Member Since: 16 Nov 2020
Location: Southampton and Dartford
Posts: 40
This forum is so much better than sleeping
New D3, 07 plate 169k miles 12 month MOT
After much reasearch on here I now have a list of jobs I need to do first.
Change battery. Don’t know age or condition, invoice says 2016 and 2nd hand. It seems a decent battery cures all known faults. Looking at an Exide premium at sub £90 and biggest capacity listed.
Clean drain gully’s around battery case and under ECU, all whilst battery is out.
Try R, 1, 2 all gears, ign off remove key, let lights go off, have a wee whilst waiting.
Have amber EPB light on, ‘trans mission fault’. Have tried this once (not correctly) and now have a big E instead of a gear number. Hopefully YZ sensor. Hopefully not clutch. In history last one with flywheel was 45k miles ago.
Get handbrake shoes cleaned and adjusted.
Configure EPB to manual only.
Find out of oil pump is reinforced type. Belts changed 65k miles ago but with no mention of pump.
Plastic sill covers off to check for corrosion.
Buy an iid
Get 2nd key configured
And I have only had it a day
17th Nov 2020 2:55 am
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2459
Is it a manual transmission?
I would lld higher up the list
17th Nov 2020 7:19 am
Rocksteadee
Member Since: 16 Nov 2020
Location: Southampton and Dartford
Posts: 40
It is manual.
Hence my reason they are all jobs to do first
17th Nov 2020 9:13 am
Paddington
Member Since: 30 May 2013
Location: Southampton
Posts: 280
hi Rocksteadee where abouts in Southampton are you ?
Previous cars
Discovery 200 tdi
Discovery 300 tdi
Discovery td5
17th Nov 2020 10:10 am
Rocksteadee
Member Since: 16 Nov 2020
Location: Southampton and Dartford
Posts: 40
Bursledon, in a boat yard
Although the disco is in Dartford on my sons drive
17th Nov 2020 10:14 am
Paddington
Member Since: 30 May 2013
Location: Southampton
Posts: 280
im in Netley Abbey so just up the road, I also had the amber EPB light on with transmission fault warning about 2 years ago, mine was clutch slipping in the higher gears , after bleeding the clutch system all was back to normal and not been a problem since.
Previous cars
Discovery 200 tdi
Discovery 300 tdi
Discovery td5
17th Nov 2020 10:34 am
nigethecat
Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
Location: Marnoch
Posts: 4150
Quote:
Although the disco is in Dartford on my sons drive
If you're in Dartford you are very close to Gary (gstuart) who is a wealth of info on the D3... he's always up for a cuppa and chat about the old bus (just not now as he's isolating )I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
Corris Grey D4 Commercial SE 2016
Zermatt Sliver 2007 D3 SE manual (gone)
Indus Silver D4 HSE 2015 (gone)
Bonatti Grey D3 HSE 2006 (gone)
White D3 S (LHD) 2007 (gone)
Firenze Red D4 HSE 2014 (gone)
Black RRS 3.6TDV8 2008 (gone)
Rusty Green Defender 110 1997 (gone)
Black FL2 HSE 2013 (gone)
17th Nov 2020 11:06 am
Rocksteadee
Member Since: 16 Nov 2020
Location: Southampton and Dartford
Posts: 40
Paddington wrote:
im in Netley Abbey so just up the road, I also had the amber EPB light on with transmission fault warning about 2 years ago, mine was clutch slipping in the higher gears , after bleeding the clutch system all was back to normal and not been a problem since.
After much reading on here I am suspecting a clutch and flywheel. Thanks for the tip that it may just need bleeding
17th Nov 2020 11:25 am
Rocksteadee
Member Since: 16 Nov 2020
Location: Southampton and Dartford
Posts: 40
nigethecat wrote:
Quote:
Although the disco is in Dartford on my sons drive
If you're in Dartford you are very close to Gary (gstuart) who is a wealth of info on the D3... he's always up for a cuppa and chat about the old bus (just not now as he's isolating )
Hi Rocksteadee, just a shot in the dark... do you also use that name on YBW?
Graham (Scala)____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
17th Nov 2020 11:29 am
Rocksteadee
Member Since: 16 Nov 2020
Location: Southampton and Dartford
Posts: 40
I do indeed
It would seem that landrovering and boating go hand in hand.
More like hand in wallet
17th Nov 2020 11:35 am
Geoff at Drym
Member Since: 18 May 2015
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 584
If it's reg is 07 you definitely need to fit the updated oil pump. If it hasn't been replaced previously, you are running on borrowed time. There are plenty of items relating to oil pumps in the search facility on this website.
You certainly appear to be going about the potential problems in an organised manner for your D3.
I'm sure we all wish you enjoyable motoring with it. Big grin factor when they are running well. 2007 Disco3 2.7 tdv6 SE
gvif with reversing camera
V8 brakes with new EPB module and shoes
Later D4 grille
Alive tuning remap
Mazda MX5
Ferguson ted20 tractor
Hyundai Getz 1.4 (wife's )
17th Nov 2020 11:48 am
Rocksteadee
Member Since: 16 Nov 2020
Location: Southampton and Dartford
Posts: 40
Spent most of the night reading about the oil pump
That is why it is my first to do on my first to do list.
Seam to have narrowed it down to 1.5 hours to lift the cover, so going wave a few spanner’s around.
It will make a change from waving the hammers around on the old S111
I do indeed
It would seem that landrovering and boating go hand in hand.
More like hand in wallet
quite right, well welcome along. This is a great home for Discovery fans.____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
17th Nov 2020 12:27 pm
Rocksteadee
Member Since: 16 Nov 2020
Location: Southampton and Dartford
Posts: 40
Cheers.
I looked through a few others and settled here, seems to be a wealth of knowledge3 RR Classics (last one broke off-road) All gone
S3, take off road, break, repair, repeat. Gone
Disco 2, for sale, 12 month MOT, next one looking expensive (r)
Hence
Disco 3, already electrickery faults
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quite right, well welcome along. This is a great home for Discovery fans.
