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PBob
 


Member Since: 11 Feb 2007
Location: Mudgee NSW
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Australia 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Bonatti GreyDiscovery 3
Keeping the suspension "UP".

Does anyone know where we are up to with enabling the car to stay "up" at more than 40kmh?
Maybe I have missed this? 2006 HSE TDV6 Bonatti Grey, ECB bull bar, tropical roof, LG Next G car kit, Tom Tom GPS, UHF, Mitchell Bros tow bar, Kimberley Kamper Limited Edition camper trailer and 23 foot Haines Signature half cabin (Towed separately!)  
Post #2133609th Oct 2007 10:35 am
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heine
 


Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Midrand
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South Africa 2009 Discovery 3 4.4 V8 HSE Auto Alaska WhiteDiscovery 3

Been discussed to death - there are threads on it . Currently waiting for some sort of hardware device as the one option , the other is to cut the hight sensor rods

Here is one post dealing with it - but there are others
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic13148.html  
Post #21375610th Oct 2007 11:20 am
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Baben
 


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South Africa 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Cairns BlueDiscovery 3

Chris & 10FC have a hardware solution that is apparently almost ready.
I will have a unit from them fairly soon, hopefully. If you PM 10forcash, he should be able to tell you who will be selling the unit in OZ  
Post #21379510th Oct 2007 1:11 pm
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PBob
 


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Australia 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Bonatti GreyDiscovery 3

Thanks Baben, will follow this up. 2006 HSE TDV6 Bonatti Grey, ECB bull bar, tropical roof, LG Next G car kit, Tom Tom GPS, UHF, Mitchell Bros tow bar, Kimberley Kamper Limited Edition camper trailer and 23 foot Haines Signature half cabin (Towed separately!)  
Post #21381310th Oct 2007 1:59 pm
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NoDo$h
 


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I wouldn't PM 10forcash right at the moment as he's running around like a madman getting everything ready for Morocco. Give it 2-3 weeks and I'm sure he'll be happy to help Smile I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.  
Post #21382310th Oct 2007 2:18 pm
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Baben
 


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South Africa 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Cairns BlueDiscovery 3

OK, PM me your email address and I will put you in touch with Chris

Lucky boys going to Morocco!  
Post #21382510th Oct 2007 2:24 pm
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Boofrmb
 


Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: Northern NSW
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Australia 2006 LR3 TDV6 SE Auto Zambezi SilverLR3

Hi guys. Is this a HSE problem, never have a prob with the SE.

Rob 2006 Disco 3 TDV6 SE in Zambezi Silver
1948 Series 1 SWB Soft Top in Standard green  
Post #21414611th Oct 2007 10:44 am
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simon
  


Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
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United Kingdom 2011 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Fuji WhiteDiscovery 4

Suspension lowering automagically is a 'feature' of all air suspended D3'  
Post #21415411th Oct 2007 10:58 am
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Boofrmb
 


Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
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Australia 2006 LR3 TDV6 SE Auto Zambezi SilverLR3

Well mines great, stays up for easy 3 weeks, I owned range rovers, and they used to drop, but that was stantard, even was written in the book, due to this self levelling, every 20 - 30 minutes. the disco doesnt do that, may be time to check for leaks, and I know how much fumn that is after the rangies.

Rob 2006 Disco 3 TDV6 SE in Zambezi Silver
1948 Series 1 SWB Soft Top in Standard green  
Post #21416411th Oct 2007 11:05 am
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simon
  


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United Kingdom 2011 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Fuji WhiteDiscovery 4

Ah... the 'issue' at hand is a device to keep the suspension up in Off Road height at a higher speed than the 30MPH limit that LR provides.

Apparently, people in Australia, Africa etc like to drive over rough tracks faster than 30MPH (where conditions allow) in order to actually get to their destinations before it gets too dark Wink

Also would be very useful for maintaining speed in soft sand too.  
Post #21416811th Oct 2007 11:17 am
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simon_arch1
 


Member Since: 10 Apr 2006
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Australia 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham BlueDiscovery 3

I'm in touch with some locals in melbourne who are looking at a fix for this too - might be connected with the UK - but it's getting closer, testing on D3 and RRS at the moment.

cheers,

Simon D3 - Buckingham Blue, SE, TDV6, 06 model; chipped; underbody armour; Mickey Thompson ATZ 275/65-18 AND MAXXIS Bighorn muddies; rear wheel carrier from 4x4intelligence.com; iPOD aux connection! GME 3200 UHF - aerial mounted on wheel carrier Smile; LR roof rails/cross bars; Autosafe cargo barrier, Safari Snorkel; Traxide - aux battery; ARB bull bar with Tigerz11 winch; Lightforce 240 XGT driving lights (mitchell bros tow hitch to come)  
Post #21517815th Oct 2007 9:09 am
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Rob Bruce
 


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Australia 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Maya GoldDiscovery 3

Simon,
Sounds good at last, also wil it be able to stop the computor dropping the suspension for faults not related to the suspension ?

Rob  
Post #21556116th Oct 2007 10:36 am
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Baben
 


Member Since: 15 Feb 2006
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South Africa 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Cairns BlueDiscovery 3

Simon

I think you are in touch with the right guys if its John at dieseltune. I don't know him, but we have a mutual acquaintance  
Post #21557616th Oct 2007 11:24 am
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simon_arch1
 


Member Since: 10 Apr 2006
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Australia 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham BlueDiscovery 3

It is John Williams - do you know him? We're working on our first customer this week Smile

cheers

Simon D3 - Buckingham Blue, SE, TDV6, 06 model; chipped; underbody armour; Mickey Thompson ATZ 275/65-18 AND MAXXIS Bighorn muddies; rear wheel carrier from 4x4intelligence.com; iPOD aux connection! GME 3200 UHF - aerial mounted on wheel carrier Smile; LR roof rails/cross bars; Autosafe cargo barrier, Safari Snorkel; Traxide - aux battery; ARB bull bar with Tigerz11 winch; Lightforce 240 XGT driving lights (mitchell bros tow hitch to come)  
Post #21563216th Oct 2007 1:54 pm
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IanR
 


Member Since: 28 Apr 2007
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Australia 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Auto Chawton WhiteDiscovery 3

Hi Simon_arch1: Re offroad suspension height
Am I correct in assuming that you are working towards reprogramming the ECU so that offroad height can be retained at speeds above 40-50kph?
A good overide would be if you held lever in off-road height for say 5 seconds then the ECU would allow the off-road height to be retained upto say 70kph bong and 80kph lowering - this would show that the operator has accepted responsibility for increasing the lowering speed (which LR are too scared to do).
I would prefer this type of approach, rather than having to shorten a set of control rods by 10mm and installing them before going off-road.
We have just got back from a couple of weeks towing an Ultimate off-road camper on Goog's Track and the Flinders Ranges - great trip!. I found the 40kph bong bong bong and the 50 kph lowering to be a real pain in the A Censored , particularly on roughish high crown occasional dips type tracks that could safely be travelled at 60-70kph in off-road height. 'S' TDV6, Air suspension, Terrain Response, Active rear diff, Safari Snorkel, Opposite Lock rear wheel carrier, OL drawer system, Cargo Barrier, Dual batteries with Rotronics isolator, GME 3440 UHF. Codan NGT HF, Asus UMPC running TrackRanger. Cooper LT245/70R17 STTs when off-road. Tow Ultimate off-road camper.  
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