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2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
I would not give up just yet re the light. You may wish to send Traxide an email with a link to this thread. Traxide is not a multinational; they take their kits very seriously and I expect that the problem you have been having has been seen before on Australian D4 vehicles. You have done... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
At least your aux battery looks like a battery - it is the correct colour. My new replacement Interstate on the Aux side has a green plastic top - looks like a fern, not a battery. It is good that the battery cover fits over the Aux - that is why the terminal post clamp wiring is on upside... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
Wow - I have had the Traxide dual battery setup in my 3 for years now. Relatively speaking, it was easy to install etc - and I thought the 3 had too many computers. This sort of mod takes patience and research. I appreciate you posting all the pictures re your 4 install - not easy but you are... -
Current info on installing back up camera?
Attached are a LR pdf explaining the Nav system and the other is a pdf explaining the Audio system. From what I can gather, the head unit generates the red light for the MOST system. In my LR3, the MOST connects to the Nav, the Amplifier and the Bluetooth. In fact that is why I got to... -
Current info on installing back up camera?
Is this below thread link and then post #10? I now understand how you used the BIC pin to loop the fibre optic cables - would have never thought of that. What you are saying is that with the HK head unit gone, there was still red light circulating... -
Current info on installing back up camera?
I am surprised, amazed really, that even if you had a proper loop, that it would work. That BIC pen internals can substitute for fibre optics is even more impressive. As to your write up, am I to assume that it is a thread on this forum somewhere? If so, I suppose I could find it and post the... -
Current info on installing back up camera?
If there is still red light coming out of the disconnected cable ends, or at least one of the cable ends, then there is hope. I think probably the head unit generates the red light as that is also probably where the brains of the fibre optic system resides. Yes, there is no practical empty... -
Smallest Key Fob - 2013 LR4
The price sure looks good. I do not know what Land Rover charges for that but for the 3's keyfobs, it is in the hundreds of dollars. It seems to me that alternative fob pays for the Gap all by itself. -
Smallest Key Fob - 2013 LR4
I note you are referring to the LR4 plus I do not know what you guys are trying to do but below re my 3 is a link to where I purchased two of the factory style key fob cases. They are better than I anticipated. They are not glued together; they snap together and they come with a very small... -
Current info on installing back up camera?
I am not so certain that you are beat re the Off Road display. I understand that you had to disconnect the fibre optic cable when the new "radio" head went in. I also think the brains of the optic system are in the Head unit but jumping the open fibre optic pair is worth a try. Per the link... -
Maintenance charger for battery
My post #12 above makes reference to the CTEK Multi US 3300 charger that I use. The jpg with the CTEK is just resting on the bumper is for information - the hood stays closed when I charge and the CTEK remains on a shelf. The electrical plugs are the GM Delphi Weather Pack type and the one... -
Current info on installing back up camera?
All that I have is from years back when I installed my backup camera running thru the factory LR Nav system. https://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/reversing-camera-d3-113850.html?highlight=backup+camera&start=15 -
Rigid spring installation vs air struts
Well maybe a Jeep instead, but what makes the 3 or 4 unique is the air suspension. It just seems to me that if you get rid of the air springs, one maybe should have just got rid of the vehicle and purchased something conventional. I regard the air springs as reliable; I have new fronts but... -
Coolant Low level alarm but level normal
My 1992 Buick Roadmaster had the fluid level sensor on the radiator. It worked, the red light and the engine temperature gauge both peaked at the same time but too late. A frost plug in the engine block had let go and dumped all the coolant; to make it worse, I even saw the trail of coolant on... -
Coolant Low level alarm but level normal
I removed the float sensor in the LR3 coolant expansion tank and took a couple of pictures per below. The float sensor is about 1.5" long per below and the "dimple" that it sits within is about 2" deep. The float sensor remain dry at all times and relies on the vertical movement of the... -
Coolant Low level alarm but level normal
Yes, it puzzles me why Denso stuff on the Land Rover does not last very long but on Toyota it does. I do not believe Toyota makes defective goods when they sell to Land Rover so I just cannot explain why. It is the same with engines. Land Rover buys what are presumable good engines from Ford... -
Coolant Low level alarm but level normal
Believe it or not, at some point in the fixup process, the 3's do get reliable. It takes a few years re each vehicle but then it is just the routine stuff. Mind you routine is alot more than on a Chev pickup or a Jeep, but the 3's and 4's are a lot more sophisticated. Tahoes etc are just now... -
Coolant Low level alarm but level normal
To give LR some credit, I guess on the LR4 they decided that was a problem rather than a parts opportunity. As to heavy floats, I am on about my third float in my Marvel Schebler carburetor in my airplane. Over the years the float has been changed from a welded hollow brass shape where in... -
Coolant Low level alarm but level normal
My independent installed the new coolant expansion tank in my LR3 today and all good - the low fluid level warning no longer displays. The fluid level setup is per the previous post, a sensor that is removable but inserts into a dimple on the underside of the tank and does not get wet per the... -
Purge valve and lean/ rich code
Those codes I almost regard as normal. I suppose I should not think that way but I often see one or the other when I review the codes. Showing both at the same time seems to set off the engine check light, (or it was something else). I had that situation sometime back so I installed new spark... -
Coolant Low level alarm but level normal
In the LR4 version pictured above, does the vertical black "stick" get wet? If so, there must be some sort of gasket located at the base of the sensor or in the hole at the bottom of the tank. From my reading of other LR3 expansion tank posts, (and perhaps my misunderstanding of them), I... -
Coolant Low level alarm but level normal
The float is inside the tank if I understand correctly. If so, I am to conclude you were able to also get at and remove the old float? If so, were you able to do all that with the tank still connected? I ask as I am planning to replace the tank on my LR3 due to the heavy float reality. I... -
2020 Defender Drive Impressions.
Other than the complete plastic thermostat housing (LR005631) which I replace when I flush the cooling system on the 4.4L petrol V8, there is the little odd shaped bleeder hose (LR006158) that can give problems. There is a plastic tee with a threaded air bleeder outlet located in the middle of...- bbyer
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- Forum: Defender L663 (2020 - Present)
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2020 Defender Drive Impressions.
That is why I qualified my response with "if it matters to LR" and I guess it does not. I have always thought that the LR corporate strategy is to target the first owner as a lease "buyer" and after the warranty is over, it matters not. That is why most leases expire at the end of the warranty...- bbyer
- Post #21
- Forum: Defender L663 (2020 - Present)
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2020 Defender Drive Impressions.
I note the comment re leaking valve covers. I have replaced the valve cover gaskets twice on my 4.4 in the last 15 years and 200,000 miles but I consider that acceptable. It would be more correct to say the gaskets were seeping or showing signs of leaking. As to the term "frail crossover...- bbyer
- Post #19
- Forum: Defender L663 (2020 - Present)
