New control arm with bushings also doing the outer bush at the hub assembly

 

Ugh that’s gonna be on my list soon too

starting to get the 55mph steering shake .. I am aligned and balanced.
My arms/bushings were last done 45k miles ago by PO

no clunk yet so am putting it off a bit

 

I'm looking forward to a day when the bolts are not seized up with rust and I don't need to torch or cut them out

 

My are very rusty i think im going to hat tu ✂️ them

 

Installed new air filter and ordered a MAP sensor, and gave her a bath.

 

We all love the off road capability of our Land Rovers. That is why we fell in love with them despite "a few issues" they have. BUT, sometime they are called upon to to do some pavement time and unlike our jeep friends the LR3 is capable of comfortable during sustained high speed travel, and as such I to test this feature over the last two days.

High speed 75 mph interstate use from Houston to Kansas City to Houston in two days. 756 miles each way. The highly capable off road machine sustained 12 hours of abuse on Thursday and again on Friday, asking no more that to drink the nectar of the dinosaurs from the endless watering holes that line our interstate highway system. No hiccups, no issues, no oil use.
Heck, he still has 400 miles before his next oil change. I met my daughter (2014 LR4) and my son (2007 LR3) and with my 2006, we took over the parking lot of the local super 8 for the night.

So, what did I do with my LR3 today? I punished it.
It took it, and delivered 18.3 mph for the whole 1530 some miles.

As a reward, maybe we will take him to the beach at the end of Galveston Island and do some SLOW SPEED work just to balance out the week.

I am proud of the Rover and it goes to show that if you keep up with the service schedules, replace items that are worn when inspected rather than wait for them to break, they will deliver comfortable and reliable travel in many types of environments.

Thanks for letting me share.

Jeff


P.S. I forgot, I replaced the alternator 2 weeks ago because it was whining for a few minutes after first start of the day, rather than waiting for it to fail on my long trip.

 

Washed it, than ceramic coated it.





After that, I drove down to the bike shop and picked up my GT, with it's new used Duke XC front suspension fork installed.





Tomorrow I'll be doing a few more things. On Friday I leave for Texas for duty for a bit and I'm road tripping in the LR3. Think I might stop at every Land Rover dealer in route and get a picture of the truck in front lol

 

So today I did a caliper guide pin service on all 4 corners, changed the oil which is no small task with my skid plates, cleaned up the engine bay and repainted the skid and got it back up.




Hopefully I'll knock out the last few items on my list tomorrow.

 

So on the list today:

Full service on the winch
Restore the Headlights
Install the winch

Started with washing the winch line


Laid it out to dry



Than I gave the winch bits a quick clean



Than did the reassembly




Once it was all together I started stripping the front of the truck. That mini soft shackle is so handy. I have had that in my trucks since 2015.




Bumper had to come off so I could install the winch and have clear access to the headlights. Engine hoist is the perfect tool for solo removal and installation. That Proud Rhino bumper is stout.

So I moved on to the headlights at this point until I was done I didn't realize how bad of shape they were in.



First step 500 grit




Second step 800 grit




Final Polish 3000 grit

 

Final wipe on the headlights



Since I had it all torn down and I had a spare set of LED bulbs laying around for some reason. I went ahead and made a minor adjustment to the bulb clips and got them installed since it was apart anyways..



Ok so the lights were done and the winch was back together so I got that back in the bumper



Than before I knew it the winch line was spooled in and it was all buttoned up.