matgriff

Not sure why you were told it's not safe to drive ? The pipe can be replaced without removing the body or the gearbox, but it's a tricky job. There is an excellent write up and plenty of info on the Disco3 forum.

+1 on the above, if you own a D3 a GAP IID tool is worth its weight in gold, its an expensive outlay initially at around £350 for the blue tooth version, but it will save you hundreds in the long term, and they sell for not much less 2nd hand, so you can always recoup your outlay. Each tool is coded to a particular VIN number, which restricts it's use on other vehicles to basic diagnostics and resets etc, so you can use your tool to read the codes on other D3's but you can't perform some of the advanced diagnostic & calibration features such as coding new keys and calibrating the air suspension etc. The pro version of the tool as used by garages etc can work on any D3, but this costs considerably more.

Not meaning to cause any offense here, but this is not correct information for a Discovery 3

Depending on what code reader you are using it may not read the suspension fault codes... only a specific diagnostic tool such as GAP or Hawkeye or LR dealer specific can read them. Also for the EGR delete, depends what year your Disco 3 is... 2004/2005 do not need a modification to the CCF (config file) to turn off the fault, but as you have seen, they still report an EGR fault when scanned, 2006 onwards need the CCF modifying using the GAP tool or similar. If it's lowering itself to access height on its own, and then resetting to normal height when you cycle the ignition then you should definitely see some fault codes reported. It's not a leak, that would lower one corner or the front or back. A good test would be to get it into normal height mode, and then measue the distance from the center of the wheel hub to the bottom of the wheel arch on each corner, it should be 465mm front and 485mm rear. Then remove fuse F26, this prevents the self levelling functions from working, it stops any of the valve blocks opening. It should hold at the correct height. You can drive it like this but you may get the suspension fault light coming on. If your ride heights are off, then you will need a GAP tool coded to your car to re-calibrate it, or find someone with the pro version that can work registration free. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, if you have the suspension fault light showing, there will be associated fault codes, you just need the right scan tool. If you have some spare time, vist https://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/ and you will find plenty of advice on fixing D3 suspension problems. Mat

You need to get the fault codes read with a GAP IID scan tool or similar, if you are anywhere near Newcastle Under Lyme Staffs, I'll gladly do it for you for free. Ordinary OBD & generic scanners cannot read the suspension diagnostic fault codes on a D3. The GAP tool is worth it's weight in gold if you have a D3. Mat

a good general purpose mineral/semi-synth l 2 stroke oil is what's needed. Plenty around at reasonable prices. Stick to 25:1 and you'll be fine.

Regardless of the two stroke oil quality, you should stick to the original ratio (within reason) If you use a lot lower ratio of oil mix, you'll run rich, too much oil in the fuel and you'll run lean. As the carb has a fixed main jet, you'd need to jet down if you start to run 50:1 using newer synthetic oil.... on the plus side, running rich is safe for a two stroke engine, running lean can be dangerous.

My tidy 2005 Discovery 3 drives like a dream :-)

You were right................Sold !

Hi, this is my gun. As described, excellent condition, here's some more pictures.

Hi, yes that's where my mates got a load from on Saturday 🙂 I paid £100 for 2 slabs of Hull superfast fibre's

Just been out to my local gun shop, he told me that they don't have any clay shells and haven't been able to get any for a few months due to the Coronavirus shutdown 😞 Not sure how true that is, but I came away empty handed. Not sure about those AA trap cartridges being too good for clays... I'm a rubbish shot anyway and all cartridges are better than I am, so I usually go for the cheapest available... and they don't come much cheaper than free 🙂 Thx

OK thanks for the information. I was hoping they were fibre's as I'm going on a simulated game day out next month and I need to use fiber wads only. I have a good stock of plastic wads already, but no prob I'll just have to go get another couple of slabs 🙂 Mat

Hi, I've recently been given 15 full boxes of cartridges 🙂 Unless I'm being particularly thick, which isn't unknown, they don't say if they are fibre or plastic wads.... maybe it's because they're pretty old and were around before plastic wads were available ?? They are Winchester AA trap 100 12ga 32g 70mm 7 1/2's Any info welcome. Thanks Mat