I BOUGHT A LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 3 FOR £500! (Part 2)
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Get your friend to buy it, trouser a couple of hundred quid. Job done.
No brained. Was about to say the same. Spend the money on something equally interesting.
And keep a friend
And make sure to open a mechanic shop near your friend and make more money when he inevitability come in
This is the way.
There are so many u tubers filming very expensive high end motors which most normal people will never own that it is quite refreshing to see real content lower down the price bracket. Visually that vehicle looks pretty good so it would make good content to continue the restoration process
Thanks!
Save it and give us an episode 3. Great cars and there’s still a strong following for the lower tax models.
Your mate seems the best bet. You save the car, got some interesting content and are doing him a favour as well.
As long as he doesn't come back when that torque converter goes ;-)
I second this approach. I have no doubt that you've given your mate an honest appraisal and they know what they're up against, with the intention of doing the car justice, so that seems to be a route where everyone is happy. Good karma all round.
This. Better than trying to find someone willing to drop £4000 on a Land Rover with that many miles on it.
@@Matt_The_Hugenot it's only got 200,000 on it, hardly high mileage for one of those tbf, those engines are good for double that....assuming you're on point with auto box maintenance and the box doesnt do the crank👍
Matt is going to throw pound notes at it like it's his favourite Lapdancer ;)
I can understand you being apprehensive about spending £1500 more on the old LR which you paid £500 for. I'd suggest you sell it to that friend of yours who is willing to do all the required work.
I'd second that. Easy sale to a willing friend. Job done.
Just what I was going to say 😁
But wheres the fun in that! 😁
@Uncle Gilbert but if the friend knows all the issues and wants a project then why not?
Watched 3 videos of yours this weekend and I get the feeling you are becoming a car restorer than a trader! In the era of instant gratification think this has just landed timely for car enthusiasts... Keep it going..
Been waiting for this thanks for the update.
Another great LR vid! Been perusing the TH-cam vids this morning of the new 5th gen Range Rover (top gear, Harry’s garage, car wow, etc) all interesting……but Land Rover need to know the public want a High Peak Autos review!!! Keeping my fingers crossed 🤞, Keep up the great quality & professional content! Cheers
A proper dilemma for you, but I’m already looking forward to part 3 😀
Me too 😁
Great follow up video that Matt. Personally, I’d invest in it, D3’s a have a great following now and not just with the off roaders. Winters coming so with fresh boots and a ticket, you’ll certainly do well out of it. Don’t forget the final video to show how it ends.
It's actually a good car, & I prefer those wheels to the originals we have on ours. The engines are pretty boombproof, & the gearboxes are OK if you look after them & change the fluid regularly. It's a 16 year old vehicle so you're right about it doesn't matter if it gets a bit scuffed (and the bodywork isn't going to rust anyway). Your interior is the comfy leather & you'll be hard pressed to find a more comfortable seat in any car (we had a Land Cruiser Amazon that couldn't hold a light to it).
If you're having second thoughts then I'd say pass it on to someone who can do the work themselves, if you're paying someone else to maintain them it does get expensive. But I'd challenge you to find a more comfortable car to be in, and if you spend a lot of time going from A to B that matters. They love cruising down the motorway. They don't like sheet ice so much though, Land Cruiser definitely had the edge on them there.
This is shaping up to be like an episode of Hoovies garage, can't wait for part 3!😀
Couple of points - I renewed front suspension with OEM arms on a 2005 RRS for £400 all in. Parts got from Rimmer Bros. Better value than LR parts. Who did you use for the key refurb? Need to get both of mine done. Great vid. Have a soft spot for the 2005 Disco 3’s as had one. Got rid of it when the injectors went. Now driving 4.4 V8 petrol RRS of same vintage. Love it.
Ooooh, a part two. Don't make a habit of it now... 😁👍
Another great video Matt. I’d go with the consensus and sell to your mate, then reinvest the profit into another rot-box! Which auto gearbox firm do you recommend? I followed your last recommendation for wheel refurb and was impressed 👍🏻
Another great video! On first thoughts I'd say sell to your friend like everyone else is suggesting, however the prices of used cars at the moment are crazy, so trying to find another project is going to be tricky. There's very little on the market worth buying at 1500 quid, and there all heaps with trouble. So in current mad car climate, and winter approaching I'd stick with it.
Well done, Matt - thanks for sharing your dilemma with this car... Your uncertainty is so reassuring! 🙏
Buy the wheels individually on eBay, I did it with my RR wheels, make offers too and you’ll get them far cheaper , I averaged about £55 each, all with matching Goodyear wrangler tyres too😊
Good tip
If I invest in a D3 in the future, it'll be the 'poverty' spec. Manual cogbox, five seats w/ no air suspension or Terrain Repsonse - so basically an old school 90/110 with a heater that works, lol.
I have given you a thumbs up mate, even before I've watched the upload. Simple fact !! ( I have never watched a bad and non-professional upload yet ) 🙏🙏
Thanks!
You are always more than welcome Matt🙏🙏@@HighPeakAutos
@@stevie007 😉
Save it.
Early HSE models are now getting rare, plenty have been broken for parts and good ones are now getting thin on the ground.
Personally I would do the work and get it sorted. But then I also have an early 54 plate HSE so I’m rather biased.
Has the handbrake been 100% confirmed as the module and not just needing shoes and correctly set up and adjusted?
Meyle HD front lower arms are the go to choice for discos. 4 year warranty and with genuine bolt kit it will transform the front handling with a matching set of good tyres.
You’ll also be stunned how good the seats can look with a steam clean.
I got mine done by one of Scotland best detailing guys in 2018 ( Steven Bryce) and they looked new and not like seats with 188k use.
After years of motoring in new or nearly new cars and feeling precious about where you park it etc. I have switched to older second hand. What a revelation! Not being bothered about being precious anymore, get to own an interesting variety cars without fixed term financing and actually enjoy motoring much more. Does it also help the environment? Carbon footprint of a new EV versus a 10 year old petrol Honda (at the moment), which is better?
Well considering how much fuel they would have burned getting that lithium out the ground to make them batteries, I'd say it's pretty close.
Stumbled across your channel a few weeks ago. It's excellent. Keep doing the videos and keep us updated with this Discovery too. All the best.
Thanks!
If you spend that much it’s debatable,how much do you reckon you’ll spend on theV70,one of them will serve you in the winter ,but both,I don’t know,be interested on your thoughts.
I have a thing for tall greenhouses in cars - common in the 80's but since "the wedge" styling has taken over, pretty rare now...even gone from the current Discovery.
Watched part 1 asked what you did with it now I know just found part 2.
Excellent videos keep up the good standard
I would keep it , but then I have the same one that I use daily, they do drive very nice when sorted, you could use it as a work horse and not worry about dings and hedges, save your Range Rover from the rough.
Get the work done for your mate , cover all your costs , and that'll be another nice video . It's great to see these old beasts passing MOTs !
Love the content, I have a similar Disco 3 with hyper mileage and the handbrake is soon to give out. Could you share the details on the refurb company you mentioned?
Thank you so much for your advice and Videos. They are very helpful,I’m looking into purchasing one of these.
Fun update! The LR3 is really 'baller' before baller was a thing. Looking forward to part three with the YT famous, personal care partner, call it "Matt scaped" for the video :-)
You know you’re gonna do it up so just crack on with it! I’d love to see what it ends up like 👍🏻
Hi Matt,
Love the Range Rovers, butt to drive them in The Netherlands you would go bankrupt very quickly even at a steal buy at 500 Pounds.
We pay road tax according the weight of the car in combination with the type of fuel. Sinds Diesel isn’t wanted anymore by the government it’s really expensive especially for older diesels like this one you drove.
It would cost you 3548€ per year just on road tax alone 😱 So no Range Rovers for me! 🤣
Looking forward to your next video.
KR,
Hans
Your videos are addictive bing watching all of them
Matt, wouldn't it be a good towing rig for you? Appreciate for hire or reward you'd need a tacho (as I understand the rules) but it could make life much easier for you. Just a thought although selling it to someone who wants it is the sensible option.
Well done Matt you smashed it again .
My next car will be bought from you
This video has almost 75,000 views in just 4 days. That alone should tell you to spend the $1500 quid getting it right and make a 3rd video. I still can’t believe how great the body/paint/and head lights are on this Disco. Just seems impossible for the age and miles. Keep up the good work!
Yes you’re right. People must be interested
Sell it to your mate and put it to the next project :)
Giving it to your friend seems to be the safer option. Unless you want to take a risk it by repairing it and then selling it for a higher price. I mean, you took a bet when buying it, I suppose why not do it again and make a third episode out of it?
I believe I heard you say OD 220K miles. Wow, that's incredible. I'm looking now at buying a used LR3 but wondering if kept up on the maintenance, how long would one expect an LR3 to run (300K-500K).?
My friend has an impressive 2005 LR3. He removed the air shocks and installed high-performance coil springs and uses it as a tow vehicle with a custom 8-point touch receiver (as opposed to the stock single point 7700 lbs stock tow receiver). I believe the car is very over-built and very underated. LR was owned by Ford during the reign of the LR3 and when looking up at my friend's LR3 from below, I see the hardened chassis beams of a Ford 350 Super Duty truck.
The LR3 has a 4.4 V8, from what I gather there are plenty of examples in the US that have made 300k miles. The 4.2 jag engine is good(which the 4.4 was derived from) and can probably go 400k miles before it's toast if it was properly maintained. These trucks are built like a tank but cost a ton to keep on the road, they eat tires, bushings, control arms, tie rods, etc. At this point pattern parts are cheap but the labor to repair is high, it isn't the easiest thing to work on. Oil changes and brakes are easy, but changing suspension parts is a PITA, repair costs are significantly less in the UK than in the US. Changing the gearbox oil in these is critical if you go to an Land Rover dealer in the US they'll quote you something like $2500 for that job, book time is like 8 or 9 hours to drop the pan, 7L of fluid they charge $70 each, over $300 for the pan, gasket, and the always leaking valve body sleeve. Even doing it one the cheap with metal pan kit you get at rover parts is $300 and labor still costs around $500(need to go to a specialist, no regular mechanic wants to touch it), so a simple transmission service is like $800 and that's doing it on the cheap.
There are tons of running scrapped 4.4 motors just because the cost of repairing these cars is prohibitive but the engines are still fine. Rust is a major problem in land rovers of this vintage in the north eastern USA.
Had a disco 3 for 12 yrs,was great when everything worked.Convert it to a 4x4 camper van type of thing.
great car to own. i treat ownership as my hobby. i would keep it and get it through the MOT. disco 3 prices continue to rise and it will save putting winter miles on the beautiful rangerover
i know the idea is to sell but i would be keeping this one for a few grand!! Great content also.
All used cars prices are going crazy; I wouldn't think it's a Disco 3 thing.
Around me late disco 2 is more expensive than early disco 3.
Hi Mate
I had one for 7 years and sold it because even though I had looked after it and was a good one I couldn’t justify spending what it needed to keep it going in a roadworthy way which was basically what it was worth on the market April 2021 it needed a new gearbox torque converter front diff rear control arm’s new airbags for the suspension new windshield central locking probably a new handbrake so goodbye to 235 kilometres of driving!!
Bought a defender 110 TD5 still got it and a month ago bought a D4 V8 which I love ❤️
Your situation is really based on what you want and need from this D3 you have opened Pandora’s box and your the cash cow!!
Interested to see what you do love your work mate 🙏🙏
Toby
Very nice. Good taste in cars. I approve 😉
@@HighPeakAutos thanks I appreciate your honesty I do believe you have equally good taste!!!
You do a fantastic job and always look forward to your next instalment!! 😆😀
The "mate" option sounds best, provided you can clear the £1200 it owes you or get £1k plus bank a favour.
The car has been saved and you haven't lost money.
Find the next project and see where that leads you.
Landrovers are great when they are looked after! But some don't get any TLC ! Your friend will be a life saver! Because when the 3 amegios light up, you'll wish you had!!
Just be thankful you don’t have an HDC transmission fault with parking break fault! I still haven’t found how to solve this!
I own a 2008 Land Rover Discovery 3 SE V8 with 84K miles on it and it's absolutely awesome. Even with their gremlins they are a blast to own. 🇮🇹 🇬🇧
Let your friend have it….maybe he can do some work himself….brakes are easy to replace. The parking brake is a bugger to get at, so might be best for a garage to remove. The gears within the mechanism can be replaced, but the cables tend to rub through so will probably need replacement as well. Think the front struts are fairly easy to replace, just cost a few quid.
8:14 Beautiful sky!
Personally I would pass it onto your mate Matt, save all the potential problems that could still surface after the work, your shout though..
beautiful car. love your videos so far
The quality of the talking gets better each video mate and the similes’ are better too.
There’s a company near Preston where I am in Blackburn they actually advertise on eBay if you take the handbrake module off and send it to them they will recondition it and send it back to you I think it’s about £150 so it’s just a case of getting somebody to take it off getting it fixed and then get someone to put it back on it’s not as dear as everybody says it is 👍
That close he'd be able to drive lol
What are they called
Looking forward to part 3😁
Which company do you recommend for gearbox services … specifically for an L405. Cheers
Looking forward to part 3 🤞🤞 Any chance you could do a video about buying a discovery 4?
Yes it’s on my list 😉
@@HighPeakAutos they seem to go for good money as people keep hold as the new shape is a bit marmite and like being sat in a cave
Sell to your chum because you know more things will be found either during the welding and/or MOT.
Fun but ultimately not worth any more aggro.
I think if you were after a Disco and don't mind putting in a grand or so and are handy with the spanners, you would have a tidy looking disco for a couple of grand. I would have pre MOT'd it before the service and gearbox work 😂
I'd say a part 3 could be a good series finale for this land rover
There’s a gearbox additive called Dr Tranny which is great for curing the gearbox juddering, I suspect that’s what your mechanic added. 👍
One thing about old untidy number plates especially if they're original ... It can tell you it's not been in a front or rear bump.
Looking forward to part 3. I can't believe how cheap cars and parts are in the UK.
Old cars are cheap to buy because cost of labour on repairs and insurance makes them completely uneconomical.
Used car prices in the UK amaze me as well. This would be a 10.000€ car here in Finland.
Nice to have a choice, there must have been a time when you did'nt. good luck with the MOT
Great video. May i ask, if you had £3,500 budget for a car, what would you recommend?
If you do continue fixing it can you do a Part 3 please?
Its definitely too good to scrap but sadly its going to be a money pit to get it fully sorted. Your mate sound like the best bet if he's willing to spend the time and money on it. At least you will be able to say you saved it and you will know it will live to fight another day 🙂
You have to do something with this car now ,every one wants to see this motor have a chance to put some real big numbers on the clock , get the works done on the car and keep it or do what I think is best Give it away as a prize and watch how many subscribers you get then .this is a top channel on TH-cam ,I've really enjoyed watching high peak motors over the last year ( I would say that ) but I have . At leas bring out a video 3 and tell us what you have done with it bud
My Disco 3 has the Mk4 LED lights, it's the HSE and I use as my occasional 2nd car. Would not sell it - it's way too useful for carrying stuff and as I'm rural in case I get snowed in!
Paid 17k AUD for a V8 D3 with 116km on it. They go for quite a lot here just due to how popular 4wds are at the moment. Pleased I didn’t get a diesel though.
Maybe he put peanut butter in the gearbox, that's buttery sort of. Agree on the new number plates looking good. Sometimes new screws and a bit of t cut on rusty marks is enough. One of headlight bulbs looks a bit crap. Some good quality matching bulbs would be good.
Fix it up tune it change cambelts and change clutch check all bushes and all weather tyres fitted
You should add some shudder fix to the transmission fluid it does wonders
In part two I did a transmission service and it cured it
I's always a prime show watching you talk about a Land/Range Rover Matt😆 You speak from the depth of your soft spot that they're as decent as any other car,..but then the list of repairs comes up, and theyre like 1K a pop, all 6-7 of them, the absolute definition of The Money Pit and cars you should run away from😂
I love a disco but you got lucky. Sell it to you mate and consider a follow up when it’s sorted!!
Great channel.
‘Mate wants it and is prepared to do the work on it’ - think you’ve answered your own dilemma there 😆
Nice one Luc!!!
My 2007 LR3 V8 SE does not have any oil leaks. I love it so much!!!! 😍
Been waiting for this ……about to watch
Convert it into a true off roader. You know you want to. It be worth even more as you'd get loads of interest in it when it's done.
I don't think he does tbh
Looking forward to part 3, please
That is a common fault the handbrake if you can do the discs and brakes yourself is not expensive britparts are cheap for all landrover parts try them on line spend the money then sell it someone will love it even if you make two hundred pound it's been fun for everyone 🔧🔧👍👍
Channelling your inner Mike brewer, swapping out the private plate for sale on eBay, then swapping the wheels and onward selling the current wheels. At the end you can tot up £2k of profit (without factoring in the Ed China labour). I suggest selling to your friend, and giving him the links to the eBay wheels, etc.
Haha exactly
PART TWO..... oh I need to catch up with your channel. CHEERS.
Engine an gearbox would be great in a Defender. And the rest of the parts must be worth quite a few quid.
Good job!
I like JLR cars and it's good to spend money on LR than VW. :)
I know you have worked hard to get to where you are, but boy do I sometimes wish I had your job. Getting to dabble in different cars all the time, old and new expensive and cheap, the dream mate.
Here I am, stuck in my 'home office' day in day out, going out of my mind.
Hi Bud, just searched up the MOT and from what I can see, the miles have been rolled back on this car as it read 241,621 on 23rd November 2018 and then in 2019 it went back to 219,074. Don't know if that would be an issue but it's just something to take note of!
I think it’s a typo. The annual mileage is steady then it suddenly goes up. You see this kind of thing all the time. It’s probably just an idiot mot tester in a rush
@@HighPeakAutos ah right! I saw it was quite a steep incline but didn't really think anything of of but that's a good then!
I just read that title as if you’d just bought another one 😂 until the part two at the end.
Yea I thought that
Another excellent update... £25 Instead of an offocial Land-rover key (which would be a lot more)... goes to show that is it really necessary to follow 'The' logo?... The Land-rover is becoming like Kah the snake in the Jungle Book... it's got you pinned by its hypnotic peepers... 'Trust in me... hold still please'... almost there... whilst we watch with baited breath!
😂
great video Matt, amazing car for the money
Well i can honestly say that its the same pricing over here in the US, bought an LR3 as i loved them, after 2 years of ownership it had to go. Then bought a 2013 range rover. Loved the dam thing but trying to get a mechanic who would work on it, well thats another matter so got rid and bought a toyota sequoia 06. Yeep i am now a toyota guy... so from wales originally been here for 17 years and miss the samller vehicle loved my XR2i and my lanny 90 from back then
I've owned 2 of those exact model and they all had the had problems after they went over 200.000 miles the resulting of the repairs needed were eventually a new engine which isn't worth it
Personally they are brilliant vehicles but I had a bad run of them
Has anyone else had similar problems???
Spend the money get 4k . Make a grand . As there a great looking big bus . Good honest chat again . Like it .
Are these cheap cars you buy for sale anywhere? Like the Volvo estate you bought the other week? As always great vids really appreciate them, cheers Pete
Well done for restoration of this car 🚗
Kevin
You should, of course, fix it up and keep it for a while. Dump that blessed V70 and use the D3 for a winter/beater and then sell it.
Hiya Matt , personally l would sell it to your mate with a little tickle for yourself at least you know it's not gonna be scrapped and have at least another couple of years on the road. Good luck mate 👍
I actually like the old plates. It makes it look as if you've owned and cared for it for years.
I want one of these, or a D4 for my next car, HSE. I need a 7 seater with loads of room and these fit the bill.