are SOB500042 and SOB500052
15th Feb 2020 4:56 pm
Oswiperus D3 Decade
Member Since: 02 Apr 2010
Location: Chelmsford, Essex
Posts: 1590
Front and rear calipers are same as TDV6, just the carriers and the discs are different.Stu
2016 D4 Landmark current
2022 Defender D300 SE Gone
D4 2014 XS Commercial - Gone
D4 2016 hse lux montalcino red - Gone
D3 2005 se java black - current
D3 2005 base manual - gone
D2 1999 TD5 E white - current
15th Feb 2020 5:56 pm
maxbasscat
Member Since: 03 Jan 2016
Location: Cambridgeshire
Posts: 1263
Just rescued another from CoPart don’t ask why as I don’t know! It’s been off the road since 2016 so will have a good try to get it running otherwise donor for other two........... more soon
Anyone know it from here?
D3 2.7 Zermatt silver (not another one)
D3 4.4 V8 Zambezi silver
D3 4.4 V8 Adriatic Blue
D3 2.7 (gone) Tonga Green
D3 4.4 V8 LHD Tonga Green
FFRR TDV8
Defender 300
16th Feb 2020 10:48 am
maccers
Member Since: 08 Dec 2012
Location: SE Kent
Posts: 273
Good spot, let us know how you get on with it!
Rescued mine from Copart - if I'd have spotted this one I'd have had a punt as a donor vehicle I think.
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