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- Narpy
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- Mole HD
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As reasonably competent as I am with a set of spanners...auto sparky stuff has never been my strong point...there's usually blue flashes and lots of shouting
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- Narpy
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Good news, if you release the 10mm bolt that secures the box, the underneath of that black box looks like this:
I attached to the 13mm nut.
Similarly with the earth post.
The two 10mm’s ( the negative terminal is also 10mm ) are into captivated nuts so it’s really straight forward.
I just need to find a suitable location to run my Ctek comfort connector to and we should be in business.
A quick look indicates I’ll need to grind a bit of the grill away to allow access to the connector which isn’t ideal.🤔
Incidentally, not a clue what the torque values are of the two battery lugs, I just went with two white knuckles when putting them back.😉
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- Mole HD
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Spot on Ian....saves me a load of blue sparks and loud shouting
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- Mole HD
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Narpy wrote:
...Interesting comment about the rear number plate black plate. It’s currently a consideration but so is doing the plate centralising mod. The rear plate offset doesn’t anger me like I expected it would so I might not bother and just go with the trim plate instead.
I quite like the offset rear number plate...it's quirky enough that you can instantly recognise a D5 from the back amidst all the other anonymous Chelsea tractor SUV's. The black rear plate trim is a 5 minute job...
...but the centralising conversion takes a bit of bravery...you have to take an angle grinder or reciprocating saw to your back door. Not for the faint of heart
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- Mole HD
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Aye, agree with you on the mods and DIY thing with the D5's, it's fairly pitiful compared to the D3 and D4 crowd hammering bits onto their wagons and taking stuff apart every 5 minutes like a fair few of us did.
I must admit though, I've been enjoying this forum a lot more since you popped on and we've been having this back and forth with all sorts of stuff. You never know...we might just start a trend.
For me, that's what this forum is all about...sharing experiences, getting out there with a set of spanners and your phone camera and finding out how they tick...they're still Land Rovers fer goodness sake.
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Aye, that's a great idea about posting DIY mods up. I used to do a similar thing with the TD5 D2 especially...even things like a photo step by step guide on replacing injector seals and the like.
Having been a Harley fan boy as well, all the things about maintaining your bike and posting vids or pics detailing the more complicated stuff was always in great demand.
With Land Rovers and Discoverys of all sorts having a global fan club full of enthusiastic owners, it's exactly the same....even the D5 as much as I feel it's still treated like a red headed stepchild by the Discovery and general Land Rover enthusiasts a bit.
I've always said that until you mod it or start the DIY process doing the simple stuff somewhere along the line, your Discovery will always still belong to Land Rover, no matter where it's parked at night
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Makes me wish I'd taken step by step pics or videos of some of the mechanical bits and bobs I've done with my D5 since I've had it...usual stuff like replacing a busted window regulator or the more in depth stuff like replacing the cam belts...or even simple stuff like tackling a full oil and filter service or gearbox service on your own for the folks that just might come on here looking for a bit of advice to try it themselves.
There are YouTube videos of some things if you look hard enough...but they're not common for D5's.
To my shame...I was kinda put off posting mechanical 'how to' stuff after reading through the forum just after I bought the D5 and finding very little evidence of similar topics or posts anywhere. It was filled with posts about extended warrantys or taking it back to a dealership for the simplest of things, I felt a bit like a stray dog that had mistakenly wandered into the wrong yard...
Ah well, we all live and learn I s'pose
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Found the very thing just before I did my window regulator. Helps with knowing what you have to take off and what you can leave on
The guy doing it makes it look harder than it actually is...he eventually sussed out pushing the window up by hand and gaffer taping it in the up position before taking the busted regulator off though...makes it a bit easier to remove the window regulator mech and reinstall the new one if the window is up or half way up.
I used little window suckers instead of gaffer tape to hold the window up...like the ones glaziers use for fitting windscreens. Makes it a lot easier as you can move the window up or down if you need to when fitting it in the runners.
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- Narpy
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Great video. I used a very similar video when changing the door locks on my D4 earlier this year. The D5 looks much easier in fairness.
You’ve gotta love guys like in your video, very informative and will be viewed many times to help plenty of people but does look like the wooden trim is integral to the panel.
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- Mole HD
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One thing that's on my wish list is fitting polybushes once the rubber suspension bushes get worn and need replacing....Not cheap at around £600 for a full set but well worth it in the long run as it's waving goodbye to ever having MOT advisories for 'slightly worn' swing arm bushes.
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