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  1. ryan-in-oregon

    FS: LR3 Wheels & Off road accessories

    1 wheel is only two years old and has about 1000 miles on the wheel and tire. The other 4 wheels all have scrapes nicks and scratches. Nothing that couldn't be cleaned up and repainted but probably best to use as an offroad wheel. All five have 265/65 18 BFG AT tires. One has an...
  2. ryan-in-oregon

    Intermittent Loss of Radio

    I know this has been posted before but I haven't seen any real remedies to the problem. A few times now recently I'll start the rig and have no radio. All the controls work as normal display lights up and all that jazz but no audio. This has happened about 3-4 times recently and a simple...
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    Locked out!!

    I have a little remodel project going on so I temporarily moved the LR3 out of the garage. Sitting in front of my house it is locked and will not respond to either key. I removed the driver side keyhole cover and both keys will turn both ways but neither will unlock the door...Can't get to the...
  4. ryan-in-oregon

    Fs: 05 Lr3

    Well the time has come and I am ready to move on to a new rig. (Defender 110) I have a 2005 LR3 V8SE5 with 68.8K miles on the odometer. Includes front, rear and load space all weather mats. I also have the load space cover and tiedown net. Comes with factory tow package and RAI intake...
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    Positive Vote for Poly Bushes

    After replacing my bushings with stock rubber and getting just 16k out of them I went ahead and ordered the Red Poly bushing kit. I can't speak to longevity yet but I just finished a 1300 mile back country trip and wish I had put them in two years ago when I did them last. The on road handling...
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    EPB Replacement Done!!!

    Well I haven't seen a post of anyone replacing there EPB themselves so I thought I would post it...Mine failed but not in the usual manner. I had a drive motor inverter over temperature fault. After trying several times over the course of a week to clear it I gave up and bought a new actuator...
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    New Park Brake Fault

    So last night on the way home from the local auto show my left park brake failed to release fully. It got hot (very hot) I pulled the emergency release and drove the rest of the way home. This morning I pulled the disc's, cleaned, lubed and adjusted the epb. I went to reapply the park brake...
  8. ryan-in-oregon

    What have you had break on the trail??

    So the inspiration behind this thread is dealing with my recent trailside failures. My hope here is to create a list of "spare parts" essentials to carry in the rig. The two big ones for me are the rear tierod bolt and the airspring. As these get up there in age it is more important to me to...
  9. ryan-in-oregon

    Problems with Rear Suspension and Handling

    In effort to check on the safety of the LR3 I want to revive an old thread on a control arm failure.....Clicky, Now I have read through all the postings on the two active threads on this forum as well as the one I just linked to. It is my opinion that the above linked crash is NOT due to a...
  10. ryan-in-oregon

    Customized Headlights!!

    A short while back I posted that I had a modified set of Halogen headlight assemblies. Basically I seperated the assemblies and painted the non reflective surface satin black. I mainly did this as a trial to see how I would like it on a HID set. I finally got around to finishing the project...
  11. ryan-in-oregon

    NW Challenge Trip Report!!!

    Well many of you know that I went up to Squamish BC to particapate in the NW Challange put on by the Roverlanders Club. I left Portland at 7AM on 9/17 and made it into Squamish at about 3pm. Got camp setup and went through the registration and tech inspection. First Challenge begins at 8pm...
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    What kind of Tire life should I expect on BFG AT's???

    I have had them on for a little over a year and about 10k miles. The spare has never seen pavement and has twice the tread of the rest. If I only get 20k out of a set that doesn't seem too good to me!!!. I have had the alignment done and it seems to track well, also the tires are wearing...
  13. ryan-in-oregon

    Succesful Temp Repair of punctured Air Spring...

    Now many of you may wonder why but I'll explain. In the event of a trail side puncture again I decided to try and repair my old air spring. To do so I removed the the strut assembly and seperated the shock and air spring. Since I knew where the hole was I cleaned it up really well and...
  14. ryan-in-oregon

    Things I have done with my Faultmate MSV-2!!!

    Since the other thread was starting to get off base I'll start a new thread.... First off I am not being paid to say anything about their product but it is by far the best thing I have spent money on so far for the LR3 and I have only had it a week so I don't even know half of what can be...
  15. ryan-in-oregon

    Suspension Failure Update.....

    Ok well after about a months time I finally got the repairs finished today. With the new strut in and my new faultmate msv-2 (Awesome Tool to add to the collection!!) I cleared all faults. Once finished I stacked some cinderblocks to drive up onto with the left front (I only felt comfortable...
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    My LR3 Just before the suspension failure!!!

    This pic is probably the last one at just 5 mins prior to the suspension failure (fortunatly there is a bypass on this obstacle for backing out!!) This was a day or two earlier and a minor stream crossing.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsvGyanxg4s I installed the new strut however...
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    Rant!!!

    It seems as of late this forum has started to wander from it's intended purpose of TECHNICAL Discussion. There is alot of good info here and people that know these rigs inside and out. The occasional trip report and rig showoff is fine with me but I don't give a $HIT that you washed it...
  18. ryan-in-oregon

    Spring spacers and LR3's

    For those of you following my other thread http://www.landroverworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18802. I have now gotten intimate enough with the suspension to know that I will never ever run spacers on an LR3. Here is why - Full extension is controlled by the strut itself if you space it...
  19. ryan-in-oregon

    Trip Report/Failure

    Well my ten day trip was cut short at seven days. Yesterday afternoon my right front airspring was punctured on the Mcgrew Trail in Southern Oregon. (Not the best place for this to happen) Fortunately I had rock sliders and they were USED as I got off the trail on my bump stops!!! It appears...
  20. ryan-in-oregon

    EXT Temp Sensor Wonky!!!

    So this evening I drove the LR3 to the monthly Rover Club meeting (First time driving it in a week). On the way back the ext temp sensor was fluctuating between 27 and 48. 46 was the actual according to a sensor I have at home. I think it's probably just a loose/corroded connection but I...
  21. ryan-in-oregon

    Custom Rear Bumper w/Swing Away pics

    Well the bumper is constructed these are just a few pics I took along the way. I am waiting for the Latch to arrive for the swing arm so I can paint the bumper. The latch is supposed to be here tomorrow and I intend to install and paint it tomorrow night. If all goes well I will likely...
  22. ryan-in-oregon

    Anyone else with Alignment Troubles??

    I recently had some body damage to a door and had it in the shop for repair. The body shop thought there was some additional damage to my wheel as well so they replaced the wheel/tire and had an alignment done at my local Les Schwab. Now in reality there wasn't any damage to my wheel just off...
  23. ryan-in-oregon

    What do you like/Disklike about your Roofrack??

    I am getting ready to build a custom rack. My current plans are to cover the entire upper roof section. I only intend to put a few light weight items up there when I am overlanding. At the moment it will probably start with a shovel, axe and hilift. Though the hi lift will likly get relocated...
  24. ryan-in-oregon

    Tire chains and 265/65 r18 tires

    I'm thinking about getting some tire chains this year. In looking at the clearances it looks really tight with this tire size for chains. Has anyone succesfully run chains with this tire size?? They are BFG All terrains incase it matters. Thanks
  25. ryan-in-oregon

    LR3's & LED Trailer lights

    Ok guys I have found a cheap way around the blinking stop/turn lamps when using LED tailights. I added a relay to the circuit. The coil in the relay absorbs the short 12v burst, the burst is so short that it doesn't actuate the relay. For me this is the only trick that has worked. I just...

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