Discovery 3 (LR3) and Discovery 4 (LR4) Registry
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Our $500 rescue Rover, 2008 LR3 with 188K miles and a myriad of problems, but with a bit of work and persuasion I did drive it home. The plan is to work this into a trail rig and commuter vehicle, to compliment the 2019 Disco Sport we just acquired.
We had a fling with Broncos, she had a Sport and I had a 2 door base. Turns out that Ford put a breather line on the sports that is too short, lets water and contamiants into the rear diff and without regular oil changes eats the RDU which is a $4K repair out of warranty. She had already endured several recalls and TSB's and was tired of waiting for the next horseshoe to drop. I was tired of payments on a vehicle so we sold them both, and back into Rovers.
So far, cleaned the throttle body and MAF for a lopey idle, front valve block and struts for a droopy nose, and now working on adjusting the shift cable as I have to hold it firmly in drive for forward motion. New compressor and driveshaft in the near future, and tires before snowfall.
I do have a wierd problem-the rover defaults to off-road height and the switch doesn't seem to work. I might have a try at cleaning it.
We had a fling with Broncos, she had a Sport and I had a 2 door base. Turns out that Ford put a breather line on the sports that is too short, lets water and contamiants into the rear diff and without regular oil changes eats the RDU which is a $4K repair out of warranty. She had already endured several recalls and TSB's and was tired of waiting for the next horseshoe to drop. I was tired of payments on a vehicle so we sold them both, and back into Rovers.
So far, cleaned the throttle body and MAF for a lopey idle, front valve block and struts for a droopy nose, and now working on adjusting the shift cable as I have to hold it firmly in drive for forward motion. New compressor and driveshaft in the near future, and tires before snowfall.
I do have a wierd problem-the rover defaults to off-road height and the switch doesn't seem to work. I might have a try at cleaning it.
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DoryBreaux
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Sure you've read all the suspension discussions out there, but for the love of anything you find holy; DONT, USE, AN, AFTERMARKET, COMPRESSOR!
after testing and checking with other experts, 217psi is plenty of air power so I;m not going to need a compressor.
I will say I used an aftermarket compressor on a previous LR3 and had no problems with that one, but the Arnott one I changed out was pretty junky. Melted the connector at the motor.
I did repair the height switch, had to clean 16 years or gunk and corrosion and resolder some bad spots on the switch PCB. Now I;m fighting a bad brake hard line to the right rear. Why is it always the right rear?
I will say I used an aftermarket compressor on a previous LR3 and had no problems with that one, but the Arnott one I changed out was pretty junky. Melted the connector at the motor.
I did repair the height switch, had to clean 16 years or gunk and corrosion and resolder some bad spots on the switch PCB. Now I;m fighting a bad brake hard line to the right rear. Why is it always the right rear?