Last request reference door lock 96 Disco LHD

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C R

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• Oct 10, 2006

• #1

While I thank Richard for the reply that I may have to purchase the whole
lock assembly, I have added two photos of the broken piece here,
http://photos.yahoo.com/dukegrad91. I'm hoping somebody has a link to what
a good one should look like or where I can get just this piece. It is the
power door lock cam for the key cylinder of the driver door for a LHD US
Spec Discovery 1996 SE7. The piece is labeled "R30171-LH>PE<2" and the
missing section apparently includes a tab to move the lock cam (LH-R30169
>PPO-GF10< 1).
As stated in the message title, this will be my last request on this
particular piece. I'm just finding it absurd to pay for an entire new lock
set for one broken piece of plastic.

Thanks,
C R



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Tom Woods

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• Oct 11, 2006

• #2

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:42:17 GMT, "C R" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>As stated in the message title, this will be my last request on this
>particular piece. I'm just finding it absurd to pay for an entire new lock
>set for one broken piece of plastic.

That seems to be how it goes nowadays

Have you never had to buy the full assembly for something to get just
one piece of it?
I have had to for my old saab (a 1984 vintage!), so I imagine that
newer cars are even worse!

your best bet for just that bit will be a breaker I imagine (there
were a couple of disco breakers mentioned a few threads back)

 

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beamendsltd

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• Oct 11, 2006

• #3

In message <[email protected]>
Tom Woods <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:42:17 GMT, "C R" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >As stated in the message title, this will be my last request on this
> >particular piece. I'm just finding it absurd to pay for an entire new lock
> >set for one broken piece of plastic.
>
> That seems to be how it goes nowadays
>
> Have you never had to buy the full assembly for something to get just
> one piece of it?
> I have had to for my old saab (a 1984 vintage!), so I imagine that
> newer cars are even worse!
>
> your best bet for just that bit will be a breaker I imagine (there
> were a couple of disco breakers mentioned a few threads back)
>

I can see future parts books being two pages, with the ever increasing
milages between services....

Page I
<picture of vehicle>
Part No. ABC123456 New Car

Page II
<list of mostly pointelss accessories>
Only available until the next model comes out.

It does seem daft that in this age of recycling LR don't (we do!)
supply things like springs to fix Discovery door latches, causing
the whole, otherwise perectly servicable, unit to be thown away etc.

Mind you, having said that, we supply the parts to fix alternators
etc but people very rarely bother!

Richard

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EMB

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• Oct 11, 2006

• #4

beamendsltd wrote:
>
> Mind you, having said that, we supply the parts to fix alternators
> etc but people very rarely bother!

It's only the cheapskates like me that bother any more.

 

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William Tasso

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• Oct 11, 2006

• #5

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:54:33 +0100, EMB <[email protected]> wrote:

> beamendsltd wrote:
>> Mind you, having said that, we supply the parts to fix alternators
>> etc but people very rarely bother!
>
> It's only the cheapskates like me that bother any more.

heh - add 1 to that count

--
William Tasso

Land Rover - 110 V8
Discovery - V8

 

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Pacman

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• Oct 11, 2006

• #6

I'm just finding it absurd to pay for an entire new lock
> set for one broken piece of plastic.
>
I agree. My ignition switch broke the other week, but I had to buy a
complete barrel and a set of door locks on eBay for £32. I removed
the bit from the barrel I actually needed and relisted it all minus the
switch a couple of days later; got £28 for it, so the switch actually
only cost me £4!

PS. I did advertise the fact that the switch was missing!

--
Thanks,
Paul

 

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beamendsltd

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• Oct 11, 2006

• #7

In message <[email protected]>
"Pacman" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I'm just finding it absurd to pay for an entire new lock
> > set for one broken piece of plastic.
> >
> I agree. My ignition switch broke the other week, but I had to buy a
> complete barrel and a set of door locks on eBay for £32. I removed
> the bit from the barrel I actually needed and relisted it all minus the
> switch a couple of days later; got £28 for it, so the switch actually
> only cost me £4!
>
> PS. I did advertise the fact that the switch was missing!
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Paul
>

The switches are available sperately for most models!

Richard

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Tom Woods

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• Oct 11, 2006

• #8

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:16:18 +0100, "William Tasso"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:54:33 +0100, EMB <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> beamendsltd wrote:
>>> Mind you, having said that, we supply the parts to fix alternators
>>> etc but people very rarely bother!
>>
>> It's only the cheapskates like me that bother any more.
>
>heh - add 1 to that count

me too. perhaps a.f.l isnt a good example of your 'average' car owner!

 

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Oily

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• Oct 11, 2006

• #9

"EMB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> beamendsltd wrote:
> >
> > Mind you, having said that, we supply the parts to fix alternators
> > etc but people very rarely bother!
>
> It's only the cheapskates like me that bother any more.

It's not cheapskate, why waste money? I thought this was one of the main
reasons for a.f.l., hints and tips to do just that.
Trouble is today, manufacturers don't want you to stop spending money on
their 'sealed units' and most new mechanics these days are just fitters for
these units, they don't know how to mend them anyway, thats why some parts
are impossible to find.

Martin

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Oct 11, 2006

• #10

On or around Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:38:50 +0100, beamendsltd
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>Mind you, having said that, we supply the parts to fix alternators
>etc but people very rarely bother!

you do need to be able to a) diagnose it right and b) get it apart.

My favourite alternators for fixing ar the bosch ones with the regulator
screwed on the back.
--
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"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
Robert Frost (1874-1963) from Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

 

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Tom Woods

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• Oct 11, 2006

• #11

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:47:37 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On or around Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:38:50 +0100, beamendsltd
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>
>>Mind you, having said that, we supply the parts to fix alternators
>>etc but people very rarely bother!
>
>you do need to be able to a) diagnose it right and b) get it apart.
>
>My favourite alternators for fixing ar the bosch ones with the regulator
>screwed on the back.

but have you done the bearings on one of them? tis a right bugger to
get it all apart!

 

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EMB

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• Oct 11, 2006

• #12

Tom Woods wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:47:37 +0100, Austin Shackles
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On or around Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:38:50 +0100, beamendsltd
>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>> Mind you, having said that, we supply the parts to fix alternators
>>> etc but people very rarely bother!
>> you do need to be able to a) diagnose it right and b) get it apart.
>>
>> My favourite alternators for fixing ar the bosch ones with the regulator
>> screwed on the back.
>
> but have you done the bearings on one of them? tis a right bugger to
> get it all apart!

That's all relative - I'd much rather rebuild alternators than gearboxes
(especially in my home workshop).

 

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EMB

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• Oct 11, 2006

• #13

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:38:50 +0100, beamendsltd
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> Mind you, having said that, we supply the parts to fix alternators
>> etc but people very rarely bother!
>
> you do need to be able to a) diagnose it right and b) get it apart.
>
> My favourite alternators for fixing ar the bosch ones with the regulator
> screwed on the back.

Which is exactly what is on my Series IIa

 

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C R

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• Oct 12, 2006

• #14

>>> beamendsltd wrote:
>>>> Mind you, having said that, we supply the parts to fix alternators
>>>> etc but people very rarely bother!
>>>
>>> It's only the cheapskates like me that bother any more.
>>
>>heh - add 1 to that count
>
> me too. perhaps a.f.l isnt a good example of your 'average' car owner!
>

Obviously me too based on my post : )

C R

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Oct 12, 2006

• #15

On or around Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:09:59 +1300, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Tom Woods wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:47:37 +0100, Austin Shackles
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On or around Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:38:50 +0100, beamendsltd
>>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>>
>>>> Mind you, having said that, we supply the parts to fix alternators
>>>> etc but people very rarely bother!
>>> you do need to be able to a) diagnose it right and b) get it apart.
>>>
>>> My favourite alternators for fixing ar the bosch ones with the regulator
>>> screwed on the back.
>>
>> but have you done the bearings on one of them? tis a right bugger to
>> get it all apart!
>
>That's all relative - I'd much rather rebuild alternators than gearboxes
>(especially in my home workshop).

sometimes, they just don't come apart though, or not in such a manner as
allows re-assembly.
--
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"Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so."
John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)

 

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EMB

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• Oct 12, 2006

• #16

Austin Shackles wrote:

> sometimes, they just don't come apart though, or not in such a manner as
> allows re-assembly.

Practice and the right tools helps a lot. I haven't broken an
alternator during disassembly for about 15 years (and the last one was a
Lucas ACR off a piggy old Triumph TC2500 which thoroughly deserved to be
broken).

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EMB