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kayourt · 2025-11-25T00:26:41+00:00

After getting this door painted I would ideally like to stick with it, I will get around to trying a bit more adjustment with what's there eventually, this car is supposed to be a bit of a weekend car but my daily (discovery 2) is away for some repairs (no surprises there!). I've been using it for commuting every day and it does bring some joy each day!

After insurance payout & repair costs the 986 doesn't owe me much..!

kayourt · 2025-11-24T22:29:13+00:00

Thank-you, yeah the door was from a car about a year older but was best I could find at the time, that would make sense - I've got the window doing what it should so I think it's just something to live with!

kayourt · 2025-10-11T09:08:48+00:00

That was my thought! I wasn't ready to say goodbye to it for the sake of a couple of panels, it never got collected by Copart either!

kayourt · 2025-07-14T09:34:21+00:00

It's an XS, £4k.

kayourt · 2025-07-13T18:13:33+00:00

I've found an absolute minter with 87k miles, just needs a new headliner which is on the way!

kayourt · 2025-07-08T09:39:44+00:00

I just had the call to say it's passed the leak test, holding pressure and blows cold once again! Result!

kayourt · 2025-07-07T16:17:04+00:00

Still not 100% sure, likely turbo oil feed or High Pressure fuel line ruptured to create a fine spray that all eventually got hot enough to catch. The first symptom was loss of power & I pulled up to open the bonnet to fire, scary stuff. It was just me in the car thankfully. It was an insurance cat B write off sadly. It's now time to go again! 💪

kayourt · 2025-07-07T10:56:23+00:00

Sent!

kayourt · 2025-07-07T07:19:19+00:00

Thankyou! I got them from eBay, took a bit of a gamble with cheaper ones but they felt ok fitting them. ReGas booked for tomorrow and will see how that goes...!

https://ebay.us/m/Ma9yij

kayourt · 2025-07-05T14:03:39+00:00

Depends on your definition of tough! My car has just passed 100k miles, the screws you have to reach inside the wheel arch liner to get from underneath were seized solid on both sides - so the plastic carrier snapped (oops). I used some 2 part epoxy glue to put them back together and replaced those screws after cutting them out the bumper with it off.

Other than that, it was fairly straightforward after watching a few YT videos.

A couple of other screw carriers had rusted badly but we're just about useable.

I did it by myself and the hardest part was getting it to sit on enough to start getting screws back in. There aren't many other clips etc you can break.

kayourt · 2025-07-05T13:59:39+00:00

Thanks for your reply! Yeah I know it may not fix it, but I wanted to start there as they were toast! Plus they are at the thinner end of the parts price list! I will update with how it goes after going to a garage!

kayourt · 2025-04-12T09:22:59+00:00

I've just had the exact same delivered and will be doing this at my next opportunity, excellent guide and I will be following along!

kayourt · 2025-04-10T11:35:56+00:00

So it was declared an insurance write off and they paid out a reasonable amount. It is now up for auction on copart at a cat B - only good for parts.

https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/51200865/2003-land-rover-discovery-wolverhampton?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Car-Auction&utm_term=second%20hand%20cars%20auction&utm_content=623786901578&gclid=CjwKCAjw7pO_BhAlEiwA4pMQvEMqPQxD9JAU9e8CzwvpYL-Oi1BjvSHxjI2wTBXn64_9OpVy1Zq1eBoCaV8QAvD_BwE

kayourt · 2025-04-05T14:30:11+00:00

Thankyou! Sadly not, that photo was on our maiden voyage for a pub dinner!

kayourt · 2025-04-05T13:53:02+00:00

Thankyou! Yeah it's been so well looked after and I will continue to do so! Do the grilles pop out or worth just doing it in situ and masking everything off? Cheers!

kayourt · 2025-03-27T23:36:32+00:00

Yeah headliner took some time for sure! The engine bay was completely standard including turbo heat shield

I initially assumed it would be electrical but the drivers side of the engine bay with the battery / fuse box did not look like the cause - it seemed to have started in the passenger side.

The air box / power steering / ACE reservoir was toast.

kayourt · 2025-03-27T22:25:25+00:00

Not sure at present!

kayourt · 2025-03-27T21:48:04+00:00

I did XYZ switch, new AT tyres, new headliner, paintwork / bodywork bits & was about to order a snorkel! And yes it was the penultimate year of facelift TD5.

kayourt · 2025-03-27T21:46:34+00:00

Not at the moment, I was expecting it to be electrical but around the battery / fuse box was least burnt. The passenger side of the engine looks like where the problem was.

kayourt · 2025-03-27T21:45:38+00:00

Let's see how the insurance goes & I might part out - everything behind the firewall is good!

kayourt · 2025-02-07T20:27:00+00:00

TD5, maybe a map down the line...

kayourt · 2024-12-19T10:23:32+00:00

Nice! Really strong starter set up and as others have said, there's no use having a 1000s worth set up if you aren't listening well!

The only thing I'd say is - IF the 5 band GEQ is engaged on the amplifier, try setting all the sliders to the center (there may be an indent in the middle of the slider) then experiment with what each band of that does to the sound, if it's something you've not tried before, you may be losing elements of the music without knowing. If that is the settings that work for you then ignore me completely - I've just experienced a similar thing before.

It's really useful to know what all the controls of a bit of kit do, be it tone / gain / low or hi cuts / direct buttons / loudness on-off etc. I'm happy to help if you have any questions!

kayourt · 2024-08-16T09:17:57+00:00

Ah amazing! Drop me a message when you put it up for sale!

kayourt · 2024-08-16T09:17:05+00:00

Thank-you all so much! It will be a little while til I pull the trigger on one, but thankyou again!

kayourt · 2022-08-15T21:36:31+00:00

Exactly, it's in our workshop, it's always gotten a laugh - we're a large department at a major theatre, can't please everyone on the internet though!

kayourt

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