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Location: reading
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great guide, managed to replace mine in about an hour and a half tonight but already knew how to get the door card off after doing it yesterday tring to find out what was wrong in the first place.
25th May 2011 9:21 pm
Nickhearne
Member Since: 28 May 2005
Location: Beaconsfield Bucks
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My near side rear has gone any one have a contact for a new one, I see the Large one is away!
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15th Jun 2011 2:15 pm
DCBINGBING
Member Since: 20 Nov 2009
Location: hong kong
Posts: 9
Good job. Your are brilliant
Same thing happened to me last night, the driver door not willing to lock.
My lock actuator was replaced by the dealer today, just too complicated a job for a woman like me
The dealer told me 10 out of 10 disco3 have this problem, also the tail bonnet lock actuator as well (mine was replaced last year). Very upset that these parts on the disco3 so weak and wearing out so fast, mine only has 40000km on it. Thank you again for showing us the procedure of the repair, especially with photos.
For info I had to replace the passanger side latch mechanism, this time I fixed the old mechanism by replacing the worn out brushes in the motor. I used a similar motor that I had lying around and butchered the end of it and swapped them over. Has been fine for months.
Motor is similar in appearance to this but has a longer shaft to mount a worm wheel on. Maybe I should see if the company in the link can make a batch.
This motor is the same (housing and brush carrier) to a very old friend, known by all of us.
Remember Scalextric model cars? From the late 80s I guess till now they carried that mabuchi closed motor.
Even out there there is a pinion extractor, so in case everything went bang, one could swap internal armature and spindle -the heart of the motor- from the old to the new housing.
Best regards and thanks for this useful post
Robert (aka the bodge master)Regards, Robert
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20th Jul 2011 9:51 am
DiscoBro
Member Since: 12 Feb 2011
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 10
OK.... looks like a useful guide but I can't get the door to open in order to get the door card off.... can the card be take off from inside the car with the door closed ?2005 Discovery 3
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20th Jul 2011 7:56 pm
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As an update to this superb guide, I've written up the replacement of a rear door latch, and put it on the wiki:
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Location: Western Australia
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DiscoBro wrote:
OK.... looks like a useful guide but I can't get the door to open in order to get the door card off.... can the card be take off from inside the car with the door closed ?
Got exactly the same problem,Passenger side front wont open , How do you get at it if the door wont open ?D3TDV6 , D1 200TDI , 88RRC
22nd Mar 2012 3:41 pm
Bonehead
Member Since: 14 Nov 2010
Location: South Yorks
Posts: 137
Thanks for the guide, I just replaced the driver side, with the vat the part cost about £50 from the dealers. Took me about just over an hour to do.
Once again thanks for the help Im sure it would ahve been a right pain without the guide.
24th May 2012 8:37 pm
AndrePB
Member Since: 02 Jan 2012
Location: Durban
Posts: 11
Very useful guide, saved me hours of fiddling around blindly.
Keep up the great work !
27th May 2012 3:24 pm
davemh_80
Member Since: 17 Jul 2010
Location: Sydney
Posts: 16
What a great guide - thank you for the effort. I'd previously went "fishing" inside my door pretty much hoping for the best on this fix. One warning (for others who cant help but disassemble unknowingly), be careful not to remove the window winder/regulator engine from its large housing. It comes apart readily but is geared to a certain position which if not returned to will cause the up/down wind to lose the plot.
29th May 2012 1:39 pm
TallPaul
Member Since: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Near Reading
Posts: 1214
Another victory for the guide
Changed drivers door lock (good price from TLO) today in about 1h15m but I did have a helper for the window holding and a history of taking of door cards to change speakers in my favour
It looks like my replacement latch fitted a couple of years ago has also started to fail,so looks like even the newer version isn't very robust.Anyone else had a replacement latch fail?Previously:
2005 D3 2.7 TDV6 S
1984 90 2.25 Petrol CSW
1992 90 200TDi Hard Top
1995 Discovery ES 300TDi
2003 90 TD5 Truck Cab
6th Jun 2012 7:45 pm
Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
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Only just ordered my first replacement from Dan @ Duckworth's today!! Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
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Location: Near Reading
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Anyone else using the two presses to unlock setting on the remote? Once for drivers, twice for other doors? I have this turned on with wife's key, but off with mine (all doors). I am wondering if the extra cycles with wife is what caused the drivers lock to fail. Might reprogram her key, she is more getting in with the kids lately than the lone female so not really needed.
ridgeback - should be quicker second time around right?
6th Jun 2012 10:12 pm
Robbie
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Christ I found that difficult.
I don't think my short yet stout arms and miniature fingers helped either.
Bits I found hard:
Releasing the plastic grab handle cover = broke 1 clip.
Releasing the bolt on the window guide = covered in loctite and guide is not very strong.
Releasing the far window catch = Wife had to do this bit.
Removing the regulator from the door = Gave up as it was easy enough to move to the side.
Releasing the lock electrical connector = broke the clip.
Re-rigging the cable to the pull handle = took far too long before it suddenly went right in.
Reconnecting the 3 electrical connections to window switches = not enough loom for the space given.
It all works fine but I must be loosing my touch, or just getting old. I had hopped to replace my clockspring and wire-in a bluetooth module too, but I have come out of the gale outside to drink beer and tend to my wounded arms.
Wife was an essential accessory today. Not only for releasing the window catch but for bringing me in for a coffee and a walnut whip when I was close to madness.
Anyway, thanks for the guide as a few days of clambering over the seats to lock and unlock the car was rather tedious. Thanks to Dan @ Duckworth's for getting the lock in (cost £42 all in).
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Im sure it would ahve been a right pain without the guide.
