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Red Merle
 


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Re: Cubby Box Fridge

LandRoverAnorak wrote:
The other significant new part fitted today was a cubby box fridge, bought via Duckworths recent group buy:

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Fitting is relatively straightforward, although I did spend ages trying to get the centre console trim to line up properly again.

First step is to remove the cup holder moulding from the centre console and the trim panel from the front of the cubby box area. Both just pull up with a little bit of force. There are two metal friction clips on the trim panel that came off and had to be fished out of the void beneath:

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Next, remove two screws that secure the water shedder from beneath the cup holders. It's worth noting that the emergency release wire for the EPB is located under this panel. Remove a further two screws from the top corners of the moulding behind where the trim panel has been removed from. These are quite tricky to get to and the sides of the centre console trim may need to be eased outwards to provide access.

Remove the torx bolts from the lid hinges and pull off the silver hinge trims. I spent quite a while looking for hidden fixings here as these trims didn't want to let go. They need to be sort of twisted and pulled up to release them.

At this point, the existing cubby box interior can be lifted out. Ours has the USB supply to the lid, so there was also a bit of faffing with the cable grommet before it would come free.

Fitting the cubby box fridge is, as the saying goes, the reverse of this procedure, although it's also necessary to make the electrical connection. The feed from the car is hidden below the water shedder with the connector wrapped in a little foam sleeve. The matching plug on the fridge is tightly secured with cable ties, which need to be released to allow it to reach the car supply.

The fridge in position:

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And with everything back in place:

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There's a small switch on the front edge with an integral LED to turn the fridge on, which only works when the ignition is also on.


Brilliant and thank you! Just the instructions that I've been looking for Thumbs Up
 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!) 
 
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GlosBoy
 


Member Since: 16 Oct 2009
Location: Chandlers Ford
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United Kingdom 2016 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Auto Aintree GreenDiscovery 4

Nice colour Thumbs Up

I had same dilemma after have 2 grey and one silver
 D4 HSE - Aintree Green
D4 Orkney my13 - gone
Stornaway D4. Gone, Didn't like it at all
D3 silver manual. Loved my first LR


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Post #172044616th Oct 2016 11:37 am
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LandRoverAnorak
 


Member Since: 06 Mar 2014
Location: Surrey
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United Kingdom 2013 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 XS Auto Aintree GreenDiscovery 4
Re: Cubby Box Fridge

Not so much a dilemma as a relief, to be honest. My wife isn't a fan of the more common colours.

Red Merle wrote:
Brilliant and thank you! Just the instructions that I've been looking for Thumbs Up

Glad to help Thumbs Up
 Darren

"You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia

My new D4 Build Thread
My old D3 Build Thread 
 
Post #172046916th Oct 2016 12:39 pm
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Red Merle
 


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Re: Cubby Box Fridge

Red Merle wrote:
LandRoverAnorak wrote:
The other significant new part fitted today was a cubby box fridge, bought via Duckworths recent group buy:

Click image to enlarge


Fitting is relatively straightforward, although I did spend ages trying to get the centre console trim to line up properly again.

First step is to remove the cup holder moulding from the centre console and the trim panel from the front of the cubby box area. Both just pull up with a little bit of force. There are two metal friction clips on the trim panel that came off and had to be fished out of the void beneath:

Click image to enlarge


Next, remove two screws that secure the water shedder from beneath the cup holders. It's worth noting that the emergency release wire for the EPB is located under this panel. Remove a further two screws from the top corners of the moulding behind where the trim panel has been removed from. These are quite tricky to get to and the sides of the centre console trim may need to be eased outwards to provide access.

Remove the torx bolts from the lid hinges and pull off the silver hinge trims. I spent quite a while looking for hidden fixings here as these trims didn't want to let go. They need to be sort of twisted and pulled up to release them.

At this point, the existing cubby box interior can be lifted out. Ours has the USB supply to the lid, so there was also a bit of faffing with the cable grommet before it would come free.

Fitting the cubby box fridge is, as the saying goes, the reverse of this procedure, although it's also necessary to make the electrical connection. The feed from the car is hidden below the water shedder with the connector wrapped in a little foam sleeve. The matching plug on the fridge is tightly secured with cable ties, which need to be released to allow it to reach the car supply.

The fridge in position:

Click image to enlarge


And with everything back in place:

Click image to enlarge


There's a small switch on the front edge with an integral LED to turn the fridge on, which only works when the ignition is also on.


Brilliant and thank you! Just the instructions that I've been looking for Thumbs Up




Please could somebody help me here?

I'm trying to remove an existing fridge to move to another Disco. I've got as far as photo 2 (and I've also removed the two screws and the drip tray and the hinged armrest), without any bother. However, try as I might, I can't now lift the fridge more than around 10mm without the cooling fan and all of the rest of the cooling gubbins getting stuck on the plastic structure (that's visible in the photo) and is in front of and above the cooling fan.

Please would someone let me know what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks! Thumbs Up

John.

 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!) 
 
Post #17279711st Nov 2016 10:17 pm
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DSL
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Lift up the trim that the gear lever/dial is in. There are a couple of screws in there ISTR. It doesn't need removed, just the rear bit lifted up.
   
Post #17279741st Nov 2016 10:28 pm
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Red Merle
 


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Okay, that's new - I've not read that anywhere before. Is this the entire section around the rotary gear knob and does it just pry up? By loosening those screws, I take it that gives me a little more play in the offending part of the structure? I'm struggling to understand how it could move at all.

Thanks in advance for your help Thumbs Up
 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!) 
 
Post #17279771st Nov 2016 10:33 pm
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Robse
 


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I've just had all this off looking for a rattle !!

Remove drip tray screws and pull up the trim either side (two hands, fridge end where the tray was) the whole centre section will lift out.

Hope this helps !
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Post #17282132nd Nov 2016 3:00 pm
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Red Merle
 


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Now that's a thought!

I'll give that a go this evening...
 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!) 
 
Post #17282242nd Nov 2016 3:27 pm
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Red Merle
 


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Robse wrote:
I've just had all this off looking for a rattle !!

Remove drip tray screws and pull up the trim either side (two hands, fridge end where the tray was) the whole centre section will lift out.

Hope this helps !


Is there anything else that needs to be unscrewed under the gear selector knob surround before pulling up on this trim?
 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!) 
 
Post #17282262nd Nov 2016 3:32 pm
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Robse
 


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No there wasn't on mine. It just hooks up under the dash
 Velar MY18 D180 S Narvik
Discovery MY2015 3.0 SDV6 SE Corris - Gone 
 
Post #17282662nd Nov 2016 5:30 pm
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Red Merle
 


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Robse wrote:
I've just had all this off looking for a rattle !!

Remove drip tray screws and pull up the trim either side (two hands, fridge end where the tray was) the whole centre section will lift out.

Hope this helps !


Sorted!! Thumbs Up
 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!) 
 
Post #17282912nd Nov 2016 6:30 pm
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LandRoverAnorak
 


Member Since: 06 Mar 2014
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United Kingdom 2013 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 XS Auto Aintree GreenDiscovery 4

Hello folks,

I'm pleasantly surprised to find that I'm back! After six years of Defender ownership (which you can read about HERE if you're really keen) I'm not only back in a Discovery, but the very one shown at the start of this thread, which I've just taken over from my wife. With the kids now in university, she's just about to take delivery of a BMW i3, which was discounted in favour of a D4 back in 2016! It's funny how things work out. However, we're hoping that the combination of an electric runabout and the D4 for the heavy stuff will be an ideal combination for the foreseeable future.

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Despite an additional 40k-odd miles, the D4 is largely unchanged. Over the last nearly 8 years it's been serviced regularly, but not obsessively, and apart from service items such as brakes and bushes, has been completely reliable. It'll probably get pampered a bit more now that the mileage is starting to creep up (just over 86k) but we also have plans to start using it a bit more seriously, too. Now that the kids are grown up, we're getting back into camping and travelling, and added this Sankey camping trailer to the fleet at the end of 2022. I'm sure that some of you will recognise it Whistle

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It looks quite different to that picture now and is currently part way through a re-wire and refurbishment.

Now that the D4 is properly mine and mostly because I can't help myself, it'll be getting a few mods along the way Cool
 Darren

"You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia

My new D4 Build Thread
My old D3 Build Thread 
 
Post #236468018th Mar 2024 11:00 pm
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Red Merle
 


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Blimey, thread revival!

It’s looking good Very Happy
 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!) 
 
Post #236468218th Mar 2024 11:58 pm
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Moo
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LandRoverAnorak
 


Member Since: 06 Mar 2014
Location: Surrey
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United Kingdom 2013 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 XS Auto Aintree GreenDiscovery 4
Rear Lights

My first modification was an easy one - swap the rear lights for 2014 ones. A nice, quick, plug and play exercise:

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I also swapped over to my TAZ number plates, making their appearance on my fifth Land Rover Cool
 Darren

"You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia

My new D4 Build Thread
My old D3 Build Thread 
 
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