Installed some trailer wiring to go along with the hitch so I can pull a boat-once I sort the boat out.
I used a Curt powered light converter and the install went fine, no intereference with the lights or suspension or any of the other wierd effects people claim they cause. OTOH the Curt doesnt play well with LED lights and doesn't tell the LR3 that there is a trailer connected. Couldn't beat the cost though-I found it in the tool box while looking for something else and said "yep"
Made a couple of discoveries-my new meter is useless for confirming turn signals, and that my port side brake light wasn't working.

Also installed a back up camera, haven't hooked it up but at least that's done. Trying to decide if I want to use the TX/RX setup I bought so I don't have to run the wire all the way to the front, or just run that wire.

 

New to me '09 SE. Black with 155K miles. Dash is cracked so I picked up a cap on Amazon. I spent a few hours trimming, and probably should have done more. It fit pretty well and looked better than the original dash. Installed per directions and let it sit with weights on it for 24 hours. It was fine for a couple of days, then the Texas sun warped it near the windshield on the passenger side. Bought a carpet mat and stuck it on there until I decide how to take the cap off and try a better brand.
Picked up a 7" Android Auto screen for maps and streaming. Works pretty good with a wireless bluetooth adapter to the AUX input.
No CEL, and looks like all service is up to date from the provided records.

A couple of things I need to do:
Repair some loose stitching on the passenger seat. I bought a kit from Amazon, so I'll try that first.
Second sunroof shade has no clasp to lock it in place. this is Texas, So I need to come up with a fix.
Shampoo the carpet. Previous owner was female, and it still smells like perfume.
A pillars fabric loose, but may wait and have the headliner redone. There's a few places that it's starting to get loose.
Program a couple of more keys. I did one with my Otofix D1, and I bought a 2nd one since the original died.



Mod list:
New grill. Current one looks rough.
Additional lighting. Either the roof kit or add to the grill or bumper.
Swing out rear spare tire kit.
Johnson rods to lift it a bit.
2nd set of tires for off-road. We go to Colorado every year and street tires have stopped us from going certain places.
Darker window tint.
Better jack.
Roof rack.
Solar panel. Either hood flexible panel or on the roof rack to power our 12v fridge.

 

Got the pesky green white wire splice done on passenger side to make the key fobs work again. Seemed like someone had been there before (a long time ago) and hadn’t spliced it properly but rather twined the wiring together and wrapped it in electrical tape…………… FFS.

 

Did a recharge on the A/C system with an partial can of 134a. Enough to make a difference here in Texas. Carpet dash map didn't fit well either so I pulled off the plastic dash cap. It came off with some of the vinyl from the original dash came off too. The dash is really falling apart underneath from sun damage.
Trimmed the cap more and tried another go. Better but still needs more work to sit flat. Will need to get a heat gun on the warping to straighten it out.

I thought about trying to find a dash in good shape, but the cost/benefit ratio isn't there for me.

Going through the car wash put some water on the passenger side floor. I'll look into cleaning the sunroof drain soon.

On the hunt for used rims to put some bigger tires for light off-road use later this year. It has a new set of Continental Cross Contacts on it now.
Also trying to decide on the order of mods after tires.
I'm not an experienced off-roader. More into the speed side of things over the last decade.

I'm leaning towards LED lighting for low/high/fog lights first. That will benefit daily use too.

 

Moved to the 17" inch rims and installed a set of Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT tires, in size 255/85r17 (34+"). Lots more sidewall for off-roading now. Rides beautifully on road and off, although I am waiting to reinstall my sliders before I do any serious trails (having them re-powder coated by a professional shop).

 

Sweet! How are you fitting those without rubbing?

 

The 255's probably allow them to just sit inside the guards but i would expect them to rub on articulation and forget driving if you end up on the bumpstops.

 

Today I regretted starting this project, buying a new LR3 would have been easier. Who the heck designed this crap? LOL My AC went out sometime this past winter. Come a warm spring day was the first I noticed. Checked pressures, none. Obviously major leak. Replaced condenser, vacuumed and charged and all was well for three weeks or so. A hot humid day it was working between short shopping trips until it was suddenly not. Found my AC compressor seized up! Bummer! There goes the brand new condenser I just installed too. Well that was well over a month ago and I am finally getting around to replacing the AC compressor and this job is one of the worst I have ever done on the LR3, hands down. I am sure on a new LR3 this would be more straight forward, but on an old, dirty, oily one it is hell. For example, one thing to do is to release the tans cooler lines - I just can not do it. The small 8mm bolt holding them up will not come out and the plastic bracket is so stiff it will not uncouple to free them up. And I could go on.... Point is that even when following the shop procedure this is hell because of the power steering pump.

I will say this tho. It seems there are three major things to know that can help. First, just up the engine. I hated doing this against the aluminum oil pan but it allowed me to slip out the foreword upper AC bolt. Second, while I did not try it the lower bolt was ONLY be blocked by the power steering banjo bolt and I am pretty dang sure removing it would have cut hours of this project. Third, go ahead and battle the dang compressor and work it up over the frame instead of forward or any other way. I did this. If you do all those things I am guessing you can ignore the shop procedure and not even touch the transmission cooler lines, PS pump or really most of the items. The only hell bolt then is the forward lower AC - again the one that hit the banjo bolt. I managed to get it out with just a spanner and I could barely see it. Jacking up the engine would have helped but I was not to that point yet is trying to figure out why I started this....

Anyway.... That is what I did today and after several hours I have not even installed the new one yet! Ha!

 

2008-LR3 w/249,000 mi
Just cleaned the MAP Sensor and just hit 249,000 miles. No dash warning lights

 

I installed a 2.5” lift kit and did work to remove anything that was rubbing (framehorns in front and moved heater hoses in rear). The 255 width is perfect for this truck.