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trailhound
 


Member Since: 27 Aug 2015
Location: Colchester
Posts: 697

United Kingdom 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Bonatti GreyDiscovery 3

Madrilleno wrote:
I ask people if they have rebooted it.


I teach kids to do this for themselves.
  
Post #189035314th Dec 2017 8:43 pm
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DN
D3 Decade 


Member Since: 24 Jun 2006
Location: W.London.
Posts: 2294

Ukraine 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 Base 7 Seat Auto Zambezi SilverDiscovery 3

I fix and maintain things that fly extremely high and very fast.
 D3 owned from new, P017 brake recall, BAS FBHIC, new FBH, LR013487 oil pump, new water pump. RRS front lower suspension arms. New suspension compressor/ relay. New Denso alternator. CuNifer rear brake pipes. New GKN rear propshaft. New HPFP belt & tensioner. New A/C Condenser.NO WARRANTY for many many years. 

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Post #189035414th Dec 2017 8:48 pm
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raincloud
 


Member Since: 16 Aug 2011
Location: nottinghamshire
Posts: 136

England 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Manual Java BlackDiscovery 3

I used to squirt water at big hot orange wobbly things in the hope that they would go away
  
Post #189035614th Dec 2017 8:59 pm
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sailormike
 


Member Since: 04 Apr 2007
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 165

United Kingdom 2016 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Lux Auto Waitomo GreyDiscovery 4

Retired early from riding the oceans on a series of controlled explosions. Fed up with fighting office staff ashore with their “long screwdrivers” who thought they could run the engine room better than me.
 Disco 4
Burstner motorhome
BMW 225e (only 1/2 way to electric) 
 
Post #189035714th Dec 2017 9:00 pm
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Davethegeo
 


Member Since: 01 Oct 2015
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 879

Scotland 2014 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Corris GreyDiscovery 4

I'm a professional pedant who sits and watches other people irradiate the seabed with sound waves.
 D1 300Tdi - gone
D2 Td5 ES (Alive remapped...mmm) - sadly gone
D4 2012 SDV6 XS - Stolen
D4 2014 SDV6 HSE - Shiny


 
 
Post #189035914th Dec 2017 9:04 pm
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Batfink
 


Member Since: 31 May 2017
Location: Isle of Sheppey
Posts: 1510

United Kingdom 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Zermatt SilverDiscovery 3

I occassionally bolt new parts to domestic appliances whilst telling the customer they are wrong and not working it correctly. Laughing
 2006 TdV6 HSE.  
Post #189036214th Dec 2017 9:10 pm
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Notanotherhobby
 


Member Since: 18 May 2016
Location: Middlesbrough
Posts: 39

United Kingdom 

I explain to peeps how to use those red metal cylinders on those hot burny things
  
Post #189036614th Dec 2017 9:19 pm
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tayaste
 


Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633

United Kingdom 2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Stornoway GreyDiscovery 3

astonbuilder wrote:
Making vehicles to keep people busy on forums discussing how they could have made it better.....


And I design the assembly lines for the people tell me the reason they don’t make better vehicles is because they could have made the assembly line better.
   
Post #189037014th Dec 2017 9:32 pm
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Alan B
 


Member Since: 12 Feb 2013
Location: Fife
Posts: 6528

Scotland 2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 XS Manual Stornoway GreyDiscovery 3

One of The Emperor Hadrians apprentices
Whistle
 D3 57 xs Stornaway grey
D2 02 commercial silver gone but a great servant and won't be forgotten

Iid Bluetooth 
 
Post #189037314th Dec 2017 9:36 pm
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Ja92mie
 


Member Since: 16 Sep 2014
Location: Newquay
Posts: 1259

United Kingdom 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Manual Java BlackDiscovery 3

trailhound wrote:
Madrilleno wrote:
I ask people if they have rebooted it.


I teach kids to do this for themselves.


Same Thumbs Up
  
Post #189037514th Dec 2017 9:39 pm
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Robbie
 


Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Posts: 17932

United Kingdom 2013 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Baltic BlueDiscovery 4

Spend a good amount of my time moving sand around on an exotic beach. The tide never seems to come in though.

Whistle
 Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948

Battery & Quiescent Current Drain Testing

Diagnostics for:
Defender, FL2, D3, D4, Evoque, RRS & FFRR
A not-for-profit enterprise


 
 
Post #189037614th Dec 2017 9:41 pm
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Russell
 


Member Since: 24 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
Posts: 10564

United Kingdom 

I squirt water at big orange wobbly hot things in the hope that they would cool down
 MY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
MY15 D4 HSE Kaikoura Stone
MY12 D4 HSE Nara Bronze Sold and gone
MY11 D4 HSE Stornaway Grey Sold and gone
D3 S spec Silver Sold and gone
Tow bar, full length roof bars, side steps, tow bar storage unit, surround camers.
D4 camera club 
 
Post #189038314th Dec 2017 9:54 pm
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Compusmentis
 


Member Since: 18 Feb 2016
Location: Effingham
Posts: 237

United Kingdom 2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Java BlackDiscovery 3

I enable people to dig really big holes for themselves
 New gearbox & TC, 3 x front wheel bearings, belts changed, new oil pump, new battery, new rear prop, new front prop, new front diff, front arb refurbed, front cv boot kit, egr blank and BAS software patch, full rear suspension / drivelive rebuild, new front arms, LED trailer light fix, split charge.
Never had a 107, 90 or 127, but have had most of the rest! 
 
Post #189038514th Dec 2017 9:55 pm
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snowmonkey
 


Member Since: 28 Jan 2012
Location: right of the middle
Posts: 195

United Kingdom 2012 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Auto Orkney GreyDiscovery 4

I provide the elements for localised environments.
  
Post #189038714th Dec 2017 9:56 pm
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Discovery-Dave
 


Member Since: 27 May 2015
Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 157

United Kingdom 2010 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 GS Auto Galway GreenDiscovery 4

I turn really big electrical switches off. And then put padlocks on them.
  
Post #189039714th Dec 2017 10:19 pm
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